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{{short description|Indian athlete}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = P. T. Usha
| image = P. T. Usha.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha<ref>[http://www.ptusha.org/aboutusha.htm P. T. USHA Personal Profile at www.ptusha.org]</ref>
| spouse = V. Srinivasan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|6|27}}
| birth_place = Kuttali, [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nadar|first1=A Ganesh|title=I'm unstoppable now!|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/aug/22c.htm|work=[[rediff.com]]|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116193159/http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/aug/22c.htm|archive-date=16 November 2001|date=22 August 1998}}</ref>
| nickname = Golden Girl, Payyoli Express<ref name="th1"/>
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]
| years_active= 1976–2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Track Star P.T. Usha Hangs Up Her Spikes|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/indian-track-star-pt-usha-hangs-up-her-spikes|work=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=25 July 2000}}</ref>
| nationality = Indian
| employer = [[Indian Railways]]
| height = {{convert|171|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| pb = '''100 m''': 11.39 ([[Jakarta]] 1985)<br/>'''200 m''': 23.05 ([[Lucknow]] 1999)<br/>'''400 m''': 51.61 ([[Canberra]] 1985)<br/>'''400 m hurdles''': 55.42 '''[[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]]'''<br/>([[Los Angeles]] 1984)
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]]|200 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]]|400 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]]|400 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Athletics at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]]|100 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Athletics at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]]|200 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1986 Seoul|100 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]]|400 m}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Beijing|4x100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Beijing|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]]|4x400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1983 Asian Athletics Championships|1983 Kuwait City]]|400m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|100m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|200m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|400m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|400m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|4×400m Relay}}
{{MedalGold |[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|1987 Singapore]]|400m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|1987 Singapore]]|400m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|1987 Singapore]]|4×400m Relay}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|200m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|400m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|400m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|4×400m Relay}}
{{MedalGold |[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|4×100m Relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1983 Asian Athletics Championships|1983 Kuwait]]|200m }}
{{MedalSilver |[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|1987 Singapore]]|[[100m]] }}
{{MedalSilver |[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|1987 Singapore]]|[[4×100m Relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|[[100m]] }}
{{MedalSilver |[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|1989 New Delhi]]|[[200m]] }}
{{MedalSilver |[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|[[4×400m Relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]]|[[4×100m Relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|[[200m]] }}
{{MedalBronze |[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|[[400m]] }}
| module =
{{Infobox person
| child = yes
|signature = Signature of P. T. Usha.svg
}}}}

'''Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha''', {{IPA-ml|pilɐːʋuɭːɐgɐɳɖi t̪ekːɐɾɐbɐɾɐmbil uʂɐ|IPA}}, (born 27 June 1964) is a retired [[India]]n [[track and field]] athlete. She was born in Kuttali, [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiabest21.com/indiabest21/pilavullakandi-thekkeparambil-usha/73|title=List of India's best Sportspeople|date=23 June 2016|publisher=IndiaBest21|author=India Best21|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816194148/http://indiabest21.com/indiabest21/pilavullakandi-thekkeparambil-usha/73|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She is often called the "Queen of Indian track and field".<ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/keralcaldec04/p23.pdf Usha School of Athletics: A giant stride forward] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201100445/http://www.kerala.gov.in/keralcaldec04/p23.pdf |date=1 December 2008 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Usha was first noticed in 1977 by [[O. M. Nambiar]], an athletics coach, at a sports prize-distribution ceremony. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Shri for OM Nambiar: The guiding force behind the 'Payyoli Express'|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/padma-shri-for-om-nambiar-the-guiding-force-behind-the-payyoli-express|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Rediff.com]]'' in 2000, he said, "What impressed me at first sight about Usha was her lean shape and fast walking style. I knew she could become a very good sprinter."<ref name="rediff1">{{cite web|last1=Iype|first1=George|title=If I am wellknown today, it is all because of Usha|url=http://m.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/11usha4.htm|work=[[rediff.com]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=11 September 2000}}</ref> The same year, he began coaching her. Quick results followed when she won six medals at the inter-state meet for juniors, in [[Kollam]] in 1978, with four gold medals in 100 m, 200 m, 60 m hurdles and [[high jump]], silver in [[long jump]] and bronze in 4 x 100 m relay.<ref name="rediff2">{{cite web|title=P. T. Usha: Factfile|url=http://m.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/11usha3.htm|work=[[rediff.com]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=11 September 2000}}</ref> In the year's Kerala State college meet, she won 14 medals.<ref name="rediff1"/> She went on to win multiple medals at the 1979 [[National Games of India|National Games]] and 1980 National inter-state meet setting many meet records. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Golden Girl PT Usha turns 56: Interesting facts about the queen of Indian track on her birthday|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/sport/2017/jun/27/golden-girl-pt-usha-turns-56-interesting-facts-about-the-queen-of-indian-track-on-her-birthday-100536.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

