India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

India at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Atlanta
Competitors	49 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Pargat Singh (opening) Leander Paes (closing)
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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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

Main article: 1996 Summer Olympics medal count

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Leander Paes	Tennis	Men's singles	August 3

Competitors

There were 49 athletes who took part in the medal events across 13 sports.

Sport	Men	Women	Athletes	Events
Archery	3	0	3	2
Athletics	2	4	6	3
Badminton	1	1	2	2
Boxing	3	0	3	3
Equestrian	1	0	1	1
Field hockey	16	0	16	1
Judo	2	2	4	4
Shooting	2	0	2	3
Swimming	1	1	2	2
Table tennis	1	1	2	2
Tennis	2	0	2	2
Weightlifting	5	0	5	5
Wrestling	1	0	1	1
Total	40	9	49	31

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Changte Lalremsaga	Men's Individual	650	32	Andrew Lindsay (NZL) W 169–156	Michele Frangilli (ITA) L 158–164	Did not advance
Limba Ram		644	44	Paul Vermeiren (BEL) L 140–165	Did not advance
Skalzang Dorje		634	55	Matteo Bisiani  (ITA) L 156–167
Limba Ram Skalzang Dorje Changte Lalremsaga	Men's Team	1928	14	—		United States (USA) L 235–251	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Track And Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bahadur Prasad	Men's 1500 Meter	3:46.16	8	Did not advance
Beenamol Mathew Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Shiny Wilson	Women's 4 x 400m relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Shakti Singh	Men's Discus Throw	56.58m	30	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Deepankar Bhattacharya	Men's Singles	Bye	Heryanto Arbi (INA) L (5–15, 4–15)	Did not advance
P.V.V. Lakshmi	Women's Singles	Anne Gibson (GBR) W (11–6, 11–6)	Katarzyna Krasowska (POL) L (5–11, 6–11)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Debendra Thapa	Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)	Masibulele Makepula (RSA) L RCS-1	Did not advance
Gurcharn Singh	Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)	Enrique Flores (PUR) L 7–15
Lakha Singh	Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)	Wojciech Bartnik (POL) L 2–14

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Horse	Dressage	Cross Country	Jumping	Total	Rank
Indrajit Lamba	Individual Eventing	Karishma	79.40	EL		EL

Field Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	7
India	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	6
Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	5
Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
United States	5	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0

Source:

20 July 1996 20:00 India 0–1 Argentina Report P. Lombi  45' Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Amin Ayman (EGY)

22 July 1996 17:30 Germany 1–1 India Saliger  66' Report M. Kumar  62' Umpires: Roger St Rose (TRI) Floris Idenburg (NED)

24 July 1996 09:00 United States 0–4 India Report R. Singh  10' Pillay  28', 46' S. Kumar  69' Umpires: Craig Madden (GBR) Guillaume Langle (FRA)

26 July 1996 17:30 Pakistan 0–0 India Report Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Craig Madden (GBR)

28 July 1996 20:00 Spain 1–3 India Escudé  33' Report Ferreira  21', 41' Varkey  59' Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

31 July 1996 11:00 India 3–3 (a.e.t.) South Korea R. Singh  14' Ferreira  39' Kumar  42' Report Shin Seok-kyo  22', 66' Park Shin-heum  49' Penalties   3–5   Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Guillaume Langle (FRA)

Seventh and eighth place

2 August 1996 11:00 India 3–4 Great Britain Dhillon  2' R. Singh  29' Powar  70' Report Shaw  24' Laslett  43' Wyatt  53' Mayer  56' Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TRI) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

8th Place Finish

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Repachage		Final/BM
							Round 1	Round 2
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Narender Singh	Men's 60 kg	Sullivan (IRL) Won	Bagirov  (BLR) Loss	Did not advance
Najib Aga	Men's 65 kg	—	Csák (HUN) Loss	Did not advance			MacKinnon (RSA) Loss	Did not advance
Sunith Thakur	Women's 52 kg	—	Bye	Sugawara (JPN) Loss	Did not advance
Arti Kohli	Women's 72 kg	—	Rodriguez (CUB) Loss	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jaspal Rana	Men's 10 m Air Pistol	574	29	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m Air Pistol	534	45
Mansher Singh	Men's Trap	118	31

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Swim-Off		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastian Xavier	Men's 50m Freestyle	23.80	44	Did not advance
Sangeeta Puri	Women's 50m Freestyle	28.02	48

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chetan Baboor	Men's Singles	Chila (FRA) L 1–2	Kreanga (GRE) L 0–2	Toriola (NGR) L 1–2	4	Did not advance
Ambika Radhika	Women's Singles	Bădescu (ROU) L 0–2	Paškauskienė (LTU) L 0–2	Vriesekoop (NED) L 0–2	4

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 64	Round 32	Round 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leander Paes	Men's Singles	Reneberg (USA) W 6–7, 7–6,1–0 ret	Pereira (VEN) W 6–2, 6–3	Enqvist (SWE) W 7–5, 7–6	Furlan (ITA) W 6–1, 7–5	Agassi (USA) L 6–7, 3–6	Meligeni (BRA) W 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Men's Doubles	—	Bing / Jiaping (CHN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 6–4, 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Event	Athlete	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Badathala Adisekhar	Men's 54 kg	105.0	125.0	230.0	18
Raghavan Chanderasekaran	Men's 59 kg	112.5	140.0	252.5	11
Sandeep Kumar	Men's 64 kg	110.0	142.5	252.5	33
Samsudeen Kabeer	Men's 70 kg	125.0	150.0	275.0	23
Satheesha Rai	Men's 76 kg	140.0	177.5	317.4	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final
		Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Round Type Opposition Result	Rank
Pappu Yadav	Men's Greco-Roman 52kg	1/16 Finals  Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) Loss 0-4ST	Repachage  Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR) Loss 0-4ST	did not advance

References

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)