List of Indian Olympic Medal Winners

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Here we are sharing the List of Indian Olympic Medal Winners (1900-2018). India first participated at the Olympic games in 1900, winning two medals- both silver- in athletics. India sent first team to the Summer Olympic Games, held in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also participated at several Winter Olympic Games, started in 1964.

This is an important topic for upcoming competitive exams in 2018. You can also download the PDF file by clicking on the link given below. Indian Olympic Medal Winner – Individual Events

INDIAN OLYMPIC MEDAL Year MEDAL WINNERS Venue SPORT EVENT

1900 Silver Norman Pritchard Paris Athletics Men’s 200 metres

1900 Men’s 200 metre Silver Norman Pritchard Paris Athletics hurdles

Khashaba Dadasaheb 1952 Men’s freestyle Bronze Jadhav Helsinki Wrestling Bantamweight

1996 Bronze Leander Paes Atlanta Tennis Men’s singles

Karnam 2000 Bronze Malleswari Sydney Weightlifting Women’s 69 kg

Rajyavardhan 2004 Silver Singh Rathore Athens Shooting Men’s double trap

2008 Men’s 10 m Air Gold Abhinav bindra Beijing Shooting Rifle 2008 Bronze Vijender Singh Bejing Boxing Men’s 75 kg

2008 Men’s 66 kg Bronze Sushil Kumar Bejing Wrestling Freestyle

2012 Men’s 25 Rapid Silver Vijay Kumar London Shooting Fire pistol

2012 Men’s 66 kg Silver Sushil Kumar London Wrestling Freestyle

2012 Bronze Saina Nehwal London Badminton Women’s singles

2012 Bronze Mary Kom London Boxing Women’s flyweight

2012 Men’s 10 m Air Bronze Gagan Narang London Shooting Rifle

2012 Men’s 60 kg Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt London Wrestling Freestyle

2016 Women’s 58kg Bronze Sakshi Malik Rio Wrestling freestyle

2016 Silver PV Sindhu Rio Badminton Women’s Singles

Indian Olympic Medal Winner – Team Events

MEDAL TEAM GAMES SPORT EVENT

National 1928 Field Gold team Amsterdam hockey Men’s competition National 1932 Los Field Gold team Angeles hockey Men’s competition

National Field Gold team 1936 Berlin hockey Men’s competition

National Field Gold team 1948 London hockey Men’s competition

National Field Gold team 1952 Helsinki hockey Men’s competition

National 1956 Field Gold team Melbourne hockey Men’s competition

National Field Silver team 1960 Rome hockey Men’s competition

National Field Gold team 1964 Tokyo hockey Men’s competition

National Field Bronze team 1968 Mexico hockey Men’s competition

National Field Bronze team 1972 Munich hockey Men’s competition

National Field Gold team 1980 Moscow hockey Men’s competition