India has sent a formidable contingent of 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics 2024, who will compete across 16 sports. The team comprises a mix of seasoned Olympians and promising new talent, including five former Olympic medal winners: Neeraj Chopra (javelin), PV Sindhu (badminton), Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting), Lovlina Borgohain (boxing), and the men’s hockey team. The contingent features 70 male and 47 female athletes.
Athletics has the highest representation with 29 athletes, followed by shooting with 21 participants. Other notable Indian athletes participating in the Paris Games include tennis veteran Rohan Bopanna, world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen, and young shooting sensation Manu Bhaker.
India began their Olympic campaign on 25 July with the individual ranking round in archery, preceding the official opening ceremony on 26 July. The first official day of competition for India was 27 July, starting with the 10m air rifle mixed team event.
Paris 2024 Olympics Medals Table
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are set to conclude on 11 August. Historically, India has won a total of 35 medals in the Summer Olympics: 10 gold, nine silver, and 16 bronze. The Tokyo 2021 Olympics was a milestone for India, securing seven medals – the highest tally in a single edition.
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Paris 2024 Olympics: India’s medal winners
| No. | Athlete | Event | Sport | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu Bhaker | Women's 10m air pistol | Shooting | Bronze |
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Paris 2024 Olympics: India’s medals tally by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Paris 2024 Olympics medals table
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | USA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| =18 | INDIA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
India at Paris Olympics 2024: Full List of Events and Results
25 July
Archery Men's Individual Ranking Round:
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Dhiraj Bommadevara: 4th
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Tarundeep Rai: 14th
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Pravin Jadhav: 39th
Archery Women's Individual Ranking Round:
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Ankita Bhakat: 11th
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Bhajan Kaur: 22nd
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Deepika Kumari: 23rd
Archery Men's Team Ranking Round:
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Team India: 3rd
Archery Women's Team Ranking Round:
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Team India: 4th
Archery Mixed Team Ranking Round:
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Team India: 5th
26 July
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (No events scheduled)
27 July
Rowing:
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Men’s Singles Sculls Heats: Balraj Panwar finishes fourth, moves to repechage
Shooting:
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10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification: Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan-Sandeep Singh fail to reach medal round
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10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification: Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Cheema fail to reach final
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10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification: Manu Bhaker reaches final by finishing among top-eight; Rhythm Sangwan fails
Badminton:
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Men’s Singles Group Stage: Lakshya Sen defeated Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20
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Men’s Doubles Group Stage: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy defeated Lucas Corvee and Conan Labar 21-17, 21-14
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Women’s Doubles Group Stage: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto lose 18-21, 10-21 to Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong
Tennis:
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Men’s Singles and Doubles First Round (3:30 pm) — Postponed to Sunday, 28 July
Hockey:
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Men’s Hockey Pool B: India beat New Zealand 3-2
Table Tennis:
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Men’s Singles Preliminary Round: Harmeet Desai beat Zaid Abo Yaman 4-0
Boxing:
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Women’s 54kg: Preeti Pawar beat Vo Thi Kim Anh (Vietnam) on points (5-0)
28 July
Archery:
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Women’s Team Quarter-Finals: Indian women’s team lose to Netherlands 0-6
Badminton:
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Women’s Singles Group Stage: PV Sindhu beat Abdul Razzaq (Maldives) 21-9, 21-6
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Men’s Singles Group Stage: HS Prannoy beat Fabian Roth (Germany) 21-18, 21-12
Boxing:
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Women’s 50kg: Nikhat Zareen beat Maxi Kloetze on points (5-0)
Rowing:
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Men’s Singles Sculls Repechage: Balraj Panwar qualifies for quarter-finals with 7:12.41
Shooting:
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10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification: Ramita Jindal finishes fifth to qualify for final, Elavenil Valarivan misses by finishing 10th
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10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification: Arjun Babuta qualifies for final, Sandeep Singh misses
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10m Air Pistol Women’s Final: Manu Bhaker wins bronze medal
Swimming:
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Men’s 100m Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj finishes 33rd in heats, does not qualify for semi-finals
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Women’s 200m Freestyle: Dhinidhi Desinghu finishes 23rd in heats, does not qualify for semi-finals
Table Tennis:
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Sreeja Akula defeated Christina Kallberg 4-0 in Women’s Singles Round of 64
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Achanta Sharath Kamal lost to Deni Kozul 2-4 in Men’s Singles Round of 64
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Manika Batra defeated Anna Hursey 4-1 in Women’s Singles Round of 64
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Harmeet Desai lost to Felix Lebrun 0-4 in Men’s Singles Round of 64
Tennis:
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Men’s Singles: Sumit Nagal loses to France’s Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 in the first round
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Men’s Doubles: Rohan Bopanna/N Balaji lost to France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin/Gael Monfils 5-7, 2-6 in the first round
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