11 Gymnasts have represented India in four Olympics till 2020 Olympics. While Anant Ram is the only Gymnast to have represented India twice in Olympics, and 10 others participated in more than 8 events, the first Indian Woman Gymnast at Olympics, Dipa Karmakar at Rio Olympics appears to be the only time when an Indian Gymnast raises hopes of a memorable performance at Olympics, if not a medal.
Indian Gymnastics Schedule at Rio 2016
Indian History at Summer Olympics: Performances in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Indian Olympians
- 2 Anant Ram (1956, 1964)
- 1 Vir Singh, Khushi Ram (1952), Pritam Singh, Sham Lal (1956), Bandu Bhosle, Vithal Karande, Trilok Singh, Jagmal More, Darshan Mondal (1964), Dipa Karmakar (2016), Pranati Nayak (2020)
1952: 2 Men, 7 events
- Vir Singh: Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal Bar, Men’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Horse
- Khushi Ram: Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal Bar, Men’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Horse
1956: 3 Men, 7 events
- Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, Anant Ram (Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal BarMen’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Hors
1964: 6 Men for 8 events
- Team participated in all events: Bandu Bhosle, Vithal Karande, Trilok Singh, Jagmal More, Anant Ram, Darshan Mondal
- Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Team All-Around (18th), Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal Bar, Men’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Horse
2016: 1 Women in 2 events
- Dipa Karmakar – Finished 4th in Vault (Score: 15.066)
- Dipa Karmakar – Rank 51 in All-around
2020: 1 Women in 1 event
Pranati Nayak in All-around – Rank 79
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