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India competed at the 2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The Indian Olympic Association sent a total of 73 athletes, 48 men, and 28 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India had its representation in these Olympic games. As a pleasant surprise, the shooting team came successful with a silver medal, the winner being Capt. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He was the first Indian to win an individual silver medal.[2]

India at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
inAthens
Competitors73 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Anju Bobby George[1]
Medals
Ranked 65th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
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    • Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes in tennis men's doubles and Kunjarani Devi in weightlifting women's 48 kg category.

    Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth (women's weightlifting 53 kg category), but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.

    Medalists

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    Medal Name Sport Event Date
      Silver Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting Men's double trap August 17

    Competitors

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    The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

    Sports Men Women Total Events
    Archery 3 3 6 4
    Athletics 4 13 17 9
    Badminton 2 1 3 2
    Boxing 4 0 4 4
    Field hockey 16 0 16 1
    Judo 1 0 1 1
    Rowing 1 0 1 1
    Sailing 2 0 2 1
    Shooting 5 3 8 5
    Swimming 0 1 1 2
    Table tennis 1 1 2 2
    Tennis 2 0 2 1
    Weightlifting 0 3 3 3
    Wrestling 7 0 7 7
    Total 48 25 73 43

    Archery

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    Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Three Indian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

    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
    Satyadev Prasad Individual 634 48   Hamano (JPN)
    W 155–150     		  van der Hoff (NED)
    W 158–155     		  Im D-H (KOR)
    L 165–167     		Did not advance
    Tarundeep Rai 647 32   Karageorgiou (GRE)
    L 143–147     		Did not advance
    Majhi Sawaiyan 657 22   Wunderle (USA)
    L 128–145     		Did not advance
    Satyadev Prasad
    Tarundeep Rai
    Majhi Sawaiyan     		Team 1938 10 —   Australia (AUS)
    L 236–248     		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
    Dola Banerjee Individual 642 13   Lewis (RSA)
    L 131–141     		Did not advance
    Reena Kumari 620 43   Esebua (GEO)
    W 153–149     		  Chhoden (BHU)
    W 134 (7)–134 (4)     		  Yuan S-C (TPE)
    L 148–166     		Did not advance
    Sumangala Sharma 638 20   Chen L-J (TPE)
    W 142–133     		  Lewis (RSA)
    L 153–157     		Did not advance
    Dola Banerjee
    Reena Kumari
    Sumangala Sharma     		Team 1900 5 —   Great Britain (GBR)
    W 230–228     		  France (FRA)
    L 227–228     		Did not advance

    Athletics

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    Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[3][4]

    Key

    Men
    Track & road events
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
    K. M. Binu 400 m 45.48 NR 3q 45.97 6 Did not advance
    Field events
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Distance Position Distance Position
    Vikas Gowda Discus throw 61.39 14 Did not advance
    Anil Kumar NM — Did not advance
    Bahadur Singh Shot put NM — Did not advance
    Women
    Track & road events
    Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
    Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
    Saraswati Saha 200 m 23.43 5 Did not advance
    K. M. Beenamol
    Sathi Geetha
    Manjit Kaur*
    Rajwinder Kaur
    Chitra K. Soman     		4 × 400 m relay 3:26.89 NR 3Q — 3:28.51 7
    Field events
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Distance Position Distance Position
    Bobby Aloysius High jump 1.85 =28 Did not advance
    Seema Antil Discus throw 60.64 14 Did not advance
    Anju Bobby George Long jump 6.69 9Q 6.83 NR 5
    Harwant Kaur Discus throw 60.82 13 Did not advance
    Neelam Jaswant Singh 60.26 17 Did not advance
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
    Soma Biswas Result 13.86 1.70 12.01 24.50 5.92 44.84 2:12.27 5965 24
    Points 998 855 662 933 825 760 932
    Shobha Javur Result 13.53 1.67 12.52 23.41 6.36 44.36 2:17.28 6172 11
    Points 1046 818 696 1038 962 751 861

