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Medal By Medal

India’s

stature

soared

Olympics
Indian players have been improving their performance in
the Olympics for the last decade, and the number of medals
is increasing. In Rio de Janeiro 2016, the 117-member
team won 2 medals, while this number reached 7 in Tokyo
2020. In Paris 2024 despite 6 players missing out by a small
margin, India continued its strong performance with 6
medals. During this period, Neeraj Chopra won India’s first
Olympic gold medal in javelin throw and became the first
Indian to win two Olympic medals (gold and silver). At the
same time, in weightlifting, Mirabai Chanu made a record of
winning two consecutive medals, and Manu Bhaker made a
record of winning two medals in one Olympics.

Rio de Janeiro Tokyo Paris Paralympics

Athletes Athletes Athletes India ranked 18th among 170
2016 117 2020 119 2024 117 countries in the Paralympics 2024
Medals won Medals won Medals won
2 7 6 India’s Paralympic players have touched new
heights of achievements in the last 11 years. This
reflects India’s growing strength in para sports and
20 medals in 60 years and 15 in 8 strong support in the country for disabled players.
The first Olympics were held in 1896, but India While only 19 athletes went to Rio 2016 and won
participated for the first time in 1900. Since then, 4 medals, a team of 84 athletes went to Paris 2024
India has won a total of 41 medals in the Olympics. and won 29 medals.
From 1952 to 2012, i.e., only 20 medals in 60 years,
while after that, from 2016 to 2024, 15 medals have
been won in eight years. Year/Venue Gold Silver Bronze Total

Hockey team won 2 consecutive 2012 (London) 0 1 0 1
Olympic medals after 52 years
Indian Hockey team achieved the feat of winning 2016 (Rio) 2 1 1 4
medals in two consecutive Olympics (Tokyo and 2020 (Tokyo) 5 8 6 19
Paris) for the first time by winning the bronze
medal in the Paris Olympics after the 1972 Munich 2024 (Paris) 7 9 13 29
Olympics. India had won 4 consecutive medals from
1960 to 1972. Then in 1976, there was no medal.

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