A look at all Indian Olympic medal winners over the years, check full list | Olympic Games News

Representing one’s country in the Olympic Games is any athletes greatest career achievement. However, winning an Olympic medal is an unforgettable memory not just for the athlete but for the nation as well.

Athletes prepare for this quadrennial event with all that they’ve got in order to secure the highest honour in the sporting world. Indian athletes have also been taking part in the Games since 1900 and have had many medal winners so far. 

These athletes are forever etched in the history books of the nation and will continue to live on forever. India have a total of 41 medals in the Olympic Games so far with the latest one being our youngest medal winner yet. India’s Aman Sehrawat who clinched bronze in wrestling at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Our first winner was Norman Pritchard, who won two silver medals in the men’s 200m and men’s 200m hurdles back in 1900 during the Paris Olympics.

Here is a full list of all the Indian Olympic medal winners so far – 

Indian Olympic Medal winners
Athletes	Medal	Event	Year
Norman Pritchard	Silver	Men’s 200m	Paris 1900
Norman Pritchard	Silver	Men’s 200m hurdles	Paris 1900
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Amsterdam 1928
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Los Angeles 1932
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Berlin 1936
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	London 1948
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Helsinki 1952
KD Jadhav	Bronze	Men’s bantamweight wrestling	Helsinki 1952
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Melbourne 1956
Indian hockey team	Silver	Men’s hockey	Rome 1960
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Tokyo 1964
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men’s hockey	Mexico City 1968
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men’s hockey	Munich 1972
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men’s hockey	Moscow 1980
Leander Paes	Bronze	Men’s singles tennis	Atlanta 1996
Karnam Malleswari	Bronze	Women’s 54kg weightlifting	Sydney 2000
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Silver	Men’s double trap shooting	Athens 2004
Abhinav Bindra	Gold	Men’s 10m air rifle shooting	Beijing 2008
Vijender Singh	Bronze	Men’s middleweight boxing	Beijing 2008
Sushil Kumar	Bronze	Men’s 66kg wrestling	Beijing 2008
Sushil Kumar	Silver	Men’s 66kg wrestling	London 2012
Vijay Kumar	Silver	Men’s 25m rapid pistol shooting	London 2012
Saina Nehwal	Bronze	Women’s singles badminton	London 2012
Mary Kom	Bronze	Women’s flyweight boxing	London 2012
Yogeshwar Dutt	Bronze	Men’s 60kg wrestling	London 2012
Gagan Narang	Bronze	Men’s 10m air rifle shooting	London 2012
PV Sindhu	Silver	Women’s singles badminton	Rio 2016
Sakshi Malik	Bronze	Women’s 58kg wrestling	Rio 2016
Mirabai Chanu	Silver	Women’s 49kg weightlifting	Tokyo 2020
Lovlina Borgohain	Bronze	Women’s welterweight boxing	Tokyo 2020
PV Sindhu	Bronze	Women’s singles badminton	Tokyo 2020
Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Silver	Men’s 57kg wrestling	Tokyo 2020
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men’s hockey	Tokyo 2020
Bajrang Punia	Bronze	Men’s 65kg wrestling	Tokyo 2020
Neeraj Chopra	Gold	Men’s javelin throw	Tokyo 2020
Manu Bhaker	Bronze	Women’s 10m air pistol shooting	Paris 2024
Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh	Bronze	Mixed team 10m air pistol shooting	Paris 2024
Swapnil Kusale	Bronze	Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting	Paris 2024
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men’s hockey	Paris 2024
Neeraj Chopra	Silver	Men’s javelin throw	Paris 2024
Aman Sehrawat	Bronze	Men’s 57kg wrestling	Paris 2024

In all these years, only 3 Indian athletes have been able to win two medals in 2 different Olympic Games post-independence. Sushil Kumar, PV Sindhu and Neeraj Chopra have had the honour to achieve the feat so far.

With India trying to transform itslef into a sporting nation in the years to come, the future for this list looks bright and will likely keep growing from here on.