The total medal tally of India in all 22 editions of Olympics since its inception in Paris 1900 until London 2012 is only 24 medals.
Gold 9
Silver 4
Bronze 11
Total 24
Excluding the Field Hockey team, only 13 individuals out of the approximate 1,252,000,000 people that live in India have won the Olympic medals. If you also include the Hockey team members, then it’s about 30 people roughly.
8 out 9 gold medals belong to India’s Field Hockey team. The Hockey team has won these between 1928 Amsterdam and 1980 Moscow events.
Only 1 individual gold medal was won so far in all editions until 2012 London. Abhinav Bhindra has won this for Shooting in 2008 Beijing.
The highest medal tally by India was in London 2012 edition. It was 6 medals and has only managed 2 Silvers and 4 Bronze medals in this event.
The second highest medal tally was 3 in Beijing 2008, which featured 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.
India has managed 2 medal tallies in three editions – Paris 1900, Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne / Stockholm in 1956.
In all other 12 editions, India has only managed 1 medal per edition. It includes these Boolean combinations for Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively as 1-0-0 ( 6 times ), 0-1-0 ( 2 times) , and 0-0-1 ( 4 times ).
The total weight of all the medals won by India is roughly 12 kilo grams, if you consider each medal as roughly 500 grams.
Each gold medal in money value as of today is roughly $569, Silver is $315 and Bronze is $110 but we all know that those medals are not just metal ware but priceless.
The highest ranking by an Indian sport competing in Olympics is for Field Hockey, which is No 1 spot and the lowest is for Boxing, which is 64.
The seven category of sports that India have won the medals is Hockey, Shooting, Wrestling, Boxing, Badminton, Tennis and Weight Lifting. It never won a medal in other 24 sports categories.
In Helsinki 1952, the first individual medal was won after 52 years of first participation in the 1900 Paris event. Kashaba Dadasaheb Jadav won this first Bronze medal for Wrestling.
For the first 80 years since 1900 Paris until 1980 Moscow events, only 2 sports categories have won the medals for India, which are Field Hockey and Wrestling.
Leander Paes is the only tennis star to have won the medal in Tennis for India. He won a Bronze medal for India in 1996 Atlanta event.
Karanam Malleswari is the only weight lifter to have won the medal for India in Olympics. She won a Bronze medal in 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathod has won a silver medal for Shooting in 2004 Athens, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar managed only a Bronze medal in 2012 London event. The total tally for shooting is 4 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals).
The only male boxer who managed a medal in Olympics is Vijeyender Singh in 2000 Beijing event, which was a Bronze medal.
Sushil Kumar is the only athlete for India who has won the medals in Silver and Bronze categories for Wrestling. He won the Bronze medal in 2000 Beijing and a Silver medal in 2012 London events.
The other athlete who have won the Wrestling medal is Yogeshwar Dutt in 2012 London and has won a Bronze medal.
Saina Nehwal is the only Badminton player who have won the Olympic medal. She won the Bronze in 2012 London.
Mary Kom had won the Bronze medal in 2012 London and the only lady boxer who has won the medal for India.
Only three women has won the Olympic medals in all editions starting with Karanam Malleswari, Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom. All of them only managed Bronze medals.
The current edition so far – Rio 2016
Gold – 0
Silver – 0
Bronze – 1
Total – 1
The number of sports categories that India is participating in Rio 2016 event is 15 out of 31 sports.
The highest number athletes ever participated is in the current edition of Rio 2016 event, which is 120 athletes.