At the senior inter-state meet in [[Bangalore]] in 1981, Usha clocked 11.8 seconds in the 100 m and 24.6 seconds in the 200 m setting [[List of Indian records in athletics|national records]] in both.<ref name="rediff2"/> At the [[1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi Asian Games]], she won [[silver medal]]s in 100 m and 200 m, clocking 11.95 s and 25.32 s. At the 1983 Open National Championships in [[Jamshedpur]], she broke the 200 m national record again clocking 23.9 s, and with 53.6 s, set a new national record in 400 m.<ref name="rediff2"/> At the [[1983 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]] in [[Kuwait City]] the same year, she won gold in 400 m.<ref name="IT1">{{cite web|title=P.T. Usha: The gold rush|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indias-ace-sprinter-p.t.usha-establishes-herself-as-asias-leading-athlete/1/354627.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref>

===1984 Los Angeles Olympics===
{{quote box|width=20em|I never wanted to be an Olympian. All I wanted was to keep breaking my own record. I never competed to defeat anybody. {{emdash}}P. T. Usha<ref name="olympian">{{cite web|title=I never wanted to be an Olympian: P. T. Usha |url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/i-never-wanted-to-be-an-olympian-pt-usha/1/244712.html|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=7 July 2017|date=11 September 2000}}</ref>}}
Usha's best moment came at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]]. She entered on the back of a string of good performances at the year's New Delhi inter-state meet and Mumbai Open National Championships. However, poor performances in 100m and 200m at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|Moscow World Championship]]s prompted her to concentrate on the 400 m hurdles. At the Olympics trials in Delhi, she beat Asian Champion [[M. D. Valsamma]] to qualify for the Games.<ref name="th1">{{cite web|last1=Rayan|first1=Stan|title=She set the track ablaze|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/she-set-the-track-ablaze/article1982401.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=1 May 2011}}</ref> At another pre-Olympics trials, she clocked 55.7 seconds beating American top sprinter [[Judi Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/1984-olympics-pt-usha-los-angeles-400m-hurdles-100th-bronze-indian-athletics|title=PT Usha: A story of porridge, pickles and an Olympic heartbreak|publisher=IOC|date=7 August 2020}}</ref> At the Games, she clocked 56.81 s in the heats and 55.54 s in the semi-final, setting a new [[List of Commonwealth records in athletics|Commonwealth record]] as she entered the final. At the final, she came fourth, at 55.42 seconds, falling behind the eventual bronze medalist by 1/100th of a second. This followed after one of her competitors had a [[false start]], which was said to have "broken her rhythm" as "she got off the blocks a bit slower at the restart."<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympics moments: PT Usha misses bronze by a whisker|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-olympics-moments-pt-usha-misses-bronze-by-a-whisker-1691533|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=13 February 2017|date=21 May 2012}}</ref>

In the [[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta Asian Championships]], Usha won six medals — five gold and one bronze. She won the 100 m in 11.64, 200 m in 23.05, 400 m in 52.62, an [[List of Asian records in athletics|Asian record]], and 400 m hurdles in 56.64, with the final two coming in a span of 35 minutes.<ref name="IT1"/> Her fifth gold came in 4 x 400 m relay, and a final bronze in 4 x 100 m. She set a record in the process for most gold medals won at a single event in the history of the championships.<ref name="IT1"/> In the first two of her wins, she equalled the Asian record held by [[Chi Cheng (athlete)|Chi Cheng]] of [[Taiwan]]. She went on to better her personal best in 400 m a week later at the [[1985 IAAF World Cup|1985 Canberra World Cup]], when she clocked 51.61, finishing seventh.<ref name="IT1"/> She almost replicated her Jakarta Championships performance at the [[1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul Asian Games]]. She won the 100 metres silver with a time of 11.67 seconds losing the gold to [[Lydia de Vega]]. The 200 metres gold came in 23.44, 400 metres gold in 52.16 and 4 x 400 m relay gold in 3:34.58, all of which were new Games records.<ref name="IT2">{{cite web|last1=Bobb|first1=Dilip|title=The golden girl|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/p.t.-usha-the-unquestioned-queen-of-track-at-seoul-asian-games/1/348974.html|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=14 February 2017|date=31 October 1986}}</ref><ref name="rediff2"/> At the Games, British athletics coach [[Jim Alford]] said of her, "Usha is a first class athlete, a tough competitor and a terrific runner to watch. She has all the potential. Given careful guidance, she can be world class."<ref name="IT2"/>

=== Later stage ===

From 1983–89, Usha garnered 13 golds at ATF meets. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=‘PAYYOLI EXPRESS’ – PT USHA « Athletics Federation of India|url=https://indianathletics.in/payyoli-express-pt-usha/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Athletics Federation of India|language=en-US}}</ref> In the 10th [[Asian Games]] held at [[Seoul]] in 1986, Usha won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the track and field events. <ref name=":0" /> She also won five gold medals at the 6th Asian Track and Field Championship in [[Jakarta]] in 1985. Her medals at the same meet is a record for a single athlete in a single international meet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/athletics/story/_/id/16634218/no-12-pt-usha-gold-rush-1986-seoul-asiad|title=No. 12: PT Usha's gold rush at the 1986 Seoul Asiad|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>

Currently she is committee head of [https://www.indiantalent.org/home/aboutus Indian Talent] organization which conducts the National Level Indian Talent Olympiad examinations in schools across India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantalent.org/home/aboutus|title=Committee Head}}</ref>

==Achievements==

* She represented India in [[4 x 100 metres relay]] together with [[Valdivel Jayalakshmi]], [[Rachita Mistry]], and E.B. Shyla at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vijaykumar|first=C.N.R|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm|title=After the feast, the famine|work=[[rediff.com]]|date=15 December 1998|access-date=4 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|title=Indian women's 4x100m relay team breaks 18-year-old national record {{!}} Sports News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/indian-womens-4x100m-relay-team-breaks-18-year-old-national-record/articleshow/52330438.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Usha married V. Srinivasan, an inspector with [[Central Industrial Security Force]] in 1991. The couple have a son.<ref>{{cite web|title=P T Usha: Against all hurdles|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/P-T-Usha-Against-all-hurdles/articleshow/36909534.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 February 2017|date=13 February 2003}}</ref>

== Advisor ==
Currently, she is a member of the [[Advisory board|Board of Advisors]] of [[I.I.M.U.N.|India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=I.I.M.U.N. {{!}}{{!}} Board of Advisors|url=https://new.iimun.in/pages/BoA.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=new.iimun.in}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* [[Honorary degree|Honorary doctorate]] ([[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt.]]) conferred by [[Kannur University]] in 2000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=Another Doctorate for P T Usha |url=https://www.facebook.com/UshaSchool/photos/another-doctorate-for-p-t-ushathe-calicut-university-today-conferred-the-doctor-/1568800546536202/ |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=[[Facebook]] - Usha School of Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IIT institute to confer honorary doctorate degree on PT Usha |url=https://www.gktoday.in/question/which-iit-institute-will-confer-honorary-doctorate |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=GKToday.in}}</ref>
* Honorary doctorate ([[D.Sc.]]) conferred by [[IIT Kanpur]] in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Dishant |date=2017-06-13 |title= IIT Kanpur to confer honorary doctorate on PT Usha |url=https://inshorts.com/en/news/iit-kanpur-to-confer-honorary-doctorate-on-pt-usha-1497363764639 |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=Inshorts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-13 |title=IIT Kanpur to confer honorary doctorate on PT Usha |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/athletics/iit-kanpur-to-confer-honorary-doctorate-on-pt-usha-mathrubhumi-1.2011761 |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref>
* Honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) conferred by [[University of Calicut]] in 2018<ref>{{cite news|title=Calicut University confers D.Litt on Mohanlal, PT Usha|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/calicut-university-confers-d-litt-on-mohanlal-p-t-usha/articleshow/62694765.cms|access-date=29 January 2018|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[World Athletics|IAAF]] Veteran Pin in 2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-25 |title=PT Usha conferred with IAAF Veteran Pin Award |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/sep/25/pt-usha-conferred-with-iaaf-veteran-pin-award-2038944.html |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>
*Padma Shri in [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (1980–1989)|1985]]

