India at the 1984 Summer Olympics

India at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Los Angeles
Competitors	48 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Zafar Iqbal
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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India competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham reached the semifinals of 800 metres with a personal best of 2:04.69 seconds and became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. She finished last in the semifinal.

Later, the Indian women's 4x400 metre relay team of P. T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, M. D. Valsamma and Vandana Rao made it to the finals. They finished last among the seven teams in the final but set an Asian record of 3:32.49 seconds. ^{[1] [2]}

Competitors

Sports	Men	Women	Total	Events
Athletics	3	5	8	7
Boxing	2	0	2	2
Field hockey	16	0	16	1
Shooting	7	1	8	6
Sailing	2	0	2	1
Weightlifting	4	0	4	3
Wrestling	8	0	8	6
Total	42	6	48	26

Results by event

Athletics

Men Track And Field events

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Charles Borromeo	800 m	1:51:52	5	Did not advance
Chand Ram	Men's 20 km Walk	—						1:30:06	22
Gurtej Singh	Men's Javelin Throw	—						70.08	25

Women Track And Field events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shiny Abraham	800 m	2:04.69	4	2:05.42	16	Did not advance
Geeta Zutshi	3000 m	9:40.28	8	Did not advance
P. T. Usha	400 meters hurdle	56.81	2	55.94	1	55.42	4
M. D. Valsamma	400 meters hurdle	1:00:03	5	Did not advance
M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha	4 × 400 m relay			3:33.85	4	3:32:49	7

References

1. "P.T. Usha Los Angeles 400m hurdles" . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
2. "1984 Olympics the year that set the stage for Indian women athletes" . Retrieved 1 May 2022.

• An interview with Shiny Wilson