India at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. [1] A total of 83 athletes, 60 men and 23 women, competed in 13 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India was represented in these Olympic Games. India also marked its Olympic return in weightlifting, after the International Weightlifting Federation imposed a two-year suspension for the nation's athletes because of a doping scandal in Beijing.

India at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in London
Competitors83 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Sushil Kumar (opening)
Mary Kom (closing)
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Indian team featured several Olympic medalists from Beijing, including rifle shooter and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, who failed to advance into the final rounds of his event in London. Wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar, chosen by the Indian Olympic Association to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, managed to claim another medal by winning silver in the men's freestyle wrestling.

This was India's 2nd most successful Olympics in terms of total medals, they won a total of 6 medals (2 silver and 4 bronze), doubling the nation's previous record (3 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics). Two medals were awarded to athletes in shooting and wrestling. Female Indian athletes won two Olympic medals in one Games for the first time. The two athletes were badminton player and world junior champion Saina Nehwal, who became the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic bronze medal in the women's singles, and boxer Mary Kom, who lost to Great Britain's Nicola Adams in the semi-final match and received a bronze medal in the first ever women's flyweight event.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total Event
Archery 3 3 6 4
Athletics 8 6 14 11
Badminton 2 3 5 4
Boxing 7 1 8 8
Field hockey 18 0 18 1
Judo 0 1 1 1
Rowing 3 0 3 2
Shooting 7 4 11 10
Swimming 1 0 1 1
Table tennis 1 1 2 2
Tennis 5 2 7 4
Weightlifting 1 1 2 2
Wrestling 4 1 5 5
Total 60 23 83 55

Archery

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Six Indian archers qualified for the London Olympics – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve.[2]

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
Jayanta Talukdar Individual 650 53   Wukie (USA) (12)
L 0–6
did not advance
Rahul Banerjee 655 46   Gantögs (MGL) (19)
W 6–0
  Dobrowolski (POL) (14)
L 3–7
did not advance
Tarundeep Rai 664 31   Stevens (CUB) (34)
W 6–5
  Kim B-M (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 / BM
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

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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).:[3][4]

 
Ram Singh Yadav finished seventy-eighth in men's marathon.
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Basanta Bahadur Rana 50 km walk 3:56:48 NR 36
Baljinder Singh 20 km walk 1:25:39 43
Gurmeet Singh 1:23:34 33
Irfan Kolothum Thodi 1:20:21 NR 10
Ram Singh Yadav Marathon 2:30:06 78
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification 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 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 1:59.69 SB 6 did not advance
Sudha Singh 3000 m steeplechase 9:48.86 13 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mayookha Johny Triple jump 13.77 22 did not advance
Sahana Kumari High jump 1.80 29 did not advance
Seema Antil Discus throw 61.91 13 did not advance
Krishna Poonia 63.54 8 Q 63.62 6
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
  • SB = Seasonal best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

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

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   N Karunaratne (SRI)
W 21–14, 15–21, 21–9
  Lee C W (MAS)
L 19–21, 11–21
did not advance
Saina Nehwal Women's singles   S Jaquet (SUI)
W 21–9, 21–4
  L Tan (BEL)
W 21–4, 21–14
1 Q   Yao J (NED)
W 21–14, 21–16
  T Baun (DEN)
W 21–15, 22–20
  Wang YH (CHN)
L 13–21, 13–21
  Wang X (CHN)
W 18–21, 0–1ret
 
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doubles   M Fujii /
R Kakiiwa (JPN)
L 21–16, 21–18
  Cheng W-h /
Chien Y-c (TPE)
W 25–23, 16–21, 21–18
  S M Sari /
Yao L (SIN)
W 21–16, 21–15
3 did not advance
Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta
Mixed doubles   T Ahmad /
L Natsir (INA)
L 16–21, 12–21
  T Laybourn /
K Rytter Juhl (DEN)
L 12–21, 16–21
  Lee Y-d /
Ha J-e (KOR)
L 15–21, 15–21
4 did not advance

Boxing

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Eight Indian boxers qualified for the London Olympics.[6]

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
  Serdamba (MGL)
W 16–11
  Barnes (IRL)
L 18–23
did not advance
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)
L 6–11
Did not advance  

Field hockey

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

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

Men's tournament

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Roster

The following was the Indian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head Coach: Michael Nobbs

Reserves:

Group play

All times are British Summer Time, (UTC+1).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 7 +11 15 Semi-finals
2   Germany 5 3 1 1 14 11 +3 10
3   Belgium 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Fifth place game
4   South Korea 5 2 0 3 9 8 +1 6 Seventh place game
5   New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 14 −4 5 Ninth place game
6   India 5 0 0 5 6 18 −12 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
30 July 2012
16:00
Netherlands   3–2   India
Van der Horst   20'
Weusthof   29'
Van der Weerden   51'
Report D. Singh   45'
Sh. Singh   48'
Umpires:
Tim Pullman (AUS)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

