India in Athletics

1900 Summer Olympics

60 metres, Men Norman Pritchard 3 h1 r1/2
100 metres, Men Norman Pritchard 2 h4 r2/3
200 metres, Men Norman Pritchard 2 Silver
400 metres, Men Norman Pritchard DNS
110 metres Hurdles, Men Norman Pritchard AC
200 metres Hurdles, Men Norman Pritchard 2 Silver
400 metres Hurdles, Men Norman Pritchard DNS
100 metres, Handicap, Men Norman Pritchard 3
110 metres Hurdles, Handicap, Men Norman Pritchard 2
400 metres Hurdles, Handicap, Men Norman Pritchard 1

1920 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Purma Bannerjee 5 h2 r1/4
400 metres, Men Purma Bannerjee 4 h8 r1/4
10,000 metres, Men Phadeppa Chaugule AC h1 r1/2
Marathon, Men Phadeppa Chaugule 19
Sadashir Datar DNF
Cross-Country, Individual, Men Phadeppa Chaugule DNS
H. D. Kaikadi DNS

1924 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men James Hall 3 h11 r1/4
Terence Pitt 3 h13 r1/4
Will Hildreth 4 h5 r1/4
200 metres, Men Terence Pitt 3 h6 r1/4
James Hall 4 h1 r1/4
Will Hildreth AC h8 r1/4
400 metres, Men Terence Pitt 4 h3 r2/4
James Hall DNS
Will Hildreth DNS
1,500 metres, Men Pala Singh 5 h2 r1/2
V. N. Venkataramanaswamy DNS
5,000 metres, Men Pala Singh 10 h2 r1/2
V. N. Venkataramanaswamy DNS
10,000 metres, Men Pala Singh DNF
Marathon, Men Mahadeo Singh 29
110 metres Hurdles, Men Cheruvari Lakshmanan 5 h5 r1/3
Bertie Heathcote DNS
400 metres Hurdles, Men Bertie Heathcote DNS
Will Hildreth DNS
Cheruvari Lakshmanan DNS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men British India DNS
James HallWill HildrethCheruvari LakshmananTerence Pitt
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men British India DNS
Bertie HeathcoteV. N. VenkataramanaswamyJames HallWill HildrethCheruvari LakshmananTerence PittDalip SinghPala Singh
High Jump, Men Bertie Heathcote DNS
Cheruvari Lakshmanan DNS
Long Jump, Men Dalip Singh =14
Bertie Heathcote DNS
Cheruvari Lakshmanan DNS

1928 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Ronald Burns 6 h11 r1/4
200 metres, Men Ronald Burns 4 h3 r1/4
James Hall 4 h8 r1/4
400 metres, Men James Hall 5 h1 r2/4
S. Abdul Hamid DNS
800 metres, Men Joseph Murphy 7 h7 r1/3
1,500 metres, Men Gurbachan Singh DNS
5,000 metres, Men Gurbachan Singh AC h3 r1/2
D. B. Chavan DNS
10,000 metres, Men D. B. Chavan DNF
110 metres Hurdles, Men S. Abdul Hamid 4 h9 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men S. Abdul Hamid 6 h6 r1/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Gurbachan Singh DNS
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men British India DNS
Ronald BurnsJames HallS. Abdul HamidJoseph Murphy
Long Jump, Men Dalip Singh 37 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Dalip Singh DNS

1932 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Bunoo Sutton 4 h2 r1/4
Ronald Vernieux 4 h3 r1/4
200 metres, Men Ronald Vernieux 4 h7 r1/4
110 metres Hurdles, Men Bunoo Sutton 4 h1 r2/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men British India 5 h1 r1/2
Bunoo SuttonRonald VernieuxMehar Chand DhawanDickie Carr
Triple Jump, Men Mehar Chand Dhawan 14

1936 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Eric Whiteside 5 h10 r1/4
200 metres, Men Eric Whiteside 4 h7 r1/4
400 metres, Men Gyan Bhalla 5 h8 r1/4
800 metres, Men Gyan Bhalla 8 h3 r1/3
1,500 metres, Men Raunaq Singh Gill DNS
5,000 metres, Men Raunaq Singh Gill 15 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Raunaq Singh Gill DNF
Marathon, Men Arul Swami 37
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Raunaq Singh Gill DNS

1948 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Eric Prabhakar 6 h4 r2/4
200 metres, Men Eric Prabhakar DNS
Marathon, Men Chhota Singh DNF
110 metres Hurdles, Men Jim Vickers 4 h2 r2/3
10 kilometres Race Walk, Men Sadhu Singh AC h2 r1/2
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Sadhu Singh DNF
High Jump, Men Gurnam Singh 18
Long Jump, Men Baldev Singh 11 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Henry Rebello AC r2/2
Hammer Throw, Men Somnath 23 r1/2
Decathlon, Men Baldev Singh DNF

