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title: "How many medals did India win in Rio Olympics?"  
description: "How many medals did India win in Rio Olympics?"  
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published: 2018-01-30  
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# How many medals did India win in Rio Olympics?

How many medals did [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health) win in Rio [Olympics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80918/heading-towards-2021-tokyo-olympics)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**India managed to win two medals in the Rio Olympics which was held in 2016.** Well, a country where the population is around 1.2 billion two medals is really not a big achievement or milestone to achieve.

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Even though it’s a matter of celebration **as both the medals were been won by women’s as P.V Sindhu won the Silver medal in Badminton and Saakshi Malik made our nation proud by bringing up the Bronze medal in Wrestling.** Apart from winning the medals the performance of most of the Indian players has been praised all around the world.


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