India at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||||||||
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| Flag bearer | Anju George (opening) Leander Paes (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 71 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 1 |
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India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
[edit] Bronze
- Leander Paes — Tennis, Men's Singles Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] 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:
- Lalremsanga Chhangte — Round of 32, 25th place (1-1)
- Skalzang Dorje — Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)
- Limba Ram — Round of 64, 63rd place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
- Chhangte, Dorje, and Ram — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
[edit] Athletics
Men's Discus Throw
- Shakti Singh
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- Qualification — 56.58m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x400 metres Relay
- Beenamol Mathew, Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, and Shiny Wilson
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- Qualification — DSQ (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48kg)
- Thapa Debendra
- First Round — Lost to Makepula Masibulele (South Africa) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
- Gurcharn Singh
- First Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-15
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Lakha Singh
- First Round — Lost to Woiciech Bartnik (Poland), 2-14
[edit] Hockey
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A):
- Classification Matches:
- Team Roster:
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- Subbaiah Anjaparavanda
- Harpreet Singh
- Mohammed Riaz
- Sanjeev Kumar
- Baljeet Singh
- Sabu Varkey
- Mukesh Kumar
- Rahul Singh
- Dhanraj Pillay
- Pargat Singh (captain)
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Alloysuis Edwards
- Anil Alexander
- Gavin Ferreira
- Ramandeep Singh
- Dilip Tirkey
[edit] Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Richard Bera
- Heat – 23.80 (→ did not advance, 44th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Leander Paes → Bronze Medal
- First round — Defeated Richey Reneberg (United States) 6-7 7-6 1-0 retired
- Second round — Defeated Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-2 6-3
- Third round — Defeated Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 7-5 7-6
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Renzo Furlan (Italy) 6-1 7-5
- Semi Finals — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 6-7 3-6
- Bronze Medal Match — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 3-6 6-2 6-4
[edit] 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. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
