List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics

This is a list of all field hockey players who have captained Indian national field hockey team at the international level in Olympics. The list includes all Indian captains of men's since the period of 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Indian hockey team 1928 Olympics
Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936
NameYearRankVenueBirthDeath
Jaipal Singh Munda1928Gold medalAmsterdam Olympics3 January 1903 in Jharkhand20 March 1970 in Delhi
Lal Shah Bokhari1932Gold medalLos Angeles Olympics22 July 190922 July 1959
Dhyan Chand1936Gold medalBerlin Olympics29 August 1905 in Allahabad, UP3 December 1979 in Delhi
Kishan Lal1948Gold medalLondon Olympics--
K. D. Singh1952Gold medalHelsinki Olympics2 February 192227 March 1978, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Balbir Singh Sr.1956Gold medalMelbourne Olympics31 December 192325 May 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab, India
Leslie Claudius1960Silver medalRome Olympics25 May 1927 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh20 December 2012 in Kolkata, West Bengal
Charanjit Singh1964Gold medalTokyo Olympics3 February 1931 in Mairi, HP(Punjab)Alive
Gurbux Singh and Prithipal Singh1968Bronze medalMexico City Olympics11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan; 28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, PakistanGurbux is alive, Prithipal Singh is not alive
Harmik Singh1972Bronze medalMunich Olympics10 June 1947 in Gujranwala, Punjab
Ajit Pal Singh19767th PositionMontreal Olympics1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, PunjabAlive
Vasudevan Baskaran1980Gold medalMoscow Olympics17 August 1950Alive
Zafar Iqbal19845th PositionLos Angeles Olympics12 June 1956Alive
Sommayya Maneypande19886th PositionSeoul Olympics1959 in Coorg, KarnatakaAlive
Pargat Singh[1]19927th PositionBarcelona Olympics5 March 1965 in Mithapur, PunjabAlive
Pargat Singh[2]19968th PositionAtlanta Olympics5 March 1965 in Mithapur, PunjabAlive
Ramandeep Singh[3]20007th PositionSydney Olympics8 August 1971 in Chandigarh, PunjabAlive[4]
Dilip Tirkey20047th PositionAthens Olympics25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, OrissaAlive
Bharat Chetri[5]201212th PositionLondon Olympics1982 in Kalimpong, West BengalAlive
P. R. Sreejesh[6]20168th positionRio Olympics5 May 1986 at Kochi, KeralaAlive

References
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