India at the 1984 Summer Olympics

India was represented at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States by the Indian Olympic Association.

India at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Los Angeles
Competitors	48 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Zafar Iqbal
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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In total, 48 athletes including 42 men and six women represented India in seven different sports including athletics, boxing, hockey, sailing, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling.

India did not win any medals but the Games are remembered for putting Indian women athletes on centre stage. P. T. Usha missed out on the bronze medal in 400 m hurdles by 0.01 seconds. Shiny Abraham became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event after setting a personal best of two minutes 4.69 seconds in the women's 800 m. The Indian women's 4 x 400 m relay team also made it to the finals where they finished seventh.^[1][2]

Background

Although the Indian Olympic Association wasn't founded until 1927, British India made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Norman Pritchard, a British resident of Calcutta, is also considered to have represented British India at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. India competed as an independent nation for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. They have not missed an Olympics since 1920. The 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States marked their 15th appearance at the Olympics.^[3]

Competitors

In total, 48 athletes represented India at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States across seven different sports.^[4]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	5	8
Boxing	2	—	2
Field hockey	16	0	16
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	7	1	8
Weightlifting	4	—	4
Wrestling	8	—	8
Total	42	6	48

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, eight Indian athletes participated in the athletics events – Shiny Abraham in the women's 800 m and the women's 4 × 400 m relay, Charles Borromeo in the men's 800 m, Chand Ram in the men's 20 km race walk, Vandana Rao in the women's 4 × 400 m relay, Gurtej Singh in the men's javelin throw, P. T. Usha and M. D. Valsamma in the women's 400 m hurdle and the women's 4 × 400 m relay and Geeta Zutshi in the women's 3,000 m.^[4]

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Charles Borromeo	800 m	1:51:52	5	Did not advance
Chand Ram	Men's 20 km walk	—						1:30:06	22
Gurtej Singh	Men's javelin throw	—						70.08	25

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shiny Abraham	800 m	2:04.69	4	2:05.42	16	Did not advance
Geeta Zutshi	3,000 m	9:40.28	8	Did not advance
P. T. Usha	400 meters hurdle	56.81	2	55.94	1	55.42	4
M. D. Valsamma	400 meters hurdle	1:00:03	5	Did not advance
M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha	4 × 400 m relay			3:33.85	4	3:32:49	7

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, two Indian athletes participated in the boxing events – Jaslal Pradhan in the light welterweight category and Kaur Singh in the heavyweight category.^[4]

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, 16 Indian athletes participated in the field hockey events – Joaquim Carvalho, Mervyn Fernandis, Zafar Iqbal, Marcellus Gomes, Iqbaljit Singh Grewal, Romeo James, Charanjit Kumar, Somaya Maneypanda, Jalal-ud-Din Syed Rizvi, Mohammed Shahid, Vineet Kumar Sharma, Hardeep Singh, Pangambam Nilakomol Singh, Rajinder Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh and Manohar Topno in the men's tournament.^[4]

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, two Indian athletes participated in the sailing events – Dhruv Bhandari and Farokh Tarapore in the 470.^[4]

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, eight Indian athletes participated in the shooting events – Soma Dutta in the women's 10 m air rifle and the women's 50 m rifle three positions, Baljit Singh Kharab in the men's 50 m pistol, Mohinder Lal and Rajinder Kumar Vij in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, Bhagirath Samai in the men's 10 m air rifle and the men's 50 m rifle prone, Mansher Singh and Randhir Singh in the trap and Harisimran Singh Sandhu in the skeet.^[4]

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, four Indian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Deven Govindasami in the –56 kg category, Mahendran Kannan and Manikyalu Malla Venkata in the –52 kg category and Kamalakanta Santra in the –60 kg category.^[4]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In total, eight Indian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Rohtas Singh Dahiya in the freestyle –57 kg category, Sunil Dutt in the freestyle –48 kg category, Jai Prakash in the freestyle –90 kg category, Gian Singh in the freestyle –62 kg category, Jagmander Singh in the freestyle –68 kg category, Kartar Singh in the freestyle –100 kg category, Mahabir Singh in the freestyle –52 kg category and Rajinder Singh in the freestyle –74 kg category.^[4]