India’s men’s hockey team won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Spain, thanks to skipper Harmanpreet Singh’s double strike.
The Indian Hockey team gave a befitting farewell to veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who played his last International match.
The victory at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium saw India secure a record-extending 13th medal in hockey at the Olympics and the second bronze in successive editions.
The last time India achieved consecutive Olympic medals in men’s hockey was in 1968 and 1972.
India had previously won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, which was their first Olympic hockey medal since the 1980 Games.
In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal and until 1960, the Indian men’s team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, winning six gold medals in a row.
| Indian Men’s hockey team performances at Olympics | ||
| Captain | Olympics | Outcome |
| Jaipal Singh Munda | Amsterdam 1928 | Gold |
| Lal Shah Bokhari | Los Angeles 1932 | Gold |
| Dhyan Chand | Berlin 1936 | Gold |
| Kishan Lal | London 1948 | Gold |
| K.D. Singh | Helsinki 1952 | Gold |
| Balbir Singh Sr | Melbourne 1956 | Gold |
| Leslie Claudius | Rome 1960 | Silver |
| Charanjit Singh | Tokyo 1964 | Gold |
| Gurbux Singh / Prithipal Singh | Mexico 1968 | Bronze |
| Harmik Singh | Munich 1972 | Bronze |
| Ajit Pal Singh | Monteral 1976 | 7th |
| Vasudevan Baskaran | Moscow 1980 | Gold |
| Zafar Iqbal | Los Angeles 1984 | 5th |
| M.M, Somaya | Seoul 1988 | 6th |
| Pargat Singh | Barcelona 1992 | 7th |
| Pargat Singh | Atlanta 1996 | 8th |
| Ramandeep Singh | Sydney 2000 | 7th |
| Dilip Tirkey | Athens 2004 | 7th |
| Bharat Chettri | London 2012 | 12th |
| PR Sreejsh | Rio 2016 | 8th |
| Manpreet Singh | Tokyo 2020 | Bronze |
| Harmanpreet Singh | Paris 2024 | Bronze |