1952 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Lavy Pinto 4 h1 r3/4
200 metres, Men Lavy Pinto 5 h2 r3/4
400 metres, Men Ivan Jacob 6 h4 r1/4
800 metres, Men Sohan Singh 6 h3 r2/3
Marathon, Men Surat Singh 52
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Gulzara Singh Mann 12 h1 r1/2
High Jump, Men Mehnga Singh 34 r1/2
100 metres, Women Nilima Ghose 5 h1 r1/4
Mary D'Souza 5 h9 r1/4
200 metres, Women Mary D'Souza 7 h3 r1/3
80 metres Hurdles, Women Nilima Ghose 5 h2 r1/3

1956 Summer Olympics

200 metres, Men Milkha Singh 4 h2 r1/4
400 metres, Men Milkha Singh 4 h5 r1/4
800 metres, Men Sohan Singh 4 h3 r1/3
110 metres Hurdles, Men Sri Chand Ram 6 h4 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men Jagdev Singh 5 h2 r1/3
High Jump, Men Ajit Singh 14
Long Jump, Men Ram Mehar 22 r1/2
Mohinder Singh DNS
Triple Jump, Men Mohinder Singh 15
100 metres, Women Mary Rao AC h1 r1/3
80 metres Hurdles, Women Mary Rao DNS

1960 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Raj Joshi Tilak 7 h1 r1/4
400 metres, Men Milkha Singh 4
5,000 metres, Men Ranjit Bhatia 11 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Kulwant Arora DNS
Marathon, Men Lal Chand 40
Jagmal Singh 45
Ranjit Bhatia 60
110 metres Hurdles, Men Jagmohan Singh 5 h5 r1/4
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Balkrishan Singh DNS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men India DNS
Ram SathyanarayanaRaj Joshi TilakJagmohan SinghMilkha SinghVirsa SinghGurbachan Singh Randhawa
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Zora Singh 20
Ajit Singh DQ
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Zora Singh 8
Ajit Singh 15
High Jump, Men Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 29 r1/2
Long Jump, Men B. V. Satyanarayan 30 r1/2
Virsa Singh 44 r1/2
Hammer Throw, Men Erman Bastian DNS
Decathlon, Men Gurbachan Singh Randhawa DNF
100 metres, Women Siloo Mystri DNS
200 metres, Women Stephie D'Souza DNS
800 metres, Women Stephie D'Souza DNS
Javelin Throw, Women Elizabeth Davenport DNS

1964 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Ken Powell 4 h1 r1/4
200 metres, Men Ken Powell 7 h6 r1/4
Marathon, Men Balkrishan Akotkar 33
Harbans Lal 43
110 metres Hurdles, Men Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 5
400 metres Hurdles, Men Amrit Pal 7 h5 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men India 7 h2 r2/3
Anthony CoutinhoMakhan SinghKen PowellRajasekaran PichayaB. V. Satyanarayan (DNS)Milkha Singh (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men India 4 h1 r1/2
Makhan SinghAmrit PalAjmer SinghMilkha SinghKen Powell (DNS)Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (DNS)
Long Jump, Men B. V. Satyanarayan 29 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Labh Singh 26 r1/2
400 metres, Women Stephie D'Souza 6 h1 r1/3

1968 Summer Olympics

5,000 metres, Men Kirpal Singh DNS
10,000 metres, Men Kirpal Singh DNS
High Jump, Men Bhim Singh 17 r1/2
Long Jump, Men Labh Singh DNS
Triple Jump, Men Labh Singh DNS
Discus Throw, Men Praveen Kumar DNS
Hammer Throw, Men Praveen Kumar 20 r1/2

1972 Summer Olympics

800 metres, Men Sri Ram Singh 4 h6 r1/3
5,000 metres, Men Eddie Sequeira 11 h3 r1/2
High Jump, Men Suresh Babu 40 r1/2
Long Jump, Men Mohinder Singh Gill 30 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Mohinder Singh Gill AC r1/2
Shot Put, Men Jugraj Singh 26 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Praveen Kumar 26 r1/2
Decathlon, Men Vijay Singh Chauhan 17
400 metres, Women Kamaljit Sandhu 8 h6 r1/4

1976 Summer Olympics

800 metres, Men Sri Ram Singh 7
10,000 metres, Men Hari Chand 8 h2 r1/2
Marathon, Men Shivnath Singh 11
Long Jump, Men T. C. Yohannan 16 r1/2

