India in Beijing Olympic 2008

Olympic 2008 starts on August 8 in Beijing (China), opening ceremony began at 8:00 p. m. This is a great experience for India, where India won 3 medals first time in olympic. Befor Beijing, India Competed in almost every Olympic games since 1900 but got only 17 medals. Abhinav Bindra makes a history and won first individual Gold Medal for India. On August 20, Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar and an boxer Vijender Kumar won bronze medal for India. It's a time to be pride for an Indian.

Here is a list of India’s medals:
2008 - gold – shooting
2008 – bronze -Wrestling
2008 – bronze – Boxing
2004 - silver - shooting, men’s double trap
2000 - bronze - weightlifting
1996 - bronze - men’s singles tennis
1992 - no medals
1988 - no medals
1984 - no medals
1980 - gold - men’s hockey
1976 - no medals
1972 - bronze - men’s hockey
1968 - bronze
1964 - gold - men’s hockey
1960 - silver
1956 - gold - men’s hockey
1952 - gold - men’s hockey, bronze - wrestling
1948 - gold - men’s hockey
1936 - gold - men’s hockey
1932 - gold
1928 - gold - men’s hockey
1924 - no medals
1920 - no medals
1900 - two silver medals, men’s 200m and men’s 200m hurdles