Olympic Games (part 1 of 2): Thirtyth Olympics Year:2012Place:London, United Kingdom Date:July 27 to August 12Participating Countries:204 Players:10820Game Competition:26 India Position:Gagan Narang (Bronze - Shooting - Men's 10m Air Rifle), Vijay Kumar (Silver - Shooting - Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol), Saina Nehwal (Bronze - Badminton - Women's singles), Mary Kom (Bronze - Boxing - Women's flyweight), Yogeshwar Dutt (Bronze - Wrestling - Men's 60 kg Freestyle), Sushil Kumar (Silver - Wrestling - Men's 66 kg Freestyle) Twenth Ninth Olympics Year:2008Place:Beijing (China) Date:August 8 to August 24Participating Countries:204 Players:11028Game Competition:28 India Position:Abhinav Bindra won gold medal in rifle shooting. Twenty Eighth Olympics Year:2004Place:Athens (Egypt) Date:August 13 to 29Participating Countries:202 Players:10500Game Competition:28 India Position:Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a Silver medal (in Shooting) Twenty Seventh Olympics Year:2000Place:Sydney (Australia) Date:September 15 to October 1Participating Countries:199 Players:10500Game Competition:28 India Position:Karnam Malleshwari won a Bronze medal in the weightlifting (69 kg category) Twenty Sixth Olympics Year:1996Place:Atlanta (USA) Date:July 19 to August 4Participating Countries:197 Players:10700Game Competition:25 India Position:Leander Paes won, a Bronze medal (Lawn Tennis) Twenty Fifth Olympics Year:1992Place:Barcelona (Spain) Date:July 25 to August 9Participating Countries:170 Players:12,000 (including the officials)Game Competition:31 India Position:Did not win any medal Twenty Fourth Olympics Year:1988Place:Seoul (Korea) Date:September 17 to October 2Participating Countries:160 Players:13,850 (including the officials)Game Competition:237 India Position:Did not win any medal, At 6th position in Hockey Twenty Third Olympics Year:1984Place:Los Angeles (USA) Date:July 28 to August 12Participating Countries:140 Players:7078 (1620 females)Game Competition:221 India Position:Did not win any medal, At 5th position in Hockey Twenty Second Olympics Year:1980Place:Moscow (Soviet Union) Date:July 19 August 3Participating Countries:81 Players:5326 (1088 females)Game Competition:203 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Twenty First Olympics Year:1976Place:Montreal (Canada) Date:July 17 to August 1Participating Countries:88 Players:6152 (1261 females)Game Competition:198 India Position:Did not win any medal, At 7th position in Hockey Twentieth Olympics Year:1972Place:Munich (Germany) Date:August 26 to September 10Participating Countries:122 Players:7147 (1070 females)Game Competition:195 India Position:1 Bronze medal (in Hockey) Nineteenth Olympics Year:1968Place:Mexico City (Mexico) Date:October 12 to 27Participating Countries:112 Players:5531 (781 females)Game Competition:182 India Position:1 Bronze medal (in Hockey) Eighteenth Olympics Year:1964Place:Tokyo (Japan) Date:October 10 to 24Participating Countries:93 Players:5140 (683 females)Game Competition:163 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Seventeenth Olympics Year:1960Place:Rome (Itlay) Date:August 25 to September 11Participating Countries:83 Players:5348 (61 females)Game Competition:150 India Position:1 Silver medal (in Hockey) Sixteenth Olympics Year:1956Place:Melbourne (Australia) Date:Nov 22 tp Dec 8Participating Countries:71 Players:3342 (384 females)Game Competition:145 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey)