2016 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)

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The Indian Olympic team with Prime Minister Narendra Modi , in the foreground the hockey ladies.

India took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the 24th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Indian Olympic Association nominated 123 athletes in 15 sports, the largest Indian roster to date at the Summer Olympics.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was Abhinav Bindra .

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	Marija Ulitina Lohaynny Vicente	2: 0 (21:17, 21:17) 0: 2 (18:21, 19:21)	79:76	2	eliminated
PV Sindhu	singles	Michelle Li Laura Sárosi	2: 0 (21: 8, 21: 9) 2: 1 (19:21, 21:15, 21:17)	103: 70	1	Tai Tzu-ying	2: 0 (21:13, 21:15)	Wang Yihan	2: 0 (22:20, 21:19)	Nozomi Okuhara	2: 0 (21:19, 21:10)	Carolina Marín	1: 2 (21:19, 12:21, 15:21)	silver
Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Double	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Eefje Muskens Selena Piek Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	0: 2 (15:21, 10:21) 0: 2 (16:21, 21:16, 17:21) 0: 2 (17:21, 15:21)	111: 142	4th	-		eliminated
Men
Srikanth Kidambi	singles	Henri Hurskainen Lino Muñoz	2: 0 (21: 6, 21:18) 2: 0 (21:11, 21:17)	84:52	1	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	2: 0 (21:19, 21:19)	Lin Dan	1: 2 (6:21, 21:11, 18:21)	eliminated				5
Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Double	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Chai Biao Hong Wei Hiroyuki Endō Ken'ichi Hayakawa	0: 2 (18:21, 13:21) 0: 2 (13:21, 15:21) 2: 0 (23:21, 21:11)	103: 116	4th	-		eliminated

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	640	20th	Kristine Essebua	6: 4	Guendalina Sartori	6: 2	Tan Ya-ting	0: 6	eliminated
Bombayla Devi Laishram	singles	638	24	Laurence Baldauff	6: 2	Lin Shih-chia	6: 2	Alejandra Valencia	2: 6	eliminated
Laxmirani Majhi	singles	614	43	Alexandra Longová	1: 7 (101: 108)	eliminated
Deepika Kumari Bombayala Devi Laishram Laxmirani Majhi	team	1892	7th	Colombia	5: 3 (205: 197)	-		-		Russia	4: 5 (231: 237)	eliminated				6th
Men
Atanu Das	singles	683	5	Jit Bahadur Moktan	6: 0 (88:76)	Adrián Puentes	6: 4 (139: 135)	Lee Seung-yun	4: 6 (140: 141)	eliminated

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Shiva Thapa	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Robeisy Ramírez	0: 3	eliminated								17th
Manoj Kumar	Half welter weight up to 64 kg	Evaldas Petrauskas	2: 1	Fazliddin Gʻoibnazarov	0: 3	eliminated						9
Vikas Krishan Yadav	Average weight up to 75 kg	Charles Conwell	3-0	Önder Şipal	3-0	Bektemir Meliqoʻziyev	0: 3	eliminated				5

Weightlifting

At the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2016 India was able to fight for a starting place each for the men and women.

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Class up to 48 kg	82 kg	6th	not a valid attempt		-	-	-
Men
Sathish Sivalingam	Class up to 77 kg	148 kg	12	181 kg	11	329 kg	11	11

golf

Athletes	Round 1	round 2	Round 3	Round 4	total	par	rank
Women
Aditi Ashok	68	68	79	76	291	+7	41
Men
Shiv Chawrasia	71	71	69	78	289	+5	50
Anirban Lahiri	74	73	75	72	294	+10	57

hockey

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Harmanpreet Singh Rupinder Pal Singh Kothajit Singh Surender Kumar Manpreet Singh Sardara Singh V. R. Raghunath S. K. Uthappa P. R. Sreejesh Danish Mujtaba Devinder Walmiki S. V. Sunil Akashdeep Singh Chinglensana Singh Ramandeep Singh Nikkin Thimmaiah	Navjot Kaur Deep Grace Ekka Monika Malik Nikki Pradhan Anuradha Devi Savita Punia Poonam Rani Vandana Kataria Deepika Thakur Namita Toppo Renuka Yadav Sunita Lakra Sushila Chanu Rani Rampal Preeti Dubey Lilima Minz
Trainer	Neil Hawgood ( )	Roelant Oltmans ( )
Group stage	Japan 2: 2 (0: 2) Great Britain 0: 3 (0: 2) Australia 1: 6 (0: 2) USA 0: 3 (0: 1) Argentina 0: 5 (0: 5)	Ireland 3: 2 (2: 0) Germany 1: 2 (1: 1) Argentina 2: 1 (1: 0) Netherlands 1: 2 (0: 0) Canada 2: 2 (0: 0)
Quarter finals	eliminated	Belgium 1: 3 (1: 0)
Semifinals		eliminated
final
placement	12th place	8th place

