India at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2004
Location:Athens
Competitors:73
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Anju Bobby George[1]
Rank:65
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

India competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The Indian Olympic Association sent a total of 73 athletes, 48 men, and 28 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India had its representation in these Olympic games. As a pleasant surprise, the shooting team came successful with a silver medal, the winner being Capt. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He was the first Indian to win an individual silver medal.[2]

Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes in tennis men's doubles and Kunjarani Devi in weightlifting women's 48 kg category.

Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth (women's weightlifting 53 kg category), but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

!Sports!Men!Women!Total!Events
Archery3364
Athletics413179
Badminton2132
Boxing4044
Field hockey160161
Judo1011
Rowing1011
Sailing2021
Shooting5385
Swimming0112
Table tennis1122
Tennis2021
Weightlifting0333
Wrestling7077
Total48257343

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Indian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Satyadev Prasadalign=left rowspan=3Individual63448
W 155–150
W 158–155
L 165–167		Did not advance
Tarundeep Rai64732
L 143–147		Did not advance
Majhi Sawaiyan65722
L 128–145		Did not advance
Satyadev Prasad
Tarundeep Rai
Majhi Sawaiyan		Team193810
L 236–248		Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Dola Banerjeealign=left rowspan=3Individual64213
L 131–141		Did not advance
Reena Kumari62043
W 153–149
W 134 (7)–134 (4)
L 148–166		Did not advance
Sumangala Sharma63820
W 142–133
L 153–157		Did not advance
Dola Banerjee
Reena Kumari
Sumangala Sharma		Team19005
W 230–228
L 227–228		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[3] [4]

Men
  • Track & road events
    • Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Vikas Gowdaalign=left rowspan=2Discus throw61.3914Did not advance
    Anil Kumar—Did not advance
    Bahadur SinghShot put—Did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Saraswati Saha200 m23.435Did not advance
    K. M. Beenamol
    Sathi Geetha
    Manjit Kaur     		4 × 400 m relay3:26.89 NR3 Q3:28.517
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Bobby AloysiusHigh jump1.85=28Did not advance
    Seema AntilDiscus throw60.6414Did not advance
    Anju Bobby GeorgeLong jump6.699 Q6.83 NR5
    Harwant Kauralign=left rowspan=2Discus throw60.8213Did not advance
    Neelam Jaswant Singh60.2617Did not advance
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Soma BiswasResult13.861.7012.0124.505.9244.842:12.27596524
    Points998855662933825760932
    align=left rowspan=2Shobha JavurResult13.531.6712.5223.416.3644.362:17.28617211
    Points10468186961038962751861

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Abhinn Shyam Guptaalign=left rowspan=2Men's singles
    L 12–15, 0–15    		Did not advance
    Nikhil Kanetkar
    W 15–7, 13–15, 15–13
    L 10–15, 6–15    		Did not advance
    Aparna PopatWomen's singles
    W 11–6, 11–3
    L 11–9, 1–11, 3–11    		Did not advance

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Akhil KumarFlyweight
    L 16–37    		Did not advance
    Diwakar PrasadBantamweight
    W 25–17
    L     		Did not advance
    Vijender SinghLight welterweight
    L 20–25    		Did not advance
    Jitender KumarLight heavyweight
    L     		Did not advance

    Field hockey

    See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster
    Group play

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    5th-8th Place Semifinal----
  • 7th-8th Place Final

    • Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Indian rowers qualified the following boats:

    Men
    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Indian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

    Open
    M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Eight Indian shooters (five men and three women) qualified to compete in the following events:

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Abhinav Bindraalign=left rowspan=210 m air rifle5973 Q694.67
    Gagan Narang59312Did not advance
    Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreDouble trap1355 Q179
    Manavjit Singh Sandhualign=left rowspan=2Trap116=19Did not advance
    Mansher Singh115=21Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    align=left rowspan=2Anjali Bhagwat10 m air rifle393=20Did not advance
    50 m rifle 3 positions575=13Did not advance
    Deepali Deshpande50 m rifle 3 positions57219Did not advance
    Suma Shirur10 m air rifle3967 Q497.28

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan=2Shikha Tandon50 m freestyle27.0840Did not advance
    100 m freestyle59.7046Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Sharath KamalMen's singles
    W 4–1
    L 0–4    		Did not advance
    Mouma DasWomen's singles
    L 0–4    		Did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Kunjarani DeviWomen's −48 kg82.5=4107.541904
    Sanamacha ChanuWomen's −53 kg82.56107.54190
    Karnam MalleswariWomen's −63 kg100.0———
    * Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.[5]

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		RankOpposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Yogeshwar Dutt−55 kg
    L 1–3
    L 1–3     		3Did not advance18
    Sushil Kumar−60 kg
    L 0–3
    W 3–0     		2Did not advance14
    Ramesh Kumar−66 kg
    L 1–3
    W 3–1     		3Did not advance10
    Sujeet Maan−74 kg
    L 0–3
    L 0–3     		3Did not advance18
    Anuj Kumar−84 kg
    L 1–3
    L 1–3     		3Did not advance16
    Palwinder Singh Cheema−120 kg
    L 0–4
    L 1–3     		3Did not advance15
    Men's Greco-Roman

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Anju George will be India's flag-bearer. Deccan Herald. 7 August 2004. 8 April 2014.
    2. https://elinepa.org/participation-of-the-indian-olympic-team-in-the-athens-2004-olympics/ Participation of the Indian Olympic Team in the Athens 2004 Olympics
    3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
    4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    5. News: Chanu stripped of fourth-place finish. ESPN. 21 August 2004. 8 April 2014.

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