India at the 2008 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials.[2]

India at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Beijing
Competitors67 in 12 sports
Flag bearers Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (opening)
Vijender Singh[1] (closing)
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

For the first time since 1928, the men's national field hockey team was unable to take part in the Summer Olympics due to its failure to qualify. A two-year ban imposed by the International Weightlifting Federation after the 2006 Commonwealth Games doping scandal originally resulted in only one Olympic weightlifter, Monika Devi from India being scheduled to compete, but she withdrew from the competition after failing the drug test. On 9 August 2008, IWF declared that she was clean, but the event she was supposed to participate in, had already closed.[3]

On 11 August 2008, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air rifle. It was a huge achievement for India at the Olympic games shooting event. In doing so, he won the first ever individual gold medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India at the Beijing Games. The previous highest individual achievements for India were two silver medals won by Norman Pritchard, an Englishman born in India, at the 1900 Paris Olympics and one silver medal won by the 2008 flagbearer Rajyavardhan Rathore at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Sushil Kumar won the second ever wrestling medal for India, the first being the bronze earned by Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vijender Singh won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India's first-ever Olympic medal in boxing.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw the best ever performance by an Indian contingent, in terms of the number of medals (this record was later surpassed in 2012). They won three medals in all (one gold and two bronze medals), surpassing the two silvers by Norman Pritchard in 1900 Paris Olympics[4] and the gold and bronze medals won by the Indian field hockey team and Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav respectively, at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Medalists
Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal count
Medals Name Sport Event Date
 GoldAbhinav BindraShootingMen's 10 m air rifleAugust 11
 BronzeSushil KumarWrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kgAugust 20
 BronzeVijender SinghBoxingMiddleweight 75 kgAugust 22

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total Event
Archery 1343
Athletics 313169
Badminton 1122
Boxing 5055
Judo 0222
Rowing 3032
Sailing 1011
Shooting 7299
Swimming 4047
Table tennis 1122
Tennis 2243
Wrestling 3033
Total 31255648

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mangal Champia Men's individual 678 2  Hojjatolah (IRI) (63)
W 112–98		  Badenov (RUS) (31)
L 108–109		 Did not advance
Dola Banerjee Women's individual 633 31  Beaudet (CAN) (34)
L 108 (8)–108 (10)		 Did not advance
Bombayala Devi 637 22  Marcinkiewicz (POL) (43)
L 101–103		 Did not advance
Pranitha Vardhineni 627 37  Waller (AUS) (28)
W 106–100		  Kwon U.S. (PRK) (5)
L 99–106		 Did not advance
Dola Banerjee
Bombayala Devi
Pranitha Vardhineni		 Women's team 1897 6 — Bye  China (CHN) (3)
L 206–211		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Surendra Singh 10000 m 28:13.97 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Vikas Gowda Discus throw 60.69 22 Did not advance
Renjith Maheswary Triple jump 15.77 35 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mandeep Kaur 400 m 52.88 6 Did not advance
Preeja Sreedharan 10000 m — 32:34.64 25[5]
Sathi Geetha
Mandeep Kaur
Manjeet Kaur
Sini Jose
Chitra Soman		 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.83 7 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Anju Bobby George Long jump NM — Did not advance
Harwant Kaur Discus throw 56.42 30 Did not advance
Krishna Poonia 58.23 24 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Pramila Aiyappa Result 13.97 1.74 11.66 24.92 6.11 41.27 2:23.46 5771 27*
Points 983 903 639 894 883 692 777
Shobha Javur Result 13.62 1.65 13.07 24.62 5.86 43.50 2:27.50 5749 29*
Points 1033 795 732 922 807 735 725
Susmita Singha Roy Result 14.11 1.71 11.27 24.34 5.98 39.79 2:21.14 5705 32*
Points 963 867 613 948 843 663 808

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[6] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and all Indian heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Anup Sridhar Men's singles  Vasconcelos (POR)
W 21–16, 21–14		  Sato (JPN)
L 13–21, 17–21		 Did not advance
Saina Nehwal Women's singles  Diehl (RUS)
W 21–9, 21–8		  Griga (UKR)
W 21–18, 21–10		  Wang C (HKG)
W 21–19, 11–21, 21–11		  Yulianti (INA)
L 28–26, 14–21, 15–21		 Did not advance

