| India at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Committee |
| Website | olympic |
| inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| Competitors | 119 in 18 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Mary Kom Manpreet Singh |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Bajrang Punia |
| Medals Ranked 48th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
India competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in July–August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the1900 Summer Olympics.
India sent its largest-ever contingent consisting of 119 athletes competing across 18 sports in the Games. India entered an athlete for thefencing event for the first time in the Games history. The Games also marked the first time the nation qualified multiple athletes forsailing and achieved a direct qualification forswimming event.Mary Kom andManpreet Singh were the flag-bearers for theopening ceremony andBajrang Punia carried the flag during theclosing ceremony.
This was also the most successful Games for India with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze. The lone gold medal won byNeeraj Chopra was India's first ever inathletics and the second ever individual gold medal. India also won its first ever silver medal inweight lifting. Themen's national field hockey team won the bronze medal to record their first Olympic medal since1980. The team also recorded its thirdboxing medal ever and fifth and sixth Olympic medals inwrestling.
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TheIndian Olympic Association was recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee in 1927.[1] The nation made itsSummer Olympics debut in the1900 Olympics atParis with a lone athlete participating in the Games.[2] By the time the IOA was established, India had already competed in two more Summer Olympic Games in1920, and1924.[3] Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since 1920 and this edition of the Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics.[4] Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5]
The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 228 people and was its largest ever for the Summer Games. It included 119 athletes, who competed across 18 sports and other support staff.[6][7] Biren Prasad Baishya served as thechef de mission.[8] The official kit for the Games was unveiled inNew Delhi on 3 June 2021.[9] The first batch of 88 personnel including 54 athletes reached the Games village inTokyo on 18 July 2021.[10][11]
Mary Kom andManpreet Singh were the flag-bearers for theopening ceremony held on 23 July 2021 at theOlympic Stadium in Tokyo.[12]Bajrang Punia was the flag-bearer for theclosing ceremony held on 8 August 2021 at the same venue.[13]
There were 119 athletes who took part in 65 medal events across 18 sports.[7]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletics | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| Badminton | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Boxing | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shooting | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 66 | 53 | 119 |
India achieved its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze.[14][15]Neeraj Chopra won gold in themen's javelin throw, thereby winning India's first ever gold medal in athletics. This was also India's second ever individual gold medal afterAbhinav Bindra won gold inshooting in2008. This was also India's first athletics medal since its first appearance as an independent nation in1948, and its third overall afterNorman Pritchard's silver medals in 1900.[16]
With her silver medal in thewomen's 49 kg event,Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first ever silver medal inweight lifting, and its first medal in the sport since2000.[17]P. V. Sindhu won a bronze inwomen's badminton singles event. Having won the silver medal in the same event in2016, she became the first Indian female athlete and second Indian to win medals in consecutive Summer Games in individual events.[18][19] Themen's national field hockey team won the bronze medal to record their first Olympic medal since1980.[20]Lovlina Borgohain won a bronze in thewomen's welterweight category inboxing, thereby becoming only the third Indian to win a boxing medal at the Games afterVijender Singh in 2008 and Mary Kom in2012.[21]Ravi Kumar Dahiya andBajrang Punia won silver and bronze respectively in themen's freestyle wrestling for India's fifth and sixth Olympic medals in the sport.[22][23]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men's javelin throw | 7 August |
 Silver | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting | Women's 49 kg | 24 July |
| Silver | Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 5 August |
 Bronze | P. V. Sindhu | Badminton | Women's singles | 1 August |
| Bronze | Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing | Women's welterweight | 4 August |
| Bronze | India men's national field hockey team | Field hockey | Men's tournament | 5 August |
| Bronze | Bajrang Punia | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 65 kg | 7 August |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
As perWorld Archery, eachNational Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of six competitors with three per gender. NOCs that qualified teams were also allowed to have each member compete in the individual event with the remaining spots filled by individual qualification tournaments.[24]
The Indian men's team qualified for theteam event by winning the silver medal at the2019 World Archery Championships held at's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in June 2019.[25][26][27]Deepika Kumari was the only Indianwomen archer to qualify for the Games. She beat compatriotAnkita Bhakat to claim the final Olympic quota spot in therecurve qualification event held at the2019 Asian Archery Championships inBangkok, Thailand in November 2019.[28][29] The Indian archery squad was officially announced on 8 March 2021, consisting of the men's team ofAtanu Das,Pravin Jadhav andTarundeep Rai and the lone woman archer Kumari, with the last two participating in their third Olympic Games.[30][31]
The ranking rounds were held at theYumenoshima Park in Tokyo on 23 July 2021.[32][33] In the men's individual ranking rounds, Jadhav was the highest placed Indian with 656 points in 31st place followed by Das in 35th and Rai in 37th. Their combined score resulted in ninth seed for the team event. Kumari was seeded ninth for the women's individual event with Jadhav and Kumari combining to be seeded at ninth for themixed team event.[34]
In the mixed team event held on 24 July, India defeatedChinese Taipei in the round of 16 before losing to eventual gold medalistsSouth Korea in the quarterfinals.[35] In the men's team event held on 26 July, the Indian team achieved a similar result, losing to eventual gold medalistsSouth Korea in the quarterfinals after having overcomeKazakhstan in the round of 16.[36] In the men's individual events, Jadhav and Rai did not progress beyond the round of 32 while Das lost in the round of 16 toTakaharu Furukawa ofJapan after winning his initial two bouts.[37] In the women's individual event, Kumari won her first two rounds by point scores before she beatKsenia Perova by a single arrow shoot off in the next round. In the quarterfinals, she lost to eventual gold medalistAn San of South Korea.[38][31]
