Sports and the Olympic Games

India first participated in the Olympic Games in 1920, sending a team of seven athletes to the Antwerp Games.

Norman Pritchard won the first individual Olympic gold medal for India in the 200-meter hurdles at the 1900 Paris Games.

The 1928 Amsterdam Team was the first Indian hockey team to win an Olympic gold medal.

K. D. Jadhav won the first Olympic silver medal for India in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Milkha Singh won the first Olympic bronze medal for India in the 400-meter race at the 1960 Rome Games.

Abhinav Bindra won the first Olympic gold medal for India in an individual event in the 10-meter air rifle shooting at the 2008 Beijing Games.

The Indian Hockey Team won the first Olympic gold medal for India in a team event at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.

Leander Paes has won the most Olympic medals for India, with a total of six medals (one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals).

Abhinav Bindra has won the most Olympic gold medals for India, with a total of one gold medal.

Leander Paes has won the most Olympic silver medals for India, with a total of two silver medals.

Leander Paes has won the most Olympic bronze medals for India, with a total of four bronze medals.

Hockey has won the most Olympic medals for India, with a total of eight medals (eight gold medals).

No Indian city has hosted the Olympic Games.

Leander Paes has won the most Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games, with a total of three medals (one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal) at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Leander Paes has won the most Olympic medals in different editions of the Games, with a total of six medals (one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals) won at four different editions of the Games (1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004).