India at Paris 2024 Olympics: Medal Winners, Records & Important Facts
Complete exam-focused revision of India's six medals, Manu Bhaker's historic double, Neeraj Chopra's silver, Swapnil Kusale's shooting breakthrough, hockey bronze, Aman Sehrawat's record and India's Olympic history.
India won 6 medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics — 1 silver and 5 bronze — with medals in shooting, athletics, hockey and wrestling, taking India's all-time Olympic medal tally to 41.
India at Paris 2024 – Overview
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games were held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
India finished the Games with a total of six medals:
- 🥈 1 Silver Medal
- 🥉 5 Bronze Medals
- 🥇 0 Gold Medals
India was placed 71st in the final Paris 2024 Olympic medal table.
Shooting was India's most successful sport at the Games, contributing three of the six medals.
Manu Bhaker did not win shooting medals at “two consecutive Olympics.”
She won two bronze medals at the same Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
She became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games.
Paris 2024 India – Quick Facts
| Question Point | Answer |
|---|---|
| Host city | Paris |
| Host country | France |
| Olympics dates | 26 July – 11 August 2024 |
| India's total medals | 6 |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 5 |
| India's final medal-table rank | 71st |
| Most medals for India by sport | Shooting – 3 medals |
| India's only silver | Neeraj Chopra |
India's Complete Medal Winners – Paris 2024
| S.No. | Athlete / Team | Sport | Event | Medal | Important Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu Bhaker | Shooting | Women's 10m Air Pistol | 🥉 | First Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting. |
| 2 | Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh | Shooting | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team | 🥉 | Manu became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at the same Olympic edition. |
| 3 | Swapnil Kusale | Shooting | Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions | 🥉 | First Indian Olympic medallist in the 50m rifle 3 positions event. |
| 4 | Indian Men's Hockey Team | Hockey | Men's Hockey | 🥉 | Back-to-back Olympic bronze medals after Tokyo 2020. |
| 5 | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw | 🥈 | Added Paris silver to his Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold. |
| 6 | Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg | 🥉 | Became India's youngest Olympic medallist at 21 years and 24 days. |
1. Manu Bhaker – Historic Double Bronze
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Manu Bhaker – two bronze medals at Paris 2024
Manu Bhaker opened India's medal account at Paris 2024 by winning bronze in the women's 10m air pistol.
The achievement made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting.
Two days later, she partnered Sarabjot Singh to win bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team.
🥉 Women's 10m Air Pistol
🥉 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team with Sarabjot Singh
Manu Bhaker became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at a single Olympic Games.
2. Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh – Mixed Team Bronze
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won India's second medal at Paris 2024 in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
The Indian pair defeated the Republic of Korea pair in the bronze-medal contest.
The medal was particularly important because it demonstrated India's growing depth in Olympic pistol shooting.
Manu + Sarabjot → 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team → Bronze
3. Swapnil Kusale – Historic Rifle Bronze
Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event.
He recorded a score of 451.4 in the final.
Swapnil Kusale became the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event.
His bronze was India's third shooting medal at Paris 2024.
Therefore, all of India's first three medals at the Paris Games came from shooting.
4. Indian Men's Hockey Team – Back-to-Back Bronze
India defeated Spain 2–1 in the men's hockey bronze-medal match at Paris 2024.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored both of India's goals in the bronze-medal match.
The victory gave India consecutive men's hockey Olympic medals:
Paris 2024 → Bronze 🥉
Paris 2024 also marked the final international appearance of legendary goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh.
🥇 Gold → 8
🥈 Silver → 1
🥉 Bronze → 4
Total → 13 Olympic hockey medals
5. Neeraj Chopra – Javelin Silver
Neeraj Chopra – Paris 2024 Olympic silver medallist
Defending Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw.
Neeraj's best throw in the final was 89.45 metres.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with an Olympic-record throw of 92.97 metres.
Tokyo 2020 → 🥇 Gold
Paris 2024 → 🥈 Silver
Neeraj thus became one of India's very few individual athletes to win medals at successive Olympic Games.
6. Aman Sehrawat – India's Youngest Olympic Medallist
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat won bronze in the men's freestyle 57 kg category.
He defeated Puerto Rico's Darian Toi Cruz by 13–5 in the bronze-medal bout.
Aman Sehrawat became India's youngest Olympic medallist at the age of 21 years and 24 days.
