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In which year did India won its last Olympics gold medal in team event?
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
In the 2000 Olympics what big country did Chile defeat to win bronze medal in soccer?
The bronze medal in soccer at the 2000 Summer Olympics was won by Chile, who beat the United States 2 - 0 after two goals from Iván Zamorano.
Did Milkha Singh win a gold medal?
Not in the Olympics. He was in fourth place in the 400m in the 1960 Rome Olympics, losing the bronze medal by fraction of a second. He did win 5 gold medals : one in the British and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff (1958), two at the Asian Games in Tokyo (1958) and two at Jakarta (1962).
Who is the first Indian to win individual gold medal in Olympics?
The first individual medalist representing India was Norman Pritchard who won silver in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Pritchard was of British descent and moved to England permanently in 1905. The first individual medalist of Indian descent from India was Khashaba Jadav who won bronze in Men's Freestyle Bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Games in Helsinki. 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. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
In the Olympics can the same country have more than one team for the same event?
Yes, there were two American women's beach volleyball teams in the gold medal final in London 2012
