In Field Hockey, India has won 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals to date. All medals are from the men's competition.
India won the gold medal in hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Germany won silver and Netherlands won bronze.
Pakistan won gold, India won silver, and Spain won bronze.
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In hockey, that was Pakistan in the gold medal game at the 1960 Games in Rome.It was the first loss for India in 31 hockey games at the Olympics and ended their incredible streak of 6 consecutive gold medals in hockey.
From 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to 1956 Melbourne Olympics India won six consecutive gold medals at hockey. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Netherlands has won the most field hockey Olympic medals with 14 (4 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze). India (8 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) and Australia (4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze) are tied for second with 11.
India's best performance in Olympics came in 2008 when India won 1 Gold and 2 Silver medals
There was a lone athlete representing India at the 1900 Games in Paris. His name was Norman Pritchard (born in Calcutta) and he won silver medals in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles. The first year India sent a team of athletes to the Olympics was the 1920 Games in Antwerp. India has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1920.