Hockey to Athletics: Full list of India medal winners till 2024 Olympics

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At the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian hockey team secured the fourth bronze medal for the country by defeating Spain in the bronze medal match on August 8, 2024. This marks India's back-to-back medal win in men's hockey at the Olympics, following their bronze in Tokyo 2020. The last time India achieved consecutive Olympic medals in men's hockey was in 1968 and 1972. India had previously won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, which was their first Olympic hockey medal since the 1980 Games.

Indian hockey captains at Olympics - full list
Captain	Olympics	Result
Jaipal Singh Munda	Amsterdam 1928	Gold
Lal Shah Bokhari	Los Angeles 1932	Gold
Dhyan Chand	Berlin 1936	Gold
Kishan Lal	London 1948	Gold
K.D. Singh	Helsinki 1952	Gold
Balbir Singh Sr	Melbourne 1956	Gold
Leslie Claudius	Rome 1960	Silver
Charanjit Singh	Tokyo 1964	Gold
Gurbux Singh / Prithipal Singh	Mexico 1968	Bronze
Harmik Singh	Munich 1972	Bronze
Ajit Pal Singh	Monteral 1976	7th
Vasudevan Baskaran	Moscow 1980	Gold
Zafar Iqbal	Los Angeles 1984	5th
M.M, Somaya	Seoul 1988	6th
Pargat Singh	Barcelona 1992	7th
Pargat Singh	Atlanta 1996	8th
Ramandeep Singh	Sydney 2000	7th
Dilip Tirkey	Athens 2004	7th
Bharat Chettri	London 2012	12th
PR Sreejsh	Rio 2016	8th
Manpreet Singh	Tokyo 2020	Bronze
Harmanpreet Singh	Paris 2024	Bronze

The Indian hockey team successfully defended their bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024, securing a 2-1 victory over Spain.

Skipper Harmanpreet Singh played a crucial role in the Men in Blue's triumph, scoring two drag-flick goals that allowed India to come from behind and win the decisive match.

Although the team fell short of clinching a silver or gold in Paris, the players will undoubtedly cherish this bronze medal for years to come. The match also marked a fitting conclusion to the career of veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who played his final game for India in Paris.

Achieving back-to-back Olympic medals had been a long-standing dream for the team, and coach Craig Fulton's side has realised that dream after navigating a challenging path in this year's quadrennial event.

India medal winners in Olympics

Gold eluded defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he signed off with a silver in the Olympics men's javelin throw event, while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem bossed the field with a new Games record of 92.97m at Paris 2024.

The 26-year-old Chopra, who has never lost to Nadeem in their earlier 10 meetings, took the silver with his second round throw of 89.45m. He had won gold in Tokyo with a throw of 87.58m three years ago.

The season's best effort was the Indian's only legitimate throw of the evening.

Nadeem's monster effort -- sixth longest in history -- also came in his second attempt which was like a bolt from the blue that stunned the Stade de France.

The earlier Olympic record stood at 90.57m in the name of Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway, set during the 2008 Beijing Games.

Nadeem also signed off in style with a closing throw of 91.79m.

Earlier in the Games, Manu Bhaker made history by becoming the first Indian woman shooter to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. She clinched a bronze in the 10m Air Pistol event at the Paris 2024 Games.

Additionally, it is worth noting that Norman Pritchard, an athlete representing India, won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics, marking the first Olympic medals for the country.

Full list of medal winners in Summer Olympics Games history
Athlete	Medal	Event	Olympics
Neeraj Chopra	Silver	Men's Javelin Throw	Paris 2024
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men's hockey	Paris 2024
Swapnil Kusale	Bronze	Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Men)	Paris 2024
Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh	Bronze	Shooting, 10m Air Pistol mixed team event	Paris 2024
Manu Bhaker	Bronze	Shooting, 10m Air Pistol	Paris 2024
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
PV Sindhu	Silver	Women's singles badminton	Rio 2016
Sakshi Malik	Bronze	Women's 58kg wrestling	Rio 2016
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
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
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Silver	Men's double trap shooting	Athens 2004
Karnam Malleswari	Bronze	Women's 54kg weightlifting	Sydney 2000
Leander Paes	Bronze	Men's singles tennis	Atlanta 1996
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Moscow 1980
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men's hockey	Munich 1972
Indian hockey team	Bronze	Men's hockey	Mexico City 1968
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Tokyo 1964
Indian hockey team	Silver	Men's hockey	Rome 1960
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Melbourne 1956
KD Jadhav	Bronze	Men's bantamweight wrestling	Helsinki 1952
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Helsinki 1952
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	London 1948
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Berlin 1936
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Los Angeles 1932
Indian hockey team	Gold	Men's hockey	Amsterdam 1928
Norman Pritchard	Silver	Men's 200m	Paris 1900
Norman Pritchard	Silver	Men's 200m hurdles	Paris 1900