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How many Medals Has India Won In The Olympics?
India is certainly a cricket-loving nation but it has to take a long stride to become a sports-loving nation. India started its journey in the Olympics in 1900 in Paris and Norman Pritchard won the first-ever medal in the form of silver in the 200-meter hurdle race for the nation. He again brought glory to the nation by winning a silver medal in the 200-meter race in the same installment. The nation with a 1.4 billion population clinched its first gold medal in the Olympics in the 1928 edition in Amsterdam by beating the hosts in the final by 3-0 and Major Dhyan Chand scored all the goals. in the 2020 edition, Neeraj Chopra engraved his name on the record books by becoming the first Indian to win a Gold medal in track and field. He made a massive throw of 87.58 meters in Javelin in Tokyo to bag the Gold.
Overall, India has won 41 olympics medals across 25 editions of the Olympics, consisting of 10 Golds, 10 Silvers, and 21 Bronzes. Eight out of ten Gold medals have appeared alone in Men’s Hockey while seven accolades have come in a variety of weight classes of wrestling. In Boxing, India has brought in 3 medals, Vijender Singh was the first Indian to earn a medal in 2008 whereas Mary Com cliched the first medal among women in the 2012 London Olympics.
How many Medals Has India Won In The Olympics?
Till now India has 10 gold medals in Olympics game.
India’s Medals in the Olympics List
- 41 medals
- 10 Golds
- 10 Silvers
- 21 Bronzes
Indian Olympic winners name list
Indian Olympic winners name as follows –
India’s Olympic medal winners Athlete Medal Event Olympics Norman Pritchard Silver Men’s 200m Paris 1900 Norman Pritchard Silver Men’s 200m hurdles Paris 1900 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Amsterdam 1928 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Los Angeles 1932 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Berlin 1936 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey London 1948 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Helsinki 1952 KD Jadhav Bronze Men’s bantamweight wrestling Helsinki 1952 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Melbourne 1956 Indian hockey team Silver Men’s hockey Rome 1960 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Tokyo 1964 Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey Mexico City 1968 Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey Munich 1972 Indian hockey team Gold Men’s hockey Moscow 1980 Leander Paes Bronze Men’s singles tennis Atlanta 1996 Karnam Malleswari Bronze Women’s 54kg weightlifting Sydney 2000 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Silver Men’s double trap shooting Athens 2004 Abhinav Bindra Gold Men’s 10m air rifle shooting Beijing 2008 Vijender Singh Bronze Men’s middleweight boxing Beijing 2008 Sushil Kumar Bronze Men’s 66kg wrestling Beijing 2008 Sushil Kumar Silver Men’s 66kg wrestling London 2012 Vijay Kumar Silver Men’s 25m rapid pistol shooting London 2012 Saina Nehwal Bronze Women’s singles badminton London 2012 Mary Kom Bronze Women’s flyweight boxing London 2012 Yogeshwar Dutt Bronze Men’s 60kg wrestling London 2012 Gagan Narang Bronze Men’s 10m air rifle shooting London 2012 PV Sindhu Silver Women’s singles badminton Rio 2016 Sakshi Malik Bronze Women’s 58kg wrestling Rio 2016 Mirabai Chanu Silver Women’s 49kg weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Lovlina Borgohain Bronze Women’s welterweight boxing Tokyo 2020 PV Sindhu Bronze Women’s singles badminton Tokyo 2020 Ravi Kumar Dahiya Silver Men’s 57kg wrestling Tokyo 2020 Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey Tokyo 2020 Bajrang Punia Bronze Men’s 65kg wrestling Tokyo 2020 Neeraj Chopra Gold Men’s javelin throw Tokyo 2020 Manu Bhaker Bronze Women’s 10m air pistol shooting Paris 2024 Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Bronze Mixed team 10m air pistol shooting Paris 2024 Swapnil Kusale Bronze Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting Paris 2024 Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey Paris 2024 Neeraj Chopra Silver Men’s javelin throw Paris 2024 Aman Sehrawat Bronze Men’s 57kg wrestling Paris 2024
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