India competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The Indian Olympic Association sent a total of 73 athletes, 48 men, and 28 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India had its representation in these Olympic games. As a pleasant surprise, the shooting team came successful with a silver medal, the winner being Capt. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He was the first Indian to win an individual silver medal.Participation of the Indian Olympic Team in the Athens 2004 Olympics, ELINEPA, 2004.
Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes in tennis men's doubles and Kunjarani Devi in weightlifting women's 48 kg category.
Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth (women's weightlifting 53 kg category), but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting Men's double trap
Competitors 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: +SportsMenWomenTotalEventsArchery3364Athletics413179Badminton2132Boxing4044Field hockey160161Judo1011Rowing1011Sailing2021Shooting5385Swimming0112Table tennis1122Tennis2021Weightlifting0333Wrestling7077Total48257343
Archery
Three Indian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSatyadev PrasadIndividual63448W 155–150W 158–155L 165–167Did not advanceTarundeep Rai64732L 143–147Did not advanceMajhi Sawaiyan65722L 128–145Did not advanceSatyadev PrasadTarundeep RaiMajhi SawaiyanTeam193810colspan=2 L 236–248Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDola BanerjeeIndividual64213L 131–141Did not advanceReena Kumari62043W 153–149W 134 (7)–134 (4)L 148–166Did not advanceSumangala Sharma63820W 142–133L 153–157Did not advanceDola BanerjeeReena KumariSumangala SharmaTeam19005colspan=2 W 230–228L 227–228Did not advance
Athletics
Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankK. M. Binu400 m45.48 NR3 q45.976Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionVikas GowdaDiscus throw61.3914Did not advanceAnil Kumar—Did not advanceBahadur SinghShot put—Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSaraswati Saha200 m23.435Did not advanceK. M. BeenamolSathi GeethaManjit Kaur*Rajwinder KaurChitra K. Soman4 × 400 m relay3:26.89 NR3 Qcolspan=4 3:28.517
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBobby AloysiusHigh jump1.85=28Did not advanceSeema AntilDiscus throw60.6414Did not advanceAnju Bobby GeorgeLong jump6.699 Q6.83 NR5Harwant KaurDiscus throw60.8213Did not advanceNeelam Jaswant Singh60.2617Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankSoma BiswasResult13.861.7012.0124.505.9244.842:12.27596524Points998855662933825760932Shobha JavurResult13.531.6712.5223.416.3644.362:17.28617211Points10468186961038962751861
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAbhinn Shyam GuptaMen's singlesL 12–15, 0–15Did not advanceNikhil KanetkarW 15–7, 13–15, 15–13L 10–15, 6–15Did not advanceAparna PopatWomen's singlesW 11–6, 11–3L 11–9, 1–11, 3–11Did not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAkhil KumarFlyweightL 16–37Did not advanceDiwakar PrasadBantamweightW 25–17L Did not advanceVijender SinghLight welterweightL 20–25Did not advanceJitender KumarLight heavyweightL Did not advance
Field hockey
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
5th-8th Place Semifinal
7th-8th Place Final
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAkram ShahMen's −60 kgL 0000–1000Did not advanceW 1100–0000L 0000–1000Did not advance
Rowing
Indian rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPaulose Pandari KunnelSingle sculls8:00.115 R7:29.474 SD/E7:48.385 FE7:22.6327 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; R=Repechage
Sailing
Indian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112131415M*Sumeet PatelMalav Shroff49er171918151819181919191819DNS19171825319 M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Eight Indian shooters (five men and three women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAbhinav Bindra10 m air rifle5973 Q694.67Gagan Narang59312Did not advanceRajyavardhan Singh RathoreDouble trap1355 Q179Manavjit Singh SandhuTrap116=19Did not advanceMansher Singh115=21Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAnjali Bhagwat10 m air rifle393=20Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions575=13Did not advanceDeepali Deshpande50 m rifle 3 positions57219Did not advanceSuma Shirur10 m air rifle3967 Q497.28
Swimming
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankShikha Tandon50 m freestyle27.0840Did not advance100 m freestyle59.7046Did not advance
Table tennis
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSharath KamalMen's singlesW 4–1L 0–4Did not advanceMouma DasWomen's singlesL 0–4Did not advance
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMahesh BhupathiLeander PaesMen's doublesW 7–6(7–5), 6–3W 6–2, 7–6(9–7)W 6–4, 6–4L 2–6, 3–6L 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–164
Weightlifting
Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankKunjarani DeviWomen's −48 kg82.5=4107.541904Sanamacha ChanuWomen's −53 kg82.56107.54190Karnam MalleswariWomen's −63 kg100.0——— * Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYogeshwar Dutt−55 kgL 1–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance18Sushil Kumar−60 kgL 0–3 W 3–0 2Did not advance14Ramesh Kumar−66 kgL 1–3 W 3–1 3Did not advance10Sujeet Maan−74 kgL 0–3 L 0–3 3Did not advance18Anuj Kumar−84 kgL 1–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance16Palwinder Singh Cheema−120 kgL 0–4 L 1–3 3Did not advance15
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMukesh Khatri−55 kgL 0–3 L 0–3 3Did not advance21
See also India at the 2002 Asian Games India at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Indian Olympic Association