India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900. The nation has attended Winter Olympic Games since 1964, and at every edition since 1988.
India has won 35 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, but is yet to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. The nation has won almost half of its medals in field hockey, with the most recent gold medals being won in shooting and athletics.
The Indian Olympic Association was created and recognized in 1927.
Medal Table[]
Medals by Summer Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 1900 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| St. Louis 1904 | Did not participate | |||||
| London 1908 | ||||||
| Stockholm 1912 | ||||||
| Antwerp 1920 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Paris 1924 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Amsterdam 1928 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Los Angeles 1932 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Berlin 1936 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| London 1948 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Helsinki 1952 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Melbourne 1956 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Rome 1960 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Tokyo 1964 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Mexico City 1968 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| Munich 1972 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Montreal 1976 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Moscow 1980 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Seoul 1988 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Barcelona 1992 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Atlanta 1996 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Sydney 2000 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| Athens 2004 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Beijing 2008 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| London 2012 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 57 |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 48 |
| Total | 10 | 9 | 16 | 35 | ||
Medals by Winter Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innsbruck 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Grenoble 1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sapporo 1972 | Did not participate | |||||
| Innsbruck 1976 | ||||||
| Lake Placid 1980 | ||||||
| Sarajevo 1984 | ||||||
| Calgary 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Albertville 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Lillehammer 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Nagano 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Salt Lake City 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Turin 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Vancouver 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sochi 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Pyeongchang 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Beijing 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Medal winners[]
| Games | Medal | Athlete | Sport | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 1900 | 
|
Norman Pritchard | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| Paris 1900 |
|
Norman Pritchard | Athletics | Men's 200 metres hurdles |
| Amsterdam 1928 | 
|
Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Michael Gateley William Goodsir-Cullen Leslie Hammond Feroze Khan George Marthins Rex Norris Broome Pinniger Michael Rocque Frederic Seaman Ali Shaukat Jaipal Singh Kher Singh Gill Sayed Yusuf |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
|
Richard Allen Muhammad Aslam Lal Bokhari Frank Brewin Richard Carr Dhyan Chand Leslie Hammond Arthur Hind Sayed Jaffar Masud Minhas Broome Pinniger Gurmit Singh Kullar Roop Singh William Sullivan Carlyle Tapsell |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Berlin 1936 |
|
Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shabab-ud-Din Gurcharan Singh Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| London 1948 |
|
Leslie Claudius Walter D'Souza Keshav Dutt Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal Leo Pinto Latif-ur Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Grahanandan Singh Jaswant Singh Rajput Kunwar Digvijay Singh Trilochan Singh Maxie Vaz |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Dutt Chinadorai Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Chaman Singh Gerung Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Kunwar Digvijay Singh Randhir Singh Gentle Udham Singh |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Helsinki 1952 | 
|
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | Wrestling | Men's Bantamweight Freestyle |
| Melbourne 1956 |
|
Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Laxman Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Bakshish Singh Balbir Singh Dosanjh Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Hardyal Singh Garchey Raghbir Singh Bhola Randhir Singh Gentle Udham Singh Kullar Charles Stephen |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Rome 1960 |
|
Joseph Antic Raghbir Bhola Leslie Claudius Mohinder Lal Shankar Laxman John Peter Govind Sawant Jaman Lal Sharma Charanjit Singh Jaswant Singh Joginder Singh Prithipal Singh Udham Singh Kullar |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Tokyo 1964 |
|
Rajendran Christie Haripal Kaushik Mohinder Lal Shankar Laxman Bandu Patil John Peter Ali Sayed Balbir Singh Kullar Charanjit Singh Darshan Singh Dharam Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Jagjit Singh Joginder Singh Prithipal Singh Udham Singh Kullar |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Rajendran Christie Krahnamurty Perumal John Peter Inam-ur Rahman Munir Sait Ajitpal Singh Balbar Singh Kullar Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder Singh Jagjit Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Munich 1972 |
|
Charles Cornelius Manuel Frederick Billimoga Govinda Michael Kindo Ashtok Kumar Mullera Poovayya Ganesh Krashnamurty Perumal Ajitpal Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Mukhbain Singh Virinder Singh |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Moscow 1980 |
|
Vasudevan Baskaran Bir Bhadur Chettri Sylvanus Dung Dung Merwyn Fernandes Zafar Iqbal Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Charanjit Kumar Sommayya Maneypande Allan Schofield Mohamed Shahid Amarjit Singh Rana Davinder Singh Gurmail Singh Rajinder Singh Ravinder Pal Singh Surinder Singh Sodhi |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Atlanta 1996 |
|
Leander Paes | Tennis | Men's Singles |
| Sydney 2000 |
|
Karnam Malleswari | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Shooting | Men's Double Trap |
| Beijing 2008 |
|
Abhinav Bindra | Shooting | Men's 10 m Air Rifle |
| Beijing 2008 |
|
Vijender Singh | Boxing | Men's Middleweight |
| Beijing 2008 |
|
Sushil Kumar | Wrestling | Men's 66 kg Freestyle |
| London 2012 |
|
Vijay Kumar | Shooting | Men's 25 m Rapid-Fire Pistol |
| London 2012 |
|
Sushil Kumar | Wrestling | Men's 66 kg Freestyle |
| London 2012 |
|
Saina Nehwal | Badminton | Women's Singles |
| London 2012 |
|
Mary Kom | Boxing | Women's Flyweight |
| London 2012 |
|
Gagan Narang | Shooting | Men's 10 m Air Rifle |
| London 2012 |
|
Yogeshwar Dutt | Wrestling | Men's 60 kg Freestyle |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu | Badminton | Women's Singles |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Sakshi Malik | Wrestling | Women's 58 kg Freestyle |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Chanu Saikhom Mirabai | Weightlifting | Women's 49 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Kumar Ravi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Sindhu Pusarla | Badminton | Women's Singles |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing | Women's Welterweight |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Surender Kumar Varun Kumar Birendra Lakra Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran Vivek Sagar Prasad Amit Rohidas Nilakanta Sharma Dilpreet Singh Gurjant Singh Hardik Singh Harmanpreet Singh Mandeep Singh Manpreet Singh Rupinder Pal Singh Shamsher Singh Simranjeet Singh Sumit Lalit Kumar Upadhyay |
Field Hockey | Men's Field Hockey |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Bajrang Bajrang | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 65 kg |