India Best Sports In Olympics : India's history in the Olympics is quite old. Norman Pritchard won India its first medal in the Olympics before independence. Since then, Indian athletes and teams have continuously won medals in the Olympics. India gave its best performance in the Olympics during Tokyo 2020, when Indian athletes won a total of 7 medals. Now let us talk about which event has India won the most medals in the history of the Olympics so far.

In the history of Olympics, India has won the most medals in hockey so far. India has won a total of 12 medals in hockey so far. Out of this, the team has won a total of 8 gold medals. While there is one silver medal and 3 bronze medals.

India had won 7 consecutive medals in hockey

There was a time when Indian hockey was famous all over the world. India had won three consecutive gold medals in hockey twice. First of all, India won the gold medal three times in a row from 1928 to 1936. Then after independence, it won the gold medal from 1948 to 1956. The Indian hockey team has the record of winning medals seven times in a row in the Olympics. The team did this feat from 1948 to 1972.

The decline of Indian hockey started after 1980

India last won a gold medal in hockey in 1980 but after that the decline of Indian hockey started. The team started failing continuously. The hockey team that won 7 consecutive Olympic medals, the same Indian hockey team could not win a single medal in the Olympics for 40 years after 1980. In Tokyo 2020, the team ended this drought by winning the bronze medal.

Once again the Indian hockey team is fully prepared to participate in the Paris Olympics 2024. This time too, there will be a lot of expectations from the hockey team. All the countrymen will hope that the previous performance should be improved and at least a place should be made in the final.