| Captain | Year | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaipal Singh Munda | 1928 | Amsterdam | Gold |
| Syed Lal Shah Bokhari | 1932 | Los Angeles | Gold |
| Dhyan Chand | 1936 | Berlin | Gold |
| Kishan Lal | 1948 | London | Gold |
| KD Singh ‘Babu’ | 1952 | Helsinki | Gold |
| Balbir Singh Sr. | 1956 | Melbourne | Gold |
| Leslie Claudius | 1960 | Rome | Silver |
| Charanjit Singh | 1964 | Tokyo | Gold |
| Gurbux Singh / Prithipal Singh | 1968 | Mexico City | Bronze |
| Harmik Singh | 1972 | Munich | Bronze |
| Ajit Pal Singh | 1976 | Monteral | 7th |
| Vasudevan Baskaran | 1980 | Moscow | Gold |
| Zafar Iqbal | 1984 | Los Angeles | 5th |
| MM Somaya | 1988 | Seoul | 6th |
| Pargat Singh | 1992 | Barcelona | 7th |
| Pargat Singh | 1996 | Atalanta | 8th |
| Ramandeep Singh Grewal | 2000 | Sydney | 7th |
| Dilip Tirkey | 2004 | Athens | 7th |
| Bharat Chettri | 2012 | London | 12th |
| PR Sreejsh | 2016 | Rio | 8th |
| Manpreet Singh | 2020 | Tokyo | Bronze |