India (IND)

Overview

NOCIndian Olympic Association
Flagbearers72

Participants

Olympic Games 973
Youth Olympic Games 112

Description

India’s first Olympic appearance can be traced to 1900 when Norman Pritchard, a British resident of Calcutta, competed in the sprints at Paris, representing the London Athletic Club and Great Britain. (Some Olympic historians consider him to have competed for Great Britain in 1900.) India’s next Olympic appearance occurred in 1920, although India’s National Olympic Committee was not formed until 1927. India has competed at all the Olympic Games since 1920.

In 1928, India entered its first hockey team and won the gold medal. This was the first of six consecutive gold medals won by India in men’s field hockey. All the top medal winners for India have been their men hockey players. While five hockey Olympians have won three hockey medals, only Udham Singh and Leslie Claudius have won four, with three golds each.

Twelve of India’s 35 medals in the Olympics have been won by its hockey (field) team, with eight of its ten golds coming in the sport. The other two golds were won by Abhinav Bindra in men’s air rifle shooting in 2008, and by Neeraj Chopra in the javelin throw at Tokyo 2020.

At the Olympic Winter Games, India has competed in 1964, 1968, 1988, 1992, and at every Games since 1998. It has only had competitors in Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and luge. Their most prominent Winter Olympian has been Shiva Keshavan, a luge slider who participated in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2018, finishing 25th in 2006, the best finish by an Indian Winter Olympian. Keshavan also participated in 2014, but as an Independent Olympic Participant.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1900 Summer Olympics British India 1 0 1 Results
1920 Summer Olympics British India 5 0 5 Results
1924 Summer Olympics British India 12 1 13 Results
1924 Winter Olympics India 7 0 7 Results
1928 Summer Olympics British India 21 0 21 Results
1932 Summer Olympics British India 19 0 19 Results
1936 Summer Olympics British India 27 0 27 Results
1948 Summer Olympics India 79 0 79 Results
1952 Summer Olympics India 60 4 64 Results
1956 Summer Olympics India 58 1 59 Results
1960 Summer Olympics India 45 0 45 Results
1964 Summer Olympics India 52 1 53 Results
1964 Winter Olympics India 1 0 1 Results
1968 Summer Olympics India 25 0 25 Results
1968 Winter Olympics India 1 0 1 Results
1972 Summer Olympics India 40 1 41 Results
1976 Summer Olympics India 26 0 26 Results
1980 Summer Olympics India 56 16 72 Results
1984 Summer Olympics India 42 6 48 Results
1988 Summer Olympics India 39 7 46 Results
1988 Winter Olympics India 2 1 3 Results
1992 Summer Olympics India 46 6 52 Results
1992 Winter Olympics India 2 0 2 Results
1996 Summer Olympics India 40 9 49 Results
1998 Winter Olympics India 1 0 1 Results
2000 Summer Olympics India 44 21 65 Results
2002 Winter Olympics India 1 0 1 Results
2004 Summer Olympics India 48 25 73 Results
2006 Winter Olympics India 3 1 4 Results
2008 Summer Olympics India 31 22 53 Results
2010 Winter Olympics India 3 0 3 Results
2012 Summer Olympics India 58 23 81 Results
2014 Winter Olympics India 2 0 2 Results
2016 Summer Olympics India 61 51 112 Results
2018 Winter Olympics India 2 0 2 Results
2020 Summer Olympics India 67 53 120 Results
2022 Winter Olympics India 1 0 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics India 21 11 32 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics India 0 1 1 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics India 19 13 32 Results
2016 Winter Youth Olympics India 1 0 1 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics India 25 21 46 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 9 2 11 Results
Alpinism 7 0 7 Results
Archery 14 8 22 Results
Art Competitions 2 0 2 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 10 2 12 Results
Athletics 129 59 188 Results
Badminton 14 7 21 Results
Basketball (Basketball) 12 0 12 Results
Boxing 50 4 54 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 4 0 4 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 11 0 11 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 14 0 14 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 2 0 2 Results
Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) 7 0 7 Results
Fencing 0 1 1 Results
Football (Football) 42 0 42 Results
Golf 3 2 5 Results
Hockey 238 38 276 Results
Judo 7 8 15 Results
Luge 1 0 1 Results
Rowing 11 0 11 Results
Sailing 13 1 14 Results
Shooting 42 17 59 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 21 7 28 Results
Table Tennis 7 8 15 Results
Tennis 15 8 23 Results
Water Polo (Aquatics) 17 0 17 Results
Weightlifting 25 5 30 Results
Wrestling 77 7 84 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3x3 Basketball (Basketball) 4 0 4 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 1 2 Results
Archery 3 3 6 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 1 0 1 Results
Athletics 12 5 17 Results
Badminton 4 2 6 Results
Boxing 4 1 5 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 0 1 1 Results
Golf 1 1 2 Results
Hockey 5s 9 9 18 Results
Judo 1 2 3 Results
Rowing 6 2 8 Results
Sailing 0 1 1 Results
Shooting 4 5 9 Results
Sport Climbing 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 4 2 6 Results
Table Tennis 3 3 6 Results
Tennis 1 1 2 Results
Weightlifting 3 3 6 Results
Wrestling 4 4 8 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 3 9 1 13
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 4 7
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 2 3
1952 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
1928 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1932 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1936 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1948 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1956 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1964 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
1980 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 6 2 8
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 4 6
1900 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 0 2
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 1 2
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 1 2
1960 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2004 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
1968 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1972 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hockey 8 1 3 12
Shooting 1 2 1 4
Athletics 1 2 0 3
Wrestling 0 2 5 7
Badminton 0 1 2 3
Weightlifting 0 1 1 2
Boxing 0 0 3 3
Tennis 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Shooting 2 2 0 4
Weightlifting 1 1 0 2
Athletics 0 3 1 4
Wrestling 0 2 1 3
Badminton 0 2 0 2
Hockey 5s 0 2 0 2
Archery 0 1 1 2
Boxing 0 1 1 2
Judo 0 1 0 1
Tennis 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Leslie Claudius IND 3 1 0 4
Udham Singh IND 3 1 0 4
Richard Allen IND 3 0 0 3
Dhyan Chand IND 3 0 0 3
Ranganathan Francis IND 3 0 0 3
Balbir Singh, Sr. IND 3 0 0 3
Randhir Singh Gentle IND
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3 0 0 3
Shankar Laxman IND 2 1 0 3
Roop Singh IND 2 0 0 2
Keshav Dutt IND 2 0 0 2
Leslie Hammond IND 2 0 0 2
Sayed Jaffar IND 2 0 0 2
Hari Pal Kaushik IND 2 0 0 2
Amir Kumar IND 2 0 0 2
Raghbir Lal IND 2 0 0 2
Govind Perumal IND 2 0 0 2
Eric Pinniger IND 2 0 0 2
G. Nandy Singh IND 2 0 0 2
Kunwar Digvijay Singh IND 2 0 0 2
Carlyle Tapsell IND 2 0 0 2

