India at the Olympics

India at the Olympics is a history which includes 32 games in 19 countries and 800+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "India" ; retrieved 2012-7-27. Since 1900, India has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".
Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-27.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for India is IND.

History
The Indian National Olympic Committee was formed in 1927.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1927.Olympic.org, India; retrieved 2012-7-27.

India's team first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

For a period of time, India's men's field hockey team was strong in Olympic competition.  The team won eleven medals in twelve Olympiads between 1928 and 1980.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, India won two silver medals and four bronze medals.BleacherReport.com,  "Olympic Medal Count 2012: Updated Tracker, Standings and List of Winners"; retireved 2012-8-16.

Medalists

Summer games

 Medal Name Games Sport Event   *  1900 ParisSR/Olympics, "India at the 1900 Paris Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Athletics  Men's 200 metres   *  1900 Paris  Athletics  Men's 200 metre hurdles   National team  1928 AmsterdamSR/Olympics, "India at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1932 Los AngelesSR/Olympics, "India at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1936 BerlinSR/Olympics, "India at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1948 LondonSR/Olympics, "India at the 1948 London Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1952 HelsinkiSR/Olympics, "India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition     1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle bantamweight   National team  1956 MelbourneSR/Olympics, "India at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1960 RomeSR/Olympics, "India at the 1960 Roma Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1964 TokyoSR/Olympics, "India at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1968 Mexico CitySR/Olympics, "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National team  1972 MunichSR/Olympics, "India at the 1972 München Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition   National teamTimmons, Heather.  " With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics," New York Times, August 11, 2008; excerpt, "Abhinav Bindra, 25, became the first Indian athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal "; retrieved 2012-7-13.  1980 MoscowSR/Olympics, "India at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Field hockey  Men's competition     1996 AtlantaSR/Olympics, "India at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Tennis  Men's singles     2000 SydneySR/Olympics, "India at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Weightlifting  Women's 69 kg     2004 AthensSR/Olympics, "India at the 2004 Athina Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Shooting  Men's double trap     2008 BeijingSR/Olympics, "India at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Shooting  Men's 10m Air Rifle     2008 Beijing  Wrestling  Men's 66 kg Freestyle     2008 Beijing  Boxing  Men's 75 kg   SR/Olympics,  "India at the 2012 London Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-16.  2012 LondonSR/Olympics, "India at the 2012 London Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-8-20.  Wrestling       2012 London  Shooting  20m Rapid Fire Pistol Singles     2012 London  Wrestling       2012 London  Boxing  Women 51 kg Flyweight     2012 London  Shooting  10m Air Rifle     2012 London  Badminton  Women Singles

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes
 Arjuna Award

References

Other websites
 Indian Olympic Association 
 India profile at London2012.com 

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