India at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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India at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors117 in 15 sports
Flag bearers Abhinav Bindra (opening)[1]
Sakshi Malik (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 67th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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 delegation 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.[3][4] 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.[1][5] 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.[3]

India left Rio de Janeiro with only two medals.[6][7] These medals were awarded only to female athletes for the first time in history, a silver to badminton player P. V. Sindhu in the women's singles, and a bronze to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik in the women's 58 kg. Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, 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.[8][9] For the first time, the Indian shooters failed to earn a single medal since 2004, and the boxers since 2008.[6]

Medalists[]

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table

Competitors[]

Athletes representing India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 July 2016.

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:

Sports Men Women Total
Archery 1 3 4
Athletics 17 17 34
Badminton 3 4 7
Boxing 3 0 3
Field hockey 16 16 32
Golf 2 1 3
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 1 0 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Shooting 9 3 12
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 2 2 4
Tennis 2 2 4
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 4 3 7
Total 63 54 117

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Three Indian women's archers & One Indian men's archer qualified after having secured top eight finish in the women's team recurve event & men's individual event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[10][11][12][13]

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
Atanu Das Men's individual 683 5  Muktan (NEP)
W 6–0 		 Puentes (CUB)
W 6–4 		 Lee S-y (KOR)
L 4–60 		Did not advance
Bombayla Devi Women's individual 638 24  Baldauff (AUT)
W 6–2 		 Lin S-c (TPE)
W 6–2 		 Valencia (MEX)
L 2–6 		Did not advance
Deepika Kumari 640 20  Esebua (GEO)
W 6–40 		 Guendalina (ITA)
W 6–2 		 Tan Y-t (TPE)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Laxmirani Majhi 614 43  Longová (SVK)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Deepika Kumari
Bombayla Devi
Laxmirani Majhi 		Women's team 1892 7 N/A  Colombia (COL)
W 5–3 		 Russia (RUS)
L 4–5 		Did not advance

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Indian athletes have been able to achieve qualifying standard in the following athletic events (up to maximum of 3 athletes in each event) [14][15]

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.[16]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • SB = Seasonal best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Anas 400 m 45.95 6 Did not advance
Jinson Johnson 800 m 1:47.27 5 Did not advance
Mohammad Anas
Ayyasamy Dharun
Lalit Mathur*
Kunhu Muhammed
Mohan Kumar Raja*
Arokia Rajiv 		4 × 400 m relay DSQ N/A Did not advance
Thonakal Gopi Marathon N/A 2:15:25 PB 25
Kheta Ram N/A 2:15:26 PB 26
Nitendra Singh Rawat N/A 2:22:52 84
Ganapathi Krishnan 20 km walk N/A DSQ
Manish Singh N/A 1:21.21 13
Gurmeet Singh N/A DSQ
Sandeep Kumar 50 km walk N/A 4:07:55 35

* Reserves in the relay team.

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Dutee Chand 100 m 11.69 7 Did not advance
Srabani Nanda 200 m 23.58 6 Did not advance
Nirmala Sheoran 400 m 53.03 6 Did not advance
Tintu Lukka 800 m 2:00.58 6 Did not advance
Lalita Babar 3000 m steeplechase 9:19.76 NR 4 q N/A 9:22.74 10
Sudha Singh 9:43.29 9 N/A Did not advance
Ashwini Akkunji*
Tintu Lukka
Jisna Mathew*
Debashree Mazumdar*
M. R. Poovamma
Nirmala Sheoran
Anilda Thomas 		4 × 400 m relay 3:29.53 7 N/A Did not advance
O. P. Jaisha Marathon N/A 2:47:19 89
Kavita Raut N/A 2:59:29 120
Khushbir Kaur 20 km walk N/A 1:40:33 54
Sapna Punia N/A Did not finish

* Reserves in the relay team.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ankit Sharma Men's long jump 7.67 24 Did not advance
Renjith Maheshwary Men's triple jump 16.13 30 Did not advance
Vikas Gowda Men's discus throw 58.99 28 Did not advance
Manpreet Kaur Women's shot put 17.06 23 Did not advance
Seema Antil Women's discus throw 57.58 20 Did not advance

