2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)

IND

-	2	4th

India competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital, London, with 81 Indian Olympic Association nominated athletes - 23 women and 58 men - in 13 sports. Since it first took part in 1900 , it was the 23rd participation by an Indian team in the Summer Olympics .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Sushil Kumar . At the closing ceremony , the flag of India was carried by the boxer Mary Kom .

Medals

With two won silver and four bronze, the Indian team finished 57th in the medals table . In terms of the number of medals won, the 2012 London Games were by far the most successful for the Indian Olympians.

Medal table

Medal table India
space	sport				total
1	Wrestling	-	1	1	2
	shoot	-	1	1	2
3	badminton	-	-	1	1
	Boxing	-	-	1	1
Total		-	2	4th	6th

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Sushil Kumar	Wrestling	Freestyle men, class up to 66 kg
Vijay Kumar	Sport shooting	Rapid fire pistol 25 m men

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Saina Nehwal	badminton	Single women
Mary Com	Boxing	Flyweight (48 to 51 kg) women
Yogeshwar bun	Wrestling	Freestyle men, class up to 60 kg
Gagan Narang	Sport shooting	Air rifle 10 m men

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Saina Nehwal	singles	S. Jaquet L. Tan	2: 0 (21: 9, 21: 4) 2: 0 (21: 4, 21:14)	4: 0 (84:31)	1	Yao Jie	2: 0 (21:14, 21:16)	T. Baun	2: 0 (21:15, 22:20)	Wang Yihan	0: 2 (13:21, 13:21)	Game for 3rd place: Wang Xin	2: 0 (18:21, 0: 1)	bronze
Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Double	M. Fujii R. Kakiiwa Chien Yu-Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	0: 2 (16:21, 18:21) 2: 1 (25:23, 16:21, 21:18) 2: 0 (21:16, 21:15)	4: 3 (140: 135)	3	-		eliminated						9
Men
Kashyap Parupalli	singles	Y. Tan Nguyễn Tiến Minh	2: 0 (21:14, 21:12) 2: 0 (21: 9, 21:14)	4: 0 (84:49)	1	Niluka Karunaratne	2: 1 (21:14, 15:21, 21: 9)	Lee Chong Wei	0: 2 (19:21, 11:21)	eliminated				5
Mixed
Jwala Gutta Valiyaveetil Diju	Double	T. Ahmad L. Natsir T. Laybourn K. Rytter Juhl Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun	0: 2 (16:21, 12:21) 0: 2 (12:21, 16:21) 0: 2 (15:21, 15:21)	0: 6 (86: 126)	4th	-		eliminated						13

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Deepika Kumari	singles	662	8th	A. Oliver	2-6	eliminated										33
Bombayla Devi Laishram	singles	651	22nd	E. Psarra	6-4	A. Roman	2-6	eliminated								17th
Chekrovolu Swuro	singles	625	50	J. Nichols	6-5	eliminated										33
Deepika Kumari Laishram Bombayala Devi Chekrovolu Swuro	team	1938	9	-		-		Denmark	210-211	eliminated						9
Men
Jayanta Talukdar	singles	650	53	J. Wukie	0-6	eliminated										33
Tarundeep Rai	singles	664	31	J. Stevens	6-5	Kim B.-m.	2-6	eliminated								17th
Rahul Banerjee	singles	655	46	Dschantsangiin Gantögs	6-0	R. Dobrowolski	3-7	eliminated								17th
Jayant Talukdar Tarundeep Rai Rahul Banerjee	team	1969	12	-		-		Japan	214-214	eliminated						9

