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India is competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Indian Olympic Association has sent a total of 83 athletes to compete in 13 sports making it the largest contingent India has ever sent to an Olympic Games.[1]

The Indian effort to prepare for the games consisted of funds from the Indian Government to the tune of $48.1 million and an additional $11 million in private sponsorships.[2] Sushil Kumar was the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

As on 7 August 2012, India has won 3 medals including a silver and 2 bronze which equals its best performance in terms of total medals won at Beijing Olympics in 2008. Gagan Narang won the country's first medal at the Games, a bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event.[3] Vijay Kumar won a silver medal in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol event[4] and became the second Indian ever to win an individual silver medal after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Adding to that, Saina Nehwal, won a bronze medal in women's singles in badminton. She has become the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics. She is also the second Indian woman to win a medal after Karnam Malleswari in 2000. India is also assured of another medal from Mary Kom[5] due to her semi-final entry in the women's lightweight boxing, making the total medal count the best ever.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Vijay Kumar Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 3 August
 Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle 30 July
 Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's singles 4 August

Note: Mary Kom who entered the semifinals on 6 August is assured of a medal. This is because at Olympics boxing event, both losing semi-finalists are awarded a bronze medal each.

Competitors

Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Six Indian archers qualified for the London Olympics – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve.[6]

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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).:[7][8]

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
  • NM = No Mark

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Basanta Bahadur Rana 50 km walk 11 Aug
09:00
Baljinder Singh 20 km walk 1:25:39 43
Gurmeet Singh 1:23:34 33
Irfan Kolothum Thodi 1:20:21NR 10
Ram Singh Yadav Marathon 12 Aug
11:00
Field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
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
Renjith Maheshwary Triple jump NM 27 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tintu Luka 800 m 2:01.75 3 Q Aug 9
19:30 BST
Sudha Singh 3000 m steeplechase 9:48.86 31 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Seema Antil Discus throw 61.91 13 Did not advance
Krishna Poonia 63.54 8 Q 63.62 7
Mayookha Johny Triple jump 13.77 22 Did not advance
Sahana Kumari High jump 9 Aug
09:30

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

5 Indian badminton players qualified for the London Olympics.[9]

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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  Niluka Karunaratne (SRI)
W 21–14 15–21 21–9 		 Lee Chong Wei (MAS)
L 19–21 11–21 		Did not advance
Saina Nehwal Women's singles  Jaquet (SUI)
W 21–9 21–4 		 L Tan (BEL)
W 21–4 21–14 		— 1 Q  Yao Jie (NED)
W 21–14 21–16 		 Tine Baun (DEN)
W 21–15 22–20 		 Wang Yihan (CHN)
L 13–21 13–21 		 Wang Xin (CHN)
W 18–21, 0–1* RET 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles  Fujii /
Kakiiwa (JPN)
L 21–16 21–18 		 Cheng W-h /
Chien Y-c (TPE)
W 25–23 16–21 21–18 		 Sari /
Yao L (SIN)
W 21–16 21–15 		3 Did not advance
Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta 		Mixed doubles  Ahmad /
Natsir (INA)
L 16–21 12–21 		 Laybourn /
Juhl (DEN)
L 12–21 16–21 		 Lee Y-d /
Ha J-e (KOR)
L 15–21 15–21 		4 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Eight Indian boxers qualified for the London Olympics.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Devendro Singh Light flyweight  Molina (HON)
W RSC 		 Purevdorj (MGL)
W 16–11 		 Barnes (IRL)
8 Aug 20:45 (9 Aug 01:15 IST)
Shiva Thapa Bantamweight  Valdez (MEX)
L 9–14 		Did not advance
Jai Bhagwan Lightweight  Allisop (SEY)
W 18–8 		 Zhailaouv (KAZ)
L 8–16 		Did not advance
Manoj Kumar Light welterweight  Hudayberdiyev (TKM)
W 13–7 		 Stalker (GBR)
L 16–20 		Did not advance
Vikas Krishan Yadav Welterweight Bye  Spence (USA)
L 13–15 		Did not advance
Vijender Singh Middleweight  Suzhanov (KAZ)
W 14–10 		 Gausha (USA)
W 16–15 		 Atoev (UZB)
L 13–17 		Did not advance
Sumit Sangwan Light heavyweight  Falcão (BRA)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mary Kom Flyweight  Michalczuk (POL)
W 19–14 		 Rahali (TUN)
W 15–6 		 Adams (GBR)
8 Aug 2012
13:45

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Indian national Hockey team, on 26 February 2012, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the qualifying tournament against France with a score of 8–1.