| 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 | ||
| Atanu Das | Men's individual | 653 | 35 |  Deng Y-c (TPE)W 6–4 |  Oh J-h (KOR)W 6–5 |  Furukawa (JPN)L 4–6 | Did not advance | |||
| Pravin Jadhav | 656 | 31 |  Bazarzhapov (ROC)W 6–0 |  Ellison (USA)L 0–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Tarundeep Rai | 652 | 37 |  Hunbin (UKR)W 6–4 |  Shanny (ISR)L 5–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Atanu Das Pravin Jadhav Tarundeep Rai | Men's team | 1961 | 9 | — |  Kazakhstan (KAZ)W 6–2 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–6 | Did not advance | |||
| Deepika Kumari | Women's individual | 663 | 9 |  Karma (BHU)W 6–0 | Mucino-Fernandez (USA) W 6–4 | Perova (ROC) W 6–5 | An S (KOR) L 0–6 | Did not advance | ||
| Pravin Jadhav Deepika Kumari | Mixed team | 1319 | 9Q | — | Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 5–3 | South Korea (KOR) L 2–6 | Did not advance | |||
Legend:Q = Qualified for the next phase;W = Win;L = Loss
As per the governing bodyWorld Athletics (WA), a NOC was allowed to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event and one qualified relay team if the OlympicQualifying Standards (OQS) for the respective events had been met during the qualifying period. The remaining places were allocated based on the World Athletics Rankings which were derived from the average of the best five results for an athlete over the designated qualifying period, weighted by the importance of the meet.[39][40][41][42]
Indian qualified nine athletes for individual track events, seven for field events and two relay teams.[43]Irfan Kolothum Thodi was the first Indian athlete who qualified for the Games after he achieved the qualification time for themen's 20 km walk event at the Asian Race-Walking Championships atNomi, Japan in March 2019. Indian duo ofSandeep Kumar andRahul Rohilla qualified for the same event after they achieved the qualification standard of 1:21.00 at the National Race-Walking Championships in 2021.Bhawna Jat was the first Indian woman athlete to secure qualification for the Games after she clocked a time of 1:29:54 at the 2020 National championships to finish within the OQS of 1:31:00 for thewomen's 20 km walk event.Priyanka Goswami clocked 1:28:45 when she won the National championships in 2021 to qualify for the same event.[44][45]Dutee Chand qualified for thewomen's 100 m and200 m events on the basis of her world ranking of 47 and 59 respectively.[44]Avinash Sable achieved the qualification standard of 8:22.00 for themen's 3000 m steeple chase when he clocked 8:21.37 in the IAAF World Athletics Championships inDoha, Qatar.M. P. Jabir andGurpreet Singh qualified for themen's 400 m hurdles andmen's 50 km walk events respectively through their respective world rankings.[44][45]
In the field events, Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh attained the qualification standard of 85 meters (m) for themen's javelin throw event with throws of 87.86 m and 85.47 m respectively at the ACNW League Meeting held atPotchefstroom, South Africa in January 2021.[45][46]Murali Sreeshankar made the cut for themen's long jump after he surpassed the qualification standard of 8.22 m with an 8.26 m jump in the Federation Cup event in March 2021. In the same competition,Kamalpreet Kaur breached the Olympic qualification standard of 63 m with a throw of 65.06 m in thewomen's discus throw.Seema Punia achieved the qualification standard for the same event with a throw of 63.72 on the deadline day on 29 June 2021.Tajinderpal Singh Toor qualified for themen's shot put after achieving the Olympic standard with an Asian record throw of 21.49 m in the Indian Grand Prix event in June 2021.Annu Rani qualified for thewomen's javelin throw event by virtue of her world ranking. India also entered relay teams in themen's andAthletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|mixed 4 X 400 m relay events.[44][45]
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Road events took place atOdori Park inSapporo and theNational Stadium was the venue of all thetrack and field events.[47][48][49] In the race walking events, none of the Indians achieved a medal with Goswmani being the best finisher in 17th in the women's 20 km event.[50][51][52] In the track events, Chand and Jabir failed to progress beyond the initial rounds in their respective events.[53][54][55] In the men's steeple chase event, Sable clocked a time of 8:18.12 to set a newnational record but failed to progress to the next stage.[56][57] The Indian mixed relay team also failed to progress to the final after finishing last i n their heats.[56][58] In the men's relay event, the Indian team set a newAsian record with a time of 3:00.25 but finished fourth in their heats to miss the qualification by less than a second.[59][60]
In the field events, Sreeshankar, Toor and Shivpal Singh did not progress beyond the qualification groups in their respective events.[61][62][63] Likewise, in the women's events, Punia and Rani failed to progress to the finals.[64][65] In the women's discus, Kaur made it to the finals after her 64 m throw in the qualification event. In the final, she could achieve a best throw of only 63.7 m and was placed sixth in the overall classification.[64] In the men's javelin throw, Chopra registered a best throw of 86.65 m in the qualification event to top the table. In the finals, he achieved a best throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt to win the gold medal.[63] Chopra's medal was the first gold medal for India in athletics at the Olympic Games and the second ever individual gold after Abhinav Bindra in 2008.[66]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| M. P. Jabir | 400 m hurdles | 50.77 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Avinash Sable | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:18.12NR | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Amoj Jacob Naganathan Pandi* Arokia Rajiv Noah Nirmal Tom Muhammed Anas | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.25AR | 9 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Sandeep Kumar | 20 km walk | — | 1:25:07 | 23 | |||
| Rahul Rohilla | 1:32:06 | 47 | |||||
| Irfan Kolothum Thodi | 1:34:41 | 51 | |||||
| Gurpreet Singh | 50 km walk | — | DNF | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dutee Chand | 100 m | Bye | 11.54 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m | 23.85 | 7 | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Priyanka Goswami | 20 km walk | — | 1:32:36 | 17 | |||||
| Bhawna Jat | 1:37:38 | 32 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Muhammed Anas Arokia Rajiv Revathi Veeramani Subha Venkatesan | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.93 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | 7.69 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Men's shot put | 19.99 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 86.65 | 1Q | 87.58 | |
| Shivpal Singh | 76.40 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
| Kamalpreet Kaur | Women's discus throw | 64.00 | 2Q | 63.70 | 6 |
| Seema Punia | 60.57 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| Annu Rani | Women's javelin throw | 54.04 | 29 | did not advance | |
Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only.
Q = Qualified for the next round;AR = Asian record;NR = National record
The qualification was based on theBadminton World Federation (BWF) rankings published on 15 June 2021 for the period between 29 April 2019 and 25 April 2021. Each NOC was permitted to enter a maximum of two players each in themen's andwomen's singles if both were ranked in the world's top 16. Similar regulations were also applied to the doubles event with each NOC allowed to enter a maximum of two pairs if both are ranked in the top eight. The remaining NOCs were entitled to one qualified per event until the quota for the event was exhausted.[67] However, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, BWF confirmed that the qualification period technically closed on 15 June 2021 as no further play was possible, with the qualification decided by the rankings till the date.[68]
India qualified a loneshuttler each in the men's and women's singles.Sai Praneeth andP. V. Sindhu qualified by virtue of being placed 13th and 7th in the BWF rankings respectively.[69][70] The Indian pair ofChirag Shetty andSatwiksairaj Rankireddy, who were ranked ninth, qualified for themen's doubles event.[71] India entered all the four players who qualified for the tournament with one entry each in the men's and women's singles and a pair in the men's doubles.[72] Sindhu had won the silver medal in thewomen's singles at the2016 Games.[73]
In the men's singles events held atMusashino Forest Sport Plaza, Sai Praneeth was eliminated from the competition after losing both his opening round matches.[74] In the men's doubles, the Indian pair won two matches including the only victory over the eventual gold medalistsLee Yang andWang Chi-lin of the Chinese Taipei and lost one in the group stage. The team did not progress to the next round as three teams finished with the same points and only the top two qualified based on the points difference.[75]
In the women's singles event, Sindhu won both her group stage matches and the elimination round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, she took the first set against two-time world championAkane Yamaguchi of Japan. She won the second set by a scoreline of 22-20 to secure the match.[76] In the semifinals, she lost to second seed and eventual silver medalistTai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei. In the match for the third place, she beatHe Bingjiao ofChina in straight sets to secure a bronze medal, her second medal in the Summer Olympics after the silver in the previous Games in 2016.[76][18]
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| B. Sai Praneeth | Men's singles | Zilberman (ISR) L (17–21, 15–21) |  Caljouw (NED)L (14–21, 14–21) | — | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| P. V. Sindhu | Women's singles | Polikarpova (ISR) W (21–7, 21–10) |  Cheung N Y (HKG)W (21–9, 21–16) | — | 1Q |  Blichfeldt (DEN)W (21–15, 21–13) | Yamaguchi (JPN) W (21–13, 22–20) | Tai T-y (TPE) L (18–21, 12–21) |  He Bj (CHN)W (21–13, 21–15) | |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | Men's doubles | Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) W (21–16, 16–21, 27–25) |  Gideon /Sukamuljo (INA) L (13–21, 12–21) |  Lane /Vendy (GBR) W (21–17, 21–19) | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss;Q = Qualified for the next phase
The qualification to the Olympic Games was determined by the performance of the boxers at the four continental Olympic qualifying tournaments (Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania, and Europe) and at the World Olympic qualification tournament.[77] The final list of qualifiers was announced on 15 July 2021.[78]
In the men's event, India qualified five boxersAmit Panghal,Manish Kaushik,Vikas Krishan Yadav,Ashish Kumar, andSatish Kumar in theflyweight,lightweight,welterweight,middleweight, andsuper heavyweight categories respectively at theOlympic qualifying event for Asia/Oceania held atAmman, Jordan.[79][80][81] Four women boxers also qualified for the Games via the same tournament. The list included2012 bronze medalist and six-time world championMary Kom in theflyweight category apart fromSimranjit Kaur (lightweight),Lovlina Borgohain (welterweight) andPooja Rani (middleweight).[78][81][82]
The boxing events took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at theRyōgoku Kokugikan.[83] In the men's events, except Satish Kumar, none of the boxers advanced past the first round.[84] In the super heavy weight category, Kumar won his first bout againstJamaicanRicardo Brown before losing to UzbekBakhodir Jalolov in the next round by a unanimous point decision.[85]
In the women's events, Kaur lost her first round bout while the other three secured victories.[86] Kom lost her round of 16 bout toIngrit Valencia ofColombia in a 2–3 split decision.[87] Rani was defeated by eventual silver medalistLi Qian in the quarterfinals of the middle weight category.[88] Borgohain won her first round againstNadine Apetz ofGermany in a 3-2 split decision before defeatingChen Nien-chin of the Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals. Though she lost againstBusenaz Sürmeneli ofTurkey, her performance ensured a bronze medal. She became the second Indian female boxer to win an Olympic medal after Kom.[84][89]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Amit Panghal | Flyweight | Bye |  Martínez (COL)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
| Manish Kaushik | Lightweight | L McCormack (GBR) L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vikas Krishan Yadav | Welterweight | Okazawa (JPN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ashish Kumar | Middleweight | Tuoheta (CHN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Satish Kumar | Super heavyweight | Bye |  Brown (JAM)W 4–1 |  Jalolov (UZB)L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mary Kom | Flyweight |  Hernández (DOM)W 4–1 | Valencia (COL) L 2–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Simranjit Kaur | Lightweight | Bye |  Seesondee (THA)L 0–5 | Did not advance | |||
| Lovlina Borgohain | Welterweight | Bye |  Apetz (GER)W 3–2 | Chen N-c (TPE) W 4–1 |  Sürmeneli (TUR)L 0–5 | Did not advance | |
| Pooja Rani | Middleweight | — |  Chaib (ALG)W 5–0 | Li Q (CHN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss
As per theInternational Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), NOCs that did not qualify for the eventing team competition could earn up to two individual places based on the individual rankings.[90] Indian riderFouaad Mirza qualified for theindividual eventing by finishing in the top two of the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania).[91][92]
Mirza was the third Indian ever to qualify for theOlympic equestrian competition and India entered a rider into the competition for the first time after more than two decades.[93] The event was held at theTokyo Equestrian Park between 29 July and 2 August.[94] In thedressage event, Mirza finished ninth among 63 competitors with a penalty score of 28 points.[95] In thecross-country event that followed, he acquired 11.20 points as penalties to stand 22nd after the event with a combined score of 39.2. In the final event ofjumping, he accumulated further penalty scores of 20.4 over the two jumps to finish in 23rd place with an overall penalty score of 59.6.[96][97]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | |||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Fouaad Mirza | Seigneur | Individual eventing | 28.00 | 9 | 11.20 | 22 | 8.00 | 27 | 12.40 | 21 | 59.60 | 23 |
