India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association

Indian Olympic Association

The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events...

 (IOA). A contingent of 56 athletes represented India, and they had a support-staff of 42 officials. The athletics contingent was the largest, with 17 athletes.

For the first time since 1928

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

, the Indian Men's Hockey Team was unable to take part in the Summer Olympics due to its failure to qualify. A two-year ban imposed by the International Weightlifting Federation

International Weightlifting Federation

The International Weightlifting Federation , headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 187 member nations. The IWF president is Dr...

 after the 2006 Commonwealth Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...

 doping scandal originally resulted in only one Olympic weightlifter, Monika Devi

Monika Devi

Laishram Monika Devi is an Indian weightlifter from Manipur who won the silver medal in the Women's 69 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Monika was originally part of the Indian squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's 68 kg category, but was dropped after the Weighlifting...

 from India being scheduled to compete, but she too failed a drug test, and was also withdrawn. However, on August 9 it was declared she was clean, but the event she was supposed to participate in, had already closed.

On August 11, 2008, Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Singh Bindra is an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event...

 won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting

Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 event. In doing so, he won the first ever individual gold medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India at the Beijing Games. The previous highest individual achievements for India were two silver medals won by Norman Pritchard

Norman Pritchard

Norman Gilbert Pritchard was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway...

, an Englishman born in India representing Great Britain, at the 1900 Paris Olympics and one silver medal won by the 2008 flagbearer Rajyavardhan Rathore at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar (wrestler)

Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian World Champion wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of...

 won the second ever wrestling medal for India, the first being the bronze earned by Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Mr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav , or KD Jadhav, widely known as 'Pocket Dynamo', was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics, India had won...

 in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vijender Kumar won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India's first-ever Olympic medal in boxing.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw the best ever performance by an Indian contingent, in terms of the number of medals. They won three medals in all (one gold and two bronze medals), surpassing the two silvers by Norman Pritchard

Norman Pritchard

Norman Gilbert Pritchard was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway...

 in 1900 Paris Olympics

India at the 1900 Summer Olympics

One athlete from India competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, thereby being the nation's first appearance at the modern Olympic Games. Olympic historians tend to separate Indian results from British ones despite India's lack of independence, in a similar manner to the separation of...

  and the gold and bronze medals won by the Indian field hockey team and Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Mr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav , or KD Jadhav, widely known as 'Pocket Dynamo', was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics, India had won...

 respectively, at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics

India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.- Gold:* Kunwar Digvijai Singh, Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Rai, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh,...

.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Abhinav Bindra Abhinav Bindra Abhinav Singh Bindra is an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event...	Shooting Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...	Men's 10 m air rifle
	Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar (wrestler) Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian World Champion wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of...	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...	Men's freestyle 66 kg
	Vijender Kumar	Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Middleweight 75 kg

Contingent India in sport

Sport	men	women	events	Medals
Archery	1	3	4
Athletics	3	13	9
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	5	0	5	1
Judo	0	2	2
Rowing	3	0	2
Shooting	7	2	14	1
Swimming	3	1	4
Table Tennis	1	1	2
Tennis	2	2	3
Wrestling	3	0	3	1
Yachting/Sailing	1	0	1
12 sports	28 men	25 women		1 2

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mangal Singh Champia Mangal Singh Champia image:Mangal Champia.JPGMangal Singh Champia is an Indian archer, who won the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna award by President of India for the year 2009...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	678	2	(63) (Won 112-98)	(31) (Lost 109-108)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dola Banerjee Dola Banerjee Dola Banerjee is an Indian sportswoman who competes in archery.-Early life:Dola Banerjee is daughter of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee. She was born in Baranagar near Kolkata. She studied in Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls High School. At the age of nine, she joined Baranagar Archery Club...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	633	31	(34) (Lost 108-108 : Tie Break 8-10)	Did not advance
Bombayala Devi Bombayala Devi Laishram Bombayla Devi is an Indian archer. She represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the women's individual as well as team events, but failed to reach the finals in both events....	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	637	22	(Lost 101-103)	Did not advance
Pranitha Vardhineni Pranitha Devi Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian archer. She attended Rural Development Foundation's Kalleda Rural School before she was selected to attend the Tata Archery Academy....	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	627	37	(28) (Won 106-100)	(5) (Lost 106-99)	Did not advance
Dola Banerjee Dola Banerjee Dola Banerjee is an Indian sportswoman who competes in archery.-Early life:Dola Banerjee is daughter of Ashok Banerjee and Kalpana Banerjee. She was born in Baranagar near Kolkata. She studied in Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls High School. At the age of nine, she joined Baranagar Archery Club... Bombayala Devi Bombayala Devi Laishram Bombayla Devi is an Indian archer. She represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the women's individual as well as team events, but failed to reach the finals in both events.... Pranitha Vardhineni Pranitha Devi Pranitha Vardhineni is an Indian archer. She attended Rural Development Foundation's Kalleda Rural School before she was selected to attend the Tata Archery Academy....	Team Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's team *24 arrow matchThe following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-World rankings entering Olympics:-Ranking Round:-Elimination Round:-Final standings:-Final Match Details:...	1897	6			Bye	(3) (Lost 211-206)	Did not advance		7