    Badminton

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    Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Rank
    Abhinn Shyam Gupta Men's singles   Park T-S (KOR)
    L 12–15, 0–15     		Did not advance
    Nikhil Kanetkar   Llopis (ESP)
    W 15–7, 13–15, 15–13     		  Gade (DEN)
    L 10–15, 6–15     		Did not advance
    Aparna Popat Women's singles   Edwards (RSA)
    W 11–6, 11–3     		  Audina (NED)
    L 11–9, 1–11, 3–11     		Did not advance

    Boxing

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    Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Akhil Kumar Flyweight   Thomas (FRA)
    L 16–37     		Did not advance
    Diwakar Prasad Bantamweight   Ait Bighrade (MAR)
    W 25–17     		  Bolum (NGR)
    L RSC     		Did not advance
    Vijender Singh Light welterweight   Karagöllü (TUR)
    L 20–25     		Did not advance
    Jitender Kumar Light heavyweight   Fedchuk (UKR)
    L RSC     		Did not advance

    Field hockey

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    Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Men's tournament

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    Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
    Roster

    The following is the Indian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[5]

    Head coach: Gerhard Rach

    1. Devesh Chauhan (GK)
  • Dilip Tirkey
  • Sandeep Singh
  • Ignace Tirkey
  • Prabhjot Singh
  • Deepak Thakur
  • Dhanraj Pillay
  • Baljit Singh Dhillon
  • Gagan Ajit Singh
  • Adrian D'Souza (GK)
  • William Xalco
  • Viren Rasquinha
  • Arjun Halappa
  • Adam Sinclair
  • Harpal Singh
  • Vikram Pillay
    • Group play
    Pos Team
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  • e
    		•  Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 16 9 +7 15 Semi-finals
    2   Australia 5 3 1 1 14 10 +4 10
    3   New Zealand 5 3 0 2 13 11 +2 9 5–8th place semi-finals
    4   India 5 1 1 3 11 13 −2 4
    5   South Africa 5 1 0 4 9 15 −6 3 9–12th place semi-finals
    6   Argentina 5 0 2 3 8 13 −5 2
    Source: FIH
    15 August 2004
    20:30
    Netherlands   3 – 1   India
    Eikelboom   2'
    De Nooijer   50'
    Taekema   54'     		Report G. A. Singh   69'
    Umpires:
    Murray Grime (AUS)
    Jason McCracken (NZL)
    17 August 2004
    18:00
    South Africa   2 – 4   India
    Nicol   7'
    Fulton   12'     		Report D. Pillay   27'
    B. Singh   41'
    D. Tirkey   69'
    G. A. Singh   70'
    Umpires:
    Ray O'Connor (IRL)
    David Leiper (GBR)
    19 August 2004
    20:30
    Australia   4 – 3   India
    Elder   11'
    Dwyer   38'
    McCann   49'
    Brennan   70'     		Report Thakur   6'
    G. A. Singh   50'
    Halappa   52'
    Umpires:
    Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
    John Wright (RSA)
    21 August 2004
    10:30
    India   1 – 2   New Zealand
    D. Pillay   62' Report Burrows   36'
    Shaw   70+'
    Umpires:
    Ray O'Connor (IRL)
    Xavier Adell (ESP)
    23 August 2004
    20:00
    India   2 – 2   Argentina
    G. A. Singh   33', 60' Report Vila   52', 69'
    Umpires:
    David Gentles (AUS)
    Peter Elders (NED)
    5th-8th Place Semifinal
    25 August 2004
    20:30
    Pakistan   3 – 0   India
    Aziz   43'
    Abbas   59'
    Shabbir   68'     		Report
    Umpires:
    David Leiper (GBR)
    Amarjit Singh (MAS)
    7th-8th Place Final
    27 August 2004
    08:30
    South Korea   2 – 5   India
    Ji Seong-Hwan   57'
    Kang Seong-Jung   58'     		Report G. A. Singh   4', 11'
    V. Pillay   15'
    P. Singh   32'
    Sinclair   68'
    Umpires:
    Jason McCracken (NZL)
    Peter Elders (NED)

    Judo

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    Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Akram Shah Men's −60 kg   Tsagaanbaatar (MGL)
    L 0000–1000     		Did not advance   Williams-Murray (USA)
    W 1100–0000     		  Choi M-H (KOR)
    L 0000–1000     		Did not advance

    Rowing

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    Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Indian rowers qualified the following boats:

    Men
    Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Paulose Pandari Kunnel Single sculls 8:00.11 5R 7:29.47 4SD/E 7:48.38 5FE 7:22.63 27

    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; R=Repechage

    Sailing

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    Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Indian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

    Open
    Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
    Sumeet Patel
    Malav Shroff     		49er 17 19 18 15 18 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 DNS 19 17 18 253 19

    M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

    Shooting

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    Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Eight Indian shooters (five men and three women) qualified to compete in the following events:

    Men
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Points Rank Points Rank
    Abhinav Bindra 10 m air rifle 597 3Q 694.6 7
    Gagan Narang 593 12 Did not advance
    Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Double trap 135 5Q 179  
    Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap 116 =19 Did not advance
    Mansher Singh 115 =21 Did not advance
    Women
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Points Rank Points Rank
    Anjali Bhagwat 10 m air rifle 393 =20 Did not advance
    50 m rifle 3 positions 575 =13 Did not advance
    Deepali Deshpande 50 m rifle 3 positions 572 19 Did not advance
    Suma Shirur 10 m air rifle 396 7Q 497.2 8

    Swimming

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    Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Women
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
    Shikha Tandon 50 m freestyle 27.08 40 Did not advance
    100 m freestyle 59.70 46 Did not advance

    Table tennis

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    Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event 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     		Rank
    Sharath Kamal Men's singles   Boudjadja (ALG)
    W 4–1     		  Ko L C (HKG)
    L 0–4     		Did not advance
    Mouma Das Women's singles   Komwong (THA)
    L 0–4     		Did not advance

    Tennis

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    Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Opposition
    Score     		Rank
    Mahesh Bhupathi
    Leander Paes     		Men's doubles   Fish /
    Roddick (USA)
    W 7–6(7–5), 6–3     		  Allegro /
    Federer (SUI)
    W 6–2, 7–6(9–7)     		  Black /
    Ullyett (ZIM)
    W 6–4, 6–4     		  Kiefer /
    Schüttler (GER)
    L 2–6, 3–6     		  Ančić /
    Ljubičić (CRO)
    L 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 14–16     		4

    Weightlifting

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    Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

    Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
    Result Rank Result Rank
    Kunjarani Devi Women's −48 kg 82.5 =4 107.5 4 190 4
    Sanamacha Chanu Women's −53 kg 82.5 6 107.5 4 190 DSQ
    Karnam Malleswari Women's −63 kg 100.0 DNF — — — DNF

    * Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.[6]

    Wrestling

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    Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

    Key:

    Men's freestyle
    Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Yogeshwar Dutt −55 kg   Tanabe (JPN)
    L 1–3 PP     		  Abdullayev (AZE)
    L 1–3 PP     		3 Did not advance 18
    Sushil Kumar −60 kg   Quintana (CUB)
    L 0–3 PO     		  Djorev (BUL)
    W 3–0 PO     		2 Did not advance 14
    Ramesh Kumar −66 kg   Taskoudis (GRE)
    L 1–3 PP     		  Hovhannisyan (ARM)
    W 3–1 PP     		3 Did not advance 10
    Sujeet Maan −74 kg   Obata (JPN)
    L 0–3 PO     		  Fundora (CUB)
    L 0–3 PO     		3 Did not advance 18
    Anuj Kumar −84 kg   Khodaei (IRI)
    L 1–3 PP     		  Yokoyama (JPN)
    L 1–3 PP     		3 Did not advance 16
    Palwinder Singh Cheema −120 kg   Taymazov (UZB)
    L 0–4 ST     		  Garmulewicz (POL)
    L 1–3 PP     		3 Did not advance 15
    Men's Greco-Roman
    Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Mukesh Khatri −55 kg   Mamedaliyev (RUS)
    L 0–3 PO     		  Jabłoński (POL)
    L 0–3 PO     		3 Did not advance 21

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ "Anju George will be India's flag-bearer". Deccan Herald. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  • ^ Participation of the Indian Olympic Team in the Athens 2004 Olympics, ELINEPA, 2004.
  • ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  • ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  • ^ "Men's Field Hockey Team Roster – India (IND)" (PDF). 2004 Athens. LA84 Foundation. 21 September 2015. p. 7.
  • ^ "Chanu stripped of fourth-place finish". ESPN. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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