In addition to individuals who have qualified for the team events, six quota places were awarded based on theFédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) rankings which included the top two fencers from each of Europe and Asia-Oceania, and the top fencer from Africa and the Americas.[98]C. A. Bhavani Devi earned a spot in thewomen's sabre event as one of the two highest-ranked fencers from the Asia-Oceania region in the FIE adjusted rankings. She became the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games.[99]
The main event was held at theMakuhari Messe on 26 July 2021.[100] Devi defeatedNadia Ben Azizi ofTunisia in the first round by a score of 15–3.[101] However, she was eliminated in the next round after losing toManon Brunet ofFrance.[102][103] She trailed 2–8 going into the final round. Though she managed to secure the most points of any round in the final round, the match ended with a finals core of 15–7 in favor of the French fencer.[101]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| C. A. Bhavani Devi | Women's sabre |  Ben Azizi (TUN)W 15–3 |  Brunet (FRA)L 7–15 | Did not advance | ||||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarter final | Semi final | Final /BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| India men | Men's tournament |  New ZealandW 3–2 |  AustraliaL 1–7 |  SpainW 3–0 |  ArgentinaW 3–1 | Japan W 5–3 | 2Q |  Great BritainW 3–1 |  BelgiumL 2–5 | Germany W 5–4 | |
| India women | Women's tournament | Netherlands L 1–5 | Germany L 0–2 | Great Britain L 1–4 |  IrelandW 1–0 |  South AfricaW 4–3 | 4Q | Australia W 1–0 | Argentina L 1–2 | Great Britain L 3–4 | 4 |
As per theInternational Hockey Federation (FIH), teams were allowed to qualify basis continental games (2018 Asian Games for Asia) and the2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[104] Themen's team qualified by securing one of the seven spots available at the Olympic qualifiers atBhubaneswar after they defeatedRussia in a playoff.[105]Hockey India announced the 16-member hockey team for the Games on 18 June 2021, which included ten Olympic debutants.[106]
The main event was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021 at theOi Hockey Stadium with the matches held behind closed doors.[107][108] India was placed in pool A in the group stage.[109] In the group stage, India scored a narrow one goal victory overNew Zealand in the first match before losing heavily toAustralia in the second match by a scoreline of 1–7. The Indian team recovered to score three consecutive victories againstSpain,Argentina and hostsJapan. The team qualified for the quarter-finals after being placed second in the group.[110][111] India won 3–1 againstGreat Britain in the quarter-finals before losing 2–5 toBelgium in the semi-finals.[110][111] In the bronze medal match againstGermany, India trailed 1–3 early in the game before outscoring the opponent in the second half to win the match.[112] This was the country's first medal in the sport in more than 40 years after the gold at the1980 Games.[111]
The squad was announced on 18 June 2021.[113]
Head coach:Graham Reid[114]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | FW | Dilpreet Singh | (1999-11-12)12 November 1999 (aged 21) | 44 | 18 |  Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 3 | DF | Rupinder Pal Singh | (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 30) | 216 | 115 | Indian Overseas Bank |
| 6 | DF | Surender Kumar | (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 27) | 135 | 3 | Food Corporation of India |
| 7 | MF | Manpreet Singh(Captain) | (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 (aged 29) | 269 | 22 | Punjab Armed Police |
| 8 | MF | Hardik Singh | (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 22) | 39 | 1 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 9 | FW | Gurjant Singh | (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26) | 47 | 15 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 10 | FW | Simranjeet Singh | (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 24) | 47 | 13 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 11 | FW | Mandeep Singh | (1995-01-25)25 January 1995 (aged 26) | 159 | 82 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 13 | DF | Harmanpreet Singh | (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 25) | 119 | 74 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 14 | FW | Lalit Upadhyay | (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 27) | 108 | 26 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 16 | GK | P. R. Sreejesh | (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 33) | 236 | 0 | Kerala |
| 17 | MF | Sumit Walmiki | (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (aged 24) | 66 | 2 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 18 | MF | Nilakanta Sharma | (1995-05-02)2 May 1995 (aged 26) | 59 | 11 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 21 | FW | Shamsher Singh | (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 (aged 23) | 6 | 1 | Punjab National Bank |
| 22 | DF | Varun Kumar | (1995-07-25)25 July 1995 (aged 25) | 85 | 22 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 26 | DF | Birendra Lakra | (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 31) | 197 | 10 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 30 | DF | Amit Rohidas | (1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 28) | 97 | 17 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| 32 | MF | Vivek Prasad | (2000-02-25)25 February 2000 (aged 21) | 62 | 15 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 13 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan(H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 1 |
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As per the qualification system published by the FIH, similar to men's qualification, teams were allowed to qualify basis continental games (2018 Asian Games for Asia) and the2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[104] Thewomen's team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven spots available at the Olympic qualifiers. India defeatedUnited States in a playoff at the qualifiers to secure the berth.[115]
India was placed in pool A in the group stage.[109] In the group stage, India lost the first three matches againstNetherlands,Germany andGreat Britain. India achieved two narrow victories by one goal margins overIreland andSouth Africa to finish fourth in the group stage.[116] India won a 1–0 victory againstAustralia in the quarter-finals before they lost toArgentina in the semi-finals by a scoreline of 1-2.[116][117] In the bronze medal match against Great Britain, India led 3–2 before losing by a scoreline of 3–4 to miss out on a medal.[118][119] This was Indian women's team's best ever performance in the Olympic Games.[117]
The squad was announced on 17 June 2021.[120]
Head coach:Sjoerd Marijne
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | MF | Navjot Kaur | (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 26) | 172 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 2 | DF | Gurjit Kaur | (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 25) | 87 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 3 | DF | Deep Grace Ekka | (1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 27) | 202 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 4 | MF | Monika Malik | (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 (aged 27) | 150 | Hockey Haryana |
