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India competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, held from 26 July to 11 August 2024.The country made its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.Indian athletes have appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and the Paris Games edition marked India's 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 24 July. [1] Athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the games. [2]
Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics , Shiny Abraham-Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne) and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with several events started from 24 July.
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and other venues in Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti in the overseas country of French Polynesia. Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events.