India competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1920, although they made their official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
117 Indian athletes participated in Rio 2016, 63 men and 54 women, across 15 sports at the Games. It was one of the nation's largest ever delegations sent to the Olympics, due to the historic comeback of the women's field hockey squad after 36 years and the proliferation of track and field athletes making the cut. Among the sporting events represented by its athletes, India made its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games) and women's artistic gymnastics.
The Indian roster featured three Olympic medalists from London, including badminton star Saina Nehwal, freestyle wrestler and four-time Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt, and rifle shooter Gagan Narang. Tennis ace and 1996 bronze medalist Leander Paes topped the roster lineup by competing at his record seventh Olympics, while air rifle marksman Abhinav Bindra, who became the nation's first and only individual gold medalist in history (2008), led the Indian delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony at his fifth consecutive Games. Other notable Indian athletes also included tennis player Sania Mirza in the women's doubles, artistic gymnast and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Dipa Karmakar, and multiple-time world medalist Jitu Rai in men's pistol shooting.
India left Rio de Janeiro with two medals. These medals were won only by female athletes for the first time in history, a silver to badminton player P. V. Sindhu in the women's singles, who became India's youngest individual Olympic medallist and the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver, as well as a bronze to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women's 58 kg, who became the first female wrestler from India to win an Olympic medal. Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including tennis tandem Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles; Bindra, who narrowly missed out the podium by a half-point in the men's 10 m air rifle before retiring from the sport; and Karmakar, who surprised the global audience with her high-risk Produnova routine in the women's vault. For the first time, the Indian shooters failed to earn a single medal since 2004, and the boxers since 2008.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Badminton Women's singles Wrestling Women's freestyle 58 kg
Medals by sportSportGold Silver Bronze Total Badminton0101 Wrestling0011Total0112
Medals by genderGenderGold Silver Bronze TotalMale0000Female0112Total0 1 12
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: SportsMenWomenTotalArchery 1 3 4Athletics 17 17 34Badminton 3 4 7Boxing 3 0 3Field hockey 16 16 32Golf 2 1 3Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 1 0 1Rowing 1 0 1Shooting 9 3 12Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 2 2 4Tennis 2 2 4Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 4 3 7 Total 6354117
Archery
Three Indian women's archers & One Indian men's archer qualified after having secured top eight finishes in the women's team recurve event & men's individual event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAtanu DasMen's individual6835W 6–0W 6–4L 4–6Did not advanceBombayla DeviWomen's individual63824W 6–2W 6–2L 2–6Did not advanceDeepika Kumari64020W 6–4W 6–2L 0–6Did not advanceLaxmirani Majhi61443L 1–7Did not advanceDeepika KumariBombayla DeviLaxmirani MajhiWomen's team 1892 7colspan=2 W 5–3L 4–5Did not advance
Athletics
Indian athletes have been able to achieve qualifying standard in the following athletic events (up to maximum of 3 athletes in each event)
Indian shot putter Inderjeet Singh and 200 metres sprinter Dharambir Singh were suspended from participating in the Olympics after having failed both of the administered doping tests.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMuhammad Anas400 m45.956Did not advanceJinson Johnson800 m 1:47.27 5Did not advanceMohammad AnasAyyasamy DharunLalit Mathur*Kunhu MuhammedMohan Kumar Raja*Arokia Rajiv4 × 400 m relaycolspan=2 Did not advanceThonakal GopiMarathoncolspan=4 2:15:25 PB25Kheta Ramcolspan=4 2:15:26 PB26Nitendra Singh Rawatcolspan=4 2:22:5284Ganapathi Krishnan20 km walkcolspan=4 Manish Singhcolspan=4 1:21.2113Gurmeet Singhcolspan=4 Sandeep Kumar50 km walkcolspan=4 4:07:5535 * Reserves in the relay team.
