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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.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
For the 2016 Summer Olympics, India sent more than 100 athletes for the first time with 117 competitors. [79] [80] India won two medals including a silver and a bronze. [81] [82] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and the youngest Indian woman medalist after she won a silver medal in badminton.
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.
Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event. [25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event. [26]
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.
The India men's national field hockey team wins a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [131] Neeraj Chopra wins a silver medal in Javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [132] 9 August – Aman Sehrawat wins a bronze medal in Men's freestyle 57 kilograms at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [133]
The win also made him the oldest Olympic singles champion since tennis returned to the Games in 1988. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Chilean sport shooter Francisca Crovetto holding the gold medal she won in the women's skeet , as well as a box with an official poster given to all medalists [ 25 ] Women's high jump medallists at the 2024 games.