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	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Silver	Norman Pritchard	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's 200 metre hurdles
Gold	National team	1928 Amsterdam	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1932 Los Angeles	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1936 Berlin	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1948 London	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1952 Helsinki	Field hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle Bantamweight
Gold	National team	1956 Melbourne	Field hockey	Men's competition
Silver	National team	1960 Rome	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1964 Tokyo	Field hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	National team	1968 Mexico	Field hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	National team	1972 Munich	Field hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1980 Moscow	Field hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Leander Paes	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	Karnam Malleswari	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
Silver	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's double trap
Gold	Abhinav Bindra	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 10 m Air Rifle
Bronze	Vijender Singh	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Sushil Kumar	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg Freestyle
Silver	Vijay Kumar	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
Silver	Sushil Kumar	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg Freestyle
Bronze	Saina Nehwal	2012 London	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Mary Kom	2012 London	Boxing	Women's flyweight
Bronze	Gagan Narang	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle
Bronze	Yogeshwar Dutt	2012 London	Wrestling	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