India at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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India at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Committee
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors126 in 18 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Mary Kom
Manpreet Singh[2]
Flag bearer (closing)Bajrang Punia[1]
Medals
Ranked 48th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] India has appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1920, although it made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The nation sent its largest-ever contingent of 126 competitors to the 2020 Games. To date, the 2020 Summer Olympics are the most successful Games for India since its first regular Olympics appearance in 1920,[4][5][6] with Indian Olympians winning 7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze).[7] The Indian contingent participated in a record 69 events, and earned medals across 18 athletic disciplines.[4][6]

In the men's javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever gold medal in athletics,[5] the nation's second ever individual gold and first individual gold since the Beijing 2008 Olympics, won by Abhinav Bindra (Shooting). This was also India's first athletics medal since its first Olympics appearance as an independent nation in 1948, and its third overall after Norman Pritchard's silver medals in 1900. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first-ever silver in women's weightlifting (49 kg), becoming the first Indian Olympic medallist in the sport since 2000, while P. V. Sindhu won a bronze in women's badminton to became the first Indian female athlete and second Indian to win two consecutive Olympic medals for individual events (having won a silver in badminton in 2016).[4] The men's national field hockey team won the bronze medal, their first Olympic medal since 1980.[8] The men's 4 x 400m relay team set a new Asian record of 3:00:25. Aditi Ashok in women's golf and Deepak Punia in men's freestyle wrestling (86 kg) both placed fourth in final rankings, as did the women's national field hockey team, which achieved its best performance since its Olympics debut in 1980.

Medalists[]

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men's javelin throw 7 August
 Silver Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting Women's 49 kg 24 July
 Silver Ravi Kumar Dahiya Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 5 August
 Bronze P. V. Sindhu Badminton Women's singles 1 August
 Bronze Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Women's welterweight 4 August
 Bronze India men's national field hockey team
 Field hockey Men's tournament 5 August
 Bronze Bajrang Punia Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 7 August

Competitors[]

Union Minister of Sports, Kiren Rijiju unveils the Team India Official Kit, for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on 3 June 2021.
Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 1 4
Athletics 17 9 26
Badminton 3 1 4
Boxing 5 4 9
Equestrian 1 0 1
Fencing 0 1 1
Field hockey 18 18 36
Golf 2 2 4
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Rowing 2 0 2
Sailing 3 1 4
Shooting 8 7 15
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 2 2 4
Tennis 1 2 3
Weightlifting 0 1 1
Wrestling 3 4 7
Total 70 56 126

Archery[]

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Three Indian archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[9] Another Indian archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book one of three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[10]

The full Indian archery squad was officially announced on 8 March 2021, with veteran Tarundeep Rai and world-number-nine seed Deepika Kumari slated to shoot at their third Olympics.[11]

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 653 35  Deng Y-c (TPE)
W 6–4 		 Oh J-h (KOR)
W 6–5 		 Furukawa (JPN)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Pravin Jadhav 656 31  Bazarzhapov (ROC)
W 6–0 		 Ellison (USA)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Tarundeep Rai 652 37  Hunbin (UKR)
W 6–4 		 Shanny (ISR)
L 5–6 		Did not advance
Atanu Das
Pravin Jadhav
Tarundeep Rai 		Men's team 1961 9 N/A  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 6–2 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Deepika Kumari Women's individual 663 9  Karma (BHU)
W 6–0 		 Mucino-Fernandez (USA)
W 6–4 		 Perova (ROC)
W 6–5 		 An S (KOR)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Pravin Jadhav
Deepika Kumari 		Mixed team 1319 9 N/A  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 5–3 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 2–6 		Did not advance

Athletics[]

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Indian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by reaching the qualifying marks or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[12][13]

