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India has won 9 gold medals since the country first started participating in the Olympics in 1900. The country has won 8 gold medals in Field Hockey, and 1 gold medal in Shooting. India won its first gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics for Field Hockey. India's most recent gold medal was won at the 2008 China Olympics for Shooting.
Nine. Eight in field hockey (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980). In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition.
Through the 2008 Games, India has won 8 gold medals in field hockey, in the years 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980.
In field hockey, England won the 1908 gold medal (defeating Ireland 8-1). In ice hockey, Canada won the 1920 gold medal (defeating Sweden 27-1). No other form of hockey has been played at the Olympics as a medal sport.
1948
The 1948 olympics
Dutch Olympian Fanny Blankers-Koen who won 4 gold medals in Track and Field a the 1948 Olympics.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, 8: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980
At the 1948 Summer Games in London, 27 ... 4 gold, 16 silver, 7 bronze.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
Gold: 3 Silver: 14 Bronze: 6 TOTAL: 23
27 ... 4 gold, 16 silver, 7 bronze.