Between 1928 and 1980, Indian hockey team won 8 gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980). These were the only medal for India during that period.
In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, besides the gold from Indian men’s hockey team, Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won a bronze in men’s wrestling freestyle bantamweight category.
India won silver in men’s hockey in 1960.
In 1968 and 1972, men’s hockey team managed to clinch bronze medals.
In 1996, Leander Paes won a bronze in tennis. > Read: The phenomenon that’s Leander Paes
In 2000 and 2004 Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting – 69 kg category) and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (shooting – double trap) won bronze and silver medals respectively.
In 2008, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal. Vijender Singh (boxing) and Sushil Kumar won a bronze each at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The 2012 London Olympics was a good event for India, winning 6 individual medals.
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