Indian Olympics Medal Tally: How Many Medals Has India Won After Swapnil Kusale’s Bronze in Paris 2024 on August 1?

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Shooter Swapnil Kusale’s bronze in men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at Paris 2024 Games on Thursday (August 1) took India's Olympics medal tally to 38 - 10 gold, 9 silver and 19 bronze.

Kusale became the first Indian shooter to win a medal in the men's 50m rifle 3P event after finishing in third place with an aggregate of 451.4. He secured India's 3rd medal in the ongoing Paris Olympic Games and all three have come in shooting so far.

Manu Bhaker had won two bronze medals earlier. The 22-year-old first won the copper metal in women’s 10m air pistol event before teaming up with Sarabjot Singh to win the bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.

Kusale’s bronze was the seventh medal in shooting at Olympics for India. In earlier Olympic events, shooting legends Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Abhinav Bindra, Vijay Kumar and Gagan Narang had also won a medal.

The Indian athletes and sports personalities will look to add more to their Paris Olympics 2024 medal table and aim for the country's best-ever haul in the global event. Here is a look at Indian Olympics Medal Tally:

India's Medal Winners in Olympics from 1900 to 2024

India opened it's account in Paris 1900 and has won the most medals in hockey, while recent years have seen the country achieve more success in the Summer Olympics with Neeraj Chopra winning the first-ever track and field gold and PV Sindhu winning back to back medals.

As mentioned earlier, India has won 10 golds, 9 silvers and 19 bronze medals at the Olympics with the first gold medal coming in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. Here is a look at the medal breakdown of India in Olympics:

Indian Gold Medallists in Olympics

Indian Silver Medallists in Olympics

Indian Bronze Medallists in Olympics

As for most medals in a sport, India has won 12 medals in hockey, including the latest bronze in Tokyo 2020. Shooting takes the second spot with respect to golds, but are joint second in terms of total medals won with 7 medals each.

Apart from hockey, wrestling and shooting, India has also found success in athletics, badminton, boxing, weightlifting and tennis at the Olympic Games. Here is a look at the Indian sport-wise medal table:

India's Sport-wise Olympics Medal List

• Hockey - 12 medals (8 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
• Shooting - 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silvers, 4 bronze)
• Athletics - 3 medals (1 gold, 2 silvers)
• Wrestling - 7 medals (2 silvers, 5 bronze)
• Badminton - 3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)
• Weightlifting - 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Boxing - 3 medals (3 bronze)
• Tennis - 1 medal (1 bronze)