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Avtar Singh	Class up to 90 kg	P. Misenga	000s2: 001s0	eliminated								17th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Dutee Chand	100 m	11.69 s	50	eliminated				50
Srabani Nanda	200 m	23.58 s	55	eliminated				55
Nirmala Sheoran	400 m	53.03 s	44	eliminated				44
Tintu Lukka	800 m	2: 00.58 min	29	eliminated				33
Jaisha Orchatteri	marathon	-		-		2:47:19 h	89	89
Kavita Raut	marathon	-		-		2:59:29 h	120	120
Khushbir Kaur	20 km walking	-		-		1:40:33 h	54	54
Sapna Punia	20 km walking	-		-		not finished		-
Lalita Babar	3000 m obstacle	9: 19.76 min	7th	-		9: 22.74 min	10	10
Sudha Singh	3000 m obstacle	9: 43.29 min	29	-		eliminated		30th
Nirmala Sheoran Tintu Lukka M.R. Poovamma Anilda Thomas	4 × 400 m relay	3: 29.53 min	15th	-		eliminated		15th
Men
Muhammed Anas	400 m	45.95 s	31	eliminated				31
Jinson Johnson	800 m	1: 47.27 min	25th	eliminated				25th
Thonakal Gopi	marathon	-		-		2:15:25 h	25th	25th
Kheta Ram	marathon	-		-		2:15:26 h	26th	26th
Nitendra Singh Rawat	marathon	-		-		2:22:52 h	84	84
Ganapathi Krishnan	20 km walking	-		-		disqualified		-
Manish Singh	20 km walking	-		-		1:21:21 h	13	13
Gurmeet Singh	20 km walking	-		-		disqualified		-
Sandeep Kumar	50 km of walking	-		-		4:07:55 h	35	35
Kunhu Muhammed Muhammed Anas Ayyasamy Dharun Arokia Rajiv	4 × 400 m relay	disqualified		-		eliminated		-

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Seema Antil	Discus throw	57.58 m	20th	eliminated		20th
Manpreet Kaur	Shot put	17.06 m	23	eliminated		23
Men
Ankit Sharma	Long jump	7.67 m	24	eliminated		24
Renjith Maheshwary	Triple jump	16.13 m	30th	eliminated		30th
Vikas Gowda	Discus throw	58.99 m	28	eliminated		28
Inderjeet Singh	Shot put	before the games Doping excluded

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
Vinesh Phogat	Class up to 48 kg	bye		Alina Vuc	4-0	Sun Yanan	1: 5	eliminated										10
Babita Kumari	Class up to 53 kg	bye		Maria Prevolaraki	1: 3	eliminated												13
Sakshi Malik	Class up to 58 kg	Johanna Mattsson	3: 1	Mariana Cherdivara	3: 1	Valery Sholobova	1: 3	eliminated		bye		Pürewdordschiin Orkhon	3: 1	Aissuluu Tynybekowa	3: 1	eliminated		bronze
Greco-Roman style men
Ravinder Khatri	Class up to 85 kg	bye		Viktor Lőrincz	0: 4	eliminated												20th
Hardeep Singh	Class up to 98 kg	bye		Cenk İldem	1: 3	eliminated												13
Freestyle men
Sandeep Tomar	Class up to 57 kg	bye		Viktor Lebedev	1: 3	eliminated												15th
Yogeshwar bun	Class up to 65 kg	Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran	0: 3	eliminated														21st

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Men
Dattu Baban Bhokanal	One	7: 21.67 min	3	Quarter finals	-			6: 59.89 min	4th	Semifinals C	7: 19.02 min	2	C final	6: 54.96 min	1	13

