List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics

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

Indian hockey team 1928 Olympics
Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936

Men's
NameYearRankVenueBirthDeath
Jaipal Singh Munda1928Gold medalAmsterdam Olympics3 January 1903 in Takra Pahantoli, Ranchi, Jharkhand20 March 1970 (aged 67) in New Delhi
Lal Shah Bokhari1932Gold medalLos Angeles Olympics22 July 1909 in Faisalabad, Punjab (Pakistan)22 July 1959 (aged 50) in Colombo, SL
Dhyan Chand1936Gold medalBerlin Olympics29 August 1905 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh3 December 1979 (aged 74) in Delhi
Kishan Lal1948Gold medalLondon Olympics2 February 1917 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh3 June 1980 (aged 63) in Madras
K. D. Singh1952Gold medalHelsinki Olympics2 February 1922 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh27 March 1978 (aged 56) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Balbir Singh Sr.1956Gold medalMelbourne Olympics31 December 1923 in Haripur Khalsa, Punjab25 May 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab
Leslie Claudius1960Silver medalRome Olympics25 May 1927 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh20 December 2012 (aged 85) in Kolkata, West Bengal
Charanjit Singh1964Gold medalTokyo Olympics3 February 1931 in Mairi, Himachal Pradesh27 January 2022 (aged 90) in Una, Himachal Pradesh
Gurbux Singh and Prithipal Singh1968Bronze medalMexico City Olympics11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan
28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan		Gurbux is alive
Prithipal Singh- 20 May 1983 (aged 51) in Ludhiana
Harmik Singh1972Bronze medalMunich Olympics10 June 1947 in Gujranwala, PunjabAlive
Ajit Pal Singh19767th PositionMontreal Olympics1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, PunjabAlive
Vasudevan Baskaran1980Gold medalMoscow Olympics17 August 1950 in Chennai, Tamil NaduAlive
Zafar Iqbal19845th PositionLos Angeles Olympics12 June 1956 in Aligarh, Uttar PradeshAlive
M. M. Somaya19886th PositionSeoul Olympics8 May 1959 in Coorg, KarnatakaAlive
Pargat Singh[1]19927th PositionBarcelona Olympics5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, PunjabAlive
Pargat Singh[2]19968th PositionAtlanta Olympics5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, PunjabAlive
Ramandeep Singh[3]20007th PositionSydney Olympics8 August 1971 in ChandigarhAlive[4]
Dilip Tirkey20047th PositionAthens Olympics25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, OdishaAlive
Bharat Chetri[5]201212th PositionLondon Olympics15 December 1981 in Kalimpong, West BengalAlive
P. R. Sreejesh[6]20168th positionRio Olympics8 May 1988 in Kochi, KeralaAlive
Manpreet Singh2020Bronze medalTokyo Olympics26 June 1992 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab, IndiaAlive

Women's
NameYearRankVenueBirthDeath
Rupa Kumari Saini19804th positionMoscow Olympics2 September 1954 in Faridkot, PunjabAlive
Sushila Chanu201612th positionRio Olympics25 February 1992 in Imphal, ManipurAlive
Rani Rampal20204th positionTokyo Olympics4 December 1994 in Shahabad Markanda, HaryanaAlive

References
  1. "Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team)". 17 August 2011.
  2. "Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team)". 17 August 2011.
  3. "Short Biography of Raman deep Singh Grewal". 17 August 2011.
  4. "Olympic Men's Hockey Captains of India".
  5. "Walmiki, Rupinderpal axed from Olympic hockey squad".
  6. "Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016". The Indian Express. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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