India at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	IND
Nocname:	Indian Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	48
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Zafar Iqbal
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

India competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham reached the semifinals of 800 metres with a personal best of 2:04.69 seconds and became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. She finished last in the semifinal.

Later, the Indian women's 4x400 metre relay team of P. T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, M. D. Valsamma and Vandana Rao made it to the finals. They finished last among the seven teams in the final but set an Asian record of 3:32.49 seconds.^{[1] [2]}

Competitors

!Sports!Men!Women!Total!Events

	3	5	8	7
	2	0	2	2
	16	0	16	1
	7	1	8	6
	2	0	2	1
	4	0	4	3
	8	0	8	6
Total	42	6	48	26

Results by event

Athletics

Men Track And Field events

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Charles Borromeo	800 m	1:51:52	5	align=center colspan="8"	Did not advance
Chand Ram	Men's 20 km Walk	1:30:06	22
Gurtej Singh	Men's Javelin Throw	70.08	25

Women Track And Field events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shiny Abraham	800 m	2:04.69	4	2:05.42	16	Did not advance
Geeta Zutshi	3000 m	9:40.28	8	Did not advance
P. T. Usha	align=left	400 meters hurdle	56.81	2	55.94	1	55.42	4
M. D. Valsamma	400 meters hurdle	1:00:03	5	Did not advance
M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha	4 × 400 m relay			3:33.85	4	3:32:49	7

References

• An interview with Shiny Wilson

Notes and References

1. Web site: P.T. Usha Los Angeles 400m hurdles. 1 May 2022.
2. Web site: 1984 Olympics the year that set the stage for Indian women athletes. 1 May 2022.