1980 Summer Olympics

100 metres, Men Adille Sumariwalla 7 h6 r1/4
200 metres, Men Perumal Subramanian 5 h6 r1/4
800 metres, Men Sri Ram Singh 8 h2 r2/3
1,500 metres, Men Sant Kumar 8 h2 r1/3
5,000 metres, Men Gopal Saini 9 h1 r1/3
10,000 metres, Men Hari Chand 10 h3 r1/2
Marathon, Men Hari Chand 31
Shivnath Singh DNF
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Ranjit Singh 18
Shot Put, Men Bahadur Singh 15 r1/2
100 metres, Women P. T. Usha 6 h1 r1/4
200 metres, Women P. T. Usha 7 h6 r1/4
800 metres, Women Geeta Zutshi 6 h1 r1/3
1,500 metres, Women Geeta Zutshi DNS

1984 Summer Olympics

800 metres, Men Charles Borromeo 5 h9 r1/4
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Siri Chand Ram 22
Javelin Throw, Men Gurtej Singh 25 r1/2
800 metres, Women Shiny Abraham-Wilson 8 h2 r2/3
3,000 metres, Women Geeta Zutshi 8 h3 r1/2
400 metres Hurdles, Women P. T. Usha 4
M. D. Valsamma 5 h4 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India 7
M. D. ValsammaVandana RaoShiny AbrahamP. T. Usha

1988 Summer Olympics

400 metres, Women Mercy Kuttan-Mathews 8 h3 r2/4
800 metres, Women Shiny Abraham-Wilson 6 h2 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Women P. T. Usha 7 h1 r1/3
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India 7 h1 r1/2
Mercy Kuttan-MathewsVandana RaoVandana ShanbaghShiny AbrahamAshwini Nachappa (DNS)P. T. Usha (DNS)

1992 Summer Olympics

5,000 metres, Men Bahadur Prasad 8 h3 r1/2
800 metres, Women Shiny Abraham-Wilson 4 h1 r1/3

1996 Summer Olympics

1,500 metres, Men Bahadur Prasad 8 h5 r1/3
Discus Throw, Men Shakti Singh 30 r1/2
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India AC h1 r1/2
K. M. BeenamolRosa KuttyJyotirmoyee SikdarShiny Wilson

2000 Summer Olympics

400 metres, Men Paramjit Singh 6 h6 r1/4
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men India 7 h1 r1/3
Chinnain ThiruganaduraiRajeev Bala KrishnanAjay Raj SinghAnil Kumar Prakash
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men India 4 h2 r1/3
Lijo David ThottanJata ShankarPurukottam RamachandranParamjit Singh
Long Jump, Men Sanjay Kumar Rai AC r1/2
Shot Put, Men Bahadur Singh 27 r1/2
Shakti Singh 32 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Men Jagdish Bishnoi 30 r1/2
400 metres, Women K. M. Beenamol 8 h2 r3/4
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women India 6 h3 r1/3
Valdivel JayalakshmiVinita TripathiSaraswati DeyRachita Mistry
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India 5 h2 r1/2
Paramjit KaurJincy PhillipRosa KuttyK. M. Beenamol
Discus Throw, Women Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra 26 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Gurmeet Kaur 32 r1/2
Heptathlon, Women Pramila Ganapathy 24
Soma Biswas 25

2004 Summer Olympics

400 metres, Men Mathews Binu 6 h2 r2/3
Shot Put, Men Bahadur Singh AC r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Vikas Gowda 14 r1/2
Anil Kumar Sangwan AC r1/2
200 metres, Women Saraswati Dey-Saha 5 h3 r1/4
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India 7
Sathi GeethaK. M. BeenamolChitra SomanRajwinder KaurManjit KaurSagardeep Kaur (DNS)
High Jump, Women Bobby Aloysius =28 r1/2
Long Jump, Women Anju Bobby George 5
Discus Throw, Women Harwant Kaur 12 r1/2
Seema Antil-Punia 13 r1/2
Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra 16 r1/2
Heptathlon, Women J. J. Shobha 11
Soma Biswas 24

2008 Summer Olympics

10,000 metres, Men Surendra Singh 26
Triple Jump, Men Renjith Maheshwary 35 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Vikas Gowda 22 r1/2
400 metres, Women Mandeep Kaur 6 h2 r1/3
10,000 metres, Women Preeja Sreedharan 23
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India 6 h1 r1/2
Sathi GeethaManjit KaurChitra SomanMandeep KaurPoovamma Raju Machettira (DNS)Sini Jose (DNS)
Long Jump, Women Anju Bobby George AC r1/2
Discus Throw, Women Krishna Poonia 23 r1/2
Harwant Kaur 29 r1/2
Heptathlon, Women Pramila Ganapathy 26
J. J. Shobha 28
Sushmitha Singha Roy 31

