India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:IND
Npcname:Paralympic Committee of India
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:84
Sports:12
Flagbearer Close:Preethi Pal
Harvinder Singh
Rank:18
Gold:7
Silver:9
Bronze:13
Appearances:auto

India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. This marked India's highest ever medal tally in Paralympic Games surpassing the tally of 19 medals won in the 2020 Games.

Background

The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee was established in 1989.[1] [2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3]

India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[4] [5]

The Indian contingent for the 2024 Games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports.[6] Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[7] Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers of the closing ceremony.[8]

Medal summary

See main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table. India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals.[9] The Games marked India's highest ever medal tally at the Paralympics.[4] The medal haul included four instances of multiple podium finish in the same event.[9]

Gold medalists

Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event. This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.[10] Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games.[11] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process.[12] Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games.[13] Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event.[14] Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event.[15] Navdeep Singh, who had earlier finished second in the men's javelin throw F41 event, was awarded the gold medal after Iran's Sadegh Sayah was disqualified. Navdeep's throw of 47.32 meters also set a new Paralympic record.[16]

Silver medalists

Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal of the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, which was his second medal after his gold medal at the previous Games.[17] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals in the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020.[18] [19] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton event.[20] Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.[21] Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event.[22] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event.[23] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.[24]

Bronze medalists

Mona Agarwal won India's first bronze medal at the Games in the women's 10 m air rifle event in which Lekhara won the gold medal.[9] Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event.[25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event.[26] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar.[27] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.[28]

Deepthi Jeevanji became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games after she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m T20 race.[29] Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, which was his second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games.[22] Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal for the third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the men's high jump event.[23] Kapil Parmar won a bronze medal in Judo, which was India's first Paralympic medal in the sport.[30] Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event and Simran Sharma won India's final bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T12 event.[31] [32]

Medalists

Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate
GoldAvani LekharaShootingWomen's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH130 August
GoldKumar Nitesh2 September
GoldSumit AntilMen's javelin throw F64
GoldHarvinder SinghArcheryIndividual recurve open4 September
GoldDharambir NainAthleticsClub throw F51
GoldPraveen KumarHigh jump T646 September
GoldNavdeep SinghJavelin throw F417 September
SilverManish NarwalShootingMen's P1 10 m air pistol SH130 August
SilverNishad KumarAthleticsMen's high jump T471 September
SilverYogesh KathuniyaMen's discus throw F562 September
SilverThulasimathi MurugesanWomen's singles SU5
SilverSuhas YathirajMen's singles SL4
SilverAjeet Singh YadavAthleticsJavelin throw F463 September
SilverSharad KumarHigh jump T63
SilverSachin KhilariMen's shot put F464 September
SilverPranav SoormaClub throw F51
BronzeMona AgarwalShootingWomen's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH130 August
BronzePreethi PalAthleticsWomen's 100 m T35
BronzeRubina FrancisShootingWomen's P2 10 metre air pistol SH131 August
BronzePreethi PalAthleticsWomen's 200 m T351 September
BronzeManisha RamadassWomen's singles SU52 September
BronzeSheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar
Mixed team compound
BronzeNithya SivanWomen's singles SH6
BronzeDeepthi JeevanjiAthleticsWomen's 400 m T203 September
BronzeMariyappan ThangaveluMen's high jump T63
BronzeSundar Singh GurjarMen's javelin throw F46
BronzeKapil ParmarJudoMen's J1 -60 kg5 September
BronzeHokato Hotozhe SemaAthleticsMen's Shot put F576 September
BronzeSimran SharmaWomen's 200 m T127 September

Summary

Medals by sport
Sportwidth=40 style="background-color:gold;"width=40 style="background-color:silver;"width=40 style="background-color:#c96;"width=40 Total
Athletics46717
Badminton1225
Shooting1124
Archery1012
Judo0011
Total791329
Medals by day
DayDatewidth=40 style="background-color:gold;"width=40 style="background-color:silver;"width=40 style="background-color:#c96;"width=40 Total
1 29 August 00 00
230 August 11 24
331 August 00 11
40112
52338
60235
72204
80011
91012
101012
110000
Total791329
Medals by gender
Genderwidth=40 style="background-color:gold;"width=40 style="background-color:silver;"width=40 style="background-color:#c96;"width=40 Total
Male68418
Female11810
Mixed0011
Total791329

Competitors

The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports.[6]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery3 3 6
Athletics28 10 38
7 6 13
1 1 2
Judo1 1 2
1 2 3
Powerlifting2 2 4
Rowing1 1 2
Shooting7 3 10
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis0 2 2
Taekwondo0 1 1
Total 52 32 84

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.[33]

CompoundThe ranking round was held on 29 August 2024. In the men's ranking round, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami finished fifth and fifteenth respectively. Sheetal Devi scored 703 points in the women's ranking round to finish second and Sarita Adhana was ranked ninth.[34] In the mixed team rankings, Kumar and Devi scored 1399 points to break the previous world record held by Kumar and Adhana.[35]

