India at Olympics: 6 Medals and 9 4th Positions in Wrestling

Wrestling was the second Sports after Athletics in which Indians participated at Olympics. After 1920, from 1932 Olympics till 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Indian contingent always had Wrestling team, except in 1976 Olympics. With 22 Olympics by Indians, Wrestling is the third most represented Sports after Athletics and Hockey.
Although the first medal was won in 1952 and other five in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics, 1972 Olympics was the most successful as three wrestlers finished 4th. Surprising that in the next Olympics of 1976, Indian contingent did not have any wrestler. Check the details of all squads of Indian wrestlers at 20 Olympics.

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!!

Medal Winners at Olympics

• 1952: Khashaba Jhadav (25 years): BRONZE in Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
• 2008: Sushil Kumar: Bronze Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
• 2012: Yogeshwar Dutt: BRONZE Lightweight, Freestyle
• 2012: Sushil Kumar: SILVER Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
• 2016: Sakshi Malik: Bronze Medal, Women’s 58 kg, Freestyle
• 2020: Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Bronze Medal, Men’s 57 kg, Freestyle

Finished 4th at Olympics

• 1920: Randhir Shinde: 4th in Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
• 1952: Keshav Mangave: 4th in Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
• 1972: Adkar Maruti: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
• Sudesh Kumar: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
• Prem Nath (17 years): 4th in Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
• 1980: Jagmander Singh: 4th in Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
• 1984: Rajinder Singh: 4th Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

Participation at Olympics

• 1920: 2 Men, 2 events
• 1936: 3 Men, 3 events
• 1948: 6 Men, 6 events
• 1952: 4 Men, 4 Events and a BRONZE medal
• 1956: 7 Men, 7 events
• 1960: 5 Men, 5 events
• 1964: 8 Men, 13 Events
• 1968: 4 Men, 5 events
• 1972: 8 Men, 8 events
• 1980: 6 Men, 6 events
• 1984: 8 Men, 8 events
• 1988: 6 Men, 6 events
• 1992: 6 Men, 6 Events
• 1996: 1 in 1 event
• 2000: 1 in 1 event
• 2004: 7 Men, 7 events
• 2008: 3 Men, 3 events
• 2012: 5 (4 Men, 1 woman), 5 events
• 2016: 8 (5 Men, 3 woman), 8 events
• 2020: 7 (3 Men, 4 woman), 7 events – Won Bronze

1920: 2 Wrestlers, 2 events:

1. Kumar Navale: Round 2 in Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Randhir Shinde: 4th in Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1936: 3 Men in 3 events

1. Rashid Anwar: Round 3 of Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Karam Rasul: Round 3 of Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Shankarrao Thorat: Round 3 of Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1948: 6 Wrestlers

1. Anant Bhargava: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Nirmal Bhose: Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Khashaba Jhadav: 6th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Keshav Roy: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

1. Sarjarao Suryavanshi: Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

Banta Singh: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1952: 4 Men, 4 Events and a BRONZE medal

1. Khashaba Jhadav (25 years): BRONZE in Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Keshav Mangave: 4th in Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Niranjan Das: Round 2 in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

Shirang Jadav: Round 2 in Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1956: 7 Men in 7 events

1. Baban Daware Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Tarashkeswar Pandey Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Ram Sarup Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Lakhshmi Kant Pandey Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Devi Singh Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Bakshish Singh Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Lila Ram Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle

1960: 5 Men, 5 events

1. Sunder Shiam 25th Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Parkash Gian 15th Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Udey Chand 15th Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Madho Singh 7th Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Sajan Singh 7th Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1964: 8 Men, 13 Events

1. Malwa Singh (18 year): Men’s Flyweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Bishambar Singh: Men’s Bantamweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Maruti Mane: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1. Bandu Patil: Men’s Featherweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Ganpat Andhalkar: Men’s Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle

1. Udey Chand: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Madho Singh: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

Jit Singh: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

1968: 4 Men in 5 events

1. Sudesh Kumar (18 year): Men’s Flyweight, Greco-Roman and 6th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Bishambar Singh: Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Udey Chand: 6th in Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

Mukhtiar Singh: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1972: 8 Men in 8 events

