India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Leander Paes' bronze in the men's tennis event was the only medal won by the country. It had been 44 years since an Indian last won an individual medal at the Olympics (K. D. Jadhav earned bronze for freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Helsinki). The medal was also India's first since their men's hockey team won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Subash Razdan, a prominent Indian American community leader in Atlanta was appointed Attache for India by the Indian Olympic Association. He also served as the acting chef-de-mission for the Indian contingent.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date Leander Paes Tennis Men's singles

Competitors There were 49 athletes who took part in the medal events across 13 sports. SportMenWomenAthletes EventsArchery3032Athletics 2 4 6 3Badminton 1 1 2 2Boxing 3 0 3 3Equestrian1011Field hockey 16 0 16 1Judo 2 2 4 4Shooting 2 0 2 3Swimming 1 1 2 2Table tennis1122Tennis 2 02 2Weightlifting 5 0 5 5Wrestling 1 0 1 1 Total4094931

Archery

In India's third appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men. Lalremsanga Chhangte was the only one to win a match.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChangte LalremsagaMen's Individual65032 W 169–156 L 158–164colspan="5" Limba Ram64444 L 140–165colspan="6"rowspan="2" Skalzang Dorje63455 L 156–167Limba RamSkalzang DorjeChangte LalremsagaMen's Team192814colspan=2 L 235–251colspan="4"

Athletics

Track And Road Events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankBahadur PrasadMen's 1500 Meter3:46.168colspan=4Beenamol Mathew Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Shiny WilsonWomen's relay colspan="2" colspan=2

Field Events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistanceRankDistanceRankShakti SinghMen's Discus Throw56.58m30 colspan=2

Badminton

AthleteEvent Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-final Semi-finalFinal / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore RankDeepankar BhattacharyaMen's Singles L (5–15, 4–15) rowspan="2" colspan="5" P.V.V. LakshmiWomen's Singles W (11–6, 11–6) L (5–11, 6–11)

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDebendra ThapaMen's Light Flyweight (48 kg)L RCS-1rowspan="3" colspan="5" Gurcharn SinghMen's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)L 7–15Lakha SinghMen's Heavyweight (91 kg)L 2–14

Equestrian

+AthleteEventHorseDressageCross CountryJumpingTotalRankIndrajit LambaIndividual EventingKarishma79.40ELEL

Field Hockey Team Roster: Subbaiah Anjaparavanda Harpreet Singh Mohammed Riaz Sanjeev Kumar Baljeet Singh Sabu Varkey Mukesh Kumar Rahul Singh Dhanraj Pillay Pargat Singh (captain) Baljit Singh Dhillon Alloysuis Edwards Anil Alexander Gavin Ferreira Ramandeep Singh Dilip Tirkey

Preliminary round

Group A

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

Seventh and eighth place

8th Place Finish

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsRepachageFinal/Round 1Round 2Opposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultNarender SinghMen's 60 kg Won Loss colspan="7" Najib AgaMen's 65 kg Loss colspan="3" Loss colspan="3" Sunith ThakurWomen's 52 kg Loss colspan="6" Arti KohliWomen's 72 kg Loss colspan="7"

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJaspal RanaMen's 10 m Air Pistol57429rowspan="3" colspan=2 Men's 50 m Air Pistol53445Mansher SinghMen's Trap11831

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatsSwim-OffFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSebastian XavierMen's 50m Freestyle23.8044rowspan="2" colspan="4" Sangeeta PuriWomen's 50m Freestyle28.0248

Table Tennis

AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChetan BaboorMen's Singles L 1–2 L 0–2 L 1–24 rowspan="2" colspan="5" Ambika RadhikaWomen's Singles L 0–2 L 0–2 L 0–24

Tennis

AthleteEventRound 64Round 32Round 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLeander PaesMen's SinglesW 6–7(2–7), 7–6(9–7),1–0 W 6–2, 6–3W 7–5, 7–6(7–3)W 6–1, 7–5L 6–7(5–7), 3–6W 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Mahesh BhupathiLeander PaesMen's DoublesW 4–6, 6–4, 6–4L 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 colspan="4"

Weightlifting

+EventAthleteSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankBadathala AdisekharMen's 54 kg105.0125.0230.018Raghavan ChanderasekaranMen's 59 kg112.5140.0252.511Sandeep KumarMen's 64 kg110.0142.5252.533Samsudeen KabeerMen's 70 kg125.0150.0275.023Satheesha RaiMen's 76 kg140.0177.5317.415

Wrestling

+AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6FinalRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRound Type Opposition

ResultRankPappu YadavMen's Greco-Roman 52kg1/16 Finals

Loss 0-4STRepachage

Loss 0-4STdid not advance

References