India at the Olympics: Past Medals Winners – A Timeline Part 3 (2004-2020)

India has won a total of 35 medals in the history of the Olympics – 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 16 bronze.

After the turn of the millennium, India claimed two individual gold medals – shooter Abhinav Bindra and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as shuttler PV Sindhu became India’s first multiple-medal winner.

India at Olympics – New Golden Millenium

2004 – Athens – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore – Silver – Shooting

Rathore not only became the first shooter from the country to bag the silver medal at the Olympics, but he is also the country’s first individual silver medallist at the Games.

2008 – Beijing – Abhinav Bindra – Gold – Shooting

Abhinav Bindra wrote a memorable script in the Indian sporting storyline. Bindra reached a pinnacle that nobody had before him and none have been able to touch it till date. Abhinav Bindra was the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympics and remains the only one with that colour so far. 12 years since his remarkable achievement, India is still searching for another gold. His 10.8 last shot took him to ultimate glory there is in an Olympic sport but what he went through after that defines what it takes for a sportsman to journey to the top. Bindra had worked for the elusive Olympic gold for 15 years of his life. He had “one goal, one dream” and then one day, when he achieved exactly what he had worked for all his life, he went blank.

2008 – Beijing – Vijender Singh – Bronze – Boxing

Vijender Singh’s bronze medal came in the middleweight category — the first Olympic medal in boxing by an Indian. His quarter-final bout against Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora saw Vijender Singh being tested on both the offensive and defensive fronts. Though the Ecuadorian tried to close the gap with a flurry of punches in the final seconds, it barely mattered as the Indian was declared the winner on points. Vijender Singh became the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

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2008 – Beijing – Sushil Kumar – Bronze – Wrestling

In the bronze medal match of 66kg freestyle event, Sushil beat Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov 3:1 and became the second Indian after Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav to win an Olympic medal in wrestling. A three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a former World Wrestling Championships winner, Sushil earned most of his stripes defying the odds on the back of his iron will.

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2012 – London – Vijay Kumar – Silver – Shooting

Army sharpshooter, Vijay Kumar, fought a nerve—wracking battle with five other top marksmen to clinch the silver medal in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia, Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian and German Christian Reitz in the 40—shot final to finish runner—up in a thrilling finale behind Cuba’s Leuris Pupo who shot his way to the gold with a world record-equalling score of 34.

2012 – London – Sushil Kumar – Silver – Wrestling

Sushil Kumar failed to clinch what would have been India’s only gold at London 2012, but with the silver medal in the 66kg category, Kumar became the first Indian to win back-to-back individual Olympic medals, having won a bronze at Beijing 2008. With the silver, India ended its London campaign with six medals – its best-ever show at the biggest sports extravaganza.

2012 – London – Saina Nehwal – Bronze – Badminton

Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal match against the then world No. 2 Chinese Xin Wang. Though Saina was one game down, 0-1 behind in the second game, Wang twisted her ankle in the first game and retired soon after to let Saina scoop the bronze. But nothing can take away from the fierceness and brilliance Saina displayed till that hour.

2012 – London – Mary Kom – Bronze – Boxing

Boxer Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with a bronze finish in the Women’s flyweight category. It was her Olympic debut and the five-time world amateur champion, despite moving up a weight category, won bronze. Women’s boxing was making its debut at the London 2012 Olympics and India had its hopes pinned on Mary Kom. Mary Kom fell at the penultimate stage to home favourite Nicola Adams, who eventually went on to win gold.

2012 – London – Gagan Narang – Bronze – Shooting

Rifle shooter Gagan Narang clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 10-metre air rifle event while his illustrious compatriot and defending champion Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final round. Narang, who is participating in his third Games, had a total score of 701.1 (598 qualifying, 103.1 final). Going into the final round, Narang was third. In the final round, Narang had a series of 10.7, 9.7, 10.6, 10.7, 10.4, 10.6, 9.9, 9.5, 10.3 and 10.7 to give India its first medal from the London Games.

2012 – London – Yogeshwar Dutt – Bronze – Wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt put up a brilliant display of power-packed freestyle wrestling in the Olympic Games and won a bronze medal. Dutt clinched the bronze as he staged a brilliant rally after losing the opening round to North Korea’s Jong Myong Ri on his way to recording an emphatic 3-1 victory in the 60kg freestyle play-off. It was India’s third wrestling medal at the Olympics after Kashaba Jadhav’s bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games and a similar feat by Sushil Kumar four years ago in Beijing. Four years, later Dutt’s bronze medal was upgraded to silver. The silver medallist from the 2012 Games – deceased Besik Kudukhov of Russia – has been stripped off his medal for using banned substance.

