India in Olympics



India in Olympics

Discipline Year Performance
Athletics 1960 Milkha Singh — Fourth in 400 m Finals
Zora Singh — Eighth in 50 km walk
1964 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa—Fifth in 100 m Hurdles (Final)
1976 Sriram Singh — Seventh in 800 m Final
Shivnath Singh — Eleventh in the Marathon
1980 Sriram Singh — Semi-finalist in 800 m
1984 P. T. Usha — Fourth in 400 m Hurdles
Boxing 2008 Vijender Kumar won Bronze Medal in Men’s 75 kg Middleweight
2012 M.C. Mary Kom won Bronze Medal in Women’s Flyweight
Badminton 2012 Saina Nehwal won Bronze Medal in Women’s Singles
2016 P. V. Sindhu won Silver Medal in Women’s Singles
Football (Soccer) 1956 Semi-Finals
Discipline Year Performance
Hockey 1928 Won Gold Medal
1932 Won Gold Medal
1936 Won Gold Medal
1948 Won Gold Medal
1952 Won Gold Medal
1956 Won Gold Medal
1960 Won Silver Medal
1964 Won Silver Medal
1968 Won Bronze Medal
1972 Won Bronze Medal
1980 Won Gold Medal
Shooting 2008 Abhinav Bindra won Gold Medal in Men’s 10 m Air Rifle
2012 Vijay Kumar won Silver Medal in Men’s 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
2012 Gagan Narang won Bronze medal in Men’s 10 m Air Rifle
Tennis 1996 Leander Paes won Bronze Medal in Men’s Singles Event
Weightlifting 2000 Karnam Malleshwari won Bronze Medal in Women’s 69 kg category
Wrestling 1952 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won Bronze Medal in Men’s 52-57 kg Freestyle
2008 Sushil Kumar won Bronze Medal in Men’s 66 kg Freestyle
2012 Sushil Kumar won Silver Medal in Men’s 66 kg Freestyle
2012 Yogeshwar Dutt won Bronze Medal in Men’s 60 kg Freestyle
2016 Sakshi Malik won Bronze medal in Women’s 58 kg Freestyle