| 7 | FW | Sharmila Devi | (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 19) | 9 | Hockey Him |
| 8 | DF | Nikki Pradhan | (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 27) | 104 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 11 | GK | Savita Punia | (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 31) | 202 | Hockey Haryana |
| 15 | MF | Nisha Warsi | (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 (aged 26) | 9 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 16 | FW | Vandana Katariya | (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 29) | 240 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 18 | DF | Udita Duhan | (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 23) | 32 | Hockey Haryana |
| 20 | FW | Lalremsiami | (2000-03-30)30 March 2000 (aged 21) | 64 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 25 | FW | Navneet Kaur | (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25) | 79 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 27 | MF | Sushila Chanu | (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 29) | 181 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 28 | FW | Rani Rampal(Captain) | (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 26) | 241 | Hockey Haryana |
| 30 | MF | Salima Tete | (2001-12-27)27 December 2001 (aged 19) | 29 | Hockey Jharkhand |
| 32 | MF | Neha Goyal | (1995-11-15)15 November 1995 (aged 25) | 75 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 |
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The qualification togolfing events was based on theInternational Golf Federation (IGF)Official World Golf Ranking for men andWomen's World Golf Rankings for women as of 21 June 2021 and 28 June 2021 respectively, with a total of 60 players qualifying in each of the men's and women's events. The top 15 players qualified directly with a limit of four golfers per NOC. The remaining spots went to the highest-ranked players from NOCs that did not already have two golfers qualified, with a limit of two per NOC.[121]
Two male golfersAnirban Lahiri, andUdayan Mane garnered the final two qualifying spots based on the above criteria.[122] Female golferAditi Ashok qualified through her ranking based on the qualification criteria.[123] On 28 July 2021, Indian golferDiksha Dagar received an invitation from the IGF to compete in thewomen's individual event following a late withdrawal ofSouth African golferPaula Reto.[124] India sent four golfers to the Games, the maximum that was possible under the IGF guidelines with Ashok and Lahiri participating in their second Olympic Games.[125][126]
Themen's individual event was held between 29 July and 1 August followed by thewomen's individual events between 4 and 7 August at theKasumigaseki Country Club.[127][128] In the men's event, Lahiri had a good first round shooting fiveunder par to be ranked tied eighth. But a poor second round pushed him down the order before a brief recovery with a four under par score in the third round. He eventually finished tied 42nd after an on par fourth round with an overall score of 279 (five under par).[129] Mane had the worst first round scoring four over par to be ranked last amongst the 60 participants and never recovered. Though he fared better in the next three rounds, he finished tied 50th with a combined score of six over par.[129][130]
In the women's event, Ashok had a brilliant first round scoring five under par to be ranked tied second. She retained her second place in the next two rounds with a combined score of nine under par after the third round. But in the last round, she slipped to fourth after she missed abirdie on the 17th hole and eventually shot a score of 68. She finished with a combined score of 269 (15 under par) and just outside the medal positions in fourth.[131][126] Dagar had a sub-par outing and finished tied 50th with a score of 290 (six over par).[131]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||
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| Anirban Lahiri | Men's individual | 67 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 279 | −5 | T42 |
| Udayan Mane | 76 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 287 | +3 | 56 | |
| Aditi Ashok | Women's individual | 67 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 269 | −15 | 4 |
| Diksha Dagar | 76 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 290 | +6 | T50 | |
Legend: T = Tied
As per theInternational Gymnastics Federation (FIG), NOCs that have qualified teams were allowed to enter four members the individual events. A maximum of two further places were allocated based on an aggregate of scores achieved over theArtistic Gymnastics World Cup series and the various continental artistic gymnastics championships.[132] Indian gymnastPranati Nayak secured the last of two available berths in thewomen's individual all-around competition from the Asian region based on the 2020 Continental Championships.[133] Nayak became the second Indian ever to participate in thegymnastics competition at the Olympics afterDipa Karmakar inthe previous games.[134]
The qualification for the main event was held on 25 July at theAriake Gymnastics Centre.[135] In thevaulting event, she attempted a vault with a difficulty rating of five and was placed 56th amongst 85 competitors with a score of 13.466. In the other three events, she was ranked in the eighties. She finished with a combined score of 42.565 to be ranked 79th in the final classification and did not qualify for the final.[136][137]
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| Pranati Nayak | Women's artistic individual all-around | 13.466 | 56 | 9.033 | 81 | 9.433 | 82 | 10.633 | 80 | 42.565 | 79 | Did not advance | |
Each NOC could enter a maximum of 14 judokas for theevent with one in each weight division. The qualification was determined by the world ranking list prepared byInternational Judo Federation (IJF) as on 28 June 2021. The top 18 were awarded straight quotas apart from continental quotas that were awarded by IJF.[138] The entire Indian contingent had to withdraw from the Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifiers atBishkek due to few members testing positive for COVID-19.[139]
As per the final qualification list published on 5 July, one Indian judokaShushila Likmabam was awarded an entry in thewomen's 48 kg category.[140][141] She qualified under the continental quota as one of the top two ranked Asians outside the top 18 of the rankings and was the lone Indian judoka at the Games.[139][142]
The main event was held on 24 July at theNippon Budokan.[143] Likmabam competed againstEva Csernoviczki ofHungary in the round of 32.[144][145][146] She lost the bout after the opponent scored anippon and was eliminated from the competition.[147]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | Rank |
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| Shushila Likmabam | Women's −48 kg |  Csernoviczki (HUN)L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss
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As per theWorld Rowing Federation (FISA), the initial qualifying spots were awarded to the NOCs based on results at the2019 World Rowing Championships held inOttensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019.[148] At the championships, countries qualified boats rather than crews and were allowed to make crew changes for the Olympics for the qualified boats. Berths were also distributed to the nations at the four continental qualifyingregattas in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America, and Europe before the final unallocated berths were distributed at the Olympic Qualification Regatta held inLucerne, Switzerland in May 2021. All qualifying NOCs were limited to one berth per event, and only NOCs with fewer than two berths from the World Championships were allowed to compete in the continental qualifying regattas.[149] India qualified one boat in themen's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the first of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta held at Tokyo in May 2021.[150]
The main event took place at the took place between 24 and 29 July at theSea Forest Waterway inTokyo Bay.[151][152] Indian rowersArjun Lal andArvind Singh finished fifth in the opening heats to move into therepechage rounds.[153] The Indian team finished third in the repechage round to move into semifinals "A/B", where they ended in sixth to qualify for the final "B". The pair clocked just under six minutes and 30 seconds in the finals to be placed 11th place overall, the best ever finish for India at the rowing competition at the Summer Games.[154][155]
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| Arjun Lal Arvind Singh | Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:40.33 | 5R | 6:51.36 | 3SA/B | 6:24:41 | 6FB | 6:29.66 | 11 |
Legend:FB = Final B (non-medal);SA/B = Semifinals A/B;QF = Quarterfinals;R = Repechage
The qualification period for thesailing event commenced at the2018 Sailing World Championships inAarhus, Denmark where about forty percent of the total quota was awarded to the top NOCs. Six quota places were allocated at the2018 Asian Games and2019 Pan American Games, with 61 quotas across events distributed to the sailors at the World Championships in 2019. The final continental qualification regattas were held in 2021 to decide the remainder of the total quota.[156][157]
Indian sailors qualified one boat for each of themen's laser,men's 49er andWomen's laser radial events at the Asian continental regatta held in April 2021. This was the first time India qualified for multiple sailing events at a single Games.[158]Vishnu Saravanan qualified for the men's laser event for the first time with the duo ofK.C. Ganapathy andVarun Thakkar competing in the men's 49er event. In the women's laser radial event,Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman to qualify for thesailing event at the Summer Games.[158][159]
The sailing events were held off the coast ofEnoshima from 25 July to 1 August.[160] In the men's laser event, Sarvanan was ranked 14th after the first round but slipped down the rankings in the later rounds. He finished with 156 net points to be ranked 20th and recorded the best ever finish by an Indian sailor in the event.[159][161] In the 49er event, the Indian duo were classified 17th amongst the 20 boats in the competition.[162] In the women's laser radial event, Kumanan finished the first round in 33rd amongst the 41 competitors but recovered to finish in the top 20 in the next two rounds. But, she slipped down the order in the later and ended with 251 net points to be ranked 35th in the final classification.[163][164]
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| Vishnu Saravanan | Men's Laser | 14 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 15 | — | EL | 183 | 156 | 20 | ||
| K.C. Ganapathy Varun Thakkar | Men's 49er | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 14 | EL | 173 | 154 | 17 | |
| Nethra Kumanan | Women's Laser Radial | 33 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 37 | 38 | — | EL | 291 | 251 | 35 | ||
Legend: EL = Eliminated – Did not advance to the medal race; * = Worst race result not counted in the overall score
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As per theInternational Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) guidelines, quota places for the Games were allocated to the NOCs based on the results at designated ISSF supervised events held from 1 September 2018 to 6 June 2021. Four quota places in individual events were awarded to the shooters who competed in the respective mixed team events (rifle, pistol, and trap). Initial quota places were allocated only to the NOCs, who were then allowed to choose the individual shooters. After the initial quotas were allocated, shooters were granted entries based on the ISSF world rankings, which were awarded directly to the individual shooters and were not permitted to be changed by the NOCs.[165][166]
India secured 15 quota places for the Games.[167][168] At the2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships held in September 2018 inChangwon, South Korea,Anjum Modgil andApurvi Chandela secured India's first two quotas for thewomen's 10 m air rifle event by finishing second and fourth respectively. In the first ISSF World Cup in 2019 held atNew Delhi,Saurabh Chaudhary secured a quota for themen's 10 m air pistol event.Abhishek Verma secured a second quota in the same category after he won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup held atBeijing. In the same event,Divyansh Singh Panwar secured a quota for themen's 10 m air rifle event.Rahi Sarnobat achieved an Olympic berth in thewomen's 25 m pistol andManu Bhaker won a quota in thewomen's 10 m air pistol in the subsequent World Cup event held atMunich. In the 10 m air pistol event, India achieved a second quota afterYashaswini Deswal won gold in the World Cup event atRio de Janeiro whileSanjeev Rajput claimed a quota in themen's 50 m rifle three positions at the same event.[169]
India claimed six more Olympic berths at the 2019Asian Shooting Championships held at Doha.Deepak Kumar won a second quota in the men's 10 m air rifle event after he secured a bronze medal. In the women's 25 m pistol,Chinki Yadav achieved a second quota after she won the event.Tejaswini Sawant andAishwary Tomar secured spots in thewomen's and men's 50 m rifle three positions events respectively.Angad Bajwa andMairaj Ahmad Khan secured spots in themen's skeet competition after finishing in the top two in the skeet event.[169] On 5 April 2021, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officially announced a squad of fourteen shooters for the rescheduled Games. As Bhaker achieved an additional quota in the women's 25 m pistol event, NRAI opted to exchange the quota achieved by Yadav for an additional place in the women's 50 m rifle 3 positions event, which was eventually awarded to Moudgil.Elavenil Valarivan took the spot secured by Moudgil in the 10 m air rifle event while rest of the qualifiers were granted entries to the respective events in which they qualified. India also secured entries for two teams each in the10 m air rifle and10m air pistol mixed team events.[169][170][171]
The shooting events were held from 24 July to 2 August 2021 at theAsaka Shooting Range.[172][173] Despite having 20 entries across ten events, the Indian shooters fared poorly and won no medals. Except Chaudhary and Bhaker, the other shooters failed to qualify for the final rounds.[174] In the men's 10 m air pistol event, Chaudhary topped the qualifiers with a score of 586 but finished seventh amongst the eight finalists.[174][175] Similarly in the mixed event, Chaudhary teamed with Bhaker to qualify on top with a score of 582 but finished in seventh place in the final standings.[174][176]
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| Deepak Kumar | 10 m air rifle | 624.7 | 26 | Did not advance | |
