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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.
Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal at 1928 Olympics. India made its first appearance at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of British India (1858-1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games. [1] A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals in athletics. [2]
This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics. India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.
What is the medal count at the 2024 Paris Olympics? The U.S. leads the overall medal count with 122 — 38 gold, 42 silver and 42 bronze. Team USA trails in the gold medal count with China leading ...
India sent four golfers to the Games, the maximum that was possible under the IGF guidelines with Ashok and Lahiri participating in their second Olympic Games. [125] [126] The men's individual event was held between 29 July and 1 August followed by the women's individual events between 4 and 7 August at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
All-India Railway Championships Bhubaneswar, India [34] 4 × 100 m relay: 38.89 India Rahamatulla Molla Suresh Sathya Shameer Mon A. Qureshi: 12 October 2010 Commonwealth Games: New Delhi, India [35] [36] 4 × 400 m relay: 3:00.25 India Muhammed Anas Noah Nirmal Tom Arokia Rajiv Amoj Jacob: 6 August 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan [37] 2:59.05 ...
The country's participation in Beijing marked its eleventh appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. [a] [b] The India team consisted of one male alpine skier, Arif Khan, who was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. He did not win a medal, and as of these Games, India had not earned a Winter Olympic medal.
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal.