SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES

ATLANTA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Jul 1996 - 04 Aug, 1996


India: Ranked 71

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


Name Medal Sports Discipline
Leander Paes Bronze  Bronze Tennis Men's Singles Competition

The 1996 Atlanta Games was India’s 19th appearance at the Summer Olympic Games. India participated with a contingent of 49 athletes competing in 13 sports disciplines including Judo and Wrestling amongst other sports. Notable was Leander Paes’s performance who won India its first medal in Tennis, a Bronze. Indian Olympians at the 1996 Atlanta Games are:

Name Sports Discipline
Lalremsanga Chhangte Archery Men's Individual
Skalzang Dorje Archery Men's Individual
Limba Ram Archery Men's Individual
Lalremsanga Chhangte , Skalzang Dorje , Limba Ram Archery Men's Team
Shakti Singh Archery Men's Discus Throw
Beenamol Mathew , Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko ,Jyotirmoyee Sikdar , Shiny Wilson Archery Women's 4 × M Relay
Bahadur Prasad Archery Men's 1500M
P. V. V. Lakshimi Badminton Women's Singles
Deepankar Bhattacharya Badminton Men's Singles
Thapa Debendra Boxing Men's Light Flyweight 48KG
Gurcharn Singh Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight 81KG
Lakha Singh Boxing Men's Heavyweight 91KG
Subbaiah Anjaparavanda Hockey Men's Team
Harpreet Singh Hockey Men's TeamMen's Team
Mohammed Riaz Hockey Men's Team
Sanjeev Kumar Hockey Men's Team
Baljeet Singh Hockey Men's Team
Sabu Varkey Hockey Men's Team
Mukesh Kumar Hockey Men's Team
Rahul Singh Hockey Men's Team
Dhanraj Pillay Hockey Men's Team
Pargat Singh Hockey Men's Team
Baljit Singh Dhillon Hockey Men's Team
Alloysuis Edwards Hockey Men's Team
Anil Alexander Hockey Men's Team
Gavin Ferreira Hockey Men's Team
Ramandeep Singh Hockey Men's Team
Dilip Tirkey Hockey Men's Team
Narinder Singh Judo Men's Extra-Lightweight
Najib Aga Judo Men's Half-Lightweight
Sunith Thakur Judo Women's Half-Lightweight
Shah Kohli Judo Women's Heavyweight
Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's Air Pistol, 10M
Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's Free Pistol, 50M
Mansher Singh Shooting Men’s Trap
Sebastian Xavier Swimming Men's 50M Freestyle
Sangeeta Puri Swimming Women's 50M Freestyle
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Tennis Men's Doubles
Badathala Adisekhar Weightlifting Men's Flyweight
Raghavan Chandrasekharan Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight
Sandeep Kumar Weightlifting Men's Featherweight
Samsudeen Kabeer Weightlifting Men's Lightweight
Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Men's Middleweight
Pappu Yadav Weightlifting Men's Flyweight