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The hockey team won India's first gold medal in the Olympics at Amsterdam. [14] This was the first gold medal won by any nation from Asia at the modern Olympic Games. [15] [16] For the 1932 Games, the Indian contingent consisted of the field hockey team and five athletes. [17]
Indian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and this edition of the Games marked the nation's 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics. [3] The Indian contingent for this year's games consisted of 117 athletes: 110 competitors and 7 alternate, in addition to 118 support staff and 22 officials.
Indian qualified nine athletes for individual track events, seven for field events and two relay teams. [43] Irfan Kolothum Thodi was the first Indian athlete who qualified for the Games after he achieved the qualification time for the men's 20 km walk event at the Asian Race-Walking Championships at Nomi, Japan in March 2019.
Alex was one of the 26-member Indian contingent selected for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which was later postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 7 ] [ 4 ] [ 8 ] References
India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials. [2]
The Indian Olympic Association thus undertook wider outreach with several national sports federations, and essentially became a clearing house that coordinated the sending of multiple sports teams – each selected by their respective sports federations – to the Olympics. The National Games: The Indian Olympic Association had one other major ...
Shiva Keshavan was the only Indian to qualify for the event. [11] [31] Keshavan had represented India since 1997 and was the youngest ever men's luge competitor at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where he finished 28th. He was also the sole Indian athlete to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics and further represented India in the 2006 games. [32]
India women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top five finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, signifying its historic Olympic comeback after 36 years. [23] Team roster. The following is the Indian roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [24]