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
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • DNF = Did Not Finish
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
M. P. Jabir 400 m hurdles 50.77 7 Did not advance
Avinash Sable 3000 m steeplechase 8:18.12 NR 13 Did not advance
Amoj Jacob
Naganathan Pandi*
Arokia Rajiv
Noah Nirmal Tom
Muhammed Anas Yahiya 		4 × 400 m relay 3:00.25 AR 9 N/A Did not advance
Sandeep Kumar 20 km walk N/A 1:25:07 23
Rahul Rohilla 1:32:06 47
Irfan Kolothum Thodi 1:34:41 51
Gurpreet Singh 50 km walk N/A DNF
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Dutee Chand 100 m Bye 11.54 7 Did not advance
200 m 23.85 7 N/A Did not advance
Priyanka Goswami 20 km walk N/A 1:32:36 17
Bhawna Jat 1:37:38 32
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammed Anas
Arokia Rajiv
Revathi Veeramani
Subha Venkatesan 		4 × 400 m relay 3:19.93 8 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Neeraj Chopra Men's javelin throw 86.65 1 Q 87.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shivpal Singh 76.40 27 Did not advance
Murali Sreeshankar Men's long jump 7.69 25 Did not advance
Tajinderpal Singh Toor Men's shot put 19.99 24 Did not advance
Kamalpreet Kaur Women's discus throw 64.00 2 Q 63.70 6
Seema Punia 60.57 16 Did not advance
Annu Rani Women's javelin throw 54.04 29 Did not advance

Badminton[]

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered four badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings; one entry each in the men's and women's singles and a pair in the men's doubles.[14] Despite winning two out of 3 matches in the group stage Men's doubles team couldn't make it to Quarterfinals because two more teams in the same group also won two matches each with better game-difference.

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
B. Sai Praneeth Men's singles  Zilberman (ISR)
L (17–21, 15–21) 		 Caljouw (NED)
L (14–21, 14–21) 		N/A 3 Did not advance
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles  Polikarpova (ISR)
W (21–7, 21–10) 		 Cheung N Y (HKG)
W (21–9, 21–16) 		N/A 1 Q  Blichfeldt (DEN)
W (21–15, 21–13) 		 Yamaguchi (JPN)
W (21–13, 22–20) 		 Tai T-y (TPE)
L (18–21, 12–21) 		 He Bj (CHN)
W (21–13, 21–15) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		Men's doubles  Lee Y /
Wang C-l (TPE)
W (21–16, 16–21, 27–25) 		 Gideon /
Sukamuljo (INA)
L (13–21, 12–21) 		 Lane /
Vendy (GBR)
W (21–17, 21–19) 		3 Did not advance

Boxing[]

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered nine boxers (five men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Vikas Krishan Yadav (men's welterweight), 2014 Asian Games bronze medalists Satish Kumar Yadav (men's super heavyweight) and reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani (women's middleweight), London 2012 bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom (women's flyweight), 2019 world silver medalist Amit Panghal (men's flyweight), and 2018 Commonwealth Games runner-up Manish Kaushik, along with Ashish Kumar (men's middleweight), Simranjit Kaur (women's lightweight), and reigning world championship bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain (women's welterweight), secured the spots on the Indian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[15][16]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Amit Panghal Flyweight Bye  Martínez (COL)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Manish Kaushik Lightweight  L McCormack (GBR)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Vikas Krishan Yadav Welterweight  Okazawa (JPN)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Ashish Kumar Middleweight  Tuoheta (CHN)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Satish Kumar Super heavyweight Bye  Brown (JAM)
W 4–1 		 Jalolov (UZB)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mary Kom Flyweight  Hernández (DOM)
W 4–1 		 Valencia (COL)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Simranjit Kaur Lightweight Bye  Seesondee (THA)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Lovlina Borgohain Welterweight Bye  Apetz (GER)
W 3–2 		 Chen N-c (TPE)
W 4–1 		 Sürmeneli (TUR)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pooja Rani Middleweight N/A  Chaib (ALG)
W 5–0 		 Li Q (CHN)
L 0–5 		Did not advance

