List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics

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India at the
Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
Website www.olympic.ind.in
Medals
Gold
10
Silver
10
Bronze
21
Total
41
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented India at the Olympics. [1] Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

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Men and women from across the country and from a variety of sports have been chosen to bear the flag at the opening ceremonies. Field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr. and Luge runner Shiva Keshvan are the only athletes who have been given the honour on more than one occasion. Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics, Shiny Abraham-Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics. The first female flag bearer at the Winter Olympics was Neha Ahuja at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [2] [3] [4]

List of flag bearers

Summer Olympics

Event yearFlag bearerSport
1920 Purma Bannerjee Athletics
1932 Lal Shah Bhokhari Field hockey
1936 Dhyan Chand Field hockey
1948 Talimeran Ao Football
1952 Balbir Singh, Sr Field hockey
1956 Field hockey
1964 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Athletics
1972 D. N. Devine Jones Boxing
1984 Zafar Iqbal Field hockey
1988 Kartar Singh Wrestling
1992 Shiny Abraham-Wilson Athletics
1996 Pargat Singh Field hockey
2000 Leander Paes Tennis
2004 Anju Bobby George Athletics
2008 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting
2012 Sushil Kumar Wrestling
2016 Abhinav Bindra Shooting
2020 Mary Kom
Manpreet Singh
Boxing
Hockey
2024 Sharath Kamal
PV Sindhu
Table tennis
Badminton

Winter Olympics

Event yearFlag bearerSport
1964 Jeremy Bujakowski Alpine skiing
1968 Jeremy Bujakowski Alpine skiing
1988 Kishor Rahtna Rai Alpine skiing
1998 Shiva Keshavan Luge
2002 Luge
2006 Neha Ahuja Alpine skiing
2010 Shiva Keshavan Luge
2018 Luge
2022 Arif Khan Alpine skiing

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References

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