Tokyo Olympic 2020 was originally scheduled for 24th July 2020 to 9th August 2020 but due to COVID 19 pandemic, the games were postponed and rescheduled for 23rd July to 8th August 2020. India participated in Tokyo Olympics, 2021 in Japan. Since 1920, India has appeared in all the summer Olympics and made its official debut in the 1900 Summer Olympic, Paris.
India appeared with 124 competitors in the 2020 games, the biggest ever contingent and it proved to be the most successful Olympics till date with India winning 7 medals – 1 Gold, 2 Silver, and 4 Bronze. Indian contingent participated in 69 events and earned medals in 18 athletic fields.
India in Tokyo Olympic, 2020 – Medals List
Many of the Indian Athletes showed great efforts and performed very well. India has already won Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. In total India won 7 medals which include 2 silver, three bronze, and 1 gold. Let’s have a look at who won which medal in which discipline-
Tokyo Olympic, 2020 Indian Medals List
| Athlete Name | Game | Event | Medal |
| Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men’s Javelin Throw | Gold |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle 57 kg | Silver |
| Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting | Women’s 49 kg | Silver |
| PV Sindhu | Badminton | Women’s Single | Bronze |
| Indian team | Hockey | Men’s Tournament | Bronze |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing | Women’s Welterweight | Bronze |
| Bajrang Punia | Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle 65 kg | Bronze |
- First Gold Won by India in Tokyo Olympic 2020India’s First medal (Silver) came in weightlifting, won by Mirabai Chanu.
- On the 7th day of the event, Lovlina Borgohain won the second medal (Bronze) for India in Boxing.
- PV Sindhu also secured Bronze by defeating Bing Jiao in Women Badminton Singles.
- The fourth medal (Bronze) was secured by the Indian Men’s Hockey team and India’s medal-list counts Hockey reached 12 in Olympic till date.
- The fifth medal (Silver) was won by Ravi Kumar Dahiya in Wrestling 57 kg category.
- Bajrang Punia won the Bronze as the Sixth medal for India in the men’s wrestling 65 kg category.
- The Seventh and the historic medal was won by Neeraj Chopra (Gold) in the men’s Javelin throw.
Neeraj Chopra won the first Gold for India in Tokyo Olympic 2020 with a confound throw of 87.58 meters. His Gold medal has increased India’s medal tally to 7 which was 6 in the 2012 London games.
India in Tokyo Olympic 2020 – Noticeable firsts in terms of participation
This time in Tokyo Olympic 2020, India created several noticeable firsts in terms of participation. Let’s have a look-
- This happened for the first time in History that Fencer (Bhavani Devi) from India got qualified for the Olympic games.
- Bhavani won the first match 15/3 against Nadia Aziz and became the first women fencer to win the match in Olympics. But she lost the game in the second match.
- The first-ever female sailor from India (Nethra Kumanan) got qualified for the Olympic games.
- Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj were the first Indian swimmers to qualify in Olympic games by accomplishing the “A” qualification standard in swimming.