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Time/Score	Rank	Time/Score	Rank
Surendra Singh Surendra Singh Surendra Singh is an Indian athlete who represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 10000m race. He placed 26th in the event. He has also represented India at the 2007 Asian Championships in Jordan participating in the 5000m and 10000m events finishing Rank 5 in both. He won...	10000m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best-Splits:...			28:13.97	26	26
Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda is an Indian discus thrower. Born in Mysore, he grew up in Frederick, Maryland in the United States.His personal best throw is 64.96 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Salinas. He contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to reach the finals after finishing 11th in the...	Discus Throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 64.50 m and 62.50 m .-Medalists:...	60.69	22	Did not advance
Renjith Maheswary	Men's Triple Jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 17.10 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:...	15.77	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time/Score	Rank	Time/Score	Rank
Anju George	Women's Long Jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DQ - Disqualified-Final:...	XXX	N/A	Did not advance
Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan is an Indian long-distance runner. She won gold medal in the 10000 meter event and Silver in 5000 metres in the Guangzhou Asian Games. She holds Indian National Record for both 5000 and 10,000 metres.At the 2006 Asian Games she finished fifth in both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres...	Women's 10,000 Meters Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.Both Tirunesh Dibaba and Elvan Abeylegesse completed the race in a time under the old Olympic record, recording the second and third fastest ever women's 10,000 metre times, making Dibaba the new Olympic record holder.-Results:-Splits:...			32:34.64	25
Harwant Kaur Harwant Kaur Harwant Kaur is an Indian discus thrower. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Asian Championships, finished fourth at the 2003 Asian Championships and seventh at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In addition she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and was ranked 13th in the qualifying ronds. Her...	Women's Discus Throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.The qualifying standards were 61.00 m and 59.00 m .-Medalists:...	56.42	17	Did not advance
Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia, is a national woman discus throw champion of India. She led an Indian clean sweep in the women's discus final on 11th October 2010, winning the Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medal with a throw of 61.51 metres.-Early life:...	Women's Discus Throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.The qualifying standards were 61.00 m and 59.00 m .-Medalists:...	58.23	10	Did not advance
Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur is an Indian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to pass the first round...	Women's 400 Meters	52.88	6	Did not advance
Chitra K Soman Raja M Pooyamma Manjeet Kaur Sini Jose Sini Jose Sini Jose is an Indian sprint athlete from Ernakulam district, Kerala who specializes in 400 metres. Sini won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay event with Manjeet Kaur, A. C. Ashwini, and Mandeep Kaur.-Biography:Sini hails from Avoli, a village in... S Geetha	Women's 4x400 Meter Relay Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x400 metre relay The Women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.There were only 16 NOCs competing at this event...	3:28.83	7	Did not advance

Women's Heptathlon

Athlete	100m Hurdles		High Jump		Shot Put		200m Sprint		Long Jump		Javelin		800m Run		Total
	Time	Points	Height	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Score	Rank
J. J. Shobha	13.62s	1033	1.65m	795	13.07m	732	24.62s	922	5.86m	807	43.50m	735	2:27.50s	725	5749	29
Susmita Singha Roy	14.11s	963	1.71m	867	11.27m	613	24.34s	948	5.98m	843	39.79m	663	2:21.14s	808	5705	32
Gudanda Pramila Ganapathy	13.97s	983	1.74m	903	11.66m	639	24.92s	894	6.11m	883	41.27m	692	2:23.46s	777	5771	27

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anup Sridhar Anup Sridhar Anup Sridhar is a male badminton player from India.-Career:Anup Sridhar is India's Thomas Cup captain. Anup's best year on tour so far was 2007 during which he ended the year as the top Indian badminton player with a ranking of 25...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	(Won 21-16 21-14)	(Lost 13-21 17-21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	she become first indian woman to reach quarterfinals of olympic games (Won 21-9 21-8)	(Won 21-18 21-10)	(Won 21-19 11-21 21-11)	Lost 26-28 21-14 21-15	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Overall
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jitender Kumar Jitender Kumar (Flyweight) Jitender Kumar is an Indian flyweight boxer. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Career:...	Flyweight	W (Opponent retired)	W 13 : 6	L 15 : 11	Did not advance
Akhil Kumar Akhil Kumar Akhil Kumar is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an “Open Guarded” boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international Boxing...	Bantamweight	W 12 : 5	W +9 : 9	L 10 : 3	Did not advance
Anthresh Lalit Lakra Anthresh Lalit Lakra Anthresh Lalit Lakra is an Indian boxer who fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a featherweight.-Career:He won the Commonwealth Championships 2005 against Stephen Smith....	Featherweight	L 9 : 5	Did not advance
Vijender Kumar	Middleweight	W 13 : 2	W 13 : 3	W 9 : 4	L 8 : 5	Did not advance
Dinesh Kumar Dinesh Kumar Dinesh Kumar ' is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight.He is coached by Jagdish Singh.He didn't compete in the 2007 World Championships....	Light heavyweight	L 3 : 23 (stopped by referee)	Did not advance

