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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 Indian contingent for the 2024 Summer Olympics consisted of 110 competitors across 16 sports. [108] [109] India won six medals in total including one silver and five bronze, three of which came from the shooting events. [110]
A total of 84 nations were represented at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in Rome, [24] 94 nations at the 1964 Games, in Tokyo, [25] and 112 nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics, in Mexico City. [26] The 1968 Games also marked the first time that West Germany and East Germany competed as independent teams.
As of July 24, 2024, the Paris Olympics website states that athletes from 203 National Olympic Committees will compete in the Paris Olympics, as well as athletes from the IOC Refugee Team, which ...
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.
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
The India men's national field hockey team wins a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [136] Neeraj Chopra wins a silver medal in Javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [137] 9 August – Aman Sehrawat wins a bronze medal in Men's freestyle 57 kilograms at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [138]
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.