# India at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.
Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes in tennis men's doubles and Kunjarani Devi in weightlifting women's 48 kg category.
Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth (women's weightlifting 53 kg category), but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.

## Medalists

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

## Competitors

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

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 | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tarundeep Rai | Individual | 647 | 32 | Karageorgiou (GRE) L 143–147 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Majhi Sawaiyan | Individual | 657 | 22 | Wunderle (USA) L 128–145 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Satyadev Prasad Tarundeep Rai Majhi Sawaiyan | Team | 1938 | 10 | — | — | Australia (AUS) L 236–248 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

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

## Athletics

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).

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | 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 | Did not advance |

### Field events

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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Saraswati Saha | 200 m | 23.43 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | — | — | — | — | 3:28.51 | 7 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Bobby Aloysius | High jump | 1.85 | =28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Seema Antil | Discus throw | 60.64 | 14 | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance |
| Neelam Jaswant Singh | Discus throw | 60.26 | 17 | Did not advance | 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

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

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

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the Indian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Gerhard Rach
* Devesh Chauhan (GK)
* Dilip Tirkey
* Sandeep Singh
* Ignace Tirkey
* Prabhjot Singh
* Deepak Thakur
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Gagan Ajit Singh
* Adrian D'Souza (GK)
* William Xalco
* Viren Rasquinha
* Arjun Halappa
* Adam Sinclair
* Harpal Singh
* Vikram Pillay

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 15 August 2004 20:30
| Netherlands | 3 – 1 | India |
| Eikelboom 2' De Nooijer 50' Taekema 54' | Report | G. A. Singh 69' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Jason McCracken (NZL)
* 17 August 2004 18:00
| South Africa | 2 – 4 | India |
| Nicol 7' Fulton 12' | Report | D. Pillay 27' B. Singh 41' D. Tirkey 69' G. A. Singh 70' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) David Leiper (GBR)
* 19 August 2004 20:30
| Australia | 4 – 3 | India |
| Elder 11' Dwyer 38' McCann 49' Brennan 70' | Report | Thakur 6' G. A. Singh 50' Halappa 52' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)
* 21 August 2004 10:30
| India | 1 – 2 | New Zealand |
| D. Pillay 62' | Report | Burrows 36' Shaw 70+' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Xavier Adell (ESP)
* 23 August 2004 20:00
| India | 2 – 2 | Argentina |
| G. A. Singh 33', 60' | Report | Vila 52', 69' |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Peter Elders (NED)

#### 5th-8th Place Semifinal

* 25 August 2004 20:30
| Pakistan | 3 – 0 | India |
| Aziz 43' Abbas 59' Shabbir 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

#### 7th-8th Place Final

* 27 August 2004 08:30
| South Korea | 2 – 5 | India |
| Ji Seong-Hwan 57' Kang Seong-Jung 58' | Report | G. A. Singh 4', 11' V. Pillay 15' P. Singh 32' Sinclair 68' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Peter Elders (NED)

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Williams-Murray (USA) W 1100–0000 | Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Indian rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | 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

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

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | 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

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | 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 | Did not advance |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Double trap | 135 | 5 Q | 179 | |
| Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Trap | 116 | =19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mansher Singh | Trap | 115 | =21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

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

## Swimming
### Women

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

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mouma Das | Women's singles | Komwong (THA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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

Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | 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.

## Wrestling

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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 |
| Sushil Kumar | −60 kg | Quintana (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Djorev (BUL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ramesh Kumar | −66 kg | Taskoudis (GRE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Hovhannisyan (ARM) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Sujeet Maan | −74 kg | Obata (JPN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Fundora (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 |
| Anuj Kumar | −84 kg | Khodaei (IRI) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Yokoyama (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |