India at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
Website olympic.ind.in
in Seoul
Competitors46 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Kartar Dhillon Singh
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed in seven events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning no medals. [1] [2]

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [3]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 303
Athletics 055
Boxing 33
Field hockey 16016
Sailing 202
Shooting 011
Swimming 101
Table tennis 213
Tennis 303
Weightlifting 22
wrestling 77
Total39746

Results by event

Archery

In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men.

Men

AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Shyam Lal Individual 115071Did not advance
Limba Ram Individual 123239Did not advance
Sanjeeva Singh Individual 123336Did not advance
Shyam Lal
Limba Ram
Sanjeeva Singh
Team 361520Did not advance

Athletics

Women

Track events
AthleteEventsHeatRound 2SemifinalFinal
TimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
Mercy Alapurackal 400 m 53.412653.9330Did not advance
Shiny Kurisingal Abraham 800 m 2:03.2618Did not advance
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha 400 m Hurdles 59.5531Did not advance
Mercy Alapurackal
Shiny Kurisingal Abraham
Vandana Pandurang Shanbagh
Vandana Rao
4 × 400 m Relay 3:33.467Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shahuraj Birajdar Bantamweight Flag of Togo.svg  Ayewoubo Akomatsri  (TOG)
W 5-0
Flag of the United States.svg  Kennedy McKinney  (USA)
WO
Did not advance
John William Francis Featherweight Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Dong Liu  (CHN)
L 2-3
Did not advance
Manoj Pingale Flyweight Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Joseph Chongo  (ZAM)
W 5-0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mario Gonzalez  (MEX)
L 1-4
Did not advance

Field hockey

The results of the Indian Olympic field hockey teams are as follows: [4]

Men's team competition

Team Roster
Preliminary round

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 5410133+109 Semi-finals
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5311125+77
3Flag of India.svg  India 521297+25 5–8th place semi-finals
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 521251055
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (H)502351052 9–12th place semi-finals
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 502331292
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
18 September 1988
09:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg1–0Flag of India.svg  India
Davydov Field hockey ball.svg 6' Report
Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

20 September 1988
13:30
West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–1Flag of India.svg  India
Hilgers Field hockey ball.svg 39' Report Sebastian Field hockey ball.svg 31'
Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Alain Renaud (FRA)

22 September 1988
10:45
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1–3Flag of India.svg  India
Kim Young-joon Field hockey ball.svg 16' Report T. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 55', 60'
Sebastian Field hockey ball.svg 58'
Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

24 September 1988
15:15
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–5Flag of India.svg  India
Rutledge Field hockey ball.svg 22' Report M. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 11', 29'
Sebastian Field hockey ball.svg 32'
Fernandis Field hockey ball.svg 55'
Baladadalaisah Field hockey ball.svg 56'
Umpires:
Amjarit Dhak (KEN)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

26 September 1988
13:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–0Flag of India.svg  India
Barber Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Kerly Field hockey ball.svg 46'
Potter Field hockey ball.svg 50'
Report
Umpires:
Alain Renaud (FRA)
Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)

5–8th place semi-finals

28 September 1988
11:00
India  Flag of India.svg6–6 (a.e.t.)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
M. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 15', 25'
Fernandis Field hockey ball.svg 23', 26'
B. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Mohamed Field hockey ball.svg 80'
Report Geneyro Field hockey ball.svg 21', 48', 90'
Ferrara Field hockey ball.svg 33'
Mascheroni Field hockey ball.svg 56'
Penalties
Kumar Field hockey penmiss.svg
Felix Field hockey pengoal.svg
V. Singh Field hockey penmiss.svg
Fernandis Field hockey pengoal.svg
B. Singh Field hockey pengoal.svg
B. Singh Field hockey pengoal.svg
4–3Field hockey penmiss.svg Mascheroni
Field hockey pengoal.svg Siri
Field hockey penmiss.svg Altube
Field hockey pengoal.svg Geneyro
Field hockey pengoal.svg Ferrara
Field hockey penmiss.svg Altube
Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Rob Lathouwers (NED)

Fifth place game

30 September 1988
09:00
India  Flag of India.svg1–2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
M. Singh Field hockey ball.svg 68' Report Musaddiz Field hockey ball.svg 22'
Qazi Field hockey ball.svg 50'
Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Graham Nash (ENG)

Swimming

Men

AthleteEventsHeatFinal BFinal A
TimePositionTimePositionTimePosition
Ranjoy Punja 100 m backstroke DNS-Did not advance
Khazansingh Tokas 200 m butterfly 2:03.9528Did not advance

Table Tennis

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Sujay Ghorpade Men's Singles Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Grubba  (POL)
L 0-3

Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Y Miyazaki  (JPN)
L 0-3
Flag of Germany.svg  Joerg Rosskopf  (FRG)
L 0-3
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Zoran Primorac  (YUG)
L 0-3
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Atanda Musa  (NGR)
L 1-3
Flag of Australia.svg  Gary Haberl  (AUS)
L 2-3
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Francisco Lopez  (VEN)
W 3-2

7th in groupDid not advance
Kamlesh Mehta Men's Singles Flag of Sweden.svg  Jörgen Persson  (SWE)
L 1-3

Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Ki Taik Kim  (KOR)
L 0-3
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kiyoshi Saito  (JPN)
L 0-3
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Mariano Loukov  (BUL)
W 3-1
Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Molenda  (POL)
W 3-1
Flag of Chile.svg  Jorge Gambra  (CHI)
W 3-0
Flag of Egypt.svg  Sherif Elsaket  (EGY)
W 3-1

4th in groupDid not advance
Sujay Ghorpade
Kamlesh Mehta
Men's Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0-2

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
L 0-2
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
L 0-2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
L 1-2
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
L 0-2
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
W 2-0
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia  (TUN)
W 2-0

6th in groupDid not advance
Niyati Roy Women's Singles Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  F Boulatova  (URS)
L 0-3

Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Marie Hrachova  (TCH)
L 0-3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsiu-Yu Chang  (TPE)
L 0-3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Karina Bogaerts  (BEL)
L 0-3
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mee Wan Leong  (MAS)
L 0-3

6th in groupDid not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Zeeshan Ali Men's Singles Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Victo Caballero  (PAR)
W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Jakob Hlasek  (SUI)
L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
Did not advance
Vijay Amritraj Men's Singles Flag of France.svg  Henri Leconte  (FRA)
L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultResult
Gurunathan Muthuswamy Men's −52 kg 102.5125227.511
Raghavan Chanderasekaran 92.5115207.519

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