| India at the 2014 Asian Para Games | |
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| IOC code | IND |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of India |
| Website | paralympicindia |
| in Incheon 18–24 October 2014 | |
| Competitors | 87 |
| Medals Ranked 15th |
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| Asian Para Games appearances (overview) | |
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Athletics | 36 | 4 | 40 |
| Badminton | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Judo | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Swimming | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| Wheelchair fencing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 70 | 16 | 86 |
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| Athletes | Event | Qualification Rank | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
| Satendr Mirey | Men's Individual | 20 |  Terasaka (JPN)L 129–137 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Vilas Dawane | 22 | Otsuka (JPN) L 132–136 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Tarif | 15 |  Aikynbayev (KAZ)W 132–131 |  Shin D-h (KOR)L 115–143 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Athletes | Event | Qualification Rank | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||||
| Amol Boriwale | Men's Individual | 28 | Bye |  Netsiri (THA)L 0–6 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Rajesh Kumar | 27 | Bye |  Kazem (IRQ)W 6–4 | Ueyama (JPN) W 6–0 |  Zhao Lx (CHN)L 0–6 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Jyoti Baliyan | Women individual | 16 | — |  Tuwariyah (INA)W 6–0 |  Nemati (IRI)L 0–6 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Jyoti Baliyan Rajesh Kumar | Mixed Team | 9 | Bye |  Tseng L-h /Hsieh M-y (TPE) L 5–3 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Athletes | Event | Heats | Semi-final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Shavaad Jedikere | 400m – T11 | 57.13 PB | 3 | did not advance | |||
| 800m – T11 | 2:13.69 SB | 3 Q | — | 2:14.79 |  | ||
| Ankur Dhama | 2:13.56 | 1 Q | 2:09.11 PB |  | |||
| 5000m – T11 | — | 16: 42.69 | | ||||
| Amar Nishad | 800m – T12 | 2:09.02 PB | 2 Q | — | 2:06.74 PB | 4 | |
| 1500m – T12 | 4:14.54 PB | 1 Q | — | DNF | |||
| Ramkiaran Singh | 800m – T13 | — | 2:01.06 PB | | |||
| Rajesh Kumar | 200m – T44 | — | 29.45 | 8 | |||
| Anandan Gunasekaran | 25.94 | 6 | |||||
| Amit Kumar | 100m – T47 | 11.85 PB | 4 | — | did not advance | ||
| Sandeep Singh Maan | 11.51 PB | 3 q | 11.82 | 6 | |||
| 200m – T47 | — | 22.59 PB | | ||||
| 400m – T47 | 51.04 GR | 1 Q | — | 49.28 PB | | ||
| Athletes | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Amit Kumar Saroha | Club Throw – F31/32/51 | 21.31 AR |  |
| Discus Throw – F51/52/53 | 9.89 GR | | |
| Sharad Kumar | High Jump – T42/44/47 | 1.80 GR | |
| Girisha Nagarajegowda | 1.68 | 3 | |
| Varun Singh Bhati | 1.65 | 5 | |
| Narender Ranbir | Javelin Throw – F42/44 | 53.56 PB | |
| Prasanna Thippeswamy | 46.39 PB | 4 | |
| Vinod Kumar | 48.40 PB | 6 | |
| Devendra Jhajharia | Javelin Throw – F46 | 58.45 | |
| Jaideep Deswal | Discus Throw – F42 | 37.48 | 4 |
| Surjeet Singh | 31.79 SB | 6 | |
| Santhamuthuvel Kesavan | Discus Throw – F44 | 39.70 | |
| Amit Balyan | Discus Throw – F54/55 | 27.81 | 4 |
| Sunil Phogat | 27.53 PB | 5 | |
| Prasantha Kumar | 14.85 PB | 9 | |
| Athletes | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Pragya Ghildial | Discus Throw – F55 / 56 | 12.45 PB | 10 |
| Deepa Malik | Javelin Throw – F53/54 | 9.66 AR | |
| Karamjyoti Dalal | Shot Put – F55/56 | 5.36 PB | |
| Discus Throw – F55 / 56 | 17.37 PB | | |
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Manoj Sarkar | SL 3 | Fujihara (JPN) W (21–14, 21–19) | Rukaendi (INA) L (18–21, 21–23) | — | 2 Q | Suenaga (JPN) W (21–6, 21–9) |  Juhari (MAS)W (21–13, 21–13) |  Bhagat (IND)W (21–16, 19–21, 21–18) | Rukaendi (INA) L (14–21, 15–21) | |