India is placed in Pool B of the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics India men's field hockey team roster

Group play

All times are British Summer Time, (UTC+1). Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B11 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B14 Match for 11th and 12th Position Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game C1

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

There is only one Indian judoka at the London Olympics.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Garima Chaudhary Women's 63 kg  Y Ueno (JPN)
L 000–100 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has qualified the following boats.[12]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sawarn Singh Single sculls 6:54.04 4 R 7:00:49 1 P 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

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Eleven Indian shooters qualified for the London Olympics. Seven male and four female. India has earned 11 quotas in shooting events.[13] 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 Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Abhinav Bindra 10 m air rifle 594 16 Did not advance
Gagan Narang 598 3 Q 701.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joydeep Karmakar 50 m rifle prone 595 7 Q 699.1 4
Gagan Narang 593 18 Did not advance
Vijay Kumar 10 m air pistol 570 31 Did not advance
Vijay Kumar 25 m rapid fire pistol 585 4 Q 30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gagan Narang 50 m rifle 3 positions 1164 20 Did not advance
Sanjeev Rajput 1161 26 Did not advance
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap 119 16 Did not advance
Ronjan Sodhi Double trap 134 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Shagun Chowdhary Trap 61 20 Did not advance
Rahi Sarnobat 25 m pistol 579 19 Did not advance
Annuraj Singh 575 30 Did not advance
Annuraj Singh 10 m air pistol 378 23 Did not advance
Heena Sidhu 382 12 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ullalmath Gagan 1500 m freestyle 16:31.14 31 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has won 2 quotas in table tennis.[15]

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 		Rank
Soumyajit Ghosh Men's singles —  Tsuboi (BRA)
W 4–2 		 Kim Hyok-Bong (PRK)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Ankita Das Women's singles —  Ramirez (ESP)
L 1–4 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has won 7 quotas in tennis.[16]

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
Somdev Devvarman Singles  Nieminen (FIN)
L 3–6, 1–6 		Did not advance
Vishnu Vardhan  B Kavčič (SLO)
L 3–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna 		Doubles —  Bury /
Mirnyi (BLR)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 8–6 		 J Benneteau (FRA) /
 R Gasquet (FRA)
L 3–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Leander Paes
Vishnu Vardhan 		—  Haase /
Rojer (NED)
W 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–2 		 M Llodra (FRA) /
 J-W Tsonga (FRA)
L 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sania Mirza 		Doubles  /
Hsieh (TPE)
L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Leander Paes
Sania Mirza 		Mixed  Ana Ivanovic /
Nenad Zimonjić (SRB)
W 6–2,6–4 		 Victoria Azarenka /
Max Mirnyi (BLR)
L 5–7, 6–7(5–7) 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has won 2 quotas in weightlifting.[17]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result 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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India has won 5 quotas in the following events.[18]

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Amit Kumar 55 kg Aug 10
13:00
Yogeshwar Dutt 60 kg Aug 11
13:00
Sushil Kumar 66 kg Aug 12
08:30
Narsingh Pancham Yadav[19] 74 kg Aug 10
13:00
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Geeta Phogat[20] 55 kg Aug 9
13:00

Controversies

Further information: Controversies at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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[21][22]), a graduate student from Bangalore living in London[23] and a dancer in a segment of the opening ceremony co-ordinated by Danny Boyle.[24] 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.[25] On her return to India, Nagendra issued a public apology for her "error of judgement".[26]

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."[27] India's Chef-de-mission, on the insistence of Sports Minister Ajay Maken, lodged an unsuccessful appeal against the judges' decision believing he had won.[28]

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.[29] 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 approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)[30] but the appeal was rejected.[31]

Boxer Manoj Kumar lost his pre quarter final Light Welterweight bout against Great Britain's Tom Stalker in a controversial manner. The boxer was at the wrong end of some of the dubious judging calls and he cried "cheating" openly before leaving the boxing arena.[32]

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.

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