SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES

RIO, BRAZIL

Aug 2016 - 21 Aug, 2016


India: Ranked 67

2 Medals - Gold: 0,Silver: 1, Bronze: 1


Name Medal Sports Discipline
Pusarla Sindhu Silver  Silver Badminton Singles
Sakshi Malik Bronze  Bronze Wrestling Women's Lightweight, Freestyle

India sent its largest contingent ever to an Olympics Game with 117 athletes competing in 15 sports disciplines at the 2016 Rio Games. The Indian women's hockey team saw a comeback into the Games after a gap of 36 long years. Among the other sporting disciplines competed in by its athletes, India made its Olympic debut in Golf (new to the 2016 Games) and Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Notable performance was of Women athletes, P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik who won medals and Dipa Karmakar who ranked 4th in Vault. 2106 Indian Olympians are:

Name Sports Discipline
Atanu Das Archery Men's Individual
Bombayla Devi Archery Women's Individual
Deepika Kumari Archery Women's Individual
Laxmirani Majhi Archery Women's Individual
Deepika Kumari , Bombayla Devi , Laxmirani Majhi Archery Women's Team
Muhammad Anas Athletics Men’s 400M
Jinson Johnson Athletics Men’s 800M
Mohammad Anas , Ayyasamy Dharun , Lalit Mathur , Kunhu Muhammed , Mohan Kumar Raja , Arokia Rajiv Athletics Men’s 4 × 400M relay
Thonakal Gopi Athletics Men’s Marathon
Kheta Ram Athletics Men’s Marathon
Nitendra Singh Rawat Athletics Men’s Marathon
Ganapathi Krishnan Athletics Men's 20KM Walk
Manish Singh Athletics Men's 20KM Walk
Gurmeet Singh Athletics Men's 20KM Walk
Sandeep Kumar Athletics Men’s 50KM Walk
Ankit Sharma Athletics Long jump
Renjith Maheshwary Athletics Men’s Triple jump
Vikas Gowda Athletics Men’s Discus throw
Dutee Chand Athletics Women’s 100M
Srabani Nanda Athletics Women’s 200M
Nirmala Sheoran Athletics Women’s 400M
Tintu Lukka Athletics Women’s 800M
Lalita Babar Athletics Women’s 3000M Steeplechase
Sudha Singh Athletics Women’s 3000M Steeplechase
Ashwini Akkunji , Tintu Lukka , Jisna Mathew , Debashree Mazumdar , M. R. Poovamma , Nirmala Sheoran , Anilda Thomas Athletics Women’s 4 × 400M Relay
O. P. Jaisha Athletics Women's Marathon
Kavita Raut Athletics Women's Marathon
Khushbir Kaur Athletics Women’s 20KM Walk
Sapna Punia Athletics Women’s 20KM Walk
Manpreet Kaur Athletics Women’s Shot Put
Seema Antil Athletics Women’s Discus Throw
Srikanth Kidambi Badminton Men’s Singles
Manu Attri , B. Sumeeth Reddy Badminton Men’s Doubles
Saina Nehwal Badminton Women’s Singles
Jwala Gutta , Ashwini Ponnappa Badminton Women’s Doubles
Shiva Thapa Boxing Men's Bantamweight
Manoj Kumar Boxing Men's Light Welterweight
Vikas Krishan Yadav Boxing Men's Middleweight
Harmanpreet Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Rupinder Pal Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Kothajit Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Surender Kumar Hockey Men’s Hockey
Manpreet Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Sardara Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
V. R. Raghunath Hockey Men’s Hockey
S. K. Uthappa Hockey Men’s Hockey
P. R. Shreejesh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Danish Mujtaba Hockey Men’s Hockey
Devinder Walmiki Hockey Men’s Hockey
S. V. Sunil Hockey Men’s Hockey
Akashdeep Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Chinglensana Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Ramandeep Singh Hockey Men’s Hockey
Nikkin Thimmaiah Hockey Men’s Hockey
Vikas Dahiya Hockey Men’s Hockey
Pardeep Mor Hockey Men’s Hockey
Navjot Kaur Hockey Women’s Hockey
Deep Grace Ekka Hockey Women’s Hockey
Monika Malik Hockey Women’s Hockey
Nikki Pradhan Hockey Women’s Hockey
Anuradha Devi Hockey Women’s Hockey
Savita Punia Hockey Women’s Hockey
Poonam Rani Hockey Women’s Hockey
Vandana Kataria Hockey Women’s Hockey
Deepika Thakur Hockey Women’s Hockey
Namita Toppo Hockey Women’s Hockey
Renuka Yadav Hockey Women’s Hockey
Sunita Lakra Hockey Women’s Hockey
Sushila Chanu Hockey Women’s Hockey
Rani Rampal Hockey Women’s Hockey
Preeti Dubey Hockey Women’s Hockey
Lilima Minz Hockey Women’s Hockey
Rajani Etimarpu Hockey Women’s Hockey
Shiv Chawrasia Golf Men's Individual
Anirban Lahiri Golf Men's Individual
Aditi Ashok Golf Women's Individual
Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around,Women's Floor Exercise,Women's Horse Vault,Women's Uneven Bars,Women's Balance Beam
Avtar Singh Judo Men's Middleweight
Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing Men's Single Sculls
Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's Air Rifle, 10M
Kynan Chenai Shooting Men's Trap
Mairaj Ahmad Khan Shooting Men’s Skeet
Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Men's Free Pistol, 50M
Gagan Narang Shooting Men's Air Rifle, 10M,Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50M,Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50M
Jitu Rai Shooting Men's Air Pistol, 10M,Men's Free Pistol, 50M
Chain Singh Shooting Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50M,Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50M
Gurpreet Singh Shooting Men's Air Pistol, 10M,Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25M
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting Men's Trap
Apurvi Chandela Shooting Women's Air Rifle, 10M
Ayonika Paul Shooting Women's Air Rifle, 10M
Heena Sidhu Shooting Women's Air Pistol, 10M,Women's Sporting Pistol, 25M
Sajan Prakash Swimming Men's 200M Butterfly
Shivani Kataria Swimming Women's 200M Freestyle
Sharath Kamal Achanta Table tennis Men's singles
Soumyajit Ghosh Table tennis Men's singles
Manika Batra Table tennis Women's singles
Mouma Das Table tennis Women's singles
Rohan Bopanna , Leander Paes Tennis Men's doubles
Sania Mirza , Prarthana Thombare Tennis Women's doubles
Sania Mirza , Rohan Bopanna Tennis Mixed doubles
Sathish Sivalingam Weightlifting Men's Middleweight
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting Women's Flyweight
Sandeep Tomar Wrestling Men's Featherweight, Freestyle
Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's Welterweight, Freestyle
Ravinder Khatri Wrestling Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Hardeep Singh Wrestling Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Vinesh Phogat Women's freestyle Women's Flyweight, Freestyle
Babita Kumari Women's freestyle Women's Featherweight, Freestyle