| Pramod Bhagat |  Hermogenes (PHI)W (21–15, 21–17) | Hiroi (JPN) W (21–13, 21–9) | 1 Q | Malek (MAS) W(21–18, 21–18) | Dwiyoko (INA) W (21–12, 16–21, 21–15) | Sarkar (IND) L (16–21, 21–19, 18–21) | Did Not Advance | | ||
| Ananda Boregowda | SL 4 | Byeon J-b (KOR) W (21–12, 21–16) | Lin C-c (TPE) L (15–21, 16–21) | — | 2 Q | — | Setiawan (INA) L (14–21, 20–22) | Did Not Advance | ||
| Tarun Dhillon | Setiawan (INA) L (19–21, 13–21) |  Nguyễn V T (VIE)W (21–13, 21–13) | 2 Q | Susanto (INA) W (19–21, 21–14, 21–12) | Lin C-c (TPE) W (17–21, 21–13, 21–14) | Setiawan (INA) L (20–22, 18–21) | | |||
| Ashutosh Dubey | Susanto (INA) L (10–21, 15–21) | Lê V (VIE) W (21–11, 21–18) | Kittichokwattana (THA) L (16–21, 21–16, 13–21) | 3 | Did Not Advance | |||||
| Raj Kumar | SU 5 | Obara (JPN) W (21–14, 21–16) | Khowbunyarasri (THA) W (21–9, 21–17) | — | 1 Q | Bye | Kunantoro (INA) L (21–16, 20–22, 9–21) | Did Not Advance | ||
| Rakesh Pandey | Kawabata (JPN) L (9–21, 6–21) |  Lam T K (HKG)L (11–21, 9–21) | Shi Sz (CHN) L (8–21, 12–21) | 4 | Did Not Advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Parul Parmar | SL 3 | Ng L L (HKG) W (21–4, 21–7) | Panyachaem (THA) W (21–4, 21–10) | Ito (JPN) W (21–3, 21–11) | Kamtam (THA) W (21–13, 21–17) | |
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ananda Boregowda Pramod Bhagat | Men's SL 3–4 | Fujihara / Sato (JPN) W (18–21, 21–15, 21–12) | Juhari / Saaba (MAS) L (24–26, 13–21) | Baik D-k / Kim C-m (KOR) L (21–19, 12–21, 13–21) | 3 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Manoj Sarkar Tarun Dhillon | Saengarayakul / Sangnil (THA) W (21–10, 21–10) | Dwiyoko / Setiawan (INA) L (19–21, 13–21) | — | 2 Q | Rukaendi / Susanto (INA) L (13–21, 12–21) | Did Not Advance | |||
| Raj Kumar Rakesh Pandey | Men's SU 5 | Phạm H T / Trần M N (VIE) W (21–11, 21–11) | Kawabata / Shogaki (JPN) W (21–18, 21–17) | Lee M-y / Yeh E-c (TPE) W (21–19, 18–21, 21–19) | 1 Q |  Tay W M /Pung (SIN) W (17–21, 21–3, 21–11) | Kunantoro / Nugroho (INA) W (21–17, 21–15) | Cheah L H / Laiman (MAS) L (21–11, 11–21, 13–21) | |
| Raj Kumar Parul Parmar | Mixed SL 3–SU 5 | Setiawan / Oktila (INA) L (12–21, 10–21) | Kittichokwattana / Saensupa (THA) W (21–11, 21–18) | Suenaga / Toyoda (JPN) W (21–18, 21–18) | 2 Q | — | Shogaki / Ito (JPN) W (21–16, 21–15) | Setiawan / Oktila (INA) L (14–21, 15–21) | |
| Athletes | Event | Qualifying Round | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
| Karmpal | Men −60 kg | — |  Namozov (UZB)L 000–100 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Jaydeep Singh | Men −66 kg | Berdiyorov (UZB) L 000–100 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Manoharan Janakiraman | Men −73 kg | — | Sayidov (UZB) L 000–100 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Ramesh Kumar | Men −90 kg | — |  Dashtseren (MGL)L 000–100 | Did Not Advance | Lkhagvadorj (MGL) L 000–100 | Did Not Advance | |
| Karmpal Jaydeep Singh Manoharan Janakiraman Ramesh Kumar | Men Team | — | Bye | Mongolia (MGL) L 1–4 | — | Did Not Advance | |
| Athletes | Event | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
| Vijayashanthi Ravi | Woman −48 kg | Baasandorj (MGL) L 000–101 | Did Not Advance | Janudom (THA) L 000–110 | Did Not Advance | |
| Athletes | Event | Group Stage | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Priyanka Ghumre | Woman −57 kg | Miwa (JPN) L 000–100 | Wang Lj (CHN) L 000–100 | — | 3 [no medal] |
| Pappathi Chinnaswamy | Woman −78 kg | Nantharak (THA) L 000–100 | Nyamaa (MGL) L 000–100 | — | 3 [no medal] |
| Vijayashanthi Ravi Priyanka Ghumre Pappathi Chinnaswamy | Women's Team | China (CHN) W 3–1 | Indonesia (INA) L 1–2 | Mongolia (MGL) L 0–3 | |
| Athletes | Event | Heats | Semi-final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Niranjan Mukundan | 100m Butterfly S8 | — | DSQ | ||||
| Sharath Gayakwad | 1:08.30 | | |||||
| 100m Backstroke S8 | 1:22.33 | 4 | — | 1:15.34 | | ||