In the men's individual round, Shyam Sundar Swamy had an early exit after losing to Thailand's Comsan Singpirom in the round of 32. Rakesh Kumar won his round of 32 match easily, but his next two matches were decided on the basis of shoot-offs, with Kumar emerging victorious both times and securing his place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumar faced Ai Xinliang of China, where Kumar suffered his first defeat by 143–145. He lost to China's He Zihao by a narrow margin of just one point in the bronze medal match and finished fourth in the category.[36]

Sheetal Devi got a bye in the round of 32. In the round of 16, she lost to 2020 Games silver medalist Mariana Zúñiga by just one point. Sarita Adhana won her first two matches by easy margins but lost the quarterfinal match against eventual gold medalist Öznur Cüre and finished sixth in the women's individual category.[37] [38]

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rakesh Kumaralign=left rowspan=2Men's individual6965
W 136–131

W 144–144

W 144–144

L 143–145

L 146–147
4
Shyam Sundar Swami68815
L 138–138
17
Sheetal Devialign=left rowspan=2Women's individual7032
L 137–138
9
Sarita Adhana6829
W 138–124

W 141–135

L 140–145
6
Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar
Mixed team1399 1
W 154–143

L 152–152

W 156–155
Recurve
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Harvinder SinghMen's individual6379
W 7–3

W 6–2

W 6–2

W 7–3

W 6–0
Pooja JatyanWomen's individual5857
W 6–0

L 4–6
colspan=3
Harvinder Singh
Pooja Jatyan
Mixed team12225
W 5–4

W 6–0

L 2–6

L 4–5
4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.[39] [40]

Track events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Preethi PalWomen's 100 m T3514.21
Women's 200 m T3530.01
Simran SharmaWomen's 100 m T1212.171 Q 12.332 q12.314
Women's 200 m T1225.411 Q25.031 Q24.75
Deepthi JeevanjiWomen's 400 m T2055.451 Q55.82
Rakshitha RajuWomen's 1500 m T115:29.924colspan=2
Dilip GavitMen's 400 m T4749.543 Q 49.998
Men's field events
AthleteEventResultRank
Dharambir NainClub throw F5134.92
Pranav Soorma34.59
Amit Kumar Saroha23.9610
Yogesh KathuniyaDiscus throw F5642.22
Sharad KumarHigh jump T631.88
Mariyappan Thangavelu1.85
Shailesh Kumar1.854
Nishad KumarHigh jump T472.04
Rampal Chahar1.95 7
Praveen KumarHigh jump T642.08
Navdeep SinghJavelin throw F4147.32
Ajeet Singh YadavJavelin throw F4665.62
Rinku Hooda61.585
Sundar Singh Gurjar64.96
Dipesh KumarJavelin throw F5426.117
Praveen KumarJavelin throw F5742.128
Sandip SargarJavelin throw F6458.037
Sandeep Chaudhary62.804
Sumit Antil70.59
Arvind MalikShot put F3513.01 6
Manu ManuShot put F3713.866
Ravi RongaliShot put F4010.63 5
Sachin KhilariShot put F4616.32
Mohd Yasser14.218
Rohit Kumar14.109
Hokato Hotozhe SemaShot put F5714.65
Soman Rana14.075
Women's field events
AthleteEventResultRank
Kanchan LakhaniDiscus throw F5310.06 7
Sakshi KasanaDiscus throw F5521.498
Karamjyoti Dalal 20.229
Bhavanaben ChaudharyJavelin throw F4639.70 5
Bhagyashree JadhavShot put F347.285
Amisha RawatShot put F469.25 14

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.[41]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition ScoreOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Manoj Sarkaralign=left rowspan=2Singles SL3
L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21)

L (19-21, 8-21)

W (21–15, 21–11)
3colspan=3
Kumar Nitesh
W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18)

W (21–5, 21–11)

W (21–13, 21–14)
1 Q
W (21–16, 21–12)

W (21–14, 18–21, 23–21)
Suhas Yathirajalign=left rowspan=3Singles SL4
W (21–7, 21–5)

W (26–24, 21–14)
1 Q
W (21–17, 21–12)

L (9–21, 13–21)
Sukant Kadam
W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20)

W (21–12, 21–12)
1 Q
L (17–21, 12–21)

L (17–21, 18–21)
4
Tarun Dhillon
W (21–17, 21–19)

L (7–21, 16–21)
2colspan=3
Krishna NagarSingles SH6
L (16–21, 18–21)

L (20–22, 3–11r)
3colspan=4 rowspan =2
Sivarajan Solaimalai
L (15–21, 17–21)

L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21)

L (12–21, 10–21)
4
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition ScoreOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Manasi JoshiSingles SL3
L (21–16, 13–21, 18–21)

L (21–10, 15–21, 21–23)
3colspan="4"
Mandeep Kaur
L (8–21, 14–21)

W (21–23, 21–10, 21–17)
2 Q
L (8–21, 9–21)
rowspan=2 colspan="3"
Palak KohliSingles SL4
W (21–12, 21–14)

