An article on the topic India's Olympic dream
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India at the
Olympics
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
Website www.olympic.ind.in
Medals
Gold9Silver7Bronze12Total28
Olympics appearances (overview)
34
INDIAN OLYMPIC DREAM
The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later going on to defeat Germany 8–1 in the final
India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won a total of 28 medals so far, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, India national field hockey team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1920 and 1980. The run included 8 gold medals total and six successive gold medals from 1928–1956.