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

3,000 metres, Boys Indrajeet Patel 11
400 metres Hurdles, Boys Durgesh Kumar Pal 2 Silver
10,000 metres Race Walk, Boys Kuldeep Kumar DNF
Discus Throw, Boys Arjun Kumar 2 Silver
5,000 metres Race Walk, Girls Khushbir Kaur 13

2012 Summer Olympics

Marathon, Men Ram Singh Yadav 78
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Irfan Kolothum Thodi 10
Gurmeet Singh 32
Baljinder Singh 41
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Basant Bahadur Rana 33
Triple Jump, Men Renjith Maheshwary NM
Shot Put, Men Om Prakash Singh Karhana 16 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Vikas Gowda 8
800 metres, Women Tintu Luka 5 h2 r2/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Women Sudha Singh 13 h1 r1/2
High Jump, Women Sahana Kumari =28 r1/2
Triple Jump, Women Mayookha Johny 22
Discus Throw, Women Krishna Poonia 6
Seema Antil-Punia 12

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

1,500 metres, Boys Ajay Kumar Saroj 5
110 metres Hurdles, Boys Maymon Poulose 4
Discus Throw, Boys Mithravarun Senthil Kumar 5
5,000 metres Race Walk, Girls Neena Kamba Thankan 11
Javelin Throw, Girls Pushpa Jakhar 6

2016 Summer Olympics

400 metres, Men Mohammad Anas Yahiya 6 h7 r1/3
800 metres, Men Jinson Johnson 5 h3 r1/3
Marathon, Men Thonakal Gopi 25
Kheta Ram 26
Nitendra Singh Rawat 83
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men India AC h2 r1/2
Kunhu Muhammed PuthanpurakkalMohammad Anas YahiyaAyyasamy DharunArokia Rajiv
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Manish Singh 13
Ganapathi Krishnan DQ
Gurmeet Singh DQ
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Sandeep Kumar 35
Long Jump, Men Ankit Sharma 24 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Renjith Maheshwary 30 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Vikas Gowda 28 r1/2
100 metres, Women Dutee Chand 6 h5 r2/4
200 metres, Women Srabani Nanda 6 h5 r1/3
400 metres, Women Nirmala Sheoran DQ
800 metres, Women Tintu Luka 6 h3 r1/3
Marathon, Women O. P. Jaisha 89
Kavita Tungar 120
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Women Lalita Babar 10
Sudha Singh 9 h3 r1/2
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women India DQ
Nirmala SheoranTintu LukaM. R. PovammaAnilda Thomas
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Khushbir Kaur 54
Sapna Punia DNF
Shot Put, Women Manpreet Kaur 23 r1/2
Discus Throw, Women Seema Antil-Punia 20 r1/2

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

200 metres, Boys Nisar Ahmad 19
800 metres, Boys Sreekiran Nandakumar 22
Triple Jump, Boys Praveen Chithravel 3 Bronze
Javelin Throw, Boys Kunwer Ajai Rana 6
5,000 metres Race Walk, Boys Suraj Panwar 2 Silver
3,000 metres, Girls Seema Seema 13
400 metres Hurdles, Girls Vishnu Jayaprakasan 12

2020 Summer Olympics

400 metres Hurdles, Men Jabir Madari Palliyalil 7 h5 r1/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Avinash Mukund Sable 7 h2 r1/2
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men India 4 h2 r1/2
Naganathan Pandi (DNS)Mohammad Anas YahiyaNoah Nirmal TomArokia RajivAmoj Jacob
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Sandeep Kumar 23
Rohilla 47
Irfan Kolothum Thodi 51
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Gurpreet Singh DNF
Long Jump, Men Murali Sreeshankar 25 r1/2
Shot Put, Men Tajinderpal Singh Toor 24 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Men Neeraj Chopra 1 Gold
Shivpal Singh 27 r1/2
100 metres, Women Dutee Chand 7 h5 r2/4
200 metres, Women Dutee Chand 7 h4 r1/3
20 kilometres Race Walk, Women Priyanka 17
Bhawna Jat 32
Discus Throw, Women Kamalpreet Kaur 6
Seema Antil-Punia 16 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Annu Rani 29 r1/2
4 × 400 metres Relay, Mixed India 15
Alex Antony (DNS)Sarthak Bhambri (DNS)Mohammad Anas YahiyaRevathi VeeramaniSubha VenkatesanArokia Rajiv