India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India will be participating at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020.

India at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIND
NPCParalympic Committee of India
Websitewww.paralympic.org.in
in Tokyo
Competitors24 in 5 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances

Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1984, although they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total Events
Archery 4 0 4 2
Athletics 11 1 12 8
Shooting 5 1 6 4
Swimming 1 0 1 1
Table Tennis 0 1 1 1
Total 21 3 24 16

Archery

India archers have achieved quota places for the following events from 2019 World Archery Para Championships 2019.

Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara becomes first male archers from the country to qualify for the games. They have achieved this feat by finishing in Top 16 in the World Championship. Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami also qualified from the World Championship.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round 64 Round 32 Round 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
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Harvinder Singh Men's Recurve Individual Open
Vivek Chikara
Rakesh Kumar Men's Compound Individual Open
Shyam Sundar Swami

Athletics

The following Indian athletes have achieved the quota places by virtue of finishing in top 4 at 2019 World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai, Qualification Ranking Allocation, Qualification Ranking Allocation and High Performance Allocation.


India secured 12 qualification through World Championship by virtue of finishing in top 4, India had won 9 medals (2 Gold, 2 Silver and 5 Bronze), of which 8 medals were in the Paralympic Games program categories.

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Vinod Kumar Discus Throw F52
Yogesh Kathuniya Discus Throw F56
Nishad Kumar Men's High Jump T47
Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's High Jump T63
Sharad Kumar
Praveen Kumar Men's High Jump T64
Sudar Singh Gurjar Javelin Throw F46
Ajeet Singh
Rinku Hooda
Sandeep Choudhary Javelin Throw F64
Sumit Antil

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ekta Bhyan Club Throw F51

Shooting

Indian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Chateauroux, 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Al Ain and 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Each athlete from each NPC must at least aim to score targets in each medalling event in the qualifying tournaments.

Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh becomes the first Indian Para Pistol shooter to qualify for the Paralympic games after winning gold and silver medal at 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Chateauroux.[2] Later Singhraj also joined them by securing berth in the mixed pistol event. Avani Lekhera becomes the first female shooter to secure Paralympic berth for India.[3] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar secured another quota in rifle from 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Later Siddhartha Babu also secured qualified from the same tournament.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Manish Narwal P1-Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
Deepender Singh
Singhraj P4-Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar R1-Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
Avani Lekhara R6-Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
Sidhartha Babu

Swimming

One India swimmer has successfully entered the Paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[4][5]

Athlete Event Heat Final Rank
Time Rank Time Rank

Table Tennis

One India table tennis player Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel successfully get a slot through the World Ranking in Women's Single Class 4.[6][7]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel Women's singles C4

See also

References

  1. "Indian archers bag four berths for Tokyo Paralympics - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. "Tokyo 2020 Qutoa Allocation after the Châteauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Qutoa Allocation after the Châteauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup. 25 February 2019.
  3. "Quota Allocation after the Al Ain 2019 World Cup" (PDF). Quota Allocation after the Al Ain 2019 World Cup. 25 February 2019.
  4. "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  5. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  6. "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  7. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 29 February 2020.
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