India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 Limba Ram — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Discus Throw

Shakti Singh

Qualification — 56.58m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Beenamol Mathew, Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, and Shiny Wilson

Qualification — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 Meter

Bahadur Prasad (IND)3:46.16 (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Women's singles Competition

Pvv Lakshimi

1. Round of 64 Defeated Anne Gibson Great Britain (11-6, 11-6)
2. Round of 32 Lost Katarzyna Krasowska Poland (5-11, 6-11)

Men's singles Competition

Deepankar Bhattacharya

1. Round of 64 Bye
2. Round of 32 Lost Heryanto Arbi Indonesia {5-15, 4_15}

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Thapa Debendra

1. First Round — Lost to Makepula Masibulele (South Africa) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Gurcharn Singh

1. First Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Lakha Singh

1. First Round — Lost to Woiciech Bartnik (Poland), 2-14

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A):

India – Argentina 0 - 1

India – Germany 1 - 1

India – United States 4 - 0

India – Pakistan 0 - 0

India – Spain 3 - 1

Classification Matches:

5th/8th place: India – South Korea 3 - 3 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5 - 3)

7th/8th place: India – Great Britain 3 - 4 → 8th place

Team Roster:

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

Judo

Men's 60 kg

Narender Singh

Men's 65 kg

Najib Aga

Women's 52 kg

Sunith Thakur

Shooting

Jaspal Rana - 45th position in 50 metre pistol

Jaspal Rana - 29th position in 10 metre air pistol

Mansher Singh - 31st position in Trap.

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Sebastian Xavier

1. Heat – 23.80 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Leander Paes → Bronze Medal

1. First round — Defeated Richey Reneberg (United States) 6-7 7-6 1-0 retired
2. Second round — Defeated Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-2 6-3
3. Third round — Defeated Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 7-5 7-6
4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Renzo Furlan (Italy) 6-1 7-5
5. Semi Finals — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 6-7 3-6
6. Bronze Medal Match — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 3-6 6-2 6-4

Men's Doubles Competition

Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes

1. First round — Defeated Pan Bing & Xia Jiaping (China) 4-6 6-4 6-4
2. Second round —Lost T. Woodbridge & M. Woodforde (Australia) 6-4 2-6 2-6

Weightlifting

Men's 54 kg

Badathala Adisekhar

Final — 105.0 + 125.0 = 230.0(→ 18 place)

Men's 59 kg

Raghavan Chandrasekharan

Final — 112.5 + 140.0 = 252.5(→ 11 place)

Men's 64 kg

Sandeep Kumar

Final — 110.0+ 142.5= 252.5(→ 33 place)

Men's 70 kg

Samsudeen Kabeer

Final — 125.0+ 150.0= 275.0(→ 23 place)

Men's 76 kg

Satheesha Rai

Final — 140.0+ 177.5= 317.5(→15 place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

Pappu Yadav