| 100m Breaststroke SB8 | 1 21.06 | 1 Q | — | 1:18.43 | | ||
| 200m Individual Medley SM8 | — | 2:38.71 | | ||||
| Niranjan Mukundan | 3:20.79 | 4 | |||||
| 50m freestyle S8 | 34.56 | 6 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Sharath Gayakwad | 32.76 | 3 | 30.64 | | |||
| Prasanta Karmakar | 100m Breaststroke SB9 | — | 1:22.07 | | |||
| Swapnil Patil | 1:35.45 | 7 | |||||
| Shashank Mahesh | 100m Breaststroke SB14 | 1:58:04 | 6 | Did Not Advance | |||
| 100m Breaststroke S14 | DSQ | Did Not Advance | |||||
| India | 4x100 Relay Medley 34P | — | 23.32 | | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naresh Kumar Sharma | R1-10m Air Rifle Standing | Did not qualify | Did Not Advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Best Lift | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farman Basha | Men's −49 kg | 155 | |
| Rajinder Singh Rahelu | Men's – 55 kg | NM | |
| Sakina Khatun | Women's −50 kg | 81 | 4 |
| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Nir Bahadur Gurung | Individual TT3 | Ko H Y (HKG) L 0–3 | Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did Not Advance | |||||
| Trivendra Singh | Individual TT4 | Zhang Y (CHN) L 0–3 | Chaiwut (THA) L 0–3 | Cartera (PHI) L 0–3 | — | 4 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Yezdi Bhamgara | Individual TT6 | Huang Jx (CHN) L 0–3 | Thainiyom (THA) L 0–3 |  Jon J-h (PRK)L 0–3 | — | 4 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Ajay Gubbi | Individual TT8 | Kim K-j (KOR) L 0–3 | Hu Mf (TPE) L 1–3 | Charitsat (THA) L 1–3 | — | 4 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Ranjit Gujjar | Individual TT9 | Wong C Y (HKG) L 0–3 | Suzuki (JPN) L 0–3 | Ma Y-c (PRK) L 0–3 | — | 4 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Om Lotlikar | Individual TT10 | Lee Y-t (TPE) L 0–3 | Akbar (INA) L 0–3 |  Pitiyage (SRI)L 0–3 | — | 4 | Did Not Advance | ||||
| Nir Bahadur Gurung Trivendra Singh | Team TT4 | Philippines (PHI) L 1–3 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–3 | Thailand (THA) L 0–3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0–3 | 5 | — | 5 | |||
| Yezdi Bhamgara Ajay Gubbi | Team TT8 | China (CHN) L 0–3 | Indonesia (INA) L 0–3 | Thailand (THA) L 0–3 | — | 4 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Ranjit Gujjar Om Lotlikar | Team TT9/10 | Malaysia (MAS) L 0–3 | Japan (JPN) L 0–3 | Mongolia (MGL) W 3–2 | — | 3 | — | Did Not Advance | |||
| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sonal Patel | Individual TT3 | Li Qa (CHN) L 0–3 | Chazani (IRI) W 3–1 | — | 2 Q | Asayut (THA) L 0–3 | Did Not Advance | ||
| Bhavina Patel | Individual TT4 |  El Elimat (JOR)W 3–0 | Zhou Y (CHN) L 0–3 | — | 2 Q | Zhang M (CHN) L 0–3 | Did Not Advance | ||
| Suvarna Raj | Individual TT5 | Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3 | Jung Y-a (KOR) L 0–3 | Wong P Y (HKG) L 0–3 | 4 | — | Did Not Advance | ||
| Poonam | Individual TT6-7 | Kim S-o (KOR) L 0–3 |  Lam O M (MAC)L 0–3 | — | 3 | — | Did Not Advance | ||
| Vaishnavi Sutar | Individual TT8 | Mao Jd (CHN) L 0–3 | Koh D-j (KOR) L 0–3 | — | 3 | — | Did Not Advance | ||
| Nikita Kumar | Individual TT9-10 | Lei Ln (CHN) L 0–3 | Settisrikoedkun (THA) L 2–3 | — | 3 | Did Not Advance | |||
| Sonal Patel Bhavina Patel Suvarna Raj | Team TT4/5 | China (CHN) L 0–3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 1–3 | — | 3 | — | Did Not Advance | ||
| Poonam Vaishnavi Sutar | Team TT6-8 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–3 | China (CHN) L 0–3 | Macau (MAC) L 0–3 | 3 | — | 3 (no medal) | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarter Final | Semi-final | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Joseph Jelestin | Sabre-Category A | Chan W K (HKG) L 2–15 | Did Not Advance | 13 | ||
| Nooruddin Dawood | Sabre-Category B |  Semaan (LIB)W 15–2 | Tam C S (HKG) L 4–15 | Did Not Advance | 8 | |
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