Equestrian[]

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

India entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition for the first time in two decades, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania).[17][18]

Eventing[]

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Fouaad Mirza Seigneur Individual 28.00 9 11.20 39.20 22 8.00 47.20 25 Q 12.40 59.60 23 59.60 23

Fencing[]

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered one fencer for the first time into the Olympic competition. C. A. Bhavani Devi claimed a spot in the women's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings and became the first Indian fencer to qualify for olympic games.[19]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
C. A. Bhavani Devi Women's sabre  Ben Azizi (TUN)
W 15–3 		 Brunet (FRA)
L 7–15 		Did not advance

Field hockey[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Key:
Team Event Group Stage Quarter final Semi final 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  New Zealand
W 3–2 		 Australia
L 1–7 		 Spain
W 3–0 		 Argentina
W 3–1 		 Japan
W 5–3 		2 Q  Great Britain
W 3–1 		 Belgium
L 2–5 		 Germany
W 5–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
India women's Women's tournament  Netherlands
L 1–5 		 Germany
L 0–2 		 Great Britain
L 1–4 		 Ireland
W 1–0 		 South Africa
W 4–3 		4 Q  Australia
W 1–0 		 Argentina
L 1–2 		 Great Britain
L 3–4 		4

Men's tournament[]

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

India men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Russia in a playoff at the Bhubaneswar leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[20]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 18 June 2021.[21]

Head coach: Graham Reid[22]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps GoalsClub
2 FW Dilpreet Singh (1999-11-12)12 November 1999 (aged 21) 44 18 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
3 DF Rupinder Pal Singh (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 30) 216 115 India Indian Overseas Bank
6 DF Surender Kumar (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 27) 135 3 India Food Corporation of India
7 MF Manpreet Singh (Captain) (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 (aged 29) 269 22 India Punjab Armed Police
8 MF Hardik Singh (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 22) 39 1 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
9 FW Gurjant Singh (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26) 47 15 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
10 FW Simranjeet Singh (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 24) 47 13 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
11 FW Mandeep Singh (1995-01-25)25 January 1995 (aged 26) 159 82 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
13 DF Harmanpreet Singh (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 25) 119 74 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
14 FW Lalit Upadhyay (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 27) 108 26 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
16 GK P. R. Sreejesh (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 33) 236 0 India Kerala
17 MF Sumit (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (aged 24) 66 2 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
18 MF Nilakanta Sharma (1995-05-02)2 May 1995 (aged 26) 59 11 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
21 FW Shamsher Singh (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 23) 6 1 India Punjab National Bank
22 DF Varun Kumar (1995-07-25)25 July 1995 (aged 25) 85 22 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
26 DF Birendra Lakra (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 31) 197 10 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
30 DF Amit Rohidas (1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 28) 97 17 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
32 MF Vivek Prasad (2000-02-25)25 February 2000 (aged 21) 62 15 India Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 4 1 0 22 9 +13 13 Quarter-finals
2  India 5 4 0 1 15 13 +2 12
3  Argentina 5 2 1 2 10 11 −1 7
4  Spain 5 1 2 2 9 10 −1 5
5  New Zealand 5 1 1 3 11 16 −5 4
6  Japan (H) 5 0 1 4 10 18 −8 1
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Host
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:00
v
New Zealand  2–3  India
Russell Goal 6'
Jenness Goal 43' 		Report Rupinder Goal 10'
Harmanpreet Goal 26', 33'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
18:30
v
India  1–7  Australia
Dilpreet Goal 34' Report Beale Goal 10'
Hayward Goal 21'
Ogilvie Goal 23'
Beltz Goal 26'
Govers Goal 40', 42'
Brand Goal 51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
10:00
v
India  3–0  Spain
Simranjeet Goal 14'
Rupinder Goal 15', 51' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Peter Wright (RSA)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
09:30
v
India  3–1  Argentina
Varun Goal 43'
Vivek Goal 58'
Harmanpreet Goal 59' 		Report Casella Goal 48'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30
v
Japan  3–5  India
Ke. Tanaka Goal 19'
Watanabe Goal 33'
Murata Goal 59' 		Report Harmanpreet Goal 13'
Gurjant Goal 17', 56'
Shamsher Goal 34'
Nilakanta Goal 51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Quarterfinal
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
21:00
v
India  3–1  Great Britain
Dilpreet Goal 7'
Gurjant Goal 16'
Hardik Goal 57' 		Report Ward Goal 45'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Semifinal
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
10:30
v
India  2–5  Belgium
Harmanpreet Goal 7'
Mandeep Goal 8' 		Report Luypaert Goal 2'
Hendrickx Goal 19', 49', 53'
Dohmen Goal 60'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Bronze medal game
5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)
10:30
v
Germany  4–5  India
Oruz Goal 2'
Wellen Goal 24'
Fürk Goal 25'
Windfeder Goal 48' 		Report Simranjeet Goal 17', 34'
Hardik Goal 27'
Harmanpreet Goal 29'
Rupinder Goal 31'
Umpires:
Adam Kearns (AUS)
Simon Taylor (NZL)

