India's Sakshi Malik Credit AFP Female wrestler Sakshi Malik has secured India's first medal at the 16 Rio Olympics, ushering in a sense of relief across the country The 23yearold IndianAnswer (1 of 4) Rio Olympics 16 has recently concluded, and one has to scroll down the rankings to find India's position out of the 78 countries that participated Rank 67 Why did India manage only 2 medals out of a population of over a billion people ?India competed at the 16 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 16Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 19, although they made their official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris 117 Indian athletes participated in Rio 16, 63 men and 54 women, across 15 sports at the Games Tokyo Olympics India Finishes 48th Best In Four Decades 33rd In Terms Of Overall Medals Won Tokyo Olympics News The News Motion Rio 2016 olympics india medals