Judo

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Khumujam Tombi Devi Khumujam Tombi Devi Khumujam Tombi Devi is an Indian judoka, who represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She participated in the 48 kg category, but lost to Portugal's Ana Hormigo in the preliminary round.-References:...	−48 kg	Lost	Did not advance
Divya Tewar Divya Tewar Divya Tewar is an Indian judoka. She represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 78 kg category, but failed to qualify for the finals....	−78 kg	(Lost)	Did not advance				(Lost )	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bajranglal Takhar Bajranglal Takhar Bajrang Lal Takhar is an Indian rower who won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou. Takhar is a Naib Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army.- Early days :Bajrang Lal was born in a small village named Balu Baba Ki Dhani in...	Single sculls	7:39.91	3	7:19.01	5 (SC/D)	7:23.00	4 (FD)	7:09.73	21
Devender Kumar Manjeet Singh	Lightweight double sculls	6:37.13	5	7:02.06	5 (SC/D)	6:40.34	3 (FC)	6:44.48	18

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race									Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Nachhatar Singh Johal Nachhatar Singh Johal Nachhatar Singh Johal is an Indian sailor. He was born in Jalandhar. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 23rd in the Finn class.-References:...	Finn	4	24	23	24	11	24	18	24	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Abhinav Bindra Abhinav Bindra Abhinav Singh Bindra is an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event...	10 m air rifle	596	4	104.5	700.5
Gagan Narang Gagan Narang Gagan Narang is an ace Indian shooter, especially in Air rifle shooting, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He is the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics.-Career:...	10 m air rifle	595	9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle Prone	589	35	Did not advance
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1167	13	Did not advance
Sanjeev Rajput Sanjeev Rajput Sanjeev Rajput is an Arjuna Awardee Indian shooter from Yamunanagar, Haryana. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 50m Rifle Prone at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He contested in the men's 50 m rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals...	50 m rifle Prone	591	26	Did not advance
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1162	26	Did not advance
Samaresh Jung Samaresh Jung Samaresh Jung is an Indian sport shooter. He is an air pistol specialist. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won two gold medals, in the men's free pistol pairs and in the open event of 25 m standard pistol pairs, both in partnership with Jaspal Rana...	10 m air pistol	570	42	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	540	42	Did not advance
Mansher Singh Mansher Singh Mansher Singh is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in double trap and trap.At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished in joint eighth place in the trap qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games. In addition, he...	Trap	69	8	Did not advance
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Manavjit Singh Sandhu Manavjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee 2006 and Arjuna Awardee 1998....	Trap	70	12	Did not advance
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an Indian shooter who won the silver medal in Men's Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...	Double trap	131	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Anjali Bhagwat	10 m air rifle	393	29	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	571	32	Did not advance
Avneet Kaur Sidhu	10 m air rifle	389	39	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	552	42	Did not advance

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events...	Men's 50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	22.73	40	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	50.07	42	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:51.86	48	Did not advance
Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal Sandeep Sejwal , is an Indian swimmer. He contested in the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals in both events.-Career:...	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:02.19	38	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:15.24	36	Did not advance
Ankur Poseria	Men's 100m butterfly	54.74	57	Did not advance
Rehan Poncha	Men's 200m butterfly	2:01.89	40	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Achanta Sharath Kamal	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....		won 4-2	L 4-1	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Neha Aggarwal Neha Aggarwal Neha Aggarwal is an Indian table tennis player who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the only woman from India to feature in that discipline. Aggarwal earned her position at the Olympics by defeating Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das, who had been favored to win. The Delhi girl, who...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....	lost 4-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-13, 8-11, 4-11)	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...   Leander Paes Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...	Doubles				Won 6-3,6-3		Won 6-4,6-2		Lost 2-6 4-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...	Singles		Lost 1-6 1-2 (ret)	Did not advance
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...   Sunitha Rao Sunitha Rao Sunitha Manohar Rao is a former American professional tennis player of Indian background. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and has reached many finals in singles.-Early life:...	Doubles				(w/o)		Lost 4-6 4-6	Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage Repechage Repechage is a practice amongst ladder competitions that allows participants that failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round.- Types of repechage :...  Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Bronze Medal Final	Rank
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Yogeshwar Dutt Yogeshwar Dutt Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian wrestler. He is from Sonipat, Haryana.- Career :He started wrestling from a very young age...	60 kg		Won 8-2	Lost 3-6	Did not advance					-
Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar (wrestler) Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian World Champion wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of...	66 kg		Lost 8-1	Did not advance			Won 3-1	Won 3-1	Won 3-1
Rajiv Tomar Rajiv Tomar Rajiv Tomar is an Indian wrestler. He represented India in the men's freestyle 120 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost to Steve Mocco of United States in qualifications.He is from Malakpur in Baraut district in Uttar Pradesh....	120 kg	Lost 0-4	Did not advance							-

External links

• Indian contingent to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (PDF)