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has qualified seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic based on their BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016 :[17]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Srikanth Kidambi Singles  Muñoz (MEX)
W (21–11, 21–17) 		 Hurskainen (SWE)
W (21–6, 21–18) 		N/A 1 Q  Jørgensen (DEN)
W (21–19, 21–19) 		 Lin D (CHN)
0L (6–21, 21–11, 18–21) 		Did not advance
Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		Doubles  Ahsan /
Setiawan (INA)
L (18–21, 13–21) 		 Chai B /
Hong W (CHN)
L (13–21, 15–21) 		 Endo /
Hayakawa (JPN)
0W (23–21, 21–11) 		4 N/A Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Saina Nehwal Singles  Vicente (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–17) 		 Ulitina (UKR)
L (18–21, 19–21) 		N/A 2 Did not advance
Pusarla Sindhu  Sárosi (HUN)
W (21–8, 21–9) 		 Li (CAN)
W (19–21, 21–15, 21–17) 		N/A 1 Q  Tai t-y (TPE)
W (21–13, 21–15) 		 Wang Y (CHN)
W (22–20, 21–19) 		 Okuhara (JPN)
W (21–19, 21–10) 		 Marín (ESP)
L (21–19, 12–21, 15–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Doubles  Matsutomo /
Takahashi (JPN)
L (15–21, 10–21) 		 Muskens /
Piek (NED)
L (16–21, 21–16, 17–21) 		 Supajirakul /
Taerattanachai (THA)
L (17–21, 15–21) 		4 N/A Did not advance

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[18][19]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shiva Thapa Men's bantamweight  Ramírez (CUB)
0L 0–3 		Did not advance
Manoj Kumar Men's light welterweight  Petrauskas (LTU)
W 2–1 		 Gaibnazarov (UZB)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Vikas Krishan Yadav Men's middleweight  Conwell (USA)
W 3–0 		 Şipal (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Melikuziev (UZB)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Field hockey[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
India men's Men's tournament  Ireland
W 3–2 		 Germany
L 1–2 		 Argentina
W 2–1 		 Netherlands
L 1–2 		 Canada
D 2–2 		4  Belgium
L 1–3 		Did not advance 8
India women's Women's tournament  Japan
D 2–2 		 Great Britain
L 0–3 		 Australia
L 1–6 		 United States
L 0–3 		 Argentina
L 0–5 		6 Did not advance 12

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.[20]

Team roster

The following is the India roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[21]

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

  2. Harmanpreet Singh
  4. Rupinder Pal Singh
  6. Kothajit Singh
  8. Surender Kumar
  10. Manpreet Singh
  12. Sardara Singh
  14. V. R. Raghunath
  16. S. K. Uthappa
  18. P. R. Sreejesh (C & GK)
  20. Danish Mujtaba
  22. Devinder Walmiki
  24. S. V. Sunil
  26. Akashdeep Singh
  28. Chinglensana Singh
  30. Ramandeep Singh
  32. Nikkin Thimmaiah

Reserves:

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 4 1 0 17 10 +7 13 Quarter-finals
2  Netherlands 5 3 1 1 18 6 +12 10
3  Argentina 5 2 2 1 14 12 +2 8
4  India 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
5  Ireland 5 1 0 4 10 16 −6 3
6  Canada 5 0 1 4 7 22 −15 1
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.[22]
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
11:00
India  3–2  Ireland
Raghunath field hockey ball 15+'
Ru. Singh field hockey ball 27', 49' 		Report Shimmins field hockey ball 45'
Harte field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
11:00
Germany  2–1  India
Wellen field hockey ball 18'
Rühr field hockey ball 60' 		Report Ru. Singh field hockey ball 23'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Martin Madden (GBR)
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
11:00
Argentina  1–2  India
Peillat field hockey ball 49' Report C. Singh field hockey ball 8'
K. Singh field hockey ball 35'
Umpires:
Paco Vázquez (ESP)
Simon Taylor (NZL)
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
10:00
Netherlands  2–1  India
Hofman field hockey ball 35'
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 54' 		Report Raghunath field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Martin Madden (GBR)
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
12:30
India  2–2  Canada
A. Singh field hockey ball 33'
Ra. Singh field hockey ball 41' 		Report Tupper field hockey ball 33', 52'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GBR)
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Quarterfinal
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
12:30
Belgium  3–1  India
Dockier field hockey ball 34', 45'
Boon field hockey ball 50' 		Report A. Singh field hockey ball 15'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Nathan Stagno (GBR)

