India at the 2000 Summer Olympics
India at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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IOC code | IND | ||||||||
NOC | Indian Olympic Association | ||||||||
Website |
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in Sydney | |||||||||
Competitors | 65 in 8 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Leander Paes | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 71st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
India competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Bronze | Karnam Malleswari | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | 19 Sep |
Results by event
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 400 m
- Paramjit Singh
- Round 1 - 46.64 (did not advance)
Men's 4 Ă— 100 m
- Rajeev Bala Krishnan, C. Thirugnana Durai, Anil Kumar, Raj Singh Ajay
- Round 1 - (did not advance)
- Semifinal - (did not advance)
- Final - ( place)
Men's 4 Ă— 400 m
- Lijo David Thottan, P. Ramachandran, Jata Shankar, Paramjit Singh
- Round 1 - 03:08.38 (did not advance)
Men's Shot put
- Bahadur Singh Sagoo
- Qualifying - 18.70 (did not advance)
- Shakti Singh
- Qualifying - 18.40 (did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Jagdish Bishnoi
- Qualifying - 70.86 (did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Sanjay K. Rai
- Qualifying - NM (did not advance)
Women's competition
Women's 400 m
- Beena Mol K. M.
- Round 1 - 51.51
- Round 2 - 51.81
- Semifinal - 52.04 (did not advance)
Women's 4 Ă— 100 m
- Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, Vinita Tripathi, Jayalakshmi V.
- Round 1 - 45.20 (did not advance)
Women's 4 Ă— 400 m
- Mol K. M. Beena, Paramjit Kaur, Rosa Kutty, Jincy Phillip
- Round 1 - 03:31.46 (did not advance)
Women's Discus
- Neelam Jaswant Singh
- Qualifying - 55.26 (did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Gurmeet Kaur
- Qualifying - 52.78 (did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
- Pramila Ganapathy
- 100 m Hurdles - 14.22
- High Jump - 1.69
- Shot Put - 11.14
- 200 m - 24.69
- Long Jump - 5.96
- Javelin Throw - 36.02
- 800 m - 02:20.86
- Points - 5548 (24th place)
- Soma Biswas
- 100 m Hurdles - 14.11
- High Jump - 1.63
- Shot Put - 11.69
- 200 m - 24.73
- Long Jump - 5.64
- Javelin Throw - 39.59
- 800 m - 02:22.17
- Points - 5481 (25th place)
Badminton
Men's Singles
- Pullela Gopichand
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Vladislav Druzchenko of Ukraine
- Round of 16: Lost to Hendrawan of Indonesia
Women's Singles
- Aparna Popat
- Round of 64: Lost to Kelly Morgan of Great Britain
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
- Suresh Singh
- Round 1 – Lost to Kim Ki-Suk of South Korea (did not advance)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- Dingko Singh
- Round 1 – Lost to Sergey Danilchenko of Ukraine (did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- Jitender Kumar
- Round 1 – Defeated Donald Orr of Canada
- Round 2 – Lost to Adrian Diaconu of Romania (did not advance)
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
- Gurcharan Singh
- Round 1 – Defeated Ki-Soo Choi of South Korea
- Round 2 – Defeated Danie Venter of South Africa
- Quarterfinal – Lost to Andriy Fedchuk of Ukraine (did not advance)
Field hockey
The Indian field hockey team didn't make it to the semis, and finished in seventh position after a 2-3 loss against England in the classification match. The squad was made up by the following players: Jude Menezes (gk), Devesh Chauhan (gk), Dilip Tirkey, Dinesh Nayak, Lazarus Barla, Baljit Singh Saini, Sukhbir Singh Gill, Mohammed Riaz, Thirumal Valavan, Ramandeep Singh (captain), Mukesh Kumar, Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Sameer Dad, Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh
Judo
Women's 52 kg
Swimming
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat - 1:58.35 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Preliminary Heat - 02:08.89 (did not advance)
Tennis
Men's Singles
- First Round- lost 2–6, 4–6 to Mikael Tillstrom (SWE)
Men's Doubles
- First Round- defeated Andrei Pavel & Gabriel Trifu (ROU) 6–3, 6–4
- Second Round- lost 3–6, 6–7 to Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge (AUS)
Women's Doubles
- First Round- lost 0–6, 0–6 to Jelena Dokic & Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
Weightlifting
Men
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Thandava Murthy Muthu | – 56 kg | 105.0 | 110.0 | 130.50 | 135.0 | 245.0 | 16 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Karnam Malleswari | – 69 kg | 105.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 240.0 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Sanamacha Chanu | – 53 kg | 80.0 | 85.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 195.0 | 6 |
References
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site