Women's tournament[]

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

India women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating the United States in a playoff at the Bhubaneswar leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[23]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 17 June 2021.[24]

Head coach: Netherlands Sjoerd Marijne

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 MF Navjot Kaur (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 26) 172 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
2 DF Gurjit Kaur (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 25) 87 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
3 DF Deep Grace Ekka (1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 27) 202 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
4 MF Monika Malik (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 (aged 27) 150 India Hockey Haryana
6 DF Reena Khokhar (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 28)
7 FW Sharmila Devi (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 19) 9 India Hockey Him
8 DF Nikki Pradhan (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27) 104 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
11 GK Savita Punia (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 31) 202 India Hockey Haryana
15 MF Nisha Warsi (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 (aged 26) 9 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
16 FW Vandana Katariya (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 29) 240 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
18 DF Udita Duhan (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 23) 32 India Hockey Haryana
19 MF Namita Toppo (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 26)
20 FW Lalremsiami (2000-03-30)30 March 2000 (aged 21) 64 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
25 FW Navneet Kaur (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25) 79 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
27 MF Sushila Chanu (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 29) 181 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
28 FW Rani Rampal (Captain) (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 26) 241 India Hockey Haryana
30 MF Salima Tete (2001-12-27)27 December 2001 (aged 19) 29 India Hockey Jharkhand
32 MF Neha Goyal (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 25) 75 India Railway Sports Promotion Board
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 12
3  Great Britain 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4  India 5 2 0 3 7 14 −7 6
5  Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
20:45
v
Netherlands  5–1  India
Albers Goal 6', 43'
Van Geffen Goal 33'
Matla Goal 45'
Van Maasakker Goal 52' 		Report Rani Goal 10'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Amber Church (NZL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:15
v
Germany  2–0  India
Lorenz Goal 12'
Schröder Goal 35' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
v
Great Britain  4–1  India
Martin Goal 2', 19'
Owsley Goal 41'
Balsdon Goal 57' 		Report Sharmila Goal 23'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:45
v
Ireland  0–1  India
Report Navneet Goal 57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
12:15
v
India  4–3  South Africa
Vandana Goal 4', 17', 49'
Neha Goal 32' 		Report Glasby Goal 15'
Hunter Goal 30'
Marais Goal 39'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
Quarterfinal
2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
12:00
v
Australia  0–1  India
Report Gurjit Goal 22'
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Semifinal
4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
19:00
v
Argentina  2–1  India
Barrionuevo Goal 18', 37' Report Gurjit Goal 2'
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Bronze medal game
6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
10:30
v
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Great Britain  4–3  India
Rayer Goal 16'
Robertson Goal 24'
Pearne-Webb Goal 35'
Balsdon Goal 48' 		Report Gurjit Goal 25', 26'
Vandana Goal 29'
Umpires:
Michelle Joubert (RSA)
Michelle Meister (GER)

Golf[]

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered two male and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Anirban Lahiri, Udayan Mane and Aditi Ashok are qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's and women's event.