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.[23]

Team roster

The following is the Indian roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[24]

Head coach: Neil Hawgood

  2. Navjot Kaur
  4. Deep Grace Ekka
  6. Monika Malik
  8. Nikki Pradhan
  10. Anuradha Devi
  12. Savita Punia (GK)
  14. Poonam Rani
  16. Vandana Kataria
  18. Deepika Thakur
  20. Namita Toppo
  22. Renuka Yadav
  24. Sunita Lakra
  26. Sushila Chanu (C)
  28. Rani Rampal
  30. Preeti Dubey
  32. Lilima Minz

Reserves:

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 12 4 +8 15 Quarter-finals
2  United States 5 4 0 1 14 5 +9 12
3  Australia 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4  Argentina 5 2 0 3 12 6 +6 6
5  Japan 5 0 1 4 3 16 −13 1
6  India 5 0 1 4 3 19 −16 1
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.[25]
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
11:00
Japan  2–2  India
Nishikori field hockey ball 15'
Nakashima field hockey ball 28' 		Report Rani field hockey ball 31'
Minz field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
18:00
India  0–3  Great Britain
Report Ansley field hockey ball 25'
White field hockey ball 27'
Danson field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Amy Baxter (USA)
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
11:00
India  1–6  Australia
Thokchom field hockey ball 60' Report Slattery field hockey ball 5'
Morgan field hockey ball 9'
Claxton field hockey ball 35'
Parker field hockey ball 36'
Kenny field hockey ball 43', 46'
Umpires:
Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
19:30
United States  3–0  India
Bam field hockey ball 14', 42'
González field hockey ball 52' 		Report
Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
10:00
Argentina  5–0  India
Cavallero field hockey ball 16', 29'
Granatto field hockey ball 23'
Rebecchi field hockey ball 26'
Albertarrio field hockey ball 27' 		Report
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Golf[]

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[26][27][28]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Shiv Chawrasia Men's 71 71 69 78 289 +5 =50
Anirban Lahiri 74 73 75 72 294 +10 57
Aditi Ashok Women's 68 68 79 76 291 +7 41

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[29]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Dipa Karmakar All-around 15.100 11.666 12.866 12.033 51.665 51 Did not advance
Vault 14.850 N/A 14.850 8 Q 15.066 N/A 15.066 4

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[30][31]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Avtar Singh Men's −90 kg Bye  Misenga (ROT)
L 000–001 		Did not advance

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[32]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dattu Baban Bhokanal Men's single sculls 7:21.67 3 QF Bye 6:59.89 4 SC/D 7:19.02 2 FC 6:54.96 13

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[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[33]