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Mary Com	Flyweight 48-51 kg	-		K. Michalczuk	19:14	Maroua Rahali	15: 6	Nicola Adams	6:11	eliminated		bronze
Men
Devendro Singh Laishram	Half fly weight up to 49 kg	B. Molina Figueroa	RSC	Pürewdordschiin Serdamba	16:11	Paddy Barnes	18:23	eliminated				5
Shiva Thapa	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Óscar Valdez	9:14	eliminated								-
Jai Bhagwan	Light weight up to 60 kg	Andrique Allisop	18: 8	G. Schajlauow	8:16	eliminated						9
Manoj Kumar	Half welter weight up to 64 kg	S. Hudaýberdiýew	13: 7	T. Stalker	16:20	eliminated						9
Vikas Krishan	Welter weight up to 69 kg	-		Errol Spence	13:15	eliminated						9
Vijender Kumar	Average weight up to 75 kg	D. Suzhanov	14:10	Terrell Gausha	16:15	A. Atoyev	13:17	eliminated				5
Sumit Sangwan	Lightweight up to 81 kg	Yamaguchi Falcão	14:15	eliminated								-

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Soniya Chanu Ngangbam	Class up to 48 kg	74 kg	8th	97 kg	7th	171 kg	7th	7th
Men
Ravi Kumar Katulu	Class up to 69 kg	136 kg	16	167 kg	15th	303 kg	15th	15th

hockey

competition	Men
Athletes	Shivendra Singh Gurbaj Singh S. V. Sunil Ignace Tirkey Birendra Lakra Tushar Khandker Danish Mujtaba Manpreet Singh P. R. Sreejesh V. R. Raghunath S.K. Uthappa Bharat Chhetri Gurwinder Singh Chandi Sardar Singh Sandeep Singh Dharamvir Singh
Trainer	Michael Nobbs
Group stage	Netherlands 2: 3 (0: 2) New Zealand 1: 3 (1: 3) Germany 2: 5 (1: 4) South Korea 1: 4 (1: 1) Belgium 0: 3 (0: 1)
Placement game	Game for 11th place: South Africa 2: 3 (1: 2)
Semifinals	eliminated
final
placement	12

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Garima Chaudhary	Class up to 63 kg	Yoshie Ueno	000-100	eliminated												17th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Tintu Lukka	800 m	2: 01.75 min	3	1: 59.69 min	6th	eliminated		11
Sudha Singh	3000 m obstacle	9: 48.86 min	13	-		eliminated		31
Men
Ram Singh Yadav	marathon	-		-		2:30:06 h	78	78
Gurmeet Singh	20 km walking	-		-		1:23:34 h	33	33
Baljinder Singh	20 km walking	-		-		1:25:39 h	43	43
Irfan Kolothum Thodi	20 km walking	-		-		1:20:21 h	10	10
Basanta Bahadur Rana	50 km of walking	-		-		3:56:48 h	36	36

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Mayookha Johny	Triple jump	13.77 m	22nd	eliminated		22nd
Sahana Kumari	high jump	1.80 m	29	eliminated		29
Krishna Poonia	Discus throwing	63.54 m	8th	63.62 m	7th	7th
Seema Antil	Discus throwing	61.91 m	13	eliminated		13
Men
Renjith Maheswary	Triple jump	not a valid attempt	-	eliminated		-
Vikas Gowda	Discus throwing	65.20 m	5	64.79 m	8th	8th
Om Prakash Singh	Shot put	19.86 m	19th	eliminated		19th