1. Adkar Maruti: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Sudesh Kumar: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Prem Nath (17 years): 4th in Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Satpal Singh (17 years): Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Jagrup Singh: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Mukhtiar Singh: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Harishchandra Birajdar: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Chandgi Ram: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1980: 6 Men in 6 events

1. Mahabir Singh (15 years): 5th in Men’s Light-Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Kumar Ashok: Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Jagmander Singh: 4th in Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Rajinder Singh: 6th in Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Kartar Dhillon Singh: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

Satpal Singh: Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle

1984: 8 Men for 8 events

1. Sunil Dutt (16 years): 7th Men’s Light-Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Mahabir Singh: 6th Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Rohtas Singh: 5th Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Gian Singh: Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Jagmander Singh: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Rajinder Singh: 4th Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Jai Prakash: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

Kartar Dhillon Singh: 7th Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle

1988: 6 Men, 6 events

1. Rajesh Kumar: Men’s Light-Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Kuldeep Singh: Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Vinod Kumar: Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

1. Satyawan: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Naresh Kumar: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

Subhash Verma: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1992: 6 Men in 6 Events

1. Subhash Verma: 6th Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle

1. Pappu Jadav: 8th Men’s Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman

1. M. R. Patil: Men’s Featherweight, Greco-Roman

1. Anil Kumar: Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle

1. Ashok Kumar: Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle

Dharan Singh Dahiya: Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1996: 1 in 1 event
Pappu Jadav: Men’s Flyweight, Greco-Roman

2000:
Gurbinder Singh: 13th Men’s Lightweight, Greco-Roman

2004: 7 Men for 7 events

1. Mukesh Khatri: 21st Men’s Featherweight, Greco-Roman

1. Yogeshwar Dutt: 18th Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Sushil Kumar: 14th Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Ramesh Kumar: 10th Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Sujeet Maan: 18th Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

1. Anuj Kumar: 16th Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle

Palwinder Singh Cheema: 15th Men’s Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle

2008: 3 in 3 events

1. Yogeshwar Dutt: 9th Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Rajiv Tomer: 17th Men’s Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle

1. Sushil Kumar: Bronze Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Qualification: Bye

1. Round of 16: Lost to Stadnik (Ukraine) 1-3

1. Repechage 1: Def Schwab (USA) 3-1

1. Repechage 2: Def Batyrov (Belarus) 3-1

Bronze: Def Spiridonov (Kazakhastan)

2012: 5 (4 Men, 1 Woman) in 5 events

1. Amit Kumar: 10th Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle

1. Narsingh Pancham Yadav: 13th Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle

Geeta Phogat: 13th Women’s Lightweight, Freestyle

Yogeshwar Dutt: BRONZE Lightweight, Freestyle

1. Qualification: Def Guidea (Bulgaria) 3–1

1. Round of 16: Lost to Kudukhov (Russia) 0–3

1. Repechage 1: Def Gómez (Puerto Rico) 3–0

1. Repechage 2: Def Esmaeilpour (Iran) 3–1

Bronze: Def Ri J-M (North Korea) 3–1

Sushil Kumar: SILVER Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle

1. Qualification: BYe

1. Round of 16: Def Sahin (Turkey) 3–1

1. Quarterfinal: Def Navruzov (Uzbekistan) 3–1

1. Semifinal: Def Tanatarov (Kazakhstan) 3–1

Final: Lost to Yonemitsu (Japan) 0–3

2016: 8 (5 Men, 3 Women), 8 events

1. Ravinder Khatri: 20th Men’s Greco-Roman 85 kg

1. Hardeep Singh: 13th Men’s Greco-Roman 98 kg

1. Sandeep Tomar: Men’s freestyle 57 kg

1. Yogeshwar Dutt: Men’s freestyle 65 kg

1. Narsingh Pancham Yadav: Men’s freestyle 74 kg

1. Vinesh Phogat: Women’s freestyle 48 kg

1. Babita Kumari: Women’s freestyle 53 kg

Sakshi Malik: Women’s freestyle 58 kg – BRONZE MEDAL WINNER

Indian Wrestlers in 2020 Olympics