# India at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. A total of 83 athletes, 60 men and 23 women, competed in 13 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India was represented in these Olympic Games. India also marked its Olympic return in weightlifting, after the International Weightlifting Federation imposed a two-year suspension for the nation's athletes because of a doping scandal in Beijing.
The Indian team featured several Olympic medalists from Beijing, including rifle shooter and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, who failed to advance into the final rounds of his event in London. Wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar, chosen by the Indian Olympic Association to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, managed to claim another medal by winning silver in the men's freestyle wrestling.
This was India's 2nd most successful Olympics in terms of total medals, they won a total of 6 medals (2 silver and 4 bronze), doubling the nation's previous record (3 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics). Two medals were awarded to athletes in shooting and wrestling. Female Indian athletes won two Olympic medals in one Games for the first time. The two athletes were badminton player and world junior champion Saina Nehwal, who became the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic bronze medal in the women's singles, and boxer Mary Kom, who lost to Great Britain's Nicola Adams in the semi-final match and received a bronze medal in the first ever women's flyweight event.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Vijay Kumar | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 3 August |
| Silver | Sushil Kumar | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 66 kg | 12 August |
| Bronze | Gagan Narang | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle | 30 July |
| Bronze | Saina Nehwal | Badminton | Women's singles | 4 August |
| Bronze | Mary Kom | Boxing | Women's flyweight | 8 August |
| Bronze | Yogeshwar Dutt | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg | 11 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total | Event |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Athletics | 8 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| Badminton | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Boxing | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Field hockey | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Shooting | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tennis | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 60 | 23 | 83 | 55 |

## Archery

Six Indian archers qualified for the London Olympics – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve.

### 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 |
| Jayanta Talukdar | Individual | 650 | 53 | Wukie (USA) (12) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rahul Banerjee | Individual | 655 | 46 | Gantögs (MGL) (19) W 6–0 | Dobrowolski (POL) (14) L 3–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tarundeep Rai | Individual | 664 | 31 | Stevens (CUB) (34) W 6–5 | Kim B-M (KOR) (2) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jayanta Talukdar Rahul Banerjee Tarundeep Rai | Team | 1969 | 12 | — | — | Japan (JPN) (5) L 214 (27)–214 (29) | 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 |
| Laishram Bombayla Devi | Individual | 651 | 22 | Psarra (GRE) (43) W 6–4 | Román (MEX) (11) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Deepika Kumari | Individual | 662 | 8 | Oliver (GBR) (57) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chekrovolu Swuro | Individual | 625 | 50 | Nichols (USA) (15) L 5–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laishram Bombayla Devi Deepika Kumari Chekrovolu Swuro | Team | 1938 | 9 | — | — | Denmark (DEN) (8) L 210–211 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Athletics

Fourteen Indian athletes qualified for the Athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).:

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Basanta Bahadur Rana | 50 km walk | 3:56:48 NR | 36 |
| Baljinder Singh | 20 km walk | 1:25:39 | 43 |
| Gurmeet Singh | 20 km walk | 1:23:34 | 33 |
| Irfan Kolothum Thodi | 20 km walk | 1:20:21 NR | 10 |
| Ram Singh Yadav | Marathon | 2:30:06 | 78 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Vikas Gowda | Discus throw | 65.20 | 5 Q | 64.79 | 8 |
| Om Prakash Karhana | Shot put | 19.86 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Renjith Maheshwary | Triple jump | NM | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Tintu Luka | 800 m | 2:01.75 | 3 Q | 1:59.69 SB | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sudha Singh | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:48.86 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mayookha Johny | Triple jump | 13.77 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sahana Kumari | High jump | 1.80 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Seema Antil | Discus throw | 61.91 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Krishna Poonia | Discus throw | 63.54 | 8 Q | 63.62 | 6 |

### 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
* SB = Seasonal best
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

## Badminton

5 Indian badminton players qualified for the London Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Parupalli Kashyap | Men's singles | Y Tan (BEL) W 21–14, 21–12 | Nguyễn T M (VIE) W 21–9, 21–14 | — | 1 Q | N Karunaratne (SRI) W 21–14, 15–21, 21–9 | Lee C W (MAS) L 19–21, 11–21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Saina Nehwal | Women's singles | S Jaquet (SUI) W 21–9, 21–4 | L Tan (BEL) W 21–4, 21–14 | — | 1 Q | Yao J (NED) W 21–14, 21–16 | T Baun (DEN) W 21–15, 22–20 | Wang YH (CHN) L 13–21, 13–21 | Wang X (CHN) W 18–21, 0–1$^{ret}$ | |
| Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa | Women's doubles | M Fujii / R Kakiiwa (JPN) L 21–16, 21–18 | Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) W 25–23, 16–21, 21–18 | S M Sari / Yao L (SIN) W 21–16, 21–15 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | Mixed doubles | T Ahmad / L Natsir (INA) L 16–21, 12–21 | T Laybourn / K Rytter Juhl (DEN) L 12–21, 16–21 | Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) L 15–21, 15–21 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

Eight Indian boxers qualified for the London Olympics.