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankDutee Chand100 m11.697Did not advanceSrabani Nanda200 m23.586Did not advanceNirmala Sheoran400 m53.036Did not advanceTintu Lukka800 m2:00.586Did not advanceLalita Babar3000 m steeplechase9:19.76 NR4 qcolspan=2 9:22.7410Sudha Singh9:43.299colspan=2 Did not advanceAshwini Akkunji*Tintu LukkaJisna Mathew*Debashree Mazumdar*M. R. PoovammaNirmala SheoranAnilda Thomas4 × 400 m relay3:29.537colspan=2 Did not advanceO. P. JaishaMarathoncolspan=4 2:47:1989Kavita Rautcolspan=4 2:59:29120Khushbir Kaur20 km walkcolspan=4 1:40:3354Sapna Puniacolspan=4 Did not finish * Reserves in the relay team.
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAnkit SharmaMen's long jump7.6724Did not advanceRenjith MaheshwaryMen's triple jump16.1330Did not advanceVikas GowdaMen's discus throw58.9928Did not advanceManpreet KaurWomen's shot put17.0623Did not advanceSeema AntilWomen's discus throw57.5820Did not advance
Badminton
Seven badminton players from India qualified for the Olympics for each of the following events based on their BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016:
Men AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSrikanth KidambiSinglesW (21–11, 21–17)W (21–6, 21–18)1 QW (21–19, 21–19)L (6–21, 21–11, 18–21)Did not advanceManu AttriB. Sumeeth ReddyDoublesL (18–21, 13–21)L (13–21, 15–21)W (23–21, 21–11)4Did not advance
Women AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSaina NehwalSinglesW (21–17, 21–17)L (18–21, 19–21) 2Did not advanceP. V. SindhuW (21–8, 21–9)W (19–21, 21–15, 21–17)1 QW (21–13, 21–15)W (22–20, 21–19)W (21–19, 21–10)L (21–19, 12–21, 15–21)Jwala GuttaAshwini PonnappaDoublesL (15–21, 10–21)L (16–21, 21–16, 17–21)L (17–21, 15–21)4Did not advance
Boxing
India has entered three boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 Olympian Shiva Thapa had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China, while Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan Yadav secured additional places on the Indian roster with their quarterfinal triumphs at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankShiva ThapaMen's bantamweightL 0–3Did not advanceManoj KumarMen's light welterweightW 2–1L 0–3Did not advanceVikas Krishan YadavMen's middleweightW 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Did not advance
Field hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIndia men'sMen's tournamentW 3–2L 1–2W 2–1L 1–2D 2–24L 1–3Did not advance8India women'sWomen's tournamentD 2–2L 0–3L 1–6L 0–3L 0–56Did not advance12
Men's tournament
India men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by receiving a berth and earning the gold medal from the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
India women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top five finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, signifying its historic Olympic comeback after 36 years.
Team roster
Group play
Golf
India has entered three golfers into the Olympic. Anirban Lahiri (Rank 62), Shiv Chawrasia (Rank 207), and Aditi Ashok (Rank 444) qualified directly among top 60 players for their respective individual events based on IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankShiv ChawrasiaMen's71716978289 +5=50Anirban Lahiri74737572294 +1057Aditi AshokWomen's68687976291 +741
Gymnastics
Artistic India has qualified one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 1964. Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian female ever to book an Olympic spot in the apparatus (vault, balance beam, uneven bars and floor exercise) events and all-around event at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankDipa KarmakarAll-around15.10011.66612.86612.03351.66551Did not advanceVault14.850colspan=3 14.8508 Q15.066colspan=3 15.0664
Judo
India has qualified one judoka for men's middleweight category (90 kg) for the olympic. Avtar Singh earned a continental quota from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Indian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAvtar SinghMen's −90 kgL 000–001Did not advance
Rowing
India has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDattu Baban BhokanalMen's single sculls7:21.673 QFcolspan=2 6:59.894 SC/D7:19.022 FC6:54.9613 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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting
Indian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finish at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016.
On 19 March 2016, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) had announced the squad of eleven Indian shooters for the Games, featuring four-time Olympian and Beijing 2008 air rifle champion Abhinav Bindra, London 2012 bronze medalist Gagan Narang, and multiple-time Worlds medalist Jitu Rai. Aiming to appear at his fourth Olympics, Manavjit Singh Sandhu became the twelfth Indian to join the team, as the NRAI decided to exchange a spot in the 50 m rifle 3 positions (won by Sanjeev Rajput) with the men's trap.
Men