On 28 July 2021, Indian golfer Diksha Dagar received an invitation from the International Golf Federation to compete in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics following a late withdrawal of South African golfer Paula Reto.[25]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Anirban Lahiri Men's individual 67 72 68 72 279 −5 T42
Udayan Mane 76 69 70 72 287 +3 56
Aditi Ashok Women's individual 67 66 68 68 269 −15 4
Diksha Dagar 76 72 72 70 290 +6 T50

Gymnastics[]

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic[]

India entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. With the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Championships in Hangzhou, China, Pranati Nayak secured the last of two available places in the women's individual all-around, as the next highest-ranked gymnast vying for qualification from her continent at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[26]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Total Rank
V UB BB F
Pranati Nayak All-around 13.466 9.033 9.433 10.633 42.565 79 Did not advance

Judo[]

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[27]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Shushila Likmabam Women's –48 kg  Csernoviczki (HUN)
L 00–10 		Did not advance

Rowing[]

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the first of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[28]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Arjun Lal
Arvind Singh 		Men's lightweight double sculls 6:40.33 5 R 6:51.36 3 SA/B 6:24:41 6 FB 6:29.66 11

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

Sailing[]

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Indian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the 2018 Asian Games, and the continental regattas, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since 2008.[29]

Athlete Event Race Total Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Vishnu Saravanan Men's Laser 14 20 24 23 22 12 27 23 3 15 N/A EL 183 156 20
K.C. Ganapathy
Varun Thakkar 		Men's 49er 18 18 17 19 14 5 17 11 15 16 9 14 EL 173 154 17
Nethra Kumanan Women's Laser Radial 33 16 15 40 32 38 22 20 37 38 N/A EL 291 251 35

M = Medal race
EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
* = Discarded race not counted in the overall result

Shooting[]

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Indian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and the 2019 Asian Championship, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[30]

On 5 April 2021, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officially announced a squad of fourteen Indian shooters for the rescheduled Games, including the reigning Commonwealth Games champion Manu Bhaker, Asian Games gold medalists Saurabh Chaudhary and Rahi Sarnobat in the pistol events, rifle marksman and two-time Olympian Sanjeev Rajput (2008 and 2012), and the current world-number-one Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil Valarivan in the men's and women's air rifle, respectively. With a double starter (owned by Bhaker) securing quota places in two women's pistol events, NRAI opted to exchange the women's 25 m pistol (won by Chinki Yadav) for an additional place in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions, eventually awarded to Anjum Moudgil.[31]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Deepak Kumar 10 m air rifle 624.7 26 Did not advance
Divyansh Singh Panwar 622.8 32 Did not advance
Aishwary Tomar 50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 21 Did not advance
Sanjeev Rajput 1157 32 Did not advance
Saurabh Chaudhary 10 m air pistol 586 1 Q 137.4 7
Abhishek Verma 575 17 Did not advance
Angad Bajwa Skeet 120 18 Did not advance
Mairaj Ahmad Khan 117 25 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Elavenil Valarivan 10 m air rifle 626.5 16 Did not advance
Apurvi Chandela 621.9 36 Did not advance
Anjum Moudgil 50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 15 Did not advance
Tejaswini Sawant 1154 33 Did not advance
Manu Bhaker 10 m air pistol 575 12 Did not advance
Yashaswini Deswal 574 13 Did not advance
Manu Bhaker 25 m pistol 582 15 Did not advance
Rahi Sarnobat 573 32 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Stage 1 Qualification Stage 2 Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Deepak Kumar
Anjum Moudgil 		10 m air rifle team 623.8 18 Did not advance
Divyansh Singh Panwar
Elavenil Valarivan 		626.5 12 Did not advance
Saurabh Chaudhary
Manu Bhaker 		10 m air pistol team 582 1 Q 380 7 Did not advance
Abhishek Verma
Yashaswini Deswal 		564 17 Did not advance