| Divyansh Singh Panwar | 622.8 | 32 | |||
| Aishwary Tomar | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1167 | 21 | ||
| Sanjeev Rajput | 1157 | 32 | |||
| Saurabh Chaudhary | 10 m air pistol | 586 | 1Q | 137.4 | 7 |
| Abhishek Verma | 575 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
| Angad Bajwa | Skeet | 120 | 18 | ||
| Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 117 | 25 | |||
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| Apurvi Chandela | 10 m air rifle | 621.9 | 36 | Did not advance | |
| Elavenil Valarivan | 626.5 | 16 | |||
| Anjum Moudgil | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1167 | 15 | ||
| Tejaswini Sawant | 1154 | 33 | |||
| Manu Bhaker | 10 m air pistol | 575 | 12 | ||
| Yashaswini Deswal | 574 | 13 | |||
| Manu Bhaker | 25 m pistol | 582 | 15 | ||
| Rahi Sarnobat | 573 | 32 | |||
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| Deepak Kumar Anjum Moudgil | 10 m air rifle team | 623.8 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Divyansh Singh Panwar Elavenil Valarivan | 626.5 | 12 | |||||
| Saurabh Chaudhary Manu Bhaker | 10 m air pistol team | 582 | 1Q | 380 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Abhishek Verma Yashaswini Deswal | 564 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
Legend:Q = Qualified for the next round
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As per theFédération internationale de natation (FINA) guidelines, a NOC was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). If the quota was not filled, one athlete per event was allowed to enter, provided they achieved the Olympic Selection Time (OST). The qualifying time standards should have been achieved in competitions approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2019 to 27 June 2021.[177] FINA also allowed NOCs to enter swimmers (one per gender) under a universality place even if they have not achieved the standard entry times (OQT/OST).[178]
Sajan Prakash clocked a time of 1:56.38 in the 200 mbutterfly event to set a new national record in the 2021 Sette Colli trophy inRome and achieved the OST for the200 m butterfly event, set at 1:56.48.[179][180]Srihari Nataraj set a time of 53.77 in the trials at the same event to better the OST for themen's 100 m backstroke event set at 53.85.[180][181] Prakash was the first Indian swimmer to qualify directly for the Olympic Games and this was his second Olympic Games after he participated in the2016 Olympics on a universality quota.[179][181] Woman swimmerMaana Patel received an entry into thewomen's 100 m backstroke event via a universality invitation from FINA.[182]
The swimming events were held at theTokyo Aquatics Centre.[183] In the men's 100m backstroke event, Nataraj finished 27th out of the 41 competitors with a time of 54.31 and failed to qualify for the next round.[184][185] In the men's 200m butterfly event held on 26 July, Prakash registered a time of 1:57.22 in the second heat to be ranked 24th amongst the 36 swimmers and did not progress to the next round.[186] Similarly in the 100m butterfly event held on 29 July, he failed to make it to the semi-finals after finishing 46th amongst the 60 swimmers.[187] Patel also failed to progress beyond the heats after being placed 39th.[185]
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| Srihari Nataraj | Men's 100 m backstroke | 54.31 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
| Sajan Prakash | Men's 100 m butterfly | 53:45 | 46 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:57:22 | 24 | Did not advance | ||||
| Maana Patel | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:05.20 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
According to theInternational Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), each NOC was allowed to enter up to six athletes, two male and two female athletes in singles events, up to one men's and one women's team in team events, and up to one pair in mixed doubles. Qualification was awarded through a combination of ITTF rankings, continental quotas and world qualification tournaments.[188][189] In the Asia Qualification Event held at Doha in March 2021, India qualified two individual athletes each in the singles categories and one team in themixed doubles event.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran andSutirtha Mukherjee won the men's and women's singles categories while three-time OlympianSharath Kamal and2018 Commonwealth Games championManika Batra secured the remaining spots as the highest-ranked eligible table tennis players in the same competition.[190][191]
The main events were held at theTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium between 24 July and 6 August in which 173 athletes representing 57 NOCs competed across five events.[192] In theMen's singles event, Gnanasekaran lost his first match againstLam Siu-hang of Vietnam by a 3-4 scoreline. He led 3–1 before losing three successive sets to be eliminated from the competition.[193] Kamal won his first round match againstTiago Apolónia ofPortugal, but lost 1–4 to eventual gold medalistMa Long of China in the next round.[194][193]
In thewomen's singles event, Mukherjee defeatedSweden'sLinda Bergström in the first round before losing toFu Yu of Portugal in straight sets in the next round.[193][195] Batra won the first round againstTin-Tin Ho ofGreat Britain and defeatedMargaryta Pesotska of Ukraine in the next round. However, she lost toSofia Polcanova in straight sets in the third round, which ended the Indian competition in the event.[193][195] In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Kamal and Batra lost in straight sets toLin Yun-ju andCheng I-ching of Chinese Taipei in the opening round.[193][196]
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| Sharath Kamal | Men's singles | Bye |  Apolónia (POR)W 4–2 | Ma L (CHN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Bye | Lam S-h (HKG) L 3–4 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Manika Batra | Women's singles | Bye | Ho (GBR) W 4–0 | Pesotska (UKR) W 4–3 |  Polcanova (AUT)L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sutirtha Mukherjee | Bye |  Bergström (SWE)W 4–3 | Fu (POR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Sharath Kamal Manika Batra | Mixed doubles | — | Lin Y-j / Cheng I-c (TPE) L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss
As per theInternational Tennis Federation, the main qualifying criterion was based on the players' positions on theATP Entry Ranking andWTA ranking lists published on 14 June 2021. Additionally, players had to have been part of the nominated team for threeBillie Jean King Cup (women) orDavis Cup (men) events between the 2016 and 2020. This requirement was reduced to two events if the player had represented their nation at least twenty times. Each NOC could enter six athletes of each gender with a maximum of four entries in the individual events, and two pairs in the doubles events. The top 56 ranked players in the singles event qualified directly with spots allocated to subsequent ranked players if the NOCs exhaust the quota of four. For the doubles event, top ten ranked players qualified directly and were allowed to choose their partners ranked under 300.[197][198]
