India at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1996
Location:Atlanta
Competitors:49
Sports:13
Flagbearer:Pargat Singh (opening)
Leander Paes (closing)
Rank:71
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Leander Paes' bronze in the men's tennis event was the only medal won by the country. It had been 44 years since an Indian last won an individual medal at the Olympics (K. D. Jadhav earned bronze for freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Helsinki). The medal was also India's first since their men's hockey team won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Subash Razdan, a prominent Indian American community leader in Atlanta was appointed Attache [1] for India by the Indian Olympic Association. He also served as the acting chef-de-mission [2] for the Indian contingent.

Medalists

See main article: 1996 Summer Olympics medal count.

Contingent by sport

Sport Men Women TotalEvents
Archery3 0 32
Athletics2 4 63
Badminton1 1 22
Boxing3 0 33
Equestrian1011
Field Hockey16 0 161
Judo2 2 44
Shooting2 0 23
Swimming1 1 22
Table Tennis1122
Tennis2 0 22
Weightlifting5 0 55
Wrestling1 0 11
Total40 9 4931

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In India's third appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men. Lalremsanga Chhangte was the only one to win a match.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventRanking RoundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank
Changte LalremsagaMen's Individual65032

W 169-156

L 158-164

Did Not Advance
Limba Ram64444

L 140-165

Did Not Advance
Skalzang Dorje63455

L 156-167

Did Not Advance
Limba RamSkalzang Dorje

Changte Lalremsaga

Men's Team192814N/A

L 235-251

Did Not Advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Track And Road Events

Athletes! rowspan="2"
EventsHeatSemi FinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bahadur PrasadMen's 1500 Meter3:46.168Did Not Advance
Beenamol MathewRosakutty Kunnath Chacko

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

Shiny Wilson

Women's 4 x 400m relayDSQN/ADid Not Advance

Field Events

Athletes! rowspan="2"
EventsQualificationFinal
DistanceRankDistanceRank
Shakti SinghMen's Discus Throw56.58m30Did Not Advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank
Deepankar BhattacharyaMen's SinglesByeL 5-15, 4-15Did Not Advance
P.V.V. LakshmiWomen's SinglesW 11-6, 11-6L 5-11, 6-11Did Not Advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventRound of 32Round of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank
Debendra ThapaMen's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

L RCS-1

Did Not Advance
Gurcharn SinghMen's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

L 7-15

Did Not Advance
Lakha SinghMen's Heavyweight (91 kg)

L 2-14

Did Not Advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

!Athlete!Event!Horse!Dressage!Cross Country!Jumping!Total!Rank
Indrajit LambaIndividual EventingKarishma79.40ELEL

Field Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team Roster:

Preliminary round

Group A

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh and eighth place

8th Place Finish

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="3"
EventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsRepachageFinal/BM
Round 1Quarter FinalsSemi Finals
OppositionResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOpposition ResultRank
Narender SinghMen's 60 kg

Won

Loss

Did Not Advance
Najib AgaMen's 65 kgN/A

Loss

Did Not Advance

Loss

Did Not Advance
Sunith ThakurWomen's 52 kgN/ABye

Loss

Did Not Advance
Arti KohliWomen's 72 kgN/A

Loss

Did Not Advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Jaspal RanaMen's 10 m Air Pistol57429Did Not Advance
Men's 50 m Air Pistol53445Did Not Advance
Mansher SinghMen's Trap11831Did Not Advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventHeatsSwim-OffFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sebastian XavierMen's 50m Freestyle23.8044Did Not Advance
Sangeeta PuriWomen's 50m Freestyle28.0248Did Not Advance

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventGroup StageRound of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinals
OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank
Chetan BaboorMen's Singles

L 1-2

L 0-2

L 1-2

4Did Not Advance
Ambika RadhikaWomen's Singles

L 0-2

L 0-2

L 0-2

4Did Not Advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

!Athlete!Event!Round of 64!Round of 32!Round of 16!Quarter Finals!Semi Finals!Final/BM!Rank
Leander PaesMen's Singles

W 6-7, 7-6,1-0 retired

W 6-2, 6-3

W 7-5, 7-6

W 6-1, 7-5

L 6-7, 3-6

W 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander PaesMen's DoublesN/A

W 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

L 6-4, 2-6, 2-6

Did Not Advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

!Event!Athlete!Snatch!Clean &Jerk!Total!Rank
Badathala AdisekharMen's 54 kg105.0125.0230.018
Raghavan ChanderasekaranMen's 59 kg112.5140.0252.511
Sandeep KumarMen's 64 kg110.0142.5252.533
Samsudeen KabeerMen's 70 kg125.0150.0275.023
Satheesha RaiMen's 76 kg140.0177.5317.415

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete! rowspan="2"
EventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final
Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Round TypeOpposition

Result

Rank
Pappu YadavMen's Greco-Roman 52kg1/16 Finals

Loss 0-4ST

Repachage

Loss 0-4ST

did not advance

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subash Razdan Named India Attach» for Olympic Games. 30 November 1994.
  2. Web site: Three Indian-Americans honoured.

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