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India is scheduled to take part in the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Indian government plans to spend over Rs. 2500 million in preparing for the games, including around Rs. 200 million on foreign coaches for various events.[1] Ajit Pal Singh has been named the chef de mission of the Indian contingent by the IOA.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Events
Archery 3 3 4
Athletics 8 6 11
Badminton 2 3 4
Boxing 7 1 8
Field hockey 16 0 1
Judo 0 1 1
Rowing 3 0 2
Shooting 7 4 9
Swimming 4 0 5
Table tennis 1 1 2
Tennis 5 2 4
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 4 1 5
13 sports 61 23 58

Archery

India has qualified a full team of 6 archers for London Olympics 2012 – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve event

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
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Score
Rank
Jayanta Talukdar Individual
Rahul Banerjee
Tarundeep Rai
Jayanta Talukdar
Rahul Banerjee
Tarundeep Rai
Team
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score
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Laishram Bombayla Devi Individual
Deepika Kumari
Chekrovolu Swuro
Laishram Bombayla Devi
Deepika Kumari
Chekrovolu Swuro
Team

Athletics

14 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):[2][3]

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Basanta Bahadur Rana 50 km walk
Baljinder Singh 20 km walk
Gurmeet Singh
Irfan Kolothum Thodi
Ram Singh Yadav Marathon
Field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Vikas Gowda Discus throw
Om Prakash Karhana Shot put
Renjith Maheshwary Triple jump
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tintu Luka 800 m
Sudha Singh 3000 m steeplechase
Field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Seema Antil Discus throw
Mayookha Johny Triple jump
Krishna Poonia Discus throw
Sahana Kumari High jump

Badminton

India has earned 5 quotas in badminton.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
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Parupalli Kashyap Men's singles
Saina Nehwal Women's singles
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doubles
Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
Mixed doubles

Boxing

India has earned 8 quotas in boxing.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
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Opposition
Result
Rank
Devendro Singh Light flyweight
Shiva Thapa Bantamweight
Jai Bhagwan Lightweight
Manoj Kumar Light welterweight
Vikas Krishan Yadav Welterweight
Vijender Singh Middleweight
Sumit Sangwan Light heavyweight
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mary Kom Flyweight

Field hockey

The India national field hockey team (16 member team) on 26 February 2012, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning a qualifying tournament against France with a score of 8–1.[4] India stands in Pool B of the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Roster

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

Group play
Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated

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Judo

India has earned 1 quota in judo.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Garima Chaudhary Women's -63 kg

Rowing

India has qualified 2 boats with up to 3 athletes. [5]

Men
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final A/B Final Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Swarn Singh Virk Single sculls
Sandeep Kumar
Manjeet Singh
Lightweight double sculls

Shooting

India has earned 11 quotas in shooting events.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Abhinav Bindra 10 m air rifle
Joydeep Karmakar 50 m rifle prone
Vijay Kumar 25 m rapid fire pistol
Gagan Narang 10 m air rifle
Gagan Narang 50 m rifle 3 positions
Sanjeev Rajput 50 m rifle 3 positions
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap
Ronjan Sodhi Double trap
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Shagun Chowdhary Trap
Rahi Sarnobat 25 m pistol
Heena Sidhu
Annuraj Singh 10 m air pistol

Swimming

4 Indian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[7][8]

Men
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aaron D'Souza 200 m freestyle
Virdhawal Khade 100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
Saurabh Sangvekar 1500 m freestyle
Sandeep Sejwal 100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke

Table tennis

India has won 2 quotas in table tennis.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
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Rank
Soumyajit Ghosh Men's singles
Ankita Das Women's singles

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Rank
Somdev Devvarman Men's singles
Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna
Men's doubles
Leander Paes
Vishnu Vardhan
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sania Mirza
Women's doubles
Leander Paes
Sania Mirza
Mixed doubles

Weightlifting

India has won 2 quotas in weightlifting.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Katulu Ravi Kumar Men's -69 kg
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu Women's -48 kg

Wrestling

India has won 5 quotas in the following events.[9]

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result
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Rank
Amit Kumar -55 kg
Yogeshwar Dutt -60 kg
Sushil Kumar -66 kg
Narsingh Pancham Yadav[10] -74 kg
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Rank
Geeta Phogat[11] -55 kg

References

  1. ^ Indian Olympics Team: Rs 20 crore on foreign coaches for London 2012
  2. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS" (pdf). IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. ^ India beat France 8 – 1, Qualify for 2012 London Olympics Hockey
  5. ^ "Three rowers make the cut for Olympics".
  6. ^ "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  8. ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 6 September 2011
  9. ^ "Yogeshwar, Amit make it to London Olympics; Sushil misses out again". The Times of India. PTI. 30 March 2012 01:21 (UTC). {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ Padmadeo, Vinayak (4 May 2012 19:04 (UTC)). "Narsingh makes his last chance count". The Indian Express. New Delhi, India. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Sejwal, Ritu (1 April 2012 19:07 (UTC)). "Geeta wins gold in Asian qualifying event, books London Olympics berth". The Times of India. TNN. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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