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Bengaluru, Aug 3: India's performance at the Olympic games has never been upto the mark irrespective of the fact that they have the second largest population in the world.
Our journey at the Olympics started way back in 1900 and after 112 years and 30m Olympic games we have bagged 26 medals in total till date. ['India will win only 2 medals']
The 26 medals include 9 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals and 11 Bronze Medals. Out of the 9 golds, the Indian Hockey team had bagged 8 when they were a dominant side in world hockey.
Abhinav Bindra is the only Indian athlete to win a Gold medal in an individual category. Leander Paes is the only Indian Tennis player to win a Bronze medal in Singles event.
2012, London Olympics was India's best ever performance where they bagged 6 medals in total.
Here is the list of Indian athletes who have won Olympic medals over the years:
| Name and Sport | Year, Venue | Medal |
| Norman Pritchard (200m, 200m hurdles) | 1900, Paris | 2 Silver |
| Men's Hockey Team | 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 LA, 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo, 1980 Moscow | 8 Gold |
| Men's Hockey Team | 1960 Rome | 1 Silver |
| Men's Hockey Team | 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich | 2 Bronze |
| Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (Wrestling, Men's freestyle Bantamweight) | 1952 Helsinki | 1 Bronze |
| Leander Paes (Tennis, Men's Singles) | 1996 Atlanta | 1 Bronze |
| Karnam Malleswari (Weightlifting, Women's 69 kg) | 2000 Sydney | 1 Bronze |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Shooting, Men's double trap) | 2004 Athens | 1 Silver |
| Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, Men's 10 m Air Rifle) | 2008 Beijing | 1 Gold |
| Vijender Singh (Boxing, Men's 75 kg) | 2008 Beijing | 1 Bronze |
| Sushil Kumar Singh (Wrestling, Men's 66 kg Freestyle) | 2008 Beijing | 1 Bronze |
| Vijay Kumar (Shooting, Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol) | 2012 London | 1 Silver |
| Sushil Kumar Singh (Wrestling, Men's 66 kg Freestyle) | 2012 London | 1 Silver |
| Saina Nehwal (Badminton, Women's singles) | 2012 London | 1 Bronze |
| Mary Kom (Boxing, Women's flyweight) | 2012 London | 1 Bronze |
| Gagan Narang (Shooting, Men's 10m Air Rifle) | 2012 London | 1 Bronze |
| Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling, Men's 60 kg Freestyle) | 2012 London | 1 Bronze |
| Total | 9 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 11 bronze medals | 26 |
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