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sajan Prakash and Srihari Natraj became the first-ever Indian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games by breaching the A standard time. Maana Patel received entry via Universality Invitation.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Srihari Nataraj Men's 100 m backstroke 54.31 27 Did not advance
Sajan Prakash Men's 100 m butterfly 53:45 46 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:57:22 24 Did not advance
Maana Patel Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.20 39 Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sutirtha Mukherjee scored the zonal-match triumphs for the South Asia zone to secure one of the five available places each in the men's and women's singles, while three-time Olympian Sharath Kamal Achanta and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion Manika Batra notched the remaining spots on the Indian team, as the highest-ranked eligible table tennis players across all regional zones, at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[32]

Athlete Event Preliminary 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 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sharath Kamal Achanta Men's singles Bye  Apolónia (POR)
W 4–2 		 Ma L (CHN)
0L 1–4 		Did not advance
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Bye  Lam S-h (HKG)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Manika Batra Women's singles Bye  Ho (GBR)
W 4–0 		 Pesotska (UKR)
W 4–3 		 Polcanova (AUT)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Sutirtha Mukherjee Bye  Bergström (SWE)
W 4–3 		 Fu (POR)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Sharath Kamal Achanta
Manika Batra 		Mixed doubles N/A  Lin Y-j /
Cheng I-c (TPE)
L 0–4 		Did not advance

Tennis[]

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered two athletes into tennis by using Sania Mirza's protected ranking of 9 in women's doubles category. [33] Sumit Nagal qualified for men's singles after several players withdrew resulted due to a positive COVID-19 test or personal reasons. [34]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sumit Nagal Men's singles  Istomin (UZB)
W 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 		 Medvedev (ROC)
L 2–6, 1–6 		Did not advance
Sania Mirza
Ankita Raina 		Women's doubles N/A  L Kichenok /
N Kichenok (UKR)0
L 6–0, 6–7(0–7), [8–10] 		Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

India entered one female weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu finished second of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 49 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Women's −49 kg 87 2 115 2 202 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wrestling[]

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India qualified eight wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57, 65 and 86 kg) and women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while two additional licenses were awarded to the Indian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the women's freestyle 57 and 62 kg, respectively, at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[35] Two Indian wrestlers claimed one of the remaining slots each in the men's freestyle 125 kg and women's freestyle 50 kg, respectively, to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[36][37]

Freestyle wrestler (125 kg) Sumit Malik was disqualified and the quota place he had claimed was stripped off following a positive dope test, hence leaving India with a total of seven wrestlers in the contingent.[38]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ravi Kumar Dahiya −57 kg  Tigreros (COL)
W 4–1 SP 		 Vangelov (BUL)
W 4–1 SP 		 Sanayev (KAZ)
W 5–0 VT 		N/A  Uguev (ROC)
L 1–3 PP 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bajrang Punia −65 kg  Akmataliev (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 Ghiasi (IRI)
W 5–0 VT 		 Aliyev (AZE)
L 1–3 PP 		Bye  Niyazbekov (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Deepak Punia −86 kg  Agiomor (NGR)
W 4–1 SP 		 Lin Zs (CHN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Taylor (USA)
L 0–4 ST 		Bye  Amine (SMR)
L 1–3 PP 		5
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Seema Bisla −50 kg  Hamdi (TUN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 13
Vinesh Phogat −53 kg  Mattsson (SWE)
W 3–1 PP 		 Kaladzinskaya (BLR)
L 0–5 VT 		Did not advance 9
Anshu Malik −57 kg  Kurachkina (BLR)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance  Koblova (ROC)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Sonam Malik −62 kg  Khürelkhüü (MGL)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 11

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