India's Paris 2024 Medals by Sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Shooting → 3
Athletics → 1
Hockey → 1
Wrestling → 1
Total → 6
Important: What Exactly Was Manu Bhaker's Record?
| Statement | Correct? |
|---|---|
| Manu Bhaker won medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. | ❌ Incorrect |
| Manu Bhaker won two medals at Paris 2024. | ✅ Correct |
| Manu Bhaker became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal. | ✅ Correct |
| Manu became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals in the same Olympic edition. | ✅ Correct |
Major Indian Records Created at Paris 2024
- Manu Bhaker became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal.
- Manu Bhaker became the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at the same Olympic Games.
- Swapnil Kusale became India's first Olympic medallist in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions.
- India won a record three shooting medals at one Olympic edition.
- Aman Sehrawat became India's youngest Olympic medallist.
- Men's hockey won back-to-back Olympic medals for the first time since the 1968 and 1972 Games.
- Neeraj Chopra added an Olympic silver to his Tokyo 2020 gold.
India's All-Time Olympic Medal Tally After Paris 2024
The six medals won at Paris increased India's all-time Olympic medal tally to 41 medals.
| Medal | India's All-Time Total |
|---|---|
| 🥇 Gold | 10 |
| 🥈 Silver | 10 |
| 🥉 Bronze | 21 |
| Total | 41 |
Tokyo 2020 vs Paris 2024 – India Medal Comparison
| Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo 2020 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Paris 2024 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
India's highest medal haul at a single Olympic Games remains Tokyo 2020 → 7 medals.
Notable Fourth-Place Finishes
Medal totals alone do not show the complete picture. Several Indian athletes came very close to the podium.
- Manu Bhaker – fourth in women's 25m pistol.
- Arjun Babuta – fourth in men's 10m air rifle.
- Dhiraj Bommadevara & Ankita Bhakat – fourth in archery mixed team.
- Lakshya Sen reached the badminton men's singles bronze-medal match but finished fourth.
Paris 2024 Olympics – Static GK Booster
| Question Point | Answer |
|---|---|
| Edition | Games of the XXXIII Olympiad |
| Host city | Paris |
| Host country | France |
| Opening | 26 July 2024 |
| Closing | 11 August 2024 |
| Total medal events | 329 |
| India medals | 6 |
| India silver medals | 1 |
| India bronze medals | 5 |
| India gold medals | 0 |
| India final rank | 71st |
| Next Summer Olympics | Los Angeles 2028 |
What Comes Next? Los Angeles 2028
The next Summer Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, United States.
Host → Los Angeles, USA
Opening Ceremony → 14 July 2028
Closing Ceremony → 30 July 2028
Tokyo 2020
↓
Paris 2024
↓
Los Angeles 2028
↓
Brisbane 2032
Easy Memory Trick – India's Six Paris Medals
M → Manu Bhaker
M/S → Manu + Sarabjot
S → Swapnil Kusale
H → Hockey Team
N → Neeraj Chopra
A → Aman Sehrawat
🥉 🥉 🥉 🥉 🥈 🥉
5 Bronze + 1 Silver = 6 Medals
Do Not Confuse
| Common Confusion | Correct Fact |
|---|---|
| Manu Bhaker won medals in two consecutive Olympics. | ❌ Incorrect. She won two medals at Paris 2024 itself. |
| Manu Bhaker won two individual medals. | One was individual and one was mixed team: Women's 10m Air Pistol + Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol. |
| India won two shooting medals in Paris. | India won three shooting medals. |
| Swapnil Kusale won 10m air rifle bronze. | Incorrect. He won bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Positions. |
| Neeraj Chopra won gold in Paris. | He won silver. His Olympic gold came at Tokyo 2020. |
| Arshad Nadeem won silver. | He won gold with an Olympic record of 92.97m. |
| India hockey won silver. | India won bronze by defeating Spain 2–1. |
| Paris 2024 was India's best-ever Olympics by medal count. | India's record remains Tokyo 2020 with 7 medals. |
10 Exam-Focused MCQs – India at Paris 2024
Select an option. The correct answer and explanation will appear automatically.
1. How many medals did India win at the Paris 2024 Olympics?
India won one silver and five bronze medals.
2. Who won India's only silver medal at Paris 2024?
Neeraj won silver in the men's javelin throw with a best throw of 89.45m.
3. Manu Bhaker won her individual Paris 2024 bronze in:
The medal made Manu the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal.
4. Who partnered Manu Bhaker to win the mixed-team shooting bronze?
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team.
5. Swapnil Kusale won bronze in which event?
Swapnil became India's first Olympic medallist in this event.
6. Which country did India defeat to win the Paris 2024 men's hockey bronze medal?
India beat Spain 2–1 in the bronze-medal match.
