India at the 1984 Summer Olympics

India at the Olympic Games
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
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Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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India competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham (now Shiny Wilson) reached the semifinals of 800 metres with a (then) personal best of 2:04.69 seconds and became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. She finished last in the semifinal.

Later, the Indian women's 4x400 metre relay team composed of P. T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, M. D. Valsamma and Vandana Rao made it to the finals. They finished last among the seven teams in the final but set an Asian record of 3:32.49 seconds.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800m

• Charles Borromeo

• Round 1 — 1:51.52 (→ 5th, did not advance)

Men's 20km Walk

• Chand Ram

• Final — 1:30.06 (→ 22nd place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Gurtej Singh

• Qualification — 70.08m (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 800m

• Shiny Abraham

• Round 1 — 2:04.69
• Semifinal — 2:05.42 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Geeta Zutshi

• Heat — 9.40.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m hurdles

• P. T. Usha

• Round 1 — 56.81
• Semifinal — 55.54
• Final — 55.42 (→ 4th place)

• M. D. Valsamma

• Round 1 — 1:00.03 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m relay

• Round 1  : 4th, 3:33.85 (M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha)
• Final  : 7th, 3:32.49 (M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha)

References

• An interview with Shiny Wilson