India competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics held across New York and Stoke Mandeville from 19 June to 1 August 1984. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics but did not appear in the last two Games. This was India's third appearance at the Summer Games for the disabled. India sent a contingent consisting of five athletes for the Games and won four medals including two silver and bronze medals each.
Background The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. India made its Paralympics debut in 1968. India's first and only medal till the Games came in the 1972 Games when Murlikant Petkar won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle event. India missed the subsequent two Summer Paralympic Games and returned for the 1984 edition.
Medalists In the Games, Joginder Singh Bedi became the first Indian multi-medalist after he won a silver and two bronze medals in the athletics events. Bhimrao Kesarkar also won a silver medal in the javelin throw event to help record India's best finish till then with four medals.
MedalNameSportEvent Silver Bhimrao Kesarkar Athletics Men's javelin L6 Silver Joginder Singh Bedi Men's shot put L6 Bronze Men's javelin L6 Bronze Men's discus throw L6
Summary
+Medals by sportSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Athletics0224Total0224
+Medals by genderGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotalMale0224Female0000Total0224
+Multiple medalistsNameSportGoldSilverBronzeTotalAthletics0123
Competitors The Indian contingent for the Games consisted of five athletes who competed across two sports. SportMenWomenTotal Athletics 4 0 4 Swimming 2 0 2 Total 5 0 5
Athletics
Track AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRank Abdul Jabbar Men's 100 m A616.348 rowspan="2" colspan="2" Digambar Mehendale Men's 100 m A1-328.707 Men's 400 m A1-3 colspan="2" 2:08.517
Field AthleteEventResultRankAbdul JabbarMen's high jump A6Men's long jump A64.3513Men's triple jump A69.2610 Bhimrao Kesarkar Men's javelin L634.55Digambar Mehendale Men's discus throw A316.9010 Men's javelin A321.828 Men's shot put A36.3411Joginder Singh Bedi Men's discus throw L628.16 Men's javelin L634.18 Men's shot put L610.08
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRank Bhagwan Patil Men's 100 m freestyle A9 colspan="2" 2:08.84 7 Men's 50 m backstroke A9 colspan="2" 1:13.37 5 Men's 50 m breaststroke A9 colspan="2" Bhimrao Kesarkar Men's 100 m freestyle L6 2:02.22 5 colspan="2"
See also India at the Paralympics India at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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