India at Tokyo Olympics 2021: Hi friends, here is an useful article on the performance of Indian athletes in the Tokyo Olympics 2021, to be exactly Tokyo Olympics 2020. Here we will cover the complete List of Medal Winners for India.
Some Important facts of Olympics 2020 for India
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- India sent its largest-ever contingent of 124 competitors to the 2020 Olympics Games.
- This is the most successful Olympics Games for India since its first regular Olympics appearance in 1920.
- India won a total of 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze) at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- Neeraj Chopra won India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics in men’s javelin throw, which came as a surprise when many heavy weights disappointed with their performance.
- Neeraj Chopra won India’s second ever individual gold after Abhinav Bindra in the year 2008.
- P. V. Sindhu won a bronze in women’s badminton to became the first Indian female athlete and second Indian to win two consecutive Olympic medals for individual events.
- India regained it’s supremacy in Hockey, as men’s team won the bronze medal, their first Olympic medal since 1980 and women’s team finished fourth.
- Aditi Ashok the women Golf player from India also received great applause from many as she misses a olympics medal by narrow margin finishing at the fourth position. Her performance is praiseworthy considering the fact that she was ranked 200th in the world coming to Olympics.
- Men’s 4 x 400m relay team set a new Asian record of 3:00:25 though couldn’t find a medal.
- Deepak Punia in men’s freestyle wrestling (86 kg) finished at the fourth position.
Gold Medal Winners for India Olympics 2020
| Name | Event |
| Neeraj Chopra | Men’s javelin throw |
Silver Medal Winners for India Olympics 2020
| Name | Event |
| Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting – Women’s 49 kg |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Wrestling – Men’s freestyle 57 kg |
Bronze Medal Winners for India Olympics 2020
| Name | Event |
| P. V. Sindhu | Badminton Women’s Singles |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing Women’s welterweight |
| India men’s national field hockey team | Field hockey |
| Bajrang Punia | Wrestling – Men’s freestyle 65 kg |
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Medals Tally
1st position: United States – 39 Gold, 41 Silver, 33 Bronze [Total – 113 Medals]
2nd Position: China – 38 Gold, 32 Silver, 18 Bronze [Total – 88 Medals]
3rd Position: Japan – 27 Gold, 14 Silver, 17 Bronze [Total – 58 Medals]
48th Position: India – 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze [Total – 7 Medals]