1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hockey team under Captain Jaipal Singh till semifinals and under Vice captain Eric Pinniger in the finals. The team includedDhyan Chand who scored three goals in the last four minutes of the finals to sweep the Indian team to victory.India won Gold Medal by beating Holland 3 - 0 (India's first ever Olympic gold medal and victory in a world tournament)
1932 Los Angeles, California, United States.
Hockey team under Captain Lal Shah Bokhari. Dhyan Chand (12) and Roop Singh (13) scored the maximum goals during the two games played against Japan (11-1) and USA (24-1).India Won Gold Medal by beating USA 24-1- the first biggest.
1936 Berlin, Germany
Hockey team under Captain Dhyan Chand. It was to be Dhyan Chand's last Olympic games. India won Gold Medal by beating Germany 8-1 in the finals held on August 15 1936.
1948 London, G. Britain
Hockey team under Captain Kishan Lal India won Gold Medal by beating Britain 4-0 in the finals (India's first gold medal as a free country).
1952 Helsinki, Finland
Hockey team under Captain Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu. Balbir Singh scored the maximum goals -9 out of the total goals scored in the three games played. India won Gold Medal by beating Holland 6-1 in the finals.
1956 Melbourne, Australia
Hockey team under captain Balbir Singh. Udham Singh scored a total of 15 goals, the highest tally by an Indian at an Olympics till that date. India won Gold Medal beating Pakistan 1-0 in the finals ( India's sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal, a record for any country in any team sport in the Olympics.
1960 Rome, Italy
Hockey team under captain Leslie Claudius. India won Silver Medal, Pakistan beat India 0-1 in the final.
1964 Tokyo, Japan
Hockey team under Captain Charanjit Singh. Shankar Lakshman, Indian goalkeeper who saved India from defeat was justifiably awarded 'Man of the match'. India won Gold Medal in a narrow win beating Pakistan 1-0 in the finals
1968 Mexico city, Mexico
Hockey team under Captains Prithipal & Gurbux Singh. India won Bronze Medal with Pakistan winning the gold and Australia the silver medal.
1976 Montreal, Canada
Hockey team under Captain Vasudevan Bhaskaran. India won Gold Medal after 16 years by winning over Spain 4-3 in the finals