L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21)
2 Q
L (19–21, 15–21)
Thulasimathi Murugesanalign=left rowspan=2Singles SU5
W (21–9, 21–11)

W (21–12, 21–8)
1 Q
W (23–21, 21–17)

L (17–21, 10–21)
Manisha Ramadass
W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19)

L (15–21, 7–21)
2 Q
W (21–13, 21–16)

L (21–23, 17–21)

W (21–12, 21–8)
Nithya SivanSingles SH6
W (21–7, 21–8)

W (21–12, 21–19)

L (20–22, 18–21)
2 Q
W (21–4, 21–7)

L (13–21, 19–21)

W (21–14, 21–6)
Mixed
AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kumar Nitesh
Thulasimathi Murugesan
Doubles SL3–SU5
W (21–14, 21–17)

L (15–21, 8–21)

L (22–24, 19–21)
3colspan=3 rowspan=2
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli

L (14–21, 17–21)

L (15–21, 9–21)

L (11–21, 17–21)
4
Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan
Doubles SH6
L (21–23, 11–21)

W (21–7, 21–17)
1 Q
L (21–17, 14–21, 13–21)

L (17–21, 12–21)
4
Legend: W = Win; L = Loss; Q = Qualified for the next phase

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

India qualified two para-cyclists (one in each gender) based on the Union Cycliste Internationale rankings on 31 December 2022.[42] [6]

Road
AthleteEventTimeRank
Arshad ShaikMen's road time trial C225:20.1111
Men's road race C1-3-1 LAP
Jyoti GaderiyaWomen's road time trial C1–330:00.1616
Women's road race C1-3-1 LAP
Track
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Arshad ShaikMen's time trial C1-31:21.41617colspan=2 rowspan=4
Men's pursuit C24:20.9499
Jyoti GaderiyaWomen's time trial C1-349.23311
Women's pursuit C1-34:53.92910

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

India qualified for Judo for the first time after Kapil Parmar and Kokila Kaushiklate secured quota places based on the International Blind Sports Federation Judo Rankings.[6]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
Opposition resultOpposition resultOpposition resultOpposition resultOpposition resultOpposition resultRank
Kapil ParmarMen's J1 -60 kg
W 10–0

L 0–10

W 10–0
Kokila KaushiklateWomen's J2 -48 kg
L 0–10

L 0–10

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

India earned three quota places through the 2023 and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships conducted by the International Canoe Federation.[6]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
Yash KumarMen's KL11:03.2861:02.035colspan=2 rowspan=2
Pooja OjhaWomen's KL11:16.0951:17.234
Prachi YadavWomen's VL21:06.8341:05.663 FA1:08:558
FB = Final B (non-medal) FA = Final A (medal)

Powerlifting

See main article: article, Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Two men (Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik) and two women (Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani) secured their Paralympic berths through the Paralympic Qualification rankings after having completed the mandatory requirements of competing in certain tournaments.[43] [44]

AthleteEventScoreRank
Paramjeet KumarMen's -49 kg150 8
Ashok MalikMen's -65 kg1996
Sakina KhatunWomen's -45 kg867
Women's -67 kg1068

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

India qualified one boat in mixed double sculls through the 2024 Asian / Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta held in Chungju, South Korea.[45] [6]

Legend: R = Repechage; FB = Final B (non-medal)

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024.[46] [47] [48] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.[6]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Rudransh Khandelwalalign=left rowspan=2P1 10 m air pistol SH15619colspan=2
Manish Narwal566 5 Q234.9
Swaroop UnhalkarR1 10 m air rifle standing SH1613.414
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Avani LekharaR2 10 m air rifle SH1625.82 Q249.7
Mona Agarwal623.15 Q228.7
Avani LekharaR8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH111597 Q420.65
Mona Agarwal114713colspan=2
Rubina FrancisP2 10 m air pistol SH15566 Q211.1
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Avani Lekharaalign=left rowspan=2R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1632.811rowspan=10 colspan=2
Sidhartha Babu628.328
Sriharsha DavareddiR4 10 m air rifle SH2630.79
R5 10 m rifle prone SH2630.226
Mona AgarwalR6 50 m rifle Prone SH1610.530
Sidhartha Babu615.822
Nihal SinghP3 25 m pistol SH156910
Amir Bhat56811
Nihal SinghP4 50 m pistol SH152219
Rudransh Khandelwal51722

Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase; PR = Paralympic Record

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games after Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) in the butterfly event.[49]

Men

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

India entered two athletes for the Paralympic Games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified through the International Table Tennis Federation World Rankings.[6] [50]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sonalben PatelWomen's individual C3
L 1–3
colspan="4"
Bhavina PatelWomen's individual C4
W 3–0

L 1–3
colspan="4" rowspan="2"
Sonalben Patel
Bhavina Patel
Women's doubles D10
L 1–3

Legend: W = Won; L = Lost

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Aruna Tanwar qualified for the event following her win in the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[51]

Tanwar took an early exit from the competition after losing to her Turkish opponent, Nurcihan Ekinci in the Round of 16.[52]

Legend: L = Lost

See also

Notes and References

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