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings / discs	rank
		Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank
Women
Heena Sidhu	Air pistol 10 meters	380	14th	eliminated		380	14th
Heena Sidhu	Sports pistol 25 meters	576	20th	eliminated		576	20th
Apurvi Chandela	Air rifle 10 meters	411.6	34	eliminated		411.6	34
Ayonika Paul	Air rifle 10 meters	407	43	eliminated		407	43
Men
Jitu Rai	Air pistol 10 meters	580	6th	78.7	8th	658.7	8th
Gurpreet Singh	Air pistol 10 meters	576	20th	eliminated		576	20th
Prakash Nanjappa	Free pistol 50 meters	547	25th	eliminated		547	25th
Jitu Rai	Free pistol 50 meters	554	12	eliminated		554	12
Gurpreet Singh	Rapid fire pistol 25 meters	581	7th	eliminated		581	7th
Abhinav Bindra	Air rifle 10 meters	625.7	7th	163.8	4th	789.5	4th
Gagan Narang	Air rifle 10 meters	621.7	23	eliminated		621.7	23
Gagan Narang	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1162	33	eliminated		1162	33
Chain Singh	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1169	23	eliminated		1169	23
Gagan Narang	Small caliber lying 50 meters	623.1	13	eliminated		623.1	13
Chain Singh	Small caliber lying 50 meters	619.6	36	eliminated		619.6	36
Kynan Chenai	Trap	114	19th	eliminated		114	19th
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap	115	16	eliminated		115	16
Mairaj Ahmad Khan	Skeet	121 (+3)	9	eliminated		121 (+3)	9

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Shivani Kataria	200 m freestyle	2: 9.30 min	41	-		eliminated		41
Men
Sayan Prakash	200 m butterfly	1: 59.37 min	28	-		eliminated		28

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 Prarthana Thombare	Double	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 5: 7	-		eliminated
Men
Rohan Bopanna Leander Paes	Double	Łukasz Kubot Marcin Matkowski	4: 6, 6: 7 6	-		eliminated
Mixed
Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna	Double	-		-		Samantha Stosur John Peers	7: 5, 6: 4	Heather Watson Andy Murray	6: 4, 6: 4	Venus Williams Rajeev Ram	6: 2, 2: 6, [3:10]	Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek	1: 6, 5: 7

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Manika Batra	singles	Katarzyna Grzybowska	2: 4	eliminated
Mouma Das	singles	Daniela Dodean	0: 4	eliminated
Men
A. Sharath Kamal	singles	Adrian Crișan	1: 4	eliminated
Soumyajit Ghosh	singles	Padasak Tanviriyavechakul	1: 4	eliminated

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian gymnast ever to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Dipa Karmakar	Leap	14,850	8th	15.066	4th	4th
Dipa Karmakar	All-around single	51.665	51	eliminated		51

Web links

Commons : 2016 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• India. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed May 20, 2016 . 
• India on rio2016.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mark Beresford: Carrying the hopes of 1.2 billion: India to send largest ever Olympic team to Rio 2016. In: Rio2016.com. July 7, 2016, accessed July 28, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Abhinav Bindra chosen as India's flagbearer at Rio 2016 Olympics. The Indian Express , June 10, 2016, accessed July 28, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF) International Olympic Committee , August 5, 2016, accessed on August 7, 2016 . 
4. Jump up ↑ Rio Olympics 2016: Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi named in Indian contingent. Sportskeeda, May 16, 2016, accessed May 20, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Chris Wells: India adds Atanu Das to Rio squad. In: world archery. June 27, 2016, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Jonathan Selvaraj: Boxer Shiva Thapa makes Rio Olympics 2016 cut. The Indian Express online, April 1, 2016, accessed June 2, 2016 . 
7. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).
8. ↑ Kamaljit Singh Kamal: Gurdaspur judoka Avtar makes it to Rio Olympics 2016. Hindustan Times online, May 19, 2016, accessed on June 1, 2016 (English). 
9. ↑ Rio Olympics Dreams Over For Shot Putter Inderjeet Singh Who Fails Second Dope Test. In: Indiatimes.com. August 2, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 . 
10. ↑ India rower Dattu Bhokanal qualifies for Rio Olympics 2016. The Indian Express online, April 25, 2016, accessed on June 1, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Zenia D'Cunha: AITA got it right: Why Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna are India's best bet for Rio Olympics. In: Firstpost.com. June 11, 2016, accessed July 30, 2016 . 
12. ^ Dipa Karmakar becomes 1st Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Rio Olympics. The Economic Times online, April 19, 2016, accessed June 3, 2016 .