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Olympic Games (part 2 of 2): Fifteenth Olympics Year:1952Place:Helsinki (Finland) Date:July 19 to August 3Participating Countries:69 Players:4925 (518 females)Game Competition:149 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey), 1 Bronze medal (in wrestling) Fourteenth Olympics Year:1948Place:London (Britain) Date:July 29 to August 14Participating Countries:59 Players:4099 (385 females)Game Competition:138 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Thirteenth Olympics Year:1944Place:London (Britain) Date:Cancelled due to World War IIParticipating Countries:- Players:-Game Competition:- India Position:- Twelfth Olympics Year:1940Place:Tockyo, later on Helsinki Date:Cancelled due to World War IIParticipating Countries:- Players:-Game Competition:- India Position:- Eleventh Olympics Year:1936Place:Berlin (Germany) Date:August 1 to 16Participating Countries:49 Players:4066 (328 females)Game Competition:142 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Tenth Olympics Year:1932Place:Los Angels (USA) Date:July 30 to August 14Participating Countries:47 Players:1408 (127 females)Game Competition:124 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Ninth Olympics Year:1928Place:Amsterdam (Holland) Date:May 17 to August 12Participating Countries:46 Players:3014 (290 females)Game Competition:120 India Position:1 Gold medal (in Hockey) Eighth Olympics Year:1924Place:Paris (France) Date:May 4 to July 27Participating Countries:44 Players:3090 (136 females)Game Competition:137 India Position:Did not win any medal Seventh Olympics Year:1920Place:Antverp (Belgium) Date:April 20 to Sept 12Participating Countries:29 Players:2607 (64 females)Game Competition:104 India Position:Did not win any medal Sixth Olympics Year:1916Place:Cancelled due to World War I Date:Cancelled due to World War IParticipating Countries:- Players:-Game Competition:- India Position:- Fifth Olympics Year:1912Place:Stockholm (Sweden) Date:May 5 to July 22Participating Countries:28 Players:2547 (57 females)Game Competition:106 India Position:Not Participated Fourth Olympics Year:1908Place:London (Britain) Date:April 27 to October 31Participating Countries:22 Players:2035 (36 females)Game Competition:104 India Position:Not Participated Third Olympics Year:1904Place:St. Louis (America) Date:July 1 to Nov 3Participating Countries:12 Players:625 (8 females)Game Competition:67 India Position:Not Participated Second Olympics Year:1900Place:Paris (France) Date:May 20 to October 28Participating Countries:22 Players:1330 (11 females)Game Competition:60 India Position:2 Silver medals (Won by Norman Prichard-Athletics) First Olympics Year:1896Place:Athens (Greece) Date:April 4 to 15Participating Countries:13 Players:311 (all males)Game Competition:42 India Position:Not Participated