India’s campaign at the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris ended with six medals, one medal short of the record tally from Tokyo 2020. However, it is India’s third-best performance at the Summer Games after Tokyo 2020 and London 2012.

Archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, golf, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, wrestling, table tennis and tennis are the 16 sports in which Indian athletes participated in Paris 2024.

In athletics, India was the strongest represented with a squad of 29. In shooting, India sent the largest contingent in its history with 21 shooters.

While the main aim was to win medals, Indian athletes also set new records at the Games.

Here is a complete list of all Indian records so far at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Olympic Games 2024 in Paris: India’s records

Neeraj Chopra builds on his success at Tokyo 2020

Neeraj Chopra achieved the second-best javelin throw of his career with a performance of 89.45 m in Paris 2024, but was defeated in the battle for the gold medal by Arshad Nadeem, who set a new Olympic record with 92.97 m.

Still, winning an Olympic silver medal was no small feat considering it was only India’s second medal in athletics at the Summer Games – both won by Neeraj.

Chopra became the fifth two-time Olympic medallist from India after adding a silver medal to his gold medal from Tokyo 2020. Norman Pritchard, Sushil Kumar, PV Sindhu and Manu Bhaker are the other two-time Olympic medallists from India.

Manu Bhaker is the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the Olympic Games

Manu Bhaker won the bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol shooting event at Paris 2024 on July 28, making history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting.

A day earlier, Manu Bhaker stormed into the final of the women’s 10-meter air pistol shooting, becoming the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympic shooting final since Athens 2004.

Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh win India’s first medal in the shooting team at the Olympics

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh became the first Indian shooting pair to win an Olympic medal in shooting at Paris 2024. Overall, it was India’s sixth Olympic medal in shooting.

The Indian pair defeated South Koreans Oh Ye Jin and Wonho Lee 16-10 in their bronze medal match. Oh Ye Jin had won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event a few days before the match.

Manu Bhaker is the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at one Games

With a medal in the 10 m Air Pistol individual event and the 10 m Air Pistol mixed team event, Manu Bhaker became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at one edition of the Olympic Games.

Norman Pritchard, who won silver in the men’s 200 m and 200 m hurdles at the 1900 Paris Olympics, was the first athlete to win two medals for India at an Olympic Games.

India’s best medal haul in any sport at the Olympic Games

Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle three-position shooting event on August 1, taking India’s medal tally in shooting at Paris 2024 to three. India had never won three medals in any sport at any edition of the Games before. The previous record was two medals in shooting at the 2012 London Olympics. This was also India’s first Olympic shooting medal in the 50m rifle three-position shooting event.

India wins Olympics in a row Medals in hockey after 52 years

The Indian national hockey team came from behind to beat Spain 2-1 to win the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. India, which also won the bronze medal in hockey in Tokyo, won two consecutive Olympic medals in hockey for the first time in 52 years, since Munich 1972.

With the victory at the Yves du Manoir Stadium, India also secured its 13th medal in ice hockey at the Olympic Games, setting a new record.

With ten goals, Harmanpreet Singh was India’s top scorer at the Paris 2024 World Cup, while PR Sreejesh made crucial saves throughout the competition before ending his international career with a bronze medal.

India defeats Australia in Olympic hockey for the first time since Munich 1972

Thanks to a brace from captain Harmanpreet Singh, the Indian men’s hockey team defeated Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Australia 3-2 in a group match at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

This was India’s first win against Australia in hockey at the Olympics since Munich 1972. Since then, the two teams have played each other seven times, with India losing five of those matches before their win in Paris. The win also helped India finish second in their group.

India’s best result in archery at the Olympics

Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat finished fourth in the mixed team event, securing India’s best archery result at the Olympics.

In the bronze medal match against the Americans Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold, Bommadevara and Bhakat lost 6:2 and thus missed out on their possibly historic first podium place.

India reached the bronze medal match after losing 2-6 to South Korea in the semifinals. The Indian mixed team beat Spain’s Pablo Gonzalez and Elia Canales 5-3 in the quarterfinals after beating Indonesia 5-1 in the round of 16. It was the first time that Indian archery had ever reached the semifinals of any discipline at the Games.

Lakshya Sen breaks new ground for Indian men in Olympic badminton

Lakshya Sen became the first Indian badminton player to reach the semifinals of a men’s badminton event at the Olympics. In the men’s singles, he not only won his group, beating Jonatan Christie of Indonesia among others, but also defeated fellow Indian HS Prannoy in the round of 16 and then surprised Chou Tien-chen in the quarterfinals.

The Indian badminton player lost to defending champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the semifinals and then lost in the bronze medal match to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia.

Manika Batra becomes the first Indian table tennis player to reach the quarterfinals, Sreeja Akula follows her example

Manika Batra, seeded 18th in the women’s singles, became the first Indian table tennis player to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 29.

She began her campaign with a 4-1 win over world number 103 Anna Hursey of Great Britain in the round of 64. She then reached the pre-quarterfinals after defeating Frenchwoman Prithika Pavade in the round of 32.

Manika’s season ended after a 4-1 loss to eighth-seeded Japanese player Miu Hirano in the pre-quarterfinals. At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Manika Batra reached the round of 32.

Olympic debutant Sreeja Akula, along with Manika, reached the round of 16 on July 30 with a 4-0 win over Sweden’s Christina Kallberg in the round of 64 and a 4-2 win over Zeng Jian of Singapore in the round of 32. On her 26th birthday, she lost in the round of 16 to Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Sun Yingsha of China.