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jitender Kumar Flyweight  Memis (TUR)
W WO		  Doniyorov (UZB)
W 13–6		  Balakshin (RUS)
L 11–15		 Did not advance
Akhil Kumar Bantamweight  Hallab (FRA)
W 12–5		  Vodopyanov (RUS)
W 9+–9		  Gojan (MDA)
L 3–10		 Did not advance
Anthresh Lalit Lakra Featherweight  Sultonov (UZB)
L 5–9		 Did not advance
Vijender Singh Middleweight  Jack (GAM)
W 13–2		  Chomphuphuang (THA)
W 13–3		  Góngora (ECU)
W 9–4		  Correa (CUB)
L 5–8		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dinesh Kumar Light heavyweight  Benchabla (ALG)
L 3–23		 Did not advance

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Khumujam Tombi Devi Women's −48 kg  Hormigo (POR)
L 0000–1011		 Did not advance
Divya Tewar Women's −78 kg  Castillo (CUB)
L 0000–1000		 Did not advance  Abikeyeva (KAZ)
L 0000–1010		 Did not advance

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bajranglal Takhar Single sculls 7:39.91 3 QF — 7:19.01 5 SC/D 7:23.00 4 FD 7:09.73 21
Devender Kumar Khandwal
Manjeet Singh		 Lightweight double sculls 6:37.13 5 R 7:02.06 5 SC/D — 6:40.34 3 FC 6:44.48 18

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Nachhatar Singh Johal Finn 4 24 23 24 11 24 18 24 CAN CAN EL 128 23

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Abhinav Bindra 10 m air rifle 596 4 700.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Samaresh Jung 10 m air pistol 570 42 Did not advance
50 m pistol 540 42 Did not advance
Gagan Narang 10 m air rifle 595 9 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 589 35 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 13 Did not advance
Sanjeev Rajput 50 m rifle prone 591 26 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1162 26 Did not advance
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Double trap 131 15 Did not advance
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap 116 12 Did not advance
Mansher Singh 117 8 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Anjali Bhagwat 10 m air rifle 393 29 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 571 32 Did not advance
Avneet Kaur Sidhu 10 m air rifle 389 39 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 552 42 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Virdhawal Khade 50 m freestyle 22.73 40 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 50.07 42 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:51.86 48 Did not advance
Rehan Poncha 200 m butterfly 2:01.89 40 Did not advance
Ankur Poseria 100 m butterfly 54.74 57 Did not advance
Sandeep Sejwal 100 m breaststroke 1:02.19 38 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:15.24 36 Did not advance

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Sharath Kamal Men's singles Bye  Carneros (ESP)
W 4–2		  Chen Wx (AUT)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Neha Aggarwal Women's singles  Lay (AUS)
L 1–4		 Did not advance

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		 Men's doubles —  Monfils /
Simon (FRA)
W 6–3, 6–3		  Melo /
Sá (BRA)
W 6–4, 6–2		  Federer /
Wawrinka (SUI)
L 2–6, 4–6		 Did not advance
Sania Mirza Women's singles  Benešová (CZE)
L 1–6, 1–2r		 Did not advance
Sania Mirza
Sunitha Rao		 Women's doubles —  Golovin /
Parmentier (FRA)
W WO		  Kuznetsova /
Safina (RUS)
L 4–6, 4–6		 Did not advance

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Yogeshwar Dutt −60 kg Bye  Orazgaliyev (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP		  Yumoto (JPN)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance 9
Sushil Kumar −66 kg Bye  Stadnik (UKR)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance  Schwab (USA)
W 3–1 PP		  Batyrov (BLR)
W 3–1 PP		  Spiridonov (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rajiv Tomar −120 kg  Mocco (USA)
L 0–3 PO		 Did not advance 17

See also

References
  1. Indias Flag Bearer for the closing ceremony
  2. "India names 57-member squad for Beijing Olympics". Press Trust Of India. CNN-IBN. Aug 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  3. "Indian lifter fails drug test". CBC Sports. August 5, 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
  4. "Olympic Athletes - Biographies, Medals & More".
  5. Women's 10,000 m final results Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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