2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)

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India was represented at the Olympic Games for the 22nd timewith its participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . For the first time since 1928, the men's hockey team was not part of the Olympic hockey tournament due to a lack of qualifications.

The first gold medal for India in a single event was won by the air rifle marksman Abhinav Bindra . With a total of three medals, these games were the most successful for the country.

Participants by sport

badminton

• Anup Sridhar
• Saina Nehwal

Archery

• Dola Banerjee
• Mangal Singh Champia
• Bombayla Devi Laishram
• Pranitha Vardineni

Boxing

• Akhil Kumar
• Dinesh Kumar
• Jitender Kumar
• Vijender Kumar (bronze )
• Anthresh Lalit Lakra

Judo

• Khumujam Tombi Devi
• Divya Tewar

athletics

• Vikas Gowda
• Renjith Maheswary
• Anju Bobby George
• JJ Shobha
• Sushmitha Singha Roy
• Pramila Aiyappa
• Preeja Sreedharan
• Surendra Singh
• Harwant Kaur
• Krishna Poonia
• Manjeet Kaur
• Mandeep Kaur
• Chitra K. Soman
• Raja M. Pooyamma
• Mandeep Kaur
• Sini Jose
• S. Lander

Wrestling

• Bun Yogeshwar
• Sushil Kumar (bronze )
• Rajiv Tomar
• Raghu Posham

rowing

• Devender Kumar
• Manjeet Singh
• Bajranglal Takhar

shoot

• Anjali Bhagwat
• Abhinav Bindra (gold )
• Samaresh young
• Gagan Narang
• Manavjit Singh Sandhu
• Avneet Kaur Sidhu
• Mansher Singh
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

swim

• Virdhawal Khade
• Sandeep Sejwal
• Ankur Poseria
• Rehan Poncha

sailing

• Nachhatar Singh Johal

tennis

• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Sania Mirza
• Leander Paes
• Sunitha Rao

Table tennis

• Neha Agarwal
• Achanta Sharath Kamal