2016 – Rio de Janeiro – PV Sindhu – Silver – Badminton

PV Sindhu bettered Saina’s bronze from 2012 and secured silver in women’s singles after a hard-fought match against Spain’s Carolina Marin. Sindhu defeated Hungary’s Laura Sarosi and Canadian Michelle Li in the group stage to reach the last 16. She would then go on to beat Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying 21-13, 21-15 in the pre-quarters and Wang Yihan in the quarter-finals. In the semi-final, Sindhu defeated second seed Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-10 to become the first Indian shuttler to reach the Olympics final. The final was going to be the toughest match for Sindhu, after all, she up was against two-time World Champion and world No 1 Marin. Still, the Indian was in no mood to make it an easy run for Marin.

2016 – Rio de Janeiro – Sakshi Malik – Bronze – Wrestling

Gritty woman wrestler Sakshi Malik clinched bronze in the 58kg category, pulling off a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova in the Play-off bout. he 23-year-old from Rohtak became only the fourth woman athlete from India to win an Olympic medal as she earned the dramatic win after falling behind 0-5 in the do-or-die bout. She had earlier stormed into the bronze medal play-off round with a dominating performance in her repechage round, where she thrashed Purevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia 12-3. Both the wrestlers matched each other in the first period and the scores were 2-2 at the break.

2020 – Tokyo – Mirabai Chanu – Silver – Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu opened India’s account at the Tokyo Olympics with a historic first ever silver medal in weightlifting. She thus became the first weightlifter from her country in 21 years to win an Olympic medal. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202 kg – 87 kg in snatch plus 115 kg in clean and jerk – her two best attempts to seal her status as an India legend.

2020 – Tokyo – PV Sindhu – Bronze – Badminton

PV Sindhu created history few days after Mirabai’s silver after becoming the first ever female athlete from India to win two individual medals at Olympics. The badminton queen followed her Rio 2016 silver with a bronze medal in Tokyo as she beat China’s He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15.

2020 – Tokyo – Lovlina Borgohain – Bronze – Boxing

Lovlina Borgohain joined an elite list of Indian boxers to have won an Olympic medal. The 23-year-old Olympic debutant took home bronze and thus became the third boxer from her country after Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom to come home with a medal from an Olympics.

2020 – Tokyo – Men’s Hockey – Bronze – Hockey

The Indian men’s hockey team promised a medal and they delivered, ending an excruciating long wait of 41 years. India defeated Germany 5-4 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller to win a bronze and India’s 12th medal in hockey at the Summer Games.

2020 – Tokyo – Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Silver – Wrestling

Ravi Kumar Dahiya became the second wrestler in Indian history to win an Olympic silver. He won the medal in the 57kg becoming the fifth grappler from his country to do so.

2020 – Tokyo – Bajrang Punia – Bronze – Wrestling

Bajrang Punia was carrying a knee injury but he battled through the pain and disappointment of losing out on the gold medal spot to win an Olympic bronze on debut. He defeated Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0 in the bronze medal bout to emerge victorious.

2020 – Tokyo – Neeraj Chopra – Gold – Athletics

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In India’s final event at Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra provided a grandstand finish becoming the first ever from his country to win gold medal in a track and field event at the Summer Games. With a throw of 87.58m, he topped the standings and his performance helped India achieve their best ever medals tally at an Olympic.

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2012 – London – Vijay Kumar – Silver – Shooting

Army sharpshooter, Vijay Kumar, fought a nerve—wracking battle with five other top marksmen to clinch the silver medal in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia, Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian and German Christian Reitz in the 40—shot final to finish runner—up in a thrilling finale behind Cuba’s Leuris Pupo who shot his way to the gold with a world record-equalling score of 34.

2012 – London – Sushil Kumar – Silver – Wrestling

Sushil Kumar failed to clinch what would have been India’s only gold at London 2012, but with the silver medal in the 66kg category, Kumar became the first Indian to win back-to-back individual Olympic medals, having won a bronze at Beijing 2008. With the silver, India ended its London campaign with six medals – its best-ever show at the biggest sports extravaganza.

2012 – London – Saina Nehwal – Bronze – Badminton

Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal match against the then world No. 2 Chinese Xin Wang. Though Saina was one game down, 0-1 behind in the second game, Wang twisted her ankle in the first game and retired soon after to let Saina scoop the bronze. But nothing can take away from the fierceness and brilliance Saina displayed till that hour.

