List of Indian Olympic Medal Winners

Loop India, a country with go second largest population on the face of the earth and a biggest democracy is growing year by year in the economic, technology, defense sectors  etc. But puts up a sorry face when it comes to sporting success, India has struggled to win medals at Olympics, only one game in which India dominated was Hockey, but in this game as well we haven’t won a medal since 1980.

India has won 9 Gold Medals, 6 Silver and 11 Bronze medals, a total of 26 medals in the history of 30 Olympic Games. Here is the list of medal winners from India, and they have made country proud with their effort and dedication. Lets hope many more take inspiration from them and try to achieve greater success in the field of Sports.

(Clockwise from top) Leander Paes, Abhinav Bindra, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, 1980 Indian men's hockey team, 2012 medal winners with President Pranab Mukherjee, Karnam Malleswari.

Individual/Team	Medal	Years Games	Sport	Event
Norman Pritchard	Silver	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men’s 200 metres
Norman Pritchard	Silver	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men’s 200 metre hurdles
National team	Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1932 Los Angeles	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1936 Berlin	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1948 London	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1952 Helsinki	Hockey	Men’s competition
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav	Bronze	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men’s freestyle Bantamweight
National team	Gold	1956 Melbourne	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Silver	1960 Rome	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1964 Tokyo	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Bronze	1968 Mexico	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Bronze	1972 Munich	Hockey	Men’s competition
National team	Gold	1980 Moscow	Hockey	Men’s competition
Leander Paes	Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Men’s singles
Karnam Malleswari	Bronze	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women’s 69 kg
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Silver	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men’s double trap
Abhinav Bindra	Gold	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men’s 10 m Air Rifle
Vijender Singh	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men’s 75 kg
Sushil Kumar	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men’s 66 kg Freestyle
Gagan Narang	Bronze	2012 London	Shooting	Men’s 10m Air Rifle
Vijay Kumar	Silver	2012 London	Shooting	Men’s 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
Saina Nehwal	Bronze	2012 London	Badminton	Women’s Singles
Mary Kom	Bronze	2012 London	Boxing	Women’s Flyweight
Yogeshwar Dutt	Bronze	2012 London	Wrestling	Men’s 60 kg Freestyle
Sushil Kumar	Silver	2012 London	Wrestling	Men’s 66 kg Freestyle
Sakshi Malik	Bronze	2016 Rio	Wrestling	Women’s 58 kg Freestyle
Sindhu P V	Silver	2016 Rio	Badminton	Women’s Singles

List of competitors

This list provides a comparative compendium of all the participants/competitors of India in the summer Olympic games.

Games	Sports	Men	Women	Total	Change	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Change
1900	1	1	0	1	NA	0	2	0	2	NA
1920	2	6	0	6	+5	0	0	0	0	-2
1924	2	13	2	15	+8	0	0	0	0	0
1928	2	21	0	21	+7	1	0	0	1	+1
1932	3	30	0	30	+9	1	0	0	1	0
1936	3-4	27	0	27	-3	1	0	0	1	0
1948	10	79	0	79	+52	1	0	0	1	0
1952	11	60	4	64	-15	1	0	1	2	+1
1956	8	58	1	59	-5	1	0	0	1	-1
1960	6	45	0	45	-14	0	1	0	1	0
1964	8	52	1	53	+8	1	0	0	1	0
1968	5	25	0	25	-28	0	0	1	1	0
1972	7	40	1	41	+16	0	0	1	1	0
1976	2	20	0	20	-21	0	0	0	0	-1
1980	1	58	18	76	+56	1	0	0	1	+1
1984				48	-28	0	0	0	0	-1
1988	7			46	-2	0	0	0	0	0
1992	5			53	+7	0	0	0	0	0
1996	13	44	4	49	-4	0	0	1	1	+1
2000	7			65	+16	0	0	1	1	0
2004	14	48	25	73	+8	0	1	0	1	0
2008	12	31	25	56	-17	1	0	2	3	+2
2012	13	60	23	83	+27	0	2	4	6	+3
2016	15	66	54	118	+35	0	1	1	2	-4

The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later going on to defeat Germany 8-1 in the final