2024 Paris Olympics saw the Indian Men’s Hockey team entering their 23rd Olympics. The Women’s team has played in three Olympics (1980, 2016, 2020). Starting from 1928 Olympics Gold, India won Bronze medal in 2020 Olympics. Including 2024 Olympics, Indian Men’s Hockey team has played in 23 Olympics against 33 Opponents, with Ireland being the new nation in 2016 Olympics. In the first five Olympics their habit of conceding few goals gives India a huge goal difference of 250+ goals. Check their performances in every Olympics and against every opponents till the Paris Olympics (2024) campaign.
Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Indian Hockey at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Indian Statistics at Olympics
- 8 Gold medals without any loss by India in every winning Olympics.
- 8 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze medals for Men’s Hockey team till 2020 Olympics.
- 133 Matches: 84 Wins, 35 Lost, 14 Draw (Till 2020 Olympics)
- Goals scored: 440, Conceded 174 (Till 2020 Olympics)
- In 1980, they scored a maximum of 43 goals, while in 1928 they did not concede any.
- South Africa is the only country that has not been defeated by India at Olympics.
- Biggest defeat at Olympics: 1-7 vs Australia in 2020 Group
- World Records
- 10 goals by Roop Singh (1932) is still a record at Olympics for Individual goals in a match.
- 24-1 win vs USA (1932) is still a record of biggest win at Olympics.
- 1st for Indian Men’s Hockey
- 1st match lost after grabbing 6 Gold medals and winning 24 consecutive matches, without any draw.
- 1st time and only Silver in 1960
- 1st time did not reach final in 1968 (won 1st of the two consecutive Bronze)
- All Matches lost in 2012 Olympics.
- Won less than lost: 1992 (Won 3, Lost 4)
- Goals conceded more than scored: 1992 (GC: 12, GS: 7) (Then, 2012 and 2016)
India’s 23 Olympic Appearances
- 1928: 5 Played, 5 Won, 29 GS, 0 GC
- 1932: 2 Played, 2 Won, 35 GS, 2 GC
- 1936: 5 Played, 5 Won, 38 GS, 1 GC
- 1948: 5 Played, 5 Won, 25 GS, 2 GC
- 1952: 3 Played, 3 Won, 13 GS, 2 GC
- 1956: 5 Played, 5 Won, 25 GS, 2 GC
- 1960: 6 Played, 5 Won, 1 Lost, 19 GS, 2 GC
- 1964: 9 Played, 7 Won, 2 Draw, 22 GS, 5 GC
- 1968: 9 Played, 7 Won, 2 lost, 23 GS, 7 GC
- 1972: 9 Played, 6 Won, 2 Draw, 1 lost, 27 GS, 11 GC
- 1976: 7 Played, 4 Won, 3 lost, 17 GS, 13 GC
- 1980: 6 Played, 4 Won, 2 Draw, 43 GS, 9 GC
- 1984: 7 Played, 5 Won, 1 Draw, 1 lost, 20 GS, 11 GC
- 1988: 7 Played, 3 Won, 1 Draw, 3 lost, 14 GS, 12 GC
- 1992: 7 Played, 3 Won, 4 lost, 7 GS, 12 GC
- 1996: 7 Played, 2 Won, 2 Draw, 3 lost, 14 GS, 10 GC
- 2000: 7 Played, 2 Won, 2 Draw, 3 lost, 13 GS, 10 GC
- 2004: 7 Played, 2 Won, 1 Draw, 4 lost, 13 GS, 10 GC