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle women
Geeta Phogat	Class up to 55 kg	bye		Tonya Verbeek	1: 3	eliminated				-		Tetiana Lazareva	0: 3	eliminated				13
Freestyle men
Amit Kumar	Class up to 55 kg	bye		Hassan Rahimi	3: 1	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	1: 3	eliminated		-		Radoslav Velikov	0: 3	eliminated				10
Yogeshwar bun	Class up to 60 kg	Anatoly Guidea	3: 1	Bessik Kuduchow	0: 3	eliminated				Franklin Gomez	3-0	Masoud Esmaeilpour	3: 1	Ri Jong-myong	3: 1	eliminated		bronze
Sushil Kumar	Class up to 66 kg	bye		Ramazan Şahin	3: 1	Ixtiyor Navroʻzov	3: 1	Akshurek Tanatarov	3: 1	-		-		-		Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu	1: 3	silver
Narsingh Pancham Yadav	Class up to 74 kg	bye		Matt Gentry	1: 3	eliminated												14th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Men
Sawarn Singh	One	6: 54.04 min	4th	Reunion	7: 00.49 min	1	Quarter finals	7: 11.59 min	4th	Semi-finals C / D	7: 36.25 min	2	Finale C	7: 29.66 min	4th	16
Manjeet Singh Sandeep Kumar	Lightweight double scull	6: 56.60 min	4th	Reunion	6: 54.20 min	6th	Semi-finals C / D	-			7: 19.31 min	4th	Finale D	7: 08.39 min	1	19th

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Women
Annu Raj Singh	Air pistol 10 m	378	23	eliminated		378	23
Heena Sidhu	Air pistol 10 m	382	12	eliminated		382	12
Annu Raj Singh	Sports pistol 25 m	575	30th	eliminated		575	30th
Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat	Sports pistol 25 m	579	19th	eliminated		579	19th
Shagun Chowdhary	Trap	61	20th	eliminated		61	20th
Men
Vijay Kumar	Air pistol 10 m	570	31	eliminated		570	31
Vijay Kumar	Rapid fire pistol 25 m	585	4th	30th	2	30th	silver
Abhinav Bindra	Air rifle 10 m	594	16	eliminated		594	16
Gagan Narang	Air rifle 10 m	598	3	103.1	2	701.1	bronze
Sanjeev Rajput	Small caliber three-position fight 50 m	1161	26th	eliminated		1161	26th
Gagan Narang	Small caliber three-position fight 50 m	1164	20th	eliminated		1164	20th
Joydeep Karmakar	Small bore, lying 50 m	595	7th	104.1	3	699.1	4th
Gagan Narang	Small bore, lying 50 m	583	18th	eliminated		583	18th
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap	119	16	eliminated		119	16
Ronjan Sodhi	Double trap	134	11	eliminated		134	11

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Gagan Ullalmath	1500 m freestyle	16: 31.14 min	7th	-		eliminated		31

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Sania Mirza Rushmi Chakravarthi	Double	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	1: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6	-		eliminated
Men
Somdev Devvarman	singles	Jarkko Nieminen	3: 6, 1: 6	eliminated
Vishnu Vardhan	singles	Blaž Kavčič	3: 6, 2: 6	eliminated
Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	Double	Aljaksandr Bury Max Mirny	7: 6 4 , 6: 7 4 , 8: 6	-		Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	3: 6, 4: 6	eliminated
Leander Paes Vishnu Vardhan	Double	Robin Haase Jean-Julien Rojer	7: 6 1 , 4: 6, 6: 2	-		Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 3: 6	eliminated
Mixed
Sania Mirza Leander Paes	Double	-		-		Ana Ivanović Nenad Zimonjić	6: 2, 6: 4	Viktoria Azaranka Max Mirny	5: 7, 6: 7 5	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ankita Das	singles	S. Ramirez	1: 4	eliminated												49
Men
Soumyajit Ghosh	singles	G. Tsuboi	4: 2	Kim Hyok-bong	1: 4	eliminated										33

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• India - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed November 30, 2012 . 
• INDIA. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed November 30, 2012 . 
• Thank you, girls, we need you more than Sush and Ash in The Telegraph India from August 12, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Indian Contingent. (PDF; 83 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 26, 2012 ; accessed on July 20, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Sushil Kumar named India's flag-bearer. The Hindu, July 15, 2012, accessed August 3, 2012 . 
3. ↑ London 2012: Mary Kom will be India's flag-bearer during closing ceremony. In: Sports.NDTV.com. August 12, 2012, accessed September 28, 2017 . 
4. ↑ India Magazine on www.industrieaktuell.com, August 4, 2012, accessed September 11, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.