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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

India at the Olympics

 
 India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard(born in Calcutta to British parentsGeorge Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in 200 Metres and 200 Metres Hurdles

The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then

Indian athletes have won a total of 26 medals, all at the Summer Games
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Field hockey 8 1 2 11
Shooting 1 2 1 4
Athletics 0 2 0 2
Wrestling 0 1 3 4
Boxing 0 0 2 2
Badminton 0 0 1 1
Tennis 0 0 1 1
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1
Total 9 6 11 26


List of  Indian Medalists at the Olympics

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event
 Silver Norman Pritchard France 1900 Paris AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metres
 Silver Norman Pritchard France 1900 Paris AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metre hurdles
 Gold National team Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team United States 1932 Los Angeles Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team United Kingdom 1948 London Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team Finland 1952 Helsinki Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Finland 1952 Helsinki WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle Bantamweight
 Gold National team Australia 1956 Melbourne Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Silver National team Italy 1960 Rome Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team Japan 1964 Tokyo Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Bronze National team Mexico 1968 Mexico Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Bronze National team West Germany 1972 Munich Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Gold National team Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Leander Paes United States 1996 Atlanta TennisTennis Men's singles
 Bronze Karnam Malleswari Australia 2000 Sydney WeightliftingWeightlifting Women's 69 kg
 Silver Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Greece 2004 Athens ShootingShooting Men's double trap
 Gold Abhinav Bindra China 2008 Beijing ShootingShooting Men's 10 m Air Rifle
 Bronze Vijender Singh China 2008 Beijing BoxingBoxing Men's 75 kg
 Bronze Sushil Kumar China 2008 Beijing WrestlingWrestling Men's 66 kg Freestyle
 Silver Vijay Kumar United Kingdom 2012 London ShootingShooting Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
 Silver Sushil Kumar United Kingdom 2012 London WrestlingWrestling Men's 66 kg Freestyle
 Bronze Saina Nehwal United Kingdom 2012 London BadmintonBadminton Women's singles
 Bronze Mary Kom United Kingdom 2012 London Boxing Boxing Women's flyweight
 Bronze Gagan Narang United Kingdom 2012 London ShootingShooting Men's 10m Air Rifle
 Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt United Kingdom 2012 London WrestlingWrestling Men's 60 kg Freestyle


 For a period of time,Indian National Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980 which  included 8 gold medals total and six successive gold medals from 1928–1956

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India won its first ever individual gold medal when Abhinav Bindra won the 10m air rifle event

Sushil Kumar(66 kg freestyle wrestling) became the 1st Indian to win more than one Olympic Medal when he won -
Bronze Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic and
Silver Medal at the 2012 London Olympics

2012 London Olympics was India's most successful Olympics in terms of total medal tally, having won a total of 6 medals (2 silver and 4 bronze), doubling the nation's previous record (3 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics)

Medals Won at the 2012 London Olympics 
Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
 Silver Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
 Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle
 Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles
 Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Women's flyweight
 Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg



 Medals Won at the 2008  Beijing Olympics 
 
 

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle August 11
 Bronze Vijender Singh Boxing Middleweight 75 kg August 20
 Bronze Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg August 21

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