- 2012: 6 Played, 6 lost, 8 GS, 21 GC
- 2016: 6 Played, 3 Won, 1 Draw, 2 Lost, 10 GS, 12 GC
- 2020: 8 Played, 6 won, 2 lost, 25 GS, 20 GC
- 2024: 8 Played, 5 won, 2 lost, 1 Draw, 40 GS, 32 GC
Countries Played Against at Olympics
- Afghanistan: 1956 (14-0)
- Argentina: 1948 (9-1), 1976 (4-0), 1988 (6-6 (4-3) in classification), 1992 (1–0), 1996 (0-1), 2000 (3-0 Group), (3-1 for 7th), 2004 (2-2), 2016 (2-1), 2020 (3-1), 2024 (1-1)
- Australia: 1960 (1-0), 1964 (3-1 Semis), 1968 (1-2 in semis), 1976 (1-6), Replay 5-4 (1-1), 1984 (2-4), 1992 (0–1), 2000 (2-2), 2004 (3-4), 2020 (1-7), 2024 (3-2)
- Austria: 1928 (6-0), 1948 (8-0), 1952 (4-0)
- Belgium: 1928 (9-0), 1964 (2-0), 1968 (2-1), 2012 (0-3), 2016 (1-3, QF), 2020 (2-5 in SF), 2024 (1-2)
- Canada: 1964 (3-0), 1976 (3-0), 1988 (5-1), 2016 (2-2)
- Cuba: 1980 (13-0)
- Denmark: 1928 (5-0), 1960 (10-0)
- East Germany: 1968 (1-0)
- Egypt: 1992 (2–1)
- France: 1936 (Semi 10-0)
- Germany: 1936 (Final 8-1), 1956 (1-0 Semis), 1964 (1-1), 1988 (1-1), 1992 (0–3), 1996 (1-1), 2012 (2-5), 2020 Bronze (5-4), 2024 (2-3 Semis)
- Great Britain: 1948 (4-0 Final), 1952 (3-1 Semis), 1960 (1-0), 1972 (5-0), 1988 (0 – 3), 1992 (1–3), 1996 (3-4 for 8th), 2000 (1-2 In classification), 2016 (1-2), 2020 (3-1 in QF), 2024 (1-1, 4-2 in QF)
- Hong Kong: 1964 (6-0)
- Hungary: 1936 (4-0)
- Ireland: 2016 (3-2), 2024 (2-0)
- Japan: 1932 (11-1), 1936 (9-0), 1968 (5-0), 2020 (5-3)
- Kenya: 1972 (3-2)
- Malaysia: 1964 (3-1), 1976 (3-0), 1976 (2-0 for 7th place), 1984 (3-1)
- Mexico: 1968 (8-0), 1972 (8-0)
- Netherlands: 1928 (3-0 in Final), 1948 (2-1 semis), 1952 (6-1 Final), 1960 (4-1), 1964 (2-1), 1972 (1-1 Group), 1972 (2-1 Bronze), 1976 (1-3), 1984 (5-2 for 5th), 2004 (1-3), 2012 (2-3), 2016 (1-2)
- New Zealand: 1960 (3-0), 1968 (1-2), 1972 (3-2), 1984 (1-0 Classification), 1992 (3–2 7th), 2004 (1-2), 2012 (1-3), 2020 (3-2), 2024 (3-2)
- Pakistan: 1956 (1-0 in Final), 1960 (0-1 in Final), 1964 (1-0 in Final), 1972 (0-2 semis), 1988 (1-2 for 6th), 1996 (0-0), 2004 (0-3 in classification), 2020 (3-2 at group)
- Poland: 1972 (2-2), 1980 (2-2), 2000 (1-1)
- Singapore: 1956 (6-0)
- South Korea: 1988 (3-1), 1996 (3-5 (3-3) in classification), 2004 (4-2 Group), (5-2 for 7th), 2012 (1-4)
- Soviet Union: 1980 (4-2), 1988 (0–1), 2000 (0-2)
- Spain: (1948) 2-0, 1964 (1-1), 1968 (1-0), 1980 (2-2 group), (4-3 Final), 1984 (4-3), 1992 (0–2 classification), 1996 (3-1), 2000 (3-2), 2020 (3-0), 2024 (Bronze 2-1)
- South Africa: 2012 (2-3 for 12th)
- Switzerland: 1928
- Tanzania: 1980 (18-0)
- USA: 1932 (24-1), 1936 (7-0), 1956 (16-0), 1984 (5-1), 1996 (4-0)
- West Germany: 1968 (2-1, Groups) (2-1, Bronze), 1976 (2-3 classification), 1984 (0-0)
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