India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This was India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.
India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. This marked India's highest ever medal tally in Paralympic Games surpassing the tally of 19 medals won in the 2020 Games.
Background The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee was established in 1989. The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.
The Indian contingent for the 2024 Games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports. Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers for the opening ceremony. Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers of the closing ceremony.
Medal summary
India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. The Games marked India's highest ever medal tally at the Paralympics. The medal haul included four instances of multiple podium finish in the same event.
Gold medalists Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event. This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics. Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games. Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process. Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games. Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event. Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event. Navdeep Singh, who had earlier finished second in the men's javelin throw F41 event, was awarded the gold medal after Iran's Sadegh Sayah was disqualified. Navdeep's throw of 47.32 meters also set a new Paralympic record.
Silver medalists Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal of the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, which was his second medal after his gold medal at the previous Games. Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals in the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020. Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton event. Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event. Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event. Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event. Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.
Bronze medalists Mona Agarwal won India's first bronze medal at the Games in the women's 10 m air rifle event in which Lekhara won the gold medal. Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event. Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event. Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar. Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.
Deepthi Jeevanji became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games after she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m T20 race. Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, which was his second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games. Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal for the third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the men's high jump event. Kapil Parmar won a bronze medal in Judo, which was India's first Paralympic medal in the sport. Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event and Simran Sharma won India's final bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T12 event.
Medalists +Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold Avani Lekhara Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 30 August Gold Kumar Nitesh Badminton Men's singles SL32 September Gold Sumit Antil Athletics Men's javelin throw F64 Gold Harvinder Singh Archery Individual recurve open 4 September Gold Dharambir NainAthletics Club throw F51 Gold Praveen KumarHigh jump T64 6 September Gold Navdeep Singh Javelin throw F41 7 September Silver Manish Narwal Shooting Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1 30 August Silver Nishad KumarAthletics Men's high jump T47 1 September Silver Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F562 September Silver Thulasimathi MurugesanBadminton Women's singles SU5 Silver Suhas Yathiraj Men's singles SL4 SilverAjeet Singh YadavAthleticsJavelin throw F463 September SilverSharad KumarHigh jump T63 SilverSachin KhilariMen's shot put F464 September Silver Pranav Soorma Club throw F51 Bronze Mona AgarwalShootingWomen's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH130 August Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 100 m T35 Bronze Rubina Francis Shooting Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 200 m T35 1 September Bronze Manisha Ramadass Badminton Women's singles SU52 September Bronze Sheetal Devi Rakesh Kumar Archery Mixed team compound Bronze Nithya Sivan Badminton Women's singles SH6 Bronze Deepthi JeevanjiAthletics Women's 400 m T203 September Bronze Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63 Bronze Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46 BronzeKapil ParmarJudoMen's J1 -60 kg5 September BronzeHokato Hotozhe SemaAthleticsMen's Shot put F576 September BronzeSimran SharmaWomen's 200 m T127 September
Summary
+Medals by sportSportTotal Athletics46717 Badminton1225 Shooting1124 Archery1012 Judo0011Total791329
Medals by dayDayDateTotal129 August 0 0 00230 August 1 1 24331 August0011401125233860235722048001191012101012110000Total791329
+Medals by genderGenderTotalMale68418Female11810Mixed0011Total791329
+Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalPreethi PalAthletics0022
Competitors The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 28 10 38Badminton 7 6 13Cycling 1 1 2Judo1 1 2Paracanoeing 1 2 3Powerlifting2 2 4Rowing 1 1 2Shooting 7 3 10Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 0 2 2Taekwondo 0 1 1 Total 52 32 84
Archery
India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.
Compound The ranking round was held on 29 August 2024. In the men's ranking round, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami finished fifth and fifteenth respectively. Sheetal Devi scored 703 points in the women's ranking round to finish second and Sarita Adhana was ranked ninth. In the mixed team rankings, Kumar and Devi scored 1399 points to break the previous world record held by Kumar and Adhana.
In the men's individual round, Shyam Sundar Swamy had an early exit after losing to Thailand's Comsan Singpirom in the round of 32. Rakesh Kumar won his round of 32 match easily, but his next two matches were decided on the basis of shoot-offs, with Kumar emerging victorious both times and securing his place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumar faced Ai Xinliang of China, where Kumar suffered his first defeat by 143–145. He lost to China's He Zihao by a narrow margin of just one point in the bronze medal match and finished fourth in the category.
Sheetal Devi got a bye in the round of 32. In the round of 16, she lost to 2020 Games silver medalist Mariana Zúñiga by just one point. Sarita Adhana won her first two matches by easy margins but lost the quarterfinal match against eventual gold medalist Öznur Cüre and finished sixth in the women's individual category.
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals / BMScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRakesh KumarMen's individual6965 W 136–131 W 144–144 W 144–144 L 143–145 L 146–1474Shyam Sundar Swami68815 L 138–138 colspan="4" 17Sheetal DeviWomen's individual7032 L 137–138colspan=3 9Sarita Adhana6829W 138–124W 141–135L 140–145colspan=2 6Sheetal Devi Rakesh KumarMixed team1399 1colspan=2 W 154–143 L 152–152 W 156–155
Recurve AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHarvinder SinghMen's individual6379 W 7–3 W 6–2 W 6–2 W 7–3 W 6–0Pooja JatyanWomen's individual5857 W 6–0 L 4–6colspan=3 Harvinder Singh Pooja JatyanMixed team12225 W 5–4 W 6–0 L 2–6 L 4–54
Athletics
Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.
Track events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankPreethi PalWomen's 100 m T35rowspan=2 colspan=4 14.21 Women's 200 m T3530.01 Simran SharmaWomen's 100 m T1212.171 Q 12.332 q12.314Women's 200 m T1225.411 Q25.031 Q24.75 Deepthi JeevanjiWomen's 400 m T2055.451 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 55.82Rakshitha RajuWomen's 1500 m T115:29.924colspan=2 Dilip GavitMen's 400 m T4749.543 Q 49.998
Men's field events Athlete Event Result RankDharambir NainClub throw F5134.92 Pranav Soorma34.59Amit Kumar Saroha23.9610Yogesh KathuniyaDiscus throw F5642.22 Sharad KumarHigh jump T631.88Mariyappan Thangavelu1.85Shailesh Kumar1.854Nishad KumarHigh jump T472.04 Rampal Chahar1.95 7Praveen KumarHigh jump T642.08 Navdeep SinghJavelin throw F4147.32 Ajeet Singh YadavJavelin throw F4665.62Rinku Hooda61.585Sundar Singh Gurjar64.96Dipesh KumarJavelin throw F5426.117Praveen KumarJavelin throw F5742.128Sandip SargarJavelin throw F6458.037Sandeep Chaudhary62.804Sumit Antil70.59 Arvind MalikShot put F3513.01 6Manu Manu Shot put F3713.866Ravi RongaliShot put F4010.63 5Sachin KhilariShot put F4616.32 Mohd Yasser14.218Rohit Kumar14.109Hokato Hotozhe SemaShot put F5714.65 Soman Rana14.075
Women's field events Athlete Event Result RankKanchan LakhaniDiscus throw F5310.06 7Sakshi KasanaDiscus throw F5521.498Karamjyoti Dalal20.229Bhavanaben ChaudharyJavelin throw F4639.70 5Bhagyashree JadhavShot put F347.285Amisha RawatShot put F469.25 14
Badminton
India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.
Men