The Indian hockey team had a very golden time from Amsterdam Olympic 1928 to Melbourne Olympics 1956. During this period Indian team won 6 consecutive gold medals. The first captain of the India hockey team at the Olympic event was Jaipal Singh Munda.
There are a total of 21 players who have led the Indian team at the Olympics since 1928. This article mentions the list of all field hockey players who have captained the Indian Men's Hockey Team in the Olympics.
(Indian Hockey team in 1928 Olympic)
List of Indian Men's Hockey Team Captains in Olympics
| Captain Name | Olympics | Rank in Olympic |
| 1. Jaipal Singh Munda | Amsterdam Olympics 1928 | Gold medal |
| 2. Lal Shah Bokhari | Los Angeles Olympics 1932 | Gold medal |
| Berlin Olympics 1936 | Gold medal | |
| 4. Kishan Lal | London Olympics 1948 | Gold medal |
| 5.K. D. Singh | Helsinki Olympics 1952 | Gold medal |
| 6. Balbir Singh Senior | Melbourne Olympics 1956 | Gold medal |
| 7.Leslie Claudius | Rome Olympics 1960 | Silver medal |
| 8. Charanjit Singh | Tokyo Olympics 1964 | Gold medal |
| 9. Gurbux Singh and 10. Prithipal Singh | Mexico City Olympics 1968 | Bronze medal |
| 11.Harmik Singh | Munich Olympics 1972 | Bronze medal |
| 12. Ajit Pal Singh | Montreal Olympics 1976 | 7th Position |
| 13. Vasudevan Baskaran | Moscow Olympics 1980 | Gold medal |
| 14. Zafar Iqbal | Los Angeles Olympics 1984 | 5th Position |
| 15. Sommayya Maneypande | Seoul Olympics 1988 | 6th Position |
| 16. Pargat Singh | Barcelona Olympics 1992 | 7th Position |
| 16.Pargat Singh | Atlanta Olympics 1996 | 8th Position |
| 17.Ramandeep Singh | Sydney Olympics 2000 | 7th Position |
| 18. Dilip Tirkey | Athens Olympics 2004 | 7th Position |
| 19. Bharat Chetri | London Olympics 2012 | 12th Position |
| 20. P. R. Sreejesh | Rio Olympics 2016 | 8th position |
| 21. Manpreet Singh | Tokyo Olympics 2020 | Semifinals* |
Major Dhyan Chand represented Indian Men's Hockey Team at the Berlin Olympics 1936. The team won Gold Medal at the Olympics.
P.R. Sreejesh captained the Indian Men's Hockey Team at the Rio Olympics 2016. Indian team secured 8th position in this Olympics that year.
Overall, the Indian hockey team has won 8 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals at the Olympic Events.
The last time India won the Gold medal was at Moscow Olympics,1980. The team was led by Vasudevan Baskaran. Since then the Indian team could not even secure 4th place at the Olympic event.
The hopes were high at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, however, the Indian Men's Hockey Team lost to Belgium 2-5 in the men's hockey semifinal and will now play in the bronze-medal playoff.
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