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.[34]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Abhinav Bindra 10 m air rifle 625.7 7 Q N/A 163.8 4
Kynan Chenai Trap 114 19 Did not advance
Mairaj Ahmad Khan Skeet 121 (+3) 9 Did not advance
Prakash Nanjappa 50 m pistol 547 25 N/A Did not advance
Gagan Narang 10 m air rifle 621.7 23 N/A Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 623.1 13 N/A Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1162 33 N/A Did not advance
Jitu Rai 10 m air pistol 580 6 Q N/A 78.7 8
50 m pistol 554 12 N/A Did not advance
Chain Singh 50 m rifle prone 619.6 36 N/A Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1169 23 N/A Did not advance
Gurpreet Singh 10 m air pistol 576 20 N/A Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol 581 7 N/A Did not advance
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap 115 16 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Apurvi Chandela 10 m air rifle 411.6 34 N/A Did not advance
Ayonika Paul 407.0 43 N/A Did not advance
Heena Sidhu 10 m air pistol 380 14 N/A Did not advance
25 m pistol 576 20 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[35][36]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sajan Prakash Men's 200 m butterfly 1:59.37 28 Did not advance
Shivani Kataria Women's 200 m freestyle 2:09.30 41 Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2012 Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra secured the Olympic spot each in the men's and women's singles as the highest-ranked player coming from the South Asia zone, while Sharath Kamal and 2004 Olympian Mouma Das scored a second-stage draw victory each to take the remaining spots on the Indian team at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.[37]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sharath Kamal Men's singles  Crişan (ROU)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Soumyajit Ghosh  Tanviriyavechakul (THA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Manika Batra Women's singles  Grzybowska (POL)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Mouma Das  Dodean (ROU)
L 0–4 		Did not advance

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Sania Mirza (world no. 1) and Rohan Bopanna (world no. 10) teamed up with their partners Prarthana Thombare and six-time Olympian Leander Paes, respectively, in the men's and women's doubles by virtue of their top-10 ATP and WTA Ranking as of 6 June 2016.[38][39]

Athlete Event Round 32 Round 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rohan Bopanna
Leander Paes 		Men's doubles  Kubot /
Matkowski (POL)
L 4–6, 6–7(6–8) 		Did not advance
Sania Mirza
Prarthana Thombare 		Women's doubles  Peng S /
Zhang S (CHN)
L 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 5–7 		Did not advance
Sania Mirza
Rohan Bopanna 		Mixed doubles N/A  Stosur /
Peers (AUS)
W 7–5, 6–4 		 Watson /
Murray (GBR)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 V Williams /
Ram (USA)
L 6–2, 2–6, [3–10] 		 Hradecká /
Štěpánek (CZE)
L 1–6, 5–7 		4

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish (for men) & top six (for women), respectively, at the 2016 Asian Championships.[40][41]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sathish Sivalingam Men's −77 kg 148 12 181 11 329 11
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Women's −48 kg 82 6 106 DNF 82 DNF

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India has qualified eight wrestlers for each of the following weight category into the Olympic. One Olympic spot in the men's freestyle 74 kg was earned at the 2015 World Championships, while two more Olympic places were awarded to Indian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.[42]

Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's freestyle 57 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, and two more each in women's freestyle 48 & 58 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.

On 11 May 2016, United World Wrestling awarded two additional Olympic licenses to India in men's Greco-Roman 85 kg and women's freestyle 53 kg, after doping violations were discovered among the seven qualified wrestlers

Freestyle wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav, who had qualified for the men's 74 kg event, failed both the A and B sample doping tests on 25 June and 5 July. He was provisionally replaced by Parveen Rana, but was later reinstated on 3 August when the National Anti-Doping Agency of India gave him a clean record on grounds that he had been a victim of sabotage.[43] However the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed against this decision to drop the doping charges, following which Yadav was suspended for four years and disqualified from the Olympics by the Court of Arbitration on 18 August.[44]

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • VB – Victory by Injury
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sandeep Tomar −57 kg Bye  Lebedev (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 15
Yogeshwar Dutt −65 kg  Ganzorig (MGL)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 21
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ravinder Khatri −85 kg Bye  Lőrincz (HUN)
L 0–4 ST 		Did not advance 20
Hardeep Singh −98 kg Bye  İldem (TUR)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 13
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Vinesh Phogat −48 kg Bye  Vuc (ROU)
W 4–0 ST 		 Sun Yn (CHN)
L 1–5 VB 		Did not advance 10
Babita Kumari −53 kg Bye  Prevolaraki (GRE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 13
Sakshi Malik −58 kg  J Mattsson (SWE)
W 3–1 PP 		 Cherdivara (MDA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Koblova (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Pürevdorj (MGL)
W 3–1 PP 		 Tynybekova (KGZ)
W 3–1PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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