India’s Olympics 2008 Team
UPDATE: This year India did good by winning 3medals; 1 Gold and 2 Bronze
Archery: Dola Banerjee, Pranitha Vardhineni, L Bombayala Devi, Mangal Singh Champia.
Athletics: Anju Bobby George (Long Jump), Krishna Poonia (Discus), Harwant Kaur (Discus), Preeja Sreedharan (10,000m), Manjit Kaur (400m), Chitra Soman (4×400m relay), Sini Jose (4×400m relay), MR Poovamma (4×400m relay), Mandeep Kaur (4×400m relay), S Geeta (4×400m relay), K Mridula (4×400m relay), J J Shobha (Heptathlon), Sushmita Singh Roy (Heptathlon), G G Pramila (Heptathlon), Vikas Gowda (Discus), Renjith Maheswary (Triple Jump), Surender Singh (10000m).
Badminton: Anup Sridhar, Saina Nehwal
Boxing: Jitender (51kg), Akhil Kumar (54kg), A L Lakhra (57kg), Vijender(75kg) and Dinesh Kumar (81kg)
Judo: Khumujam Tombi Devi, Divya. Rowing: Bajrang Lal Takhar (Single M1X), Devnder Khandwal and Manjeet Singh (Light Weight Double Scull).
Shooting: Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Clay Pigeon Trap), Mansher Singh (Clay Pigeon Trap), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Clay Pigeon Double Trap), Gagan Narang (10m Air Rifle), Abhinav Bindra (10m Air Rifle), Samresh Jung (10m Air Pistol), Sanjeev Rajput (50m Rifle 3 Position), Anjali Bhagwat (50m Rifle 3 Position), Avneet Kaur Sidhu (10m Air Rifle).
Swimming: Virdawal Khade (50m, 100m, 200m Freestyle), Ankur Poseria (100m Butterfly), Sandeep Sejwal (100m, 200m Breaststrokes), Rehan Poncha (200m butterfly).
Table Tennis: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Neha Aggarwal.
Tennis: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi (doubles), Sania Mirza (singles and doubles), Sunitha Rao (doubles). Weightlifting: L Monika Devi (69kg)
Wrestling: Sushil Kumar (66 kg Freestyle), Yogeshwar Dutt (60 kg Freestyle), Rajiv Tomar (120 kg Freestyle)
Yachting: Major NS Johal (Heavyweight Dinghy).
Medals per year |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1928 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1936 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
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