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.^[2]

India at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Athens
Competitors	73 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Anju Bobby George[1]
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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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

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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
Reena Kumari		620	43	Esebua (GEO) W 153–149	Chhoden (BHU) W 134 (7)–134 (4)	Yuan S-C (TPE) L 148–166	Did not advance
Sumangala Sharma		638	20	Chen L-J (TPE) W 142–133	Lewis (RSA) L 153–157	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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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).^[3][4]

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
K. M. Binu	400 m	45.48 NR	3 q	45.97	6	Did not advance

Field events

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

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Saraswati Saha	200 m	23.43	5	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		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bobby Aloysius	High jump	1.85	=28	Did not advance
Seema Antil	Discus throw	60.64	14	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
Neelam Jaswant Singh		60.26	17	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
	Points	998	855	662	933	825	760	932
Shobha Javur	Result	13.53	1.67	12.52	23.41	6.36	44.36	2:17.28	6172	11
	Points	1046	818	696	1038	962	751	861

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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
Nikhil Kanetkar		Llopis (ESP) W 15–7, 13–15, 15–13	Gade (DEN) L 10–15, 6–15	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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akhil Kumar	Flyweight	Thomas (FRA) L 16–37	Did not advance
Diwakar Prasad	Bantamweight	Ait Bighrade (MAR) W 25–17	Bolum (NGR) L RSC	Did not advance
Vijender Singh	Light welterweight	Karagöllü (TUR) L 20–25	Did not advance
Jitender Kumar	Light heavyweight	Fedchuk (UKR) L RSC	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Indian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Gerhard Rach

1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
3. Dilip Tirkey
4. Sandeep Singh
6. Ignace Tirkey
7. Prabhjot Singh
8. Deepak Thakur
9. Dhanraj Pillay
10. Baljit Singh Dhillon
11. Gagan Ajit Singh
12. Adrian D'Souza (GK)
14. William Xalco
18. Viren Rasquinha
23. Arjun Halappa
24. Adam Sinclair
25. Harpal Singh
27. Vikram Pillay

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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
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	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

Source: FIH

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Indian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abhinav Bindra	10 m air rifle	597	3 Q	694.6	7
Gagan Narang		593	12	Did not advance
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Double trap	135	5 Q	179
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap	116	=19	Did not advance
Mansher Singh		115	=21	Did not advance

Women

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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.^[6]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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			21

See also

• India at the 2002 Asian Games
• India at the 2004 Summer Paralympics