Sumit Nagal, who was ranked 144, did not secure a direct entry but qualified later for themen's singles event after several higher ranked players withdrew.Yuki Bhambri, who was ranked 127 qualified initially, but withdrew because of a knee injury.[199][200] India entered a pair for thewomen's doubles event by usingSania Mirza's protected ranking of nine in the WTP rankings. Mirza partneredAnkita Raina in the event.[199][201] This was the fourth Olympic participation for Mirza, who had reached the semi-finals in the2016 Games, narrowly missing out on a medal.[202][203][204]
The main events were held between 24 July and 1 August at theAriake Tennis Park.[205] In the first round of the women's doubles event held on 25 July, the Indian pair won the first set6–0 against theUkrainian pair ofLyudmyla andNadiia Kichenok in 21 minutes. The Indian pair led 5–3 in the second set with Mirza serving for the match. But the Ukrainian pair took three of the next four points to force atie-break, which they won. They went on to win the match after winning the super tie-break to knock the Indian pair out of the competition.[202][204] In the men's singles event, Nagal won the first set againstUzbekDenis Istomin before losing the second set on a tie-break. He took the third set to win the match and qualified for the next round.[206] In the second round, Nagal lost in straight sets to then world number twoDaniil Medvedev, which ended India's participation in the event.[207]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
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| Sumit Nagal | Men's singles | Istomin (UZB) W 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 | Medvedev (ROC) L 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sania Mirza Ankita Raina | Women's doubles | — | L Kichenok / N Kichenok (UKR) L 6–0, 6–7(0–7), [8–10] | Did not advance | ||||
Legend:W = Win;L = Loss
As per the guidelines set by theInternational Weightlifting Federation (IWF), each NOC was allowed to enter a maximum of eight competitors with four per gender. The top eight athletes by ranking points in each weight category qualified directly subject to the above condition.[208] The IWF released its qualification list on 28 June 2021.[209][210] India was restricted to only half the quota places due to previous doping violations.[211][212]Saikhom Mirabai Chanu qualified for thewomen's −49 kg category after she was ranked second in the category on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[213]
The main event that took place on 24 July at theTokyo International Forum.[214][215] In thesnatch, Chanu lifted 84 kg lift in her first attempt and cleared 87 kg in the later attempt. In theclean and jerk, she lifted 110 kg in the first attempt before improving to 115 kg. Her combined effort of 202 kg was good enough for a silver medal. She became the first Indian medalist at the Games, won India's first ever silver medal in weight lifting, and the first weightlifting medal since2000.[17][216][217]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Women's −49 kg | 87 | 2 | 115 | 2 | 202 | |
As per theUnited World Wrestling, each NOC was allowed to enter a maximum of 18 wrestlers with one per event. Quotas were allocated at the2019 World Wrestling Championships, continental tournaments (2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament for Asia) and2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament.[218] In the World Championships held atNur-Sultan in September 2019, India achieved three men's quota places throughRavi Kumar Dahiya (57 kg),Bajrang Punia (65 kg),Deepak Punia (86 kg and one in the women's category throughVinesh Phogat (53 kg).[219] In the Asian qualification tournament held atAstana in April 2021, India women wrestlers achieved two more quota places throughAnshu Malik (57 kg), andSonam Malik (62 kg).[220]Seema Bisla (women's 50 kg) andSumit Malik (men's 125 kg) achieved final quota places at the World Olympic qualifiers atSofia in May 2021.[221][222] Sumit Malik was disqualified following a positive doping test and the quota place he had claimed was taken off. This left India with a total of seven wrestlers in the competition.[219][223]
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The wrestling events took place between 1 and 7 August at theMakuhari Messe inMihama-ku.[224][225] In thewomen's 62 kg event held on 3 August, Sonam Malik was eliminated after losing her initial round of 16 bout toKhürelkhüügiin Bolortuyaa ofMongolia. Though both scored two points each, the Mongolian progressed as she had obtained the highest point score for a single move after her two points for a take down.[226][227] In thewomen's 57 kg event held on the following day, Anshu Malik lost toIryna Kurachkina ofBelarus in the first round. As losers to eventual finalists were allowed to compete in arepachage round for bronze, she facedValeria Koblova in the initial repechage bout but lost to her by a scoreline of 1–3.[226][228] In themen's 57 kg event held on the same day, Dahiya won againstÓscar Tigreros of Colombia in the first round andGeorgi Vangelov ofBulgaria in the quarterfinals bytechnical superiority and qualified for the semifinals. In the semi-finals next day, he facedNurislam Sanayev ofKazakhstan. He trailed 2–9 to the Kazakh before hepinned his opponent and won the match to qualify for the final. He lost toZaur Uguev in the final by a score of 4–7 and settled for a silver medal. He became the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games afterSushil Kumar in the2012 Games.[226][229]
Deepak Punia won the opening bout easily againstEkerekeme Agiomor ofNigeria in themen's 86 kg category. In the quarterfinals, he defeatedLin Zushen of China by a margin of 6–3. In the semifinals held on 4 August,David Taylor of theUnited States defeated him on technical superiority. In the bronze medal contest, he lost toMyles Amine by a difference of two points to miss out on a medal.[226][230] In thewomen's 53 kg category, world number one Phogat started win a 7–1 win overSofia Mattsson of Sweden in the first match before she lost toVanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus in the quarterfinals to be eliminated from the competition.[226][231] In thewomen's 50 kg category, Bisla lost her opening bout toSarra Hamdi ofTunisia on her Olympic debut and was eliminated from the competition.[226][232] In themen's 65 kg category, Bajrang Punia secured a first round victory overErnazar Akmataliev ofKyrgyzstan by countback after the scores were tied. He pinnedMorteza Ghiasi ofIran to win the quarterfinal bout. In the semifinals, he was defeated byHaji Aliyev ofAzerbaijan. He defeatedDaulet Niyazbekov in the bronze medal bout by a score of 8–0 to win India's second wrestling medal in the Games.[226][233][234]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Men's −57 kg | Tigreros (COL) W 13–2VSU1 |  Vangelov (BUL)W 14–4VSU1 | Sanayev (KAZ) W 7–9VFA | — | Uguev (ROC) L 4–7VPO1 | |
| Bajrang Punia | Men's −65 kg |  Akmataliev (KGZ)W 3–3VPO1 |  Ghiasi (IRI)W 5–0VT |  Aliyev (AZE)L 5–12VPO1 | Bye | Niyazbekov (KAZ) W 8–0VPO | |
| Deepak Punia | Men's −86 kg |  Agiomor (NGR)W 12–1VSU1 | Lin Zs (CHN) W 6–3VPO1 | Taylor (USA) L 0–10VSU | Bye |  Amine (SMR)L 2–4VPO1 | 5 |
| Seema Bisla | Women's −50 kg | Hamdi (TUN) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Vinesh Phogat | Women's −53 kg | Mattsson (SWE) W 7–1VPO1 |  Kaladzinskaya (BLR)L 3–9VPO1 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Anshu Malik | Women's −57 kg | Kurachkina (BLR) L 2–8VPO1 | Did not advance | Koblova (ROC) L 1–5VPO1 | Did not advance | 9 | |
| Sonam Malik | Women's −62 kg |  Khürelkhüü (MGL)L 2–2VPO1 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
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