The Olympics is the most important event in the world of sport. It brings together top athletes from nearly all countries to compete on the world’s largest stage in sports. One of the biggest achievements in an athlete’s career is winning a medal at the Olympics. Today, we will see the India Olympics Medals List and all Olympic medalists in India. So let’s start.

India Olympics Medals List

The first edition of the Olympics happened in 1896 in Athens, Greece. India was not a part of the 1896 Summer Olympics. They have participated in the Olympics for the first time in 1900. The event happened in Paris, and only one Indian had participated in that event. Norman Pritchard became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal. Pritchard was a British-Indian athlete and an actor. He is the first player in the India Olympics Medals List. Norman Pritchard was the sole participant from India and took part in the five athletics events.

Pritchard won two silver medals (in the 200 metres and the 200 metres hurdles), making him the first Indian ever to win an Olympic medal. Not just an Indian, he became the first Asian-born athlete to win a medal in the Olympics.

In the next three Olympic editions (1904, 1908, and 1912), India did not participate. There was a time, from 1928 to 1980, when India’s Men’s Field Hockey Team won 11 medals in the Olympics. They won the medals in all 10 Olympic editions from 1928 to 1972. In this period, India Olympics Medals List consists of 7 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, and 2 Bronze Medals in the Field Hockey (Men’s). After missing out on the medal in 1976, India’s men’s Field Hockey team won another gold medal in 1980. Such was the dominance of India’s Men’s Field Hockey Team.

As of now (2025), India has a total of 41 medals in the Olympics. Out of those 41, India Olympics Medals List consists of 10 Gold medals, 10 Silver Medals, and 21 Bronze Medals. Currently, India is at the 60^th rank in the medals rankings.

India Olympics Medals List by Sport

India’s Olympics Medals List has 8 gold medals in field hockey, the most in any sport, as of now. The Field Hockey team also has 4 Bronze and 1 Silver Medal.

India’s Olympics Medals List by Edition

As of now, India has won all the medals in the Summer Games. They are yet to win a medal in the Winter Games.

Summer Olympics Edition

NOTE:

• There was no participation from India in the 1896, 1904, 1908, and 1912 Summer Olympics.
• From 1900 to 1936, the Indian contingent participated as part of British India. They participated as India after the 1947 Independence.

Winter Olympics Editions

As we said earlier, India has not won a medal in the Winter Olympic Games. The first Winter Games happened in 1924 in Chamonix. India did not participate in the first 8 editions of the Winter Olympics. Their first ever participation in the Winter Olympics was in 1964. India also did not participate in the Winter Games from 1972 to 1984 (4 editions).

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India’s All Olympic Medalists

NOTE:

• All the members of India’s Men’s Field Hockey Team who won medals in the Olympics are mentioned below.

India’s Men’s Field Hockey Teams Who Won Medals in Different Editions

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, Sayed Yusuf, Kher Singh Gill.

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.

1936

Richard Allen, Dhyan Chand, Ali Dara, Lionel Emmett, Peter Fernandes, Joseph Galibardy, Earnest Goodsir-Cullen, Mohammed Hussain, Sayed Jaffar, Ahmed Khan, Ahsan Mohomed Khan, Mirza Masood, Cyril Michie, Baboo Nimal, Joseph Phillips, Shabban Shahab-ud-Din, Gurcharan Singh Grewal, Roop Singh, Carlyle Tapsell.

1948

Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Walter de Sousa, Lawrie Fernandes, Ranganathan Francis, Gerry Glackan, Akhtar Hussain, Patrick Jansen, Amir Kumar, Kishan Lal, Leo Pinto, Jaswant Singh Rajput, Latif-ur Rehman, Reginald Rodrigues, Balbir Singh Sr., Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, K. D. Singh, Trilochan Singh, Maxie Vaz.

1952

D. Singh, Leslie Claudius, Meldric Daluz, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Ranganathan Francis, Raghbir Lal, Govind Perumal, Muniswamy Rajgopal, Balbir Singh Sr., Randhir Singh Gentle, C. S. Dubey, Udham Singh, Dharam Singh, Grahanandan Singh, Chaman Singh Gurung.

1956

Leslie Claudius, Ranganathan Francis, Haripal Kaushik, Amir Kumar, Raghbir Lal, Shankar Lakshman, O. P. Malhotra, Govind Perumal, Amit Singh Bakshi, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Balbir Singh Sr., Hardyal Singh, Randhir Singh Gentle, Balkrishan Singh, Gurdev Singh, Udham Singh, Bakshish Singh, Charles Stephen.

1960

Joseph Antic, Leslie Claudius, Jaman Lal Sharma, Mohinder Lal, Shankar Lakshman, John Peter, Govind Sawant, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Udham Singh, Charanjit Singh, Jaswant Singh, Joginder Singh, Prithipal Singh.

1964

Haripal Kaushik, Mohinder Lal, Shankar Lakshman, Bandu Patil, John Peter, Syed Ali, Udham Singh, Charanjit Singh, Darshan Singh, Dharam Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Jagjit Singh, Joginder Singh, Prithipal Singh, Balbir Singh Kullar, Rajendran Christie.

1968

Rajendran Christie, Krishnamurty Perumal, John Peter, Inam-ur Rahman, Munir Sait, Ajitpal Singh, Balbir Singh Kullar, Balbir Singh Kular, Balbir Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Inder Singh, Prithipal Singh, Tarsem Singh, Jagjit Singh.

1972

P. Govinda, Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Michael Kindo, V. J. Philips, Ashok Kumar, M. P. Ganesh, Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harcharan Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, Virinder Singh, Vece Paes.

1980

Vasudevan Baskaran, Bir Bahadur Chettri, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Mervyn Fernandis, Zafar Iqbal, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, M. M. Somaya, Allan Schofield, Mohammed Shahid, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Amarjit Singh Rana, Rajinder Singh Jr., Ravinder Pal Singh, Surinder Singh Sodhi.

2020

Dilpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Walmiki, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas, Vivek Prasad.

2024

Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Abhishek Nain, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Sanjay Rana, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Walmiki, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Amit Rohidas, Vivek Prasad, Sukhjeet Singh.

India’s Multi-Medalists in the Olympics

As of now, there are a total of 5 players who have won an Olympic medal for India multiple times (individual). There are quite a few players in the Indian Field Hockey Team who have won a medal multiple times. Here is the India Olympics Medals List of those players.

Individual Multi Medalists

Team Multi Medalists

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So these are all the Indian Olympic medalists and the India Olympics Medals List. Norman Pritchard was the first athlete to become an individual multi-medalist. The Indian Field Hockey Team, which participated in the 1928 Olympics, became the first team to win a Gold medal. They also won the first gold medal for India after independence.

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FAQs:-

(1) Who was the first woman medalist for India in the Olympics?

• Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics. She won the Bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Olympics.

(2) Who was the first multi-medalist in the single Olympics after Independence?

• Manu Bhaker became the first player to win multiple medals in a single edition after independence. She won two Bronze medals in shooting in the 2024 Olympics edition.

(3) Why was Vinesh Phogat disqualified in the 2024 Olympics?

• Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris 2024 Olympics for being just 100 grams over the official 50 kg weight limit, as confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).