Chronicling India's hockey performances at the Olympics from Atlanta 1996 to London 2012

2008 Beijing Games

This was the lowest point in the history of Indian Hockey as the National Team failed to qualify at all for the main round for the first and only time in the era of the modern Olympic Games. Such a tragedy created quite a furore in the hockey, and in general, sports fraternity as a whole.

The catastrophic performance was followed by an overhaul in management and administration at the highest levels. It left the fans with a sour taste in the mouth. The only consolation of Beijing – Bindra’s history-making individual Gold at the 10m Air Rifle Shooting event.