1 August 2012
13:45
New Zealand   3–1   India
Hayward   13'
Burrows   24'
Wilson   29'
Report San. Singh   2'
Umpires:
Ged Curran (GBR)
Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

3 August 2012
13:45
Germany   5–2   India
Fuchs   7'16'36'
Korn   24'
Wesley   34'
Report Raghunath   13'
Khandker   62'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

5 August 2012
13:15
India   1–4   South Korea
Chandi   10' Report Jang   6'
Nam   59'70'
Seo   68'
Umpires:
Simon Taylor (NZL)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

7 August 2012
16:00
India   0–3   Belgium
Report Dekeyser   15'
Boccard   47'
Boon   67'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Nigel Iggo (NZL)
11th–12th Place
11 August 2012
08:30
South Africa   3–2   India
Cronje   8'
Drummond   34'
Norris-Jones   65'
Report San. Singh   14'
D. Singh   67'
Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
German Montes de Oca (ARG)

This was the worst show ever by India at the Olympics.[8]

Judo

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There was only one Indian judoka at the London Olympics.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Garima Chaudhary Women's −63 kg   Ueno (JPN)
L 0000–0100
did not advance

Rowing

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India had qualified the following boats.[10]

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 Q 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

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Eleven Indian shooters qualified for the London Olympics, with seven male and four female competitors. India had earned 11 quotas in shooting events.[11] 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
Joydeep Karmakar 50 m rifle prone 595 7 Q 699.1 4
Vijay Kumar 10 m air pistol 570 31 did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol 585 4 Q 30  
Gagan Narang 10 m air rifle 598 3 Q 701.1  
50 m rifle prone 593 18 did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1164 20 did not advance
Sanjeev Rajput 50 m rifle 3 positions 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
Heena Sidhu 10 m air pistol 382 12 did not advance
Annuraj Singh 25 m pistol 575 30 did not advance
10 m air pistol 378 23 did not advance

Swimming

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India had gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.[12]

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

Table tennis

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India had won 2 quotas in table tennis.[13]

Athlete Event Preliminary round 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
Opposition
Result
Rank
Soumyajit Ghosh Men's singles Bye   Tsuboi (BRA)
W 4–2
  Kim H-B (PRK)
L 1–4
did not advance
Ankita Das Women's singles Bye   Ramirez (ESP)
L 1–4
did not advance

Tennis

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India had won 7 quotas in tennis.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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   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
  Benneteau /
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
  Llodra /
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 / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sania Mirza
Doubles   Chuang C-j /
Hsieh S-w (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
Doubles   Ivanovic /
Zimonjić (SRB)
W 6–2, 6–4
  Azarenka /
Mirnyi (BLR)
L 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
did not advance

Weightlifting

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India had won 2 quotas in weightlifting.[15]

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

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India had won 5 quotas in the following events.[16]

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 Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Amit Kumar −55 kg Bye   Rahimi (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
  Khinchegashvili (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance Bye   Velikov (BUL)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 10
Yogeshwar Dutt −60 kg   Guidea (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
  Kudukhov (RUS)
L 0–3 PO
did not advance   Gómez (PUR)
W 3–0 PO
  Esmaeilpour (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
  Ri J-M (PRK)
W 3–1 PP
 
Sushil Kumar −66 kg Bye   Şahin (TUR)
W 3–1 PP
  Navruzov (UZB)
W 3–1 PP
  Tanatarov (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP
Bye   Yonemitsu (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
 
Narsingh Pancham Yadav[17] −74 kg Bye   Gentry (CAN)
L 1–3 PP
did not advance 14
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Geeta Phogat[18] −55 kg Bye   Verbeek (CAN)
L 1–3 PP
did not advance Bye   Lazareva (UKR)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 13

Controversies

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Opening ceremony

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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[19][20]), a graduate student from Bangalore living in London[21] and a dancer in a segment of the opening ceremony co-ordinated by Danny Boyle.[22] 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.[23] On her return to India, Nagendra issued a public apology for her "error of judgement".[24]

Boxing

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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".[25] India's acting chef-de-mission Brigadier P. K. M. Raja, on the insistence of Sports Minister Ajay Maken, lodged an unsuccessful appeal against the judges' decision believing he had won.[26]

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.[27] 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 through its Acting Chef de Mission Brigadier PKM Raja approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)[28] but the appeal was rejected.[29]

Boxer Manoj Kumar lost his pre quarterfinal light welterweight bout against Great Britain's Tom Stalker in a controversial manner. The boxer was at the wrong end of some of the judging calls and he cried "cheating" openly before leaving the boxing arena.[30]

Badminton

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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. The Indian appeal was turned down by force.[31][32]

See also

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