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India's men's hockey team won its first Olympic medal in 1928, achieving a perfect record of 5 wins and scoring 29 goals without conceding any. The team, captained by Jaipal Singh, included notable players like Dhyan Chand and Richard J. Alien. In a recent achievement, the team secured a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics after a 41-year wait, defeating Germany 5-4.

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India's men's hockey team won its first Olympic medal in 1928, achieving a perfect record of 5 wins and scoring 29 goals without conceding any. The team, captained by Jaipal Singh, included notable players like Dhyan Chand and Richard J. Alien. In a recent achievement, the team secured a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics after a 41-year wait, defeating Germany 5-4.

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India won its FIRST MEDAL in HOCKEY in 1928 Olympic Games

India recorded the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam as follows:


 Played: 5
 Work: 5
 Goals for: 29
 Goals against: 0

THE FOLLOWING WERE THE MEMBERS OF THE 1928 INDIAN OLYMPIC TEAMS
 Jaipal Singh (captain) (from London)
 Broome Eric Pinniger (vice-captain) (Punjab)
 Shaukat Ali (Bengal)
 Richard J.Alien (goalkeeper) (Bengal)
 Dhyan Chand (united Provinces)
 Michael Gateley (Delhi)
 William James Goodsir – Cullen (united Provinces)
 Nawab of Pataudi (From London)
 Michal E Rocque (Central Provinces)
 Frederic Seaman (united Provinces)
 Kher Singh (Punjab)
 Syed M Yusuf (From London)
 A.R.Rosser (manager) (Bengal)
 Leslie .C. Hammond (united Provinces)
 Feroze Khan (Punjab)
 Georage Marthins (united Provinces)
 Rex Norris (Central Provinces)

MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM

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 Indian men’s Hockey team scripted history with their sticks as they defeated
GERMANY 5-4 to win a bronze in Tokyo Olympics.
 The quest for medal for India ended after the wait of 41 YEARS as men in blue
outplayed Germany in every quarter in a high scoring match.
 For India, SIMRANJIT SINGH scored two goals and HARMANPREET, HARDIK,
RUPINDER PAL SINGH scoring one goal each.

MEDAL NAME GAMES SPORTS


1 Gold National Team 1928 Amsterdam Field Hockey

1 Gold National Team 1932 Los Angles Field Hockey

1 Gold National Team 1936 Berlin Field Hockey

1 Gold National Team 1948 London Field Hockey

1 Gold National Team 1952 Helsinki Field Hockey

1 Gold National Team 1956 Melbourne Hockey


2 Silver National Team Rome 1960 Hockey
1 Gold National Team 1964 Tokyo Hockey
3 Bronze National Team 1968 Mexico City Hockey
3 Bronze National Team 1972 Munnion Hockey
2 Gold National Team 1980 Moscow Hockey

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