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History
India made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1900. They would return in 1920 and have competed ever since. The nation typically sends a few dozen athletes to compete, but in 2016 they sent over 100 athletes for the first time. India competes in a wide range of sports with the most common ones being archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, field hockey, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling.
India won its first medal in 1900 and has won a total of 28 across 8 sports. The most successful sports include field hockey (11), wrestling (5) and shooting (4). This included a run of six straight gold medals in men’s field hockey between 1928 and 1956. The most successful athletes are field hockey players Leslie Claudius and Udham Singh whom won four medals each. Both athletes won three gold and one silver medals, but Claudius did it between 1948 and 1960 while Singh did it between 1952 and 1964. In 2016 India won two medals.
Qualified Quotas
Archery
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Individual | Atanu Das | Atanu Das |
| Pravin Jadhav | Pravin Jadhav | |
| Tarundeep Rai | Tarundeep Rai | |
| Women’s Individual | Deepika Kumari | Deepika Kumari |
| Men’s Team | Atanu Das Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai |
Atanu Das Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai |
| Mixed Team | Eligible to Compete |
Athletics
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | Avinash Sable | |
| Men’s 20km Walk | Sandeep Kumar | |
| Rahul | ||
| Irfan Kolothum Thodi | ||
| Men’s Long Jump | Sreeshankar | |
| Men’s Javelin Throw | Neeraj Chopra | |
| Shivpal Singh |
Women’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 20km Walk | Priyanka | |
| Bhawna Jat | ||
| Women’s Discus Throw | Kamalpreet Kaur |
Mixed Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4x400m Relay | Muhammed Anas Velluva Vismaya Jisna Mathew Noah Tom |
Boxing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Flyweight | Amit Panghal | |
| Men’s Lightweight | Manish Kaushik | |
| Men’s Welterweight | Vikas Krishan Yadav | |
| Men’s Middleweight | Ashish Kumar | |
| Men’s Super Heavyweight | Satish Kumar | |
| Women’s Flyweight | Mary Kom | |
| Women’s Lightweight | Simranjit Kaur | |
| Women’s Welterweight | Lovlina Borgohain | |
| Women’s Middleweight | Pooja Rani |
Equestrian
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Eventing | Fouaad Mirza Horse: Fernhill Facetime |
Fencing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Individual Sabre | Bhavani Devi |
Field Hockey
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Tournament | Rupinder Singh Surender Kumar Manpreet Singh Hardik Singh Simranjeet Singh Mandeep Singh Krishan Pathak Harmanpreet Singh Lalit Upadhyay Sreejesh Parattu Nilakanta Sharma Gurinder Singh Sunil Sowmarpet Birendra Lakra Akashdeep Singh Amit Rohidas Ramandeep Singh Vivek Prasad |
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| Women’s Tournament | Navjot Kaur Gurjit Kaur Deep Ekka Monika Malik Reena Khokhar Sharmila Devi Nikki Pradhan Savita Punia Rajani Etimarpu Vandana Katariya Namita Toppo Lalremsiami Navneet Kaur Sushila Pukhrambam Rani Rampal Salima Tete Lilima Minz Neha Goyal |
Sailing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Laser | Vishnu Saravanan | |
| Women’s Laser Radial | Nethra Kumana | |
| Men’s 49er | Kelapanda Chengappa Ganapathy Varun Thakkar |
Shooting
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1) (2) |
Sanjeev Rajput | Sanjeev Rajput |
| Aishwary Tomar | Aishwary Tomar | |
| Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Tejaswini Sawant | Tejaswini Sawant |
| Quota Transfered | Anjum Moudgil | |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle (1) (2) |
Divyanish Panwar | Divyanish Panwar |
| Deepak Kumar | Deepak Kumar | |
| Women’s 10m Air Rifle | Anjum Moudgil | Elavenil Valarivan |
| Apurvi Chandela | Apurvi Chandela | |
| Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle (1) (2) |
Eligible to Compete | Divyanish Panwar Elavenil Valarivan |
| Eligible to Compete | Deepak Kumar Anjum Moudgil |
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| Women’s 25m Pistol (1) (2) |
Rahi Sarnobat | Rahi Sarnobat |
| Chinki Yadav | Quota Transfered | |
| Double Starter | Manu Bhaker | |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol (1) (2) |
Saurabh Chaudhary | Saurabh Chaudhary |
| Abhishek Verma | Abhishek Verma | |
| Women’s 10m Air Pistol (1) (2) |
Manu Bhaker | Manu Bhaker |
| Yashaswini Deswal | Yashaswini Deswal | |
| Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol (1) (2) |
Eligible to Compete | Saurabh Chaudhary Manu Bhaker |
| Eligible to Compete | Abhishek Verma Yashaswini Deswal |
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| Men’s Skeet | Angad Bajwa | Angad Bajwa |
| Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Mairaj Ahmad Khan |
Table Tennis
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Singles | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | |
| Sharath Acanta | ||
| Women’s Singles | Sutirtha Mukherjee | |
| Manika Batra | ||
| Mixed Doubles | Sharath Acanta Manika Batra |
Wrestling
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Freestyle -57kg | Ravi Kumar | |
| Men’s Freestyle -65kg | Bajrang Punia | |
| Men’s Freestyle -86kg | Deepak Punia | |
| Men’s Freestyle -125kg | Sumit Malik | |
| Women’s Freestyle -50kg | Seema Bisla | |
| Women’s Freestyle -53kg | Vinesh Phogat | |
| Women’s Freestyle -57kg | Anshu Malik | |
| Women’s Freestyle -62kg | Sonam Malik |