2007-07-28 02:20:03 · 4 answers · asked by Sabiha K 1 in Sports ➔ Olympics
India first participated in Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The country was represented by Norman Pritchard, an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time. He bagged two silver medals in 200m. dash and 200m hurdles. Then after a gap of 20 years India again participated with two athletes in 1920 Antwerp Olympics and with eight members in 1924 Paris Olympics.
Apart from the 8 gold medals, one silver medal and two bronzes in Hockey, two silver medals in athletics, India has won bronzes for wrestling ( Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav 1952 Helsinki), shooting ( Dr Karni Singh 1964 Tokyo), tennis ( Leander Paes 1996 Atlanta) and weightlifting ( Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney).
2007-07-28 02:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
India has competed at 21 editions of the Summer Olympics, including every edition since the 1920 Summer Olympics. The nation made its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
2007-07-30 06:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
India is participating even before its independence...
I think they officially represented in early 1900s.
For such a large populous country, the number of medals won
can be counted in 2 hands. They used to always bank on
Gold in Hockey, and even that is gone for good.
2007-07-28 12:19:51 · answer #3 · answered by JustDoit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They also participated in 2004 in Athens
2007-07-28 02:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by princessash257 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