India at the Olympics: Past Medals Winners – A Timeline Part 1 (1900-1948)
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Indian men’s hockey team won five gold medals after Norman Pritchard won two silver medals.
India has won a total of 35 medals in the history of the Olympics – 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 16 bronze.
India participated in the Olympics for the first time in 1900 despite being under British rule. Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in Paris as the Indian men’s hockey team went on to claim a historic five gold medals.
India at Olympics – Before World Wars
1900 – Paris – Norman Pritchard- Silver – Athletics
Indian ‘representatives’ under British colonial rule participated in five men’s events in athletics. Norman Prichard won in the Men’s 200 metres.
1900 – Paris- Norman Pritchard- Silver – Athletics
Indian ‘representatives’ under British colonial rule participated in five men’s events in athletics. Norman Prichard won in the Men’s 200 metre hurdles.
1928 – Amsterdam- Men’s Hockey Team – Gold – Field Hockey
The dominance of the Indo-British hockey team started in Amsterdam. India beat the Netherlands in the final to help India claim the gold their first of many gold medals in hockey. The competition that India won convincingly saw the birth of a legend in Dhyan Chand who was the top scorer of the tournament with 14 goals, including a hat-trick in the final against the Netherlands while India did not concede a single goal in five matches.
1932 – Los Angeles – Men’s Hockey Team – Gold – Field Hockey
Having won their first Olympic hockey gold four years ago, the Indian hockey team found itself in unusual circumstances at the 1936 Los Angeles Games. But despite the bickering and groupism in the team, India won their second gold medal. India notched a record 24-1 win against the hosts with Roop Singh scoring 10 and Dhyan Chand eight, and drubbed Japan 11-1 to win their second Olympic gold medal.
1936 – Berlin – Men’s Hockey Team – Gold – Field Hockey
As destiny would have it, the Berlin Games was to be Dhyan Chand’s third and last Olympics at the age of 31, for he had decided to retire. Undoubtedly at the peak of his prowess, he was handed the Indian team’s captaincy. India won all their three league matches and hammered France 10-0 in the semifinals and Germany 8-1 in the gold medal round, but not without some drama. Dhyan Chand lost a tooth in a collision with the particularly aggressive Germany goalkeeper Tito Warnholtz who had a nightmarish game.
1948 – London – Men’s Hockey Team – Gold – Field Hockey
It was a wonder that India managed to field a team for the 1948 Olympics which were held at the conclusion of World War II and a year after the traumatic partition that threw the sub-continent into massive turmoil. But a record fourth gold medal brought back smiles on the faces of the people, who were struggling to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the partition. There were as many as eight players from Bombay in the squad led by Kishan Lal of the Railways. The contingent also included the likes of Leslie Claudius who went on to play four Olympics and Balbir Singh (Punjab) who became a legend in his own right.
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