### Men

| 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 |
| Devendro Singh | Light flyweight | Molina (HON) W RSC | Serdamba (MGL) W 16–11 | Barnes (IRL) L 18–23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shiva Thapa | Bantamweight | Valdez (MEX) L 9–14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jai Bhagwan | Lightweight | Allisop (SEY) W 18–8 | Zhailaouv (KAZ) L 8–16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manoj Kumar | Light welterweight | Hudayberdiyev (TKM) W 13–7 | Stalker (GBR) L 16–20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vikas Krishan Yadav | Welterweight | Bye | Spence (USA) L 13–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vijender Singh | Middleweight | Suzhanov (KAZ) W 14–10 | Gausha (USA) W 16–15 | Atoev (UZB) L 13–17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sumit Sangwan | Light heavyweight | Falcão (BRA) L 14–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mary Kom | Flyweight | Michalczuk (POL) W 19–14 | Rahali (TUN) W 15–6 | Adams (GBR) L 6–11 | Did not advance | |

## Field hockey

The Indian national Hockey team, on 26 February 2012, had qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the qualifying tournament against France with a score of 8–1.
India was placed in Pool B of the men's tournament.

### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following was the Indian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head Coach: Michael Nobbs
* Ignace Tirkey
* Sandeep Singh
* Bharat Chettri (C, GK)
* Manpreet Singh
* Sardara Singh (VC)
* Dharamvir Singh
* V. R. Raghunath
* Gurbaj Singh
* Tushar Khandker
* S. K. Uthappa
* P. R. Shreejesh (GK)
* Danish Mujtaba
* Shivendra Singh
* Gurwinder Singh Chandi
* Sowmarpet Sunil
* Birendra Lakra
Reserves:
* Sarvanjit Singh
* Kothajit Singh

#### Group play

All times are British Summer Time, (UTC+1).
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 5 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
* 30 July 2012 16:00
| Netherlands | 3–2 | India |
| Van der Horst 20' Weusthof 29' Van der Weerden 51' | Report | D. Singh 45' Sh. Singh 48' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 1 August 2012 13:45
| New Zealand | 3–1 | India |
| Hayward 13' Burrows 24' Wilson 29' | Report | San. Singh 2' |
* Umpires: Ged Curran (GBR) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 3 August 2012 13:45
| Germany | 5–2 | India |
| Fuchs 7', 16', 36' Korn 24' Wesley 34' | Report | Raghunath 13' Khandker 62' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 5 August 2012 13:15
| India | 1–4 | South Korea |
| Chandi 10' | Report | Jang 6' Nam 59', 70' Seo 68' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
* 7 August 2012 16:00
| India | 0–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | Dekeyser 15' Boccard 47' Boon 67' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

#### 11th–12th Place

* 11 August 2012 08:30
| South Africa | 3–2 | India |
| Cronje 8' Drummond 34' Norris-Jones 65' | Report | San. Singh 14' D. Singh 67' |
* Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)
This was the worst show ever by India at the Olympics.

## Judo

There was only one Indian judoka at the London Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Garima Chaudhary | Women's −63 kg | Ueno (JPN) L 0000–0100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

India had qualified the following boats.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sawarn Singh | Single sculls | 6:54.04 | 4 R | 7:00:49 | 1 Q | 7:11.59 | 4 SC/D | 7:36.25 | 2 FC | 7:29.66 | 16 |
| Sandeep Kumar Manjeet Singh | Lightweight double sculls | 6:56.60 | 4 R | 6:54.20 | 6 SC/D | — | — | 7:19.31 | 4 FD | 7:08.39 | 19 |
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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Shooting

Eleven Indian shooters qualified for the London Olympics, with seven male and four female competitors. India had earned 11 quotas in shooting events. India has been most successful in this category this year with Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar winning bronze and silver medals respectively.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Abhinav Bindra | 10 m air rifle | 594 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joydeep Karmakar | 50 m rifle prone | 595 | 7 Q | 699.1 | 4 |
| Vijay Kumar | 10 m air pistol | 570 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vijay Kumar | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 4 Q | 30 | |
| Gagan Narang | 10 m air rifle | 598 | 3 Q | 701.1 | |
| Gagan Narang | 50 m rifle prone | 593 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gagan Narang | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1164 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sanjeev Rajput | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1161 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Trap | 119 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ronjan Sodhi | Double trap | 134 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shagun Chowdhary | Trap | 61 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rahi Sarnobat | 25 m pistol | 579 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Heena Sidhu | 10 m air pistol | 382 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Annuraj Singh | 25 m pistol | 575 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Annuraj Singh | 10 m air pistol | 378 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

