India at the 2004 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 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
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Athens
Competitors73 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Anju Bobby George[1]
Medals
Ranked 65th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverRajyavardhan Singh RathoreShootingMen's double trapAugust 17

Archery
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 N/A  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 N/A  Great Britain (GBR)
W 230–228		  France (FRA)
L 227–228		 Did not advance

Athletics
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
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
K. M. Binu 400 m 45.48 NR 3 q 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 3 Q N/A 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 9 Q 6.83 NR 5
Harwant Kaur Discus throw 60.82 13 Did not advance
Neelam Jaswant Singh 60.2617Did 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
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
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
Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
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)
  2. Dilip Tirkey
  3. Sandeep Singh
  4. Ignace Tirkey
  5. Prabjoth Singh
  6. Deepak Thakur
  7. Dhanraj Pillay
  8. Baljit Singh Dhillon
  9. Gagan Ajit Singh
  10. Adrian D'Souza (GK)
  11. William Xalco
  12. Viren Rasquinha
  13. Arjun Halappa
  14. Adam Sinclair
  15. Harpal Singh
  16. Vikram Pillay
Group play
Pos Team 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
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
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 5 R 7:29.47 4 SD/E 7:48.38 5 FE 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
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
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 3 Q 694.6 7
Gagan Narang 593 12 Did not advance
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Double trap 135 5 Q 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 7 Q 497.2 8

Swimming
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
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
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
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
Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
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
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See also

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