Olympic Captains of India

1928 Amsterdam Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Jaipal Singh
Born: 03 Jan 1903 at Khunti (Jharkhand)
Died: 20 Mar 1970 at Delhi

1932 Los Angeles Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Lal Shah Bokhari
Born: 22 Jul 1909 at Lyallpur (Faisalabad, Pakistan)
Died: 22 Jul 1959 at Colombo

1936 Berlin Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Dhyan Chand
Born: 29 Aug 1905 at Allahabad
Died: 03 Dec 1979 at Delhi

1948 London Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Kishan Lal
Born: 02 Feb 1917 at Mhow (MP)
Died: 23 June 1980 at Chennai

1952 Helsinki Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: K. D. Singh ‘Babu’
Born: 02 Feb 1922 at Barabanki (UP)
Died: 27 Mar 1978 at Lucknow

1956 Melbourne Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Balbir Singh Sr.
Born: 10 Oct 1924 in Haripur (Punjab)
Residing in Burnaby, BC, Canada

1960 Rome Olympics
Rank: Silver Medal
Captain: Leslie Claudius
Born: 25 May 1927 at Bilaspur (MP)
Residing at Kolkata

1964 Tokyo Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Charanjit Singh
Born: 03 Feb 1931 ,Mairi ,Una (H.P)
Residing at Himachal

1968 Mexico City Olympics
Rank: Bronze Medal
Captain: Prithipal Singh
Born :28 Jan 1932 at Nankana Sahib (Pakistan)
Died : 20 May 1983 at Ludhiana

Jt. Captain: Gurbux Singh
Born: 11 Feb 1936 at Peshawar(Pakistan)
Residing at Kolkata

1972 Munich Olympics
Rank: Bronze Medal
Captain: Harmik Singh
Born: 10 June 1947 at Gujranwala (Pakistan)
Residing at Chandigarh

1976 Montreal Olympics
Rank: 7th Position
Captain: Ajitpal Singh
Born: 01 Apr 1947 at Sansarpur (Punjab)
Residing at Delhi

1980 Moscow Olympics
Rank: Gold Medal
Captain: Vasudevan Baskaran
Born: 17 August 1950 at Chennai
Residing at Chennai

1980 Moscow Olympics
Rank: 4th Position
Captain: Rupa Saini
Born: 02 Sept. 1954 at Faridkot
Residing at Patiala

1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Rank: 5th Position
Captain: Zafar Iqbal
Born: 21 Feb 1956 at Harganwan (Bihar)
Residing at Delhi

1988 Seoul Olympics
Rank: 6th Position
Captain: M.M. Somaya
Born: 08 May 1959 at Mercara (Karnataka)
Residing at Mumbai

1992 Barcelona Olympics
Rank: 7th Position
1996 Atlanta Olympics
Rank: 8th position
Captain: Pargat Singh
Born: 05 Mar 1965 at Mithapur (Punjab)
Residing at Jalandhar

2000 Sydney Olympics
Rank: 7th Position
Captain: Ramandeep Singh Grewal
Born: 08 August 1971 at Chandigarh
Residing at Ludhiana

 2004 Athens Olympics
Rank: 7th Position
Captain: Dilip Tirkey
Born: 24 Nov 1977 at Savnamara (Orissa)
Residing at Rourkela/Bhubneswar.