India competed in seven events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning no medals.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.India at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 0 5 5Boxing 3 – 3Field hockey 16 0 16Sailing 2 0 2Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 2 1 3Tennis 3 0 3Weightlifting 2 – 2wrestling 7 – 7 Total 39 7 46
Results by event
Archery
In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankShyam LalIndividual115071Did not advanceLimba RamIndividual123239Did not advanceSanjeeva SinghIndividual123336Did not advanceShyam Lal Limba Ram Sanjeeva SinghTeam361520Did not advance
Athletics
Women
Track events AthleteEventsHeatRound 2SemifinalFinalTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionMercy Alapurackal400 m53.412653.9330Did not advanceShiny Abraham800 m2:03.2618Did not advancePilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha400 m Hurdles59.5531Did not advanceMercy Alapurackal Shiny Abraham Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Rao4 × 400 m Relay3:33.467Did not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultShahuraj BirajdarBantamweightW 5-0WODid not advanceJohn William FrancisFeatherweightL 2-3Did not advanceManoj PingaleFlyweightW 5-0L 1-4Did not advance
Field hockey
The results of the Indian Olympic field hockey teams are as follows:
Men's team competition
Team roster Maneypandu Somaya (captain) Rajinder Singh (goalkeeper) Pargat Singh Ashok Kumar Mohinder Pal Singh Vivek Singh Sujit Kumar Subrami Balanda Kalaiash Mohammed Shahid Sebastian Jude Felix Balwinder Singh Mervyn Fernandis Thoiba Singh Gundeep Kumar Jagbir Singh Mark Patterson (goalkeeper) Head coach: Ganbash Mollera Poovaiah
Preliminary round Group B
5–8th place semi-finals
Fifth place game
Swimming
Men AthleteEventsHeatFinal BFinal ATimePositionTimePositionTimePositionRanjoy Punja100 m backstrokeDNS-Did not advanceKhazansingh Tokas200 m butterfly2:03.9528Did not advance
Table Tennis
AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16 QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalSujay GhorpadeMen's Singles L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 L 2-3 W 3-27th in groupDid not advanceKamlesh MehtaMen's Singles L 1-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-14th in groupDid not advanceSujay Ghorpade Kamlesh MehtaMen's Doubles L 0-2 L 0-2 L 0-2 L 1-2 L 0-2 W 2-0 W 2-06th in groupDid not advanceNiyati RoyWomen's Singles L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 L 0-3 6th in groupDid not advance
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalZeeshan AliMen's Singles W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5Did not advanceVijay AmritrajMen's Singles L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3Did not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultResultGurunathan Muthuswamy Men's −52 kg 102.5 125 227.5 11 Raghavan Chanderasekaran 92.5 115 207.5 19
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