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Indian Hockey Squad at Olympic Games Paris 2024: Schedule, History
Here is everything you need to know about the Indian men's hockey team going to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Indian men's hockey team last won an Olympic gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. (FILE PHOTO: Hockey India)
Hockey is a sport that has captivated the Indian masses for many years before getting lost in oblivion.
With a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Indian hockey team created history and ended a wait of medals for the past four decades.
While the wait for a medal has ended for Indian hockey fans, the elusive gold medal will be the target for the Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian men's hockey team.
History of Indian Hockey at the Paris Olympics
The Indian hockey team has ruled the Olympics like an undisputed king with 12 medals including eight gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.
Starting in 1928, the Indian team played under the banner of British India with Jaipal Singh Munda leading the team to a gold medal defeating the Netherlands 3-0 in the final.
In 1932, the Indian hockey team led by Lal Shah Bokhari won a gold medal trumping Japan in a round-robin format.
Known as the magician, Dhyan Chand led the Indian team in 1936 to another gold defeating hosts Germany 8-1 in front of the home crowd.
As an independent country, India participated in the Olympics for the first time in 1948 and won the gold medal defeating Great Britain 4-0 in the final.
India would go on to win four more gold medals with the last medal coming in 1980 under the leadership of Vasudev Bhaskaran.
It took India 41 years reach the podium of Hockey again when Graham Reid coached and Manpreet Singh led Indian team defeated Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal thriller.
Indian men's hockey squad for 2024 Paris Olympics
Goalkeeper: Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay
Midfielders: Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad
Forwards: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh Alternate Athletes: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Schedule of the Indian Hockey team at the 2024 Paris Olympics
27th July: India v New Zealand- 09:00 PM IST
29th July: India v Argentina- 04:15 PM IST
30th July: India v Ireland- 04:45 PM IST
01st August: India v Belgium- 01:30 PM IST
02nd August: India v Australia- 04:45 PM IST
04th August: Men's quarterfinal
06th August: Men's semi-final
08th August: Men's medal matches
All you need to know about the Indian athletes at the Paris Olympics 2024:
Paris 2024 Olympics: Click here for the complete schedule for all Indian athletes
Paris 2024: Click here to view the Indians who have qualified for the Olympics.
