India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Leander Paes' bronze in the men's tennis event was the only medal won by the country. It had been 44 years since an Indian last won an individual medal at the Olympics (K. D. Jadhav earned bronze for freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Helsinki). The medal was also India's first since their men's hockey team won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

India at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Atlanta
Competitors49 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Pargat Singh (opening)
Leander Paes (closing)
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeLeander PaesTennisMen's singles- Aug 03

Contingent by sport

Sportmenwomenevents
Archery 302
Athletics 243
Badminton 112
Boxing 303
Hockey 1601
Judo 213
Shooting 203
Swimming 101
Tennis 202
Weightlifting 505
Wrestling 101
10 sports 38 men05 women25 events

Results by event

Archery

In India's third appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men. Lalremsanga Chhangte was the only one to win a match.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Chhangte, Dorje, and Limba Ram Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 56.58m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

  • Qualification DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 Meter

Badminton

Women's singles Competition

Men's singles Competition

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • India Argentina 0 - 1
  • India Germany 1 - 1
  • India United States 4 - 0
  • India Pakistan 0 - 0
  • India Spain 3 - 1
  • Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: India South Korea 3 - 3 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5 - 3)
  • 7th/8th place: India Great Britain 3 - 4 → 8th place
  • Team Roster:

Judo

Men's 60 kg

Men's 65 kg

Women's 52 kg

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Weightlifting

Men's 54 kg

  • Final 105.0 + 125.0 = 230.0(→ 18 place)

Men's 59 kg

  • Raghavan Chandrasekharan
  • Final 112.5 + 140.0 = 252.5(→ 11 place)

Men's 64 kg

  • Final 110.0+ 142.5= 252.5(→ 33 place)

Men's 70 kg

  • Final 125.0+ 150.0= 275.0(→ 23 place)

Men's 76 kg

  • Final 140.0+ 177.5= 317.5(→15 place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Pappu Yadav

References

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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