India had gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ullalmath Gagan | 1500 m freestyle | 16:31.14 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

India had won 2 quotas in table tennis.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | 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 | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Soumyajit Ghosh | Men's singles | Bye | Tsuboi (BRA) W 4–2 | Kim H-B (PRK) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ankita Das | Women's singles | Bye | Ramirez (ESP) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tennis

India had won 7 quotas in tennis.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Somdev Devvarman | Singles | Nieminen (FIN) L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vishnu Vardhan | Singles | Kavčič (SLO) L 3–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | Doubles | — | Bury / Mirnyi (BLR) W 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 8–6 | Benneteau / Gasquet (FRA) L 3–6, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leander Paes Vishnu Vardhan | Doubles | — | Haase / Rojer (NED) W 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 4–6, 6–2 | Llodra / Tsonga (FRA) L 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| 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 |
| Rushmi Chakravarthi Sania Mirza | Doubles | Chuang C-j / Hsieh S-w (TPE) L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Leander Paes Sania Mirza | Doubles | Ivanovic / Zimonjić (SRB) W 6–2, 6–4 | Azarenka / Mirnyi (BLR) L 5–7, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

India had won 2 quotas in weightlifting.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Katulu Ravi Kumar | Men's −69 kg | 136 | 16 | 167 | 15 | 303 | 15 |
| Ngangbam Soniya Chanu | Women's −48 kg | 74 | 8 | 97 | 7 | 171 | 7 |

## Wrestling

India had won 5 quotas in the following events.
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 | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amit Kumar | −55 kg | Bye | Rahimi (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Khinchegashvili (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Velikov (BUL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | 10 |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | −60 kg | Guidea (BUL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kudukhov (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | did not advance | did not advance | Gómez (PUR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Esmaeilpour (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Ri J-M (PRK) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Sushil Kumar | −66 kg | Bye | Şahin (TUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Navruzov (UZB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Tanatarov (KAZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Yonemitsu (JPN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | |
| Narsingh Pancham Yadav | −74 kg | Bye | Gentry (CAN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 14 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Geeta Phogat | −55 kg | Bye | Verbeek (CAN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | Bye | Lazareva (UKR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | 13 |

## Controversies
### Opening ceremony

An unknown woman in civilian attire was seen walking at the head of the Indian Olympic team's march past during the Parade of Nations. Her presence attracted media attention throughout India and raised questions about security at the Olympic Games. The woman was subsequently identified as Madhura Nagendra (incorrectly referred to by some sources as Madhura Honey), a graduate student from Bangalore living in London and a dancer in a segment of the opening ceremony co-ordinated by Danny Boyle. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games issued an apology to the Indian contingent over the incident and revoked Nagendra's Olympic security accreditation. On her return to India, Nagendra issued a public apology for her "error of judgement".

### Boxing

Boxer Sumit Sangwan lost a closely contested bout 14–15 against Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino of Brazil in the light heavyweight category round of 32. The ESPN commentators described the loss as "daylight robbery". India's acting chef-de-mission Brigadier P. K. M. Raja, on the insistence of Sports Minister Ajay Maken, lodged an unsuccessful appeal against the judges' decision believing he had won.
A win by Vikas Krishan in the welterweight pre-quarters was overturned after an appeal by the opponent Errol Spence. The Indian was given four penalty points and the score was changed from 11–13 to 15–13 in favour of Errol Spence. The decision was overturned citing the nine holding fouls committed by the Indian boxer in the third round and for spitting out the gumshield intentionally. As the jury's decision was final, no further appeal by the Indians were permitted. India through its Acting Chef de Mission Brigadier PKM Raja approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but the appeal was rejected.
Boxer Manoj Kumar lost his pre quarterfinal light welterweight bout against Great Britain's Tom Stalker in a controversial manner. The boxer was at the wrong end of some of the judging calls and he cried "cheating" openly before leaving the boxing arena.

### Badminton

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa missed out on a badminton - women's doubles quarterfinal berth by a difference of one point after tying with Japan and Taipei on points. Prior to India's final group game, the Japanese partnership of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa lost to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen Hsing and Chien Yu Chin. On behalf of the Badminton Association of India, a protest was lodged saying that the match between Japan and Chinese Taipei was fixed and that Japan had deliberately lost that match in order to have a better draw in the next round. The Indian appeal was turned down by force.