India at the 2004 Summer Olympics

India at the
2004 Summer Olympics
India at the; 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Athens
Competitors	73 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Anju Bobby George
Medals; Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances
	1900; 1904–1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

India competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The Indian Olympic Association sent a total of 73 athletes, 48 men, and 28 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India had its representation in these Olympic games. As a pleasant surprise, the shooting team came successful with a silver medal, the winner being Capt. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He was the first Indian to win an individual silver medal.^[2]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Shooting	Men's double trap	August 17

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:


Sports	Men	Women	Total	Events
Archery	3	3	6	4
Athletics	4	13	17	9
Badminton	2	1	3	2
Boxing	4	0	4	4
Field hockey	16	0	16	1
Judo	1	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1	1
Sailing	2	0	2	1
Shooting	5	3	8	5
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2	2
Tennis	2	0	2	1
Weightlifting	0	3	3	3
Wrestling	7	0	7	7
Total	48	25	73	43

Archery[edit]

Three Indian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Satyadev Prasad	Individual	634	48	Hamano (JPN) W 155–150	van der Hoff (NED) W 158–155	Im D-H (KOR) L 165–167	Did not advance
Tarundeep Rai		647	32	Karageorgiou (GRE) L 143–147	Did not advance
Majhi Sawaiyan		657	22	Wunderle (USA) L 128–145	Did not advance
Satyadev Prasad Tarundeep Rai Majhi Sawaiyan	Team	1938	10	N/A		Australia (AUS) L 236–248	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dola Banerjee	Individual	642	13	Lewis (RSA) L 131–141	Did not advance
Reena Kumari		620	43	Esebua (GEO) W 153–149	Chhoden (BHU) W 134 (7)–134 (4)	Yuan S-C (TPE) L 148–166	Did not advance
Sumangala Sharma		638	20	Chen L-J (TPE) W 142–133	Lewis (RSA) L 153–157	Did not advance
Dola Banerjee Reena Kumari Sumangala Sharma	Team	1900	5	N/A		Great Britain (GBR) W 230–228	France (FRA) L 227–228	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[3]^[4]

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	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
K. M. Binu	400 m	45.48 NR	3 q	45.97	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vikas Gowda	Discus throw	61.39	14	Did not advance
Anil Kumar	Discus throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Bahadur Singh	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Saraswati Saha	200 m	23.43	5	Did not advance
K. M. Beenamol Sathi Geetha Manjit Kaur* Rajwinder Kaur Chitra K. Soman	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.89 NR	3 Q	N/A				3:28.51	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bobby Aloysius	High jump	1.85	=28	Did not advance
Seema Antil	Discus throw	60.64	14	Did not advance
Anju Bobby George	Long jump	6.69	9 Q	6.83 NR	5
Harwant Kaur	Discus throw	60.82	13	Did not advance
Neelam Jaswant Singh	Discus throw	60.26	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Soma Biswas	Result	13.86	1.70	12.01	24.50	5.92	44.84	2:12.27	5965	24
Soma Biswas	Points	998	855	662	933	825	760	932	5965	24
Shobha Javur	Result	13.53	1.67	12.52	23.41	6.36	44.36	2:17.28	6172	11
Shobha Javur	Points	1046	818	696	1038	962	751	861	6172	11

Badminton[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abhinn Shyam Gupta	Men's singles	Park T-S (KOR) L 12–15, 0–15	Did not advance
Nikhil Kanetkar	Men's singles	Llopis (ESP) W 15–7, 13–15, 15–13	Gade (DEN) L 10–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Aparna Popat	Women's singles	Edwards (RSA) W 11–6, 11–3	Audina (NED) L 11–9, 1–11, 3–11	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akhil Kumar	Flyweight	Thomas (FRA) L 16–37	Did not advance
Diwakar Prasad	Bantamweight	Ait Bighrade (MAR) W 25–17	Bolum (NGR) L RSC	Did not advance
Vijender Singh	Light welterweight	Karagöllü (TUR) L 20–25	Did not advance
Jitender Kumar	Light heavyweight	Fedchuk (UKR) L RSC	Did not advance

Field hockey[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

Template:2004 Summer Olympics India men's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2004 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group B standings

15 August 2004
20:30

Template:Fh-rt	3 – 1	India
Eikelboom Template:Fhgoal De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal	Report	G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Jason McCracken (NZL)

17 August 2004
18:00

Template:Fh-rt	2 – 4	India
Nicol Template:Fhgoal Fulton Template:Fhgoal	Report	D. Pillay Template:Fhgoal B. Singh Template:Fhgoal D. Tirkey Template:Fhgoal G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
David Leiper (GBR)

19 August 2004
20:30

Template:Fh-rt	4 – 3	India
Elder Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal McCann Template:Fhgoal Brennan Template:Fhgoal	Report	Thakur Template:Fhgoal G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal Halappa Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
John Wright (RSA)

21 August 2004
10:30

Template:Fh-rt	1 – 2	New Zealand
D. Pillay Template:Fhgoal	Report	Burrows Template:Fhgoal Shaw Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

23 August 2004
20:00

Template:Fh-rt	2 – 2	Argentina
G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal	Report	Vila Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Peter Elders (NED)

5th-8th Place Semifinal

25 August 2004
20:30

Template:Fh-rt	3 – 0	India
Aziz Template:Fhgoal Abbas Template:Fhgoal Shabbir Template:Fhgoal	Report

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

7th-8th Place Final

27 August 2004
08:30

Template:Fh-rt	2 – 5	India
Ji Seong-Hwan Template:Fhgoal Kang Seong-Jung Template:Fhgoal	Report	G. A. Singh Template:Fhgoal V. Pillay Template:Fhgoal P. Singh Template:Fhgoal Sinclair Template:Fhgoal

Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Peter Elders (NED)

Judo[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akram Shah	Men's −60 kg	Tsagaanbaatar (MGL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Williams-Murray (USA) W 1100–0000	Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Rowing[edit]

Indian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paulose Pandari Kunnel	Single sculls	8:00.11	5 R	7:29.47	4 SD/E	7:48.38	5 FE	7:22.63	27

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; R=Repechage

Sailing[edit]

Indian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Sumeet Patel Malav Shroff	49er	17	19	18	15	18	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	~~DNS~~	19	17	18	253	19

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting[edit]

Eight Indian shooters (five men and three women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abhinav Bindra	10 m air rifle	597	3 Q	694.6	7
Gagan Narang	10 m air rifle	593	12	Did not advance
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Double trap	135	5 Q	179
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap	116	=19	Did not advance
Mansher Singh	Trap	115	=21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anjali Bhagwat	10 m air rifle	393	=20	Did not advance
Anjali Bhagwat	50 m rifle 3 positions	575	=13	Did not advance
Deepali Deshpande	50 m rifle 3 positions	572	19	Did not advance
Suma Shirur	10 m air rifle	396	7 Q	497.2	8

Swimming[edit]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shikha Tandon	50 m freestyle	27.08	40	Did not advance
Shikha Tandon	100 m freestyle	59.70	46	Did not advance

Table tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sharath Kamal	Men's singles	Boudjadja (ALG) W 4–1	Ko L C (HKG) L 0–4	Did not advance
Mouma Das	Women's singles	Komwong (THA) L 0–4	Did not advance

Tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Men's doubles	Fish / Roddick (USA) W 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Allegro / Federer (SUI) W 6–2, 7–6^(9–7)	Black / Ullyett (ZIM) W 6–4, 6–4	Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) L 2–6, 3–6	Ančić / Ljubičić (CRO) L 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 14–16	4

Weightlifting[edit]

Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kunjarani Devi	Women's −48 kg	82.5	=4	107.5	4	190	4
Sanamacha Chanu	Women's −53 kg	82.5	6	107.5	4	~~190~~	DSQ
Karnam Malleswari	Women's −63 kg	~~100.0~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

* Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.^[5]

Wrestling[edit]

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	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yogeshwar Dutt	−55 kg	Tanabe (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Abdullayev (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	3	Did not advance			18
Sushil Kumar	−60 kg	Quintana (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	Djorev (BUL) W 3–0 ^PO	2	Did not advance			14
Ramesh Kumar	−66 kg	Taskoudis (GRE) L 1–3 ^PP	Hovhannisyan (ARM) W 3–1 ^PP	3	Did not advance			10
Sujeet Maan	−74 kg	Obata (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Fundora (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	3	Did not advance			18
Anuj Kumar	−84 kg	Khodaei (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	Yokoyama (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	3	Did not advance			16
Palwinder Singh Cheema	−120 kg	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–4 ^ST	Garmulewicz (POL) L 1–3 ^PP	3	Did not advance			15

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mukesh Khatri	−55 kg	Mamedaliyev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Jabłoński (POL) L 0–3 ^PO	3	Did not advance			21

References[edit]

↑ "Anju George will be India's flag-bearer". Deccan Herald. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
↑ Participation of the Indian Olympic Team in the Athens 2004 Olympics, ELINEPA, 2004.
↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
↑ "Chanu stripped of fourth-place finish". ESPN. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links[edit]

Template:Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

[1] "Anju George will be India's flag-bearer". Deccan Herald. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[2] Participation of the Indian Olympic Team in the Athens 2004 Olympics, ELINEPA, 2004.

[3] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

[4] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[5] "Chanu stripped of fourth-place finish". ESPN. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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