# India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Leander Paes' bronze in the men's tennis event was the only medal won by the country. It had been 44 years since an Indian last won an individual medal at the Olympics (K. D. Jadhav earned bronze for freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Helsinki). The medal was also India's first since their men's hockey team won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Subash Razdan, a prominent Indian American community leader in Atlanta was appointed Attache for India by the Indian Olympic Association. He also served as the acting chef-de-mission for the Indian contingent.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Leander Paes | Tennis | Men's singles | August 3 |

## Competitors

There were 49 athletes who took part in the medal events across 13 sports.
| Sport | Men | Women | Athletes | Events |
| Archery | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Athletics | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 40 | 9 | 49 | 31 |

## 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.
| 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 |
| Changte Lalremsaga | Men's Individual | 650 | 32 | Andrew Lindsay (NZL) W 169–156 | Michele Frangilli (ITA) L 158–164 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Limba Ram | Men's Individual | 644 | 44 | Paul Vermeiren (BEL) L 140–165 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Skalzang Dorje | Men's Individual | 634 | 55 | Matteo Bisiani (ITA) L 156–167 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Limba Ram Skalzang Dorje Changte Lalremsaga | Men's Team | 1928 | 14 | — | — | United States (USA) L 235–251 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Track And Road Events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bahadur Prasad | Men's 1500 Meter | 3:46.16 | 8 | Did not advance |
| Beenamol Mathew Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Shiny Wilson | Women's 4 x 400m relay | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Shakti Singh | Men's Discus Throw | 56.58m | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Deepankar Bhattacharya | Men's Singles | Bye | Heryanto Arbi (INA) L (5–15, 4–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| P.V.V. Lakshmi | Women's Singles | Anne Gibson (GBR) W (11–6, 11–6) | Katarzyna Krasowska (POL) L (5–11, 6–11) | Did not advance | 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 |
| Debendra Thapa | Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) | Masibulele Makepula (RSA) L RCS-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gurcharn Singh | Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) | Enrique Flores (PUR) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lakha Singh | Men's Heavyweight (91 kg) | Wojciech Bartnik (POL) L 2–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Horse | Dressage | Cross Country | Jumping | Total | Rank |
| Indrajit Lamba | Individual Eventing | Karishma | 79.40 | EL | | EL | |

## Field Hockey

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

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 |
| Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 |
| Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |
* 20 July 1996 20:00
| India | 0–1 | Argentina |
| | Report | P. Lombi 45' |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Amin Ayman (EGY)
* 22 July 1996 17:30
| Germany | 1–1 | India |
| Saliger 66' | Report | M. Kumar 62' |
* Umpires: Roger St Rose (TRI) Floris Idenburg (NED)
* 24 July 1996 09:00
| United States | 0–4 | India |
| | Report | R. Singh 10' Pillay 28', 46' S. Kumar 69' |
* Umpires: Craig Madden (GBR) Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* 26 July 1996 17:30
| Pakistan | 0–0 | India |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Craig Madden (GBR)
* 28 July 1996 20:00
| Spain | 1–3 | India |
| Escudé 33' | Report | Ferreira 21', 41' Varkey 59' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

### Crossover

* 31 July 1996 11:00
| India | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| R. Singh 14' Ferreira 39' Kumar 42' | Report | Shin Seok-kyo 22', 66' Park Shin-heum 49' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–5 | |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Guillaume Langle (FRA)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 2 August 1996 11:00
| India | 3–4 | Great Britain |
| Dhillon 2' R. Singh 29' Powar 70' | Report | Shaw 24' Laslett 43' Wyatt 53' Mayer 56' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TRI) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
8th Place Finish

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Repachage | Repachage | Final/BM | Final/BM |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final/BM | Final/BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Narender Singh | Men's 60 kg | Sullivan (IRL) Won | Bagirov (BLR) Loss | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Najib Aga | Men's 65 kg | — | Csák (HUN) Loss | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | MacKinnon (RSA) Loss | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sunith Thakur | Women's 52 kg | — | Bye | Sugawara (JPN) Loss | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arti Kohli | Women's 72 kg | — | Rodriguez (CUB) Loss | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jaspal Rana | Men's 10 m Air Pistol | 574 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaspal Rana | Men's 50 m Air Pistol | 534 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mansher Singh | Men's Trap | 118 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Swim-Off | Swim-Off | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sebastian Xavier | Men's 50m Freestyle | 23.80 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sangeeta Puri | Women's 50m Freestyle | 28.02 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chetan Baboor | Men's Singles | Chila (FRA) L 1–2 | Kreanga (GRE) L 0–2 | Toriola (NGR) L 1–2 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ambika Radhika | Women's Singles | Bădescu (ROU) L 0–2 | Paškauskienė (LTU) L 0–2 | Vriesekoop (NED) L 0–2 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round 64 | Round 32 | Round 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Leander Paes | Men's Singles | Reneberg (USA) W 6–7, 7–6,1–0 ret | Pereira (VEN) W 6–2, 6–3 | Enqvist (SWE) W 7–5, 7–6 | Furlan (ITA) W 6–1, 7–5 | Agassi (USA) L 6–7, 3–6 | Meligeni (BRA) W 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | Men's Doubles | — | Bing / Jiaping (CHN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Woodbridge / Woodforde (AUS) L 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Event | Athlete | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Badathala Adisekhar | Men's 54 kg | 105.0 | 125.0 | 230.0 | 18 |
| Raghavan Chanderasekaran | Men's 59 kg | 112.5 | 140.0 | 252.5 | 11 |
| Sandeep Kumar | Men's 64 kg | 110.0 | 142.5 | 252.5 | 33 |
| Samsudeen Kabeer | Men's 70 kg | 125.0 | 150.0 | 275.0 | 23 |
| Satheesha Rai | Men's 76 kg | 140.0 | 177.5 | 317.4 | 15 |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | |
| Athlete | Event | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Round Type Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pappu Yadav | Men's Greco-Roman 52kg | 1/16 Finals  Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) Loss 0-4ST | Repachage  Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR) Loss 0-4ST | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |