1) Events -> 23 July – 8 August 2021

• 32nd Summer
• 1st 1896 – Athens, capital of Greece
• 31st 2016 – Rio Olympics
• 33rd 2024 – Paris
• 34th 2028 – Los Angeles (USA)

2) Mascot – Miraitowa

New motto – Citius (Faster), Altius (Higher), Fortius (Stronger), Communiter (Together)

New word – Communiter added

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3) New game – 4 new games

• Skateboard
• surfing
• sports climbing
• Karate

** 4) Olympic Laurel Prize – Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh Nobel Prize [2006] Winner)

5) 

i. International Olympic Committee – 1894 AD Formation

• Headquarters – Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Current President – Thomas Bach
• First President – Demetrios Vikelas

ii. Indian Olympic Committee – 1927 AD

• Headquarters – New Delhi
• ** Current President – Narinder Dhruv Batra
• First President – Dorabji Tata

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6) 32nd Olympic First Gold medalist 

Yang Qian (China) (Shooting)

** 7) Smallest country to win Gold in the 32nd Olympics 

Bermuda

8) Youngest player to win Gold in the 32nd Olympics

Momiji Nishiya (Japan Athlete) – Street Skateboarding

** 9) India’s flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

Manpreet Singh (Hockey) & Mary Kom (Boxing)

10) Flag bearer at the closing ceremony 

Bajrang Punia

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11) Medal Table

1. USA – 39 Gold + 41 Silver + 33 Bronze (total 113 पदक) 

2. China – 38 Gold + 32 Silver + 18 Bronze (total 88 पदक)

3. Japan – 27 Gold + 14 Silver + 17 Bronze (total 58 पदक)

48. India – 1 Gold + 2 Silver + 4 Bronze

12) Who won medal in India  

Gold

i. Neeraj Chopra – 1 Gold (Haryana)

• Javelin Throw

(won individual gold after 13 years)

1 Medal (Gold) – Abhinav Bindra (2008) in Shooting

Silver

i. Mirabai Chanu (Manipur)

• 49 Kg
• Lifting (200 kg)

Note: Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the Olympics for the first time, is a weightlifting player

ii. Ravi Dahiya (Haryana)

57 Kg

freestyle wrestling

Bronze

i. Bajrang Punia (Haryana)

• 65 kg
• wrestling
• bronze

** ii. Lovlina Borgohain (Assam)

• 69 kg
• boxing
• bronze

iii. PV Sindhu (Hyderabad)

Note: 

• First Indian woman to win two Olympic medals
• Second athlete to have won two Olympic medals
• 2016 -> Rio -> Silver
• 2021-> Tokyo -> Bronze

iv. Indian Men’s Hockey Team – Bronze

• (won gold after 41 years)
• 1980 – Last Gold was won at Moscow
• India beat Germany 5-4 to win bronze medal

Note: So far two athletes have won 2 Olympic medals

i. Sushil Kumar (Wrestling)  

2008 (Bronze)

2012 (silver)

ii. PV Sindhu (Badminton)

2016 (silver)

2021 (Bronze)

13) 

How many medals India won so far – 35 total medals

Total How Many Gold Won – 8 (Hockey) + 2 Individuals = 10

2nd Individual Gold winners

• Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw)
• Abhinav Bindra (Shooting)

14) Olympic logo

Theme Song -> Lakshya Tere Saamne Hai (Mohit Chauhan)

Note: Australia(Oceania) 

15) Most medals won in 32nd Olympics (7) – Emma McKeon

• Swimmer
• Australia

16. Indian Gymnastics Judge – Deepak Kabra

17.

** i. First Olympic swimmer of India – Sajan Prakash

ii. the first Indian woman swimmer to qualify in Olympics – Mana Patel 

** 18. First transgender Olympic athlete – Laurel Hubbard

19. How many countries participate in the Olympics – 206 countries

20. How many players of India participate in the olympics

121 players

Female – 53

Male – 68

21. First Indian Golfer- Aditi Ashok

22. First Indian fencer- Bhavani Devi

23. First female sailor in olympics- Netra Kumanan

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