==Statistics==
===International competitions===
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|5th (heats)
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres]]
|data-sort-value="012.27"|12.27
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1982 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[New Delhi]], India
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|100 metres
|data-sort-value="011.67"|11.67
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="024.32"|24.32
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|rowspan=2|[[1983 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kuwait City]], Kuwait
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="024.68"|24.68
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="054.20"|54.20
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Los Angeles]], USA
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 metres hurdles]]
|data-sort-value="055.42"|55.42 '''[[List of Asian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|-
|7th
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|data-sort-value="212.49"|3:32.49
|-
|rowspan=9|1985
|rowspan=6|[[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=6|[[Jakarta]], Indonesia
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|100 metres
|data-sort-value="011.64"|11.64 '''[[List of Asian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="023.05"|23.05 '''[[List of Asian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="052.62"|52.62 '''[[List of Asian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres hurdles
|data-sort-value="056.64"|56.64
|-
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|data-sort-value="045.22"|45.22
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="214.10"|3:34.10
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1985 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|rowspan=3|[[Canberra]], Australia
|7th
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="051.61"|51.61 '''[[List of Asian records in athletics|AR]]'''
|-
|5th
|400 metres hurdles
|data-sort-value="056.35"|56.35
|-
|8th
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="217.59"|3:37.59
|-
|rowspan=5|1986
|rowspan=5|[[Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=5|[[Seoul]], South Korea
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|100 metres
|data-sort-value="011.67"|11.67
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="023.44"|23.44 '''[[List of Asian Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="052.16"|52.16 '''[[List of Asian Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres hurdles
|data-sort-value="056.06"|56.06 '''[[List of Asian Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="214.58"|3:34.58 '''[[List of Asian Games records in athletics|GR]]'''
|-
|rowspan=8|1987
|rowspan=5|[[1987 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=5|[[Singapore]]
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|100 metres
|data-sort-value="011.74"|11.74
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="052.31"|52.31
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres hurdles
|data-sort-value="056.48"|56.48
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 100 m relay
|data-sort-value="045.49"|45.49
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="214.50"|3:34.50
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Rome]], Italy
|style="background:#F5A9A9;"|DNS{{refn|P. T. Usha did not start (DNS) in the heats.|group=N}}
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]]
|data-sort-value="999.99"|—
|-
|6th (semifinal)
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 metres hurdles]]
|data-sort-value="055.89"|55.89
|-
|8th (heats)
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 m relay]]
|data-sort-value="211.55"|3:31.55
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul]], South Korea
|7th (heats)
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 metre hurdles]]
|data-sort-value="059.55"|59.55
|-
|rowspan=6|1989
|rowspan=6|[[1989 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=6|[[New Delhi]], India
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|100 metres
|data-sort-value="011.74"|11.74
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="023.27"|23.27
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="051.90"|51.90
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|400 metres hurdles
|data-sort-value="056.14"|56.14
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 100 m relay
|data-sort-value="044.87"|44.87
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="212.95"|3:32.95
|-
|rowspan=4|1990
|rowspan=4|[[Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=4|[[Beijing]], China
|4th
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="024.29"|24.29
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="052.86"|52.86
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 100 m relay
|data-sort-value="044.99"|44.99
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="218.45"|3:38.45
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Hiroshima]], Japan
|4th
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="024.29"|24.29
|-
|5th
|4 x 100 relay
|data-sort-value=""|
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="213.34"|3:33.34
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta]], USA
|style="background:#F5A9A9;"|DSQ{{refn|P. T. Usha was a reserve member of the team which was disqualified (DSQ).|group=N}}
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 m relay]]
|data-sort-value="999.99" |—
|-
|rowspan=6|1998
|rowspan=4|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=4|[[Fukuoka]], Japan
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|200 metres
|data-sort-value="023.27"|23.27
|-
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|400 metres
|data-sort-value="052.55"|52.55
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 100 m relay
|data-sort-value="044.43"|44.43
|-
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4 x 400 m relay
|data-sort-value="214.04"|3:34.04
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bangkok]], Thailand
|6th
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]]
|data-sort-value="054.37"|54.37
|-
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m relay]]
|data-sort-value="044.77"|44.77
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Indian records in athletics]]
* [[List of Indian sportswomen]]
* [[List of Kerala Olympians]]

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Indra|title=India's 50 Most Illustrious Women|date=2003|publisher=Icon Publications|isbn=8188086037|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0gaAAAACAAJ}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ptusha.com/}}
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