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India at the 1972 Summer Olympics; IOC code: IND: NOC: Indian Olympic Association: Website: olympic.ind.in: in Munich; Competitors: 41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports: Flag bearer : D.N. Devine Jones: Medals Ranked 43rd: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
The medal table is based on information provided by the IOC and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC.
Leander Paes won a bronze medal in 1996 for India's first Olympic medal in nearly 16 years. In the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, Bujakowski was again the only participant representing India. [42] India sent its smallest delegation since independence, consisting of 25 athletes to the 1968 Summer Olympics at Mexico City. [43]
India, the world’s most populous country, is a serial underperformer at the Olympic Games. Here’s why.
Pakistan men's hockey team's 'Golden Era' began during 1956, when they cruised through to the finals by beating Great Britain 3–2 in the semi-final, to set up a clash with arch-rivals India. Pakistan lost the final to India 0–1, but in doing so, secured their first ever Olympic medal, a silver medal.
Arshad Nadeem made history for Pakistan as the first ever individual gold medalist for the country with an Olympic record throw in javelin:
Arshad Nadeem took the top spot in javelin last week in the Paris Games, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in the country’s history.
India and Pakistan first participated at the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively. [3] [4] [5] India has outranked Pakistan in all editions of the Olympic Games, except on seven occasions (1960, 1968, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2024), when Pakistan finished higher in the medal tally.