2012 – London – Mary Kom – Bronze – Boxing

Boxer Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with a bronze finish in the Women’s flyweight category. It was her Olympic debut and the five-time world amateur champion, despite moving up a weight category, won bronze. Women’s boxing was making its debut at the London 2012 Olympics and India had its hopes pinned on Mary Kom. Mary Kom fell at the penultimate stage to home favourite Nicola Adams, who eventually went on to win gold.

2012 – London – Gagan Narang – Bronze – Shooting

Rifle shooter Gagan Narang clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 10-metre air rifle event while his illustrious compatriot and defending champion Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final round. Narang, who is participating in his third Games, had a total score of 701.1 (598 qualifying, 103.1 final). Going into the final round, Narang was third. In the final round, Narang had a series of 10.7, 9.7, 10.6, 10.7, 10.4, 10.6, 9.9, 9.5, 10.3 and 10.7 to give India its first medal from the London Games.

2012 – London – Yogeshwar Dutt – Bronze – Wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt put up a brilliant display of power-packed freestyle wrestling in the Olympic Games and won a bronze medal. Dutt clinched the bronze as he staged a brilliant rally after losing the opening round to North Korea’s Jong Myong Ri on his way to recording an emphatic 3-1 victory in the 60kg freestyle play-off. It was India’s third wrestling medal at the Olympics after Kashaba Jadhav’s bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games and a similar feat by Sushil Kumar four years ago in Beijing. Four years, later Dutt’s bronze medal was upgraded to silver. The silver medallist from the 2012 Games – deceased Besik Kudukhov of Russia – has been stripped off his medal for using banned substance.

2016 – Rio de Janeiro – PV Sindhu – Silver – Badminton

PV Sindhu bettered Saina’s bronze from 2012 and secured silver in women’s singles after a hard-fought match against Spain’s Carolina Marin. Sindhu defeated Hungary’s Laura Sarosi and Canadian Michelle Li in the group stage to reach the last 16. She would then go on to beat Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying 21-13, 21-15 in the pre-quarters and Wang Yihan in the quarter-finals. In the semi-final, Sindhu defeated second seed Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-10 to become the first Indian shuttler to reach the Olympics final. The final was going to be the toughest match for Sindhu, after all, she up was against two-time World Champion and world No 1 Marin. Still, the Indian was in no mood to make it an easy run for Marin.

2016 – Rio de Janeiro – Sakshi Malik – Bronze – Wrestling

Gritty woman wrestler Sakshi Malik clinched bronze in the 58kg category, pulling off a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova in the Play-off bout. he 23-year-old from Rohtak became only the fourth woman athlete from India to win an Olympic medal as she earned the dramatic win after falling behind 0-5 in the do-or-die bout. She had earlier stormed into the bronze medal play-off round with a dominating performance in her repechage round, where she thrashed Purevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia 12-3. Both the wrestlers matched each other in the first period and the scores were 2-2 at the break.

2020 – Tokyo – Mirabai Chanu – Silver – Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu opened India’s account at the Tokyo Olympics with a historic first ever silver medal in weightlifting. She thus became the first weightlifter from her country in 21 years to win an Olympic medal. The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202 kg – 87 kg in snatch plus 115 kg in clean and jerk – her two best attempts to seal her status as an India legend.

2020 – Tokyo – PV Sindhu – Bronze – Badminton

PV Sindhu created history few days after Mirabai’s silver after becoming the first ever female athlete from India to win two individual medals at Olympics. The badminton queen followed her Rio 2016 silver with a bronze medal in Tokyo as she beat China’s He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15.

2020 – Tokyo – Lovlina Borgohain – Bronze – Boxing

Lovlina Borgohain joined an elite list of Indian boxers to have won an Olympic medal. The 23-year-old Olympic debutant took home bronze and thus became the third boxer from her country after Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom to come home with a medal from an Olympics.

2020 – Tokyo – Men’s Hockey – Bronze – Hockey

The Indian men’s hockey team promised a medal and they delivered, ending an excruciating long wait of 41 years. India defeated Germany 5-4 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller to win a bronze and India’s 12th medal in hockey at the Summer Games.

2020 – Tokyo – Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Silver – Wrestling

Ravi Kumar Dahiya became the second wrestler in Indian history to win an Olympic silver. He won the medal in the 57kg becoming the fifth grappler from his country to do so.

2020 – Tokyo – Bajrang Punia – Bronze – Wrestling

Bajrang Punia was carrying a knee injury but he battled through the pain and disappointment of losing out on the gold medal spot to win an Olympic bronze on debut. He defeated Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0 in the bronze medal bout to emerge victorious.

2020 – Tokyo – Neeraj Chopra – Gold – Athletics