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lakshya Sen IND 1 1 0 2
Manu Bhaker IND 1 1 0 2
Saurabh Chaudhary IND 1 0 0 1
Jeremy Lalrinnunga IND 1 0 0 1
Tababi Thangjam IND 0 2 0 2
Shiva Thapa IND 0 1 0 1
Pooja Dhanda IND 0 1 0 1
Arjun Kumar IND 0 1 0 1
Durgesh Kumar Pal IND 0 1 0 1
H. S. Sunil Kumar IND 0 1 0 1
Yuki Bhambri IND 0 1 0 1
Venkat Rahul Ragala IND 0 1 0 1
Akash Malik IND 0 1 0 1
Suraj Panwar IND 0 1 0 1
Shivam Anand IND 0 1 0 1
Prashant Chauhan IND 0 1 0 1
Sudeep Chirmako IND 0 1 0 1
Rabichandra Moirangthem IND 0 1 0 1
Pawan IND 0 1 0 1
Vivek Prasad IND 0 1 0 1
Rahul Rajbhar IND 0 1 0 1
Sanjay Sanjay IND 0 1 0 1
Maninder Singh IND 0 1 0 1
Shahu Mane IND 0 1 0 1
Ishika Chaudhary IND 0 1 0 1
Chetna IND 0 1 0 1
Baljeet Kaur IND 0 1 0 1
Mumtaz Khan IND 0 1 0 1
Bichu Kharibam IND 0 1 0 1
Khushboo IND 0 1 0 1
Lalremsiami Hmar IND 0 1 0 1
Reet IND 0 1 0 1
Salima Tete IND 0 1 0 1
Mehuli Ghosh IND 0 1 0 1
Simran Simran IND 0 1 0 1

IOC Members

Sir Dorabji Tata 1920—1927
Guru Dutt Sondhi 1932—1966
Raja Bhalindra Singh 1947—1992
Ashwini Kumar 1973—2000
Ashwini Kumar 2000—2015
Randhir Singh 2001—2014
Randhir Singh 2015—
Nita Ambani 2016—
Narinder Batra 2019—2022