7. Aman Sehrawat won his Olympic bronze in which sport?
Aman won bronze in men's freestyle 57 kg.
8. What was Neeraj Chopra's best throw in the Paris 2024 final?
Arshad Nadeem won gold with an Olympic record of 92.97m.
9. Which sport contributed the most medals for India at Paris 2024?
India won three shooting medals at Paris 2024.
10. Where will the next Summer Olympic Games be held?
LA28 will be held from 14–30 July 2028.
Quick Revision – 20 Must-Remember Points
- Paris 2024 Olympics were held in France.
- The Games ran from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
- India won 6 medals.
- India won 1 silver and 5 bronze.
- India won no gold medal at Paris 2024.
- India's final medal-table position was 71st.
- Manu Bhaker won India's first medal.
- Manu's first bronze came in women's 10m air pistol.
- Manu and Sarabjot Singh won mixed-team pistol bronze.
- Manu won two medals at the same Olympics.
- Swapnil Kusale won bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions.
- Shooting contributed 3 Indian medals.
- India defeated Spain 2–1 for hockey bronze.
- India won back-to-back men's hockey bronze medals.
- P. R. Sreejesh retired from international hockey after the Paris bronze.
- Neeraj Chopra won javelin silver.
- Neeraj's best final throw was 89.45m.
- Aman Sehrawat became India's youngest Olympic medallist.
- India's all-time Olympic medal tally became 41.
- The next Summer Games are Los Angeles 2028.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many medals did India win at Paris 2024?
India won six medals: one silver and five bronze.
Who won India's silver medal at Paris 2024?
Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men's javelin throw with a best throw of 89.45m.
How many medals did Manu Bhaker win in Paris?
Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals at the same Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
What record did Manu Bhaker create?
She became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic shooting medal and the first athlete from independent India to win two medals at one Olympic edition.
Which event did Swapnil Kusale win a medal in?
Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions.
Which team did India defeat for the hockey bronze?
India defeated Spain 2–1.
Who became India's youngest Olympic medallist?
Aman Sehrawat became India's youngest Olympic medallist at 21 years and 24 days.
How many Olympic medals has India won in total?
After Paris 2024, India's all-time Olympic tally stands at 41 medals – 10 gold, 10 silver and 21 bronze.
Where are the 2028 Summer Olympics?
The 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles, United States, from 14 to 30 July 2028.
Official and Reliable Sources
- Olympics.com – India Paris 2024 Medal Tally & Winners
- Olympics.com – India's Paris 2024 Olympic Records
- Olympics.com – Manu Bhaker 10m Air Pistol Bronze
- Olympics.com – Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh Bronze
- Olympics.com – Swapnil Kusale 50m Rifle 3 Positions Bronze
- Olympics.com – India Men's Hockey Bronze
- Olympics.com – Neeraj Chopra Paris 2024 Silver
- Olympics.com – Aman Sehrawat Bronze Medal
- Olympics.com – India's All-Time Olympic Medal Winners
- Olympics.com – Official Paris 2024 Medal Table
- Olympics.com – Los Angeles 2028
This article has been rechecked against official Olympics.com and Olympic Games records.
The most important corrections from the older article are:
• Manu Bhaker won two medals at the SAME Paris 2024 Olympics.
• Swapnil Kusale's bronze has been added.
• India's complete tally was 1 Silver + 5 Bronze = 6 medals.
• India won three medals in shooting.
• India's all-time Olympic tally after Paris 2024 is 41.
Conclusion
India's Paris 2024 campaign produced six Olympic medals and several important records even though the country did not win a gold medal.
Shooting emerged as India's strongest medal-producing sport, with Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Swapnil Kusale contributing three medals.
Neeraj Chopra continued his remarkable Olympic consistency with silver, the men's hockey team secured a second consecutive bronze, and Aman Sehrawat became India's youngest Olympic medallist.
Paris 2024 → 6 Indian medals
🥈 Neeraj Chopra
🥉 Manu Bhaker
🥉 Manu Bhaker + Sarabjot Singh
🥉 Swapnil Kusale
🥉 Men's Hockey Team
🥉 Aman Sehrawat
Shooting → 3 medals
India Rank → 71st
All-Time India Olympic Medals → 41
Next Olympics → Los Angeles 2028
Educational Disclaimer: This article is prepared for Sports GK, Current Affairs, Static GK and competitive-examination revision. Paris 2024 historical results are final. Future Olympic schedules and related current information should be rechecked before later examinations.
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