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.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is an Indian sports administrator and retired track and field athlete. Usha was born in Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district, Kerala. She grew up in Payyoli. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 gold medals and 7 silver medals in the Asian Games. She is often associated as the "Queen of Indian track and field".
Avinashi is a municipality in the Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Avinashi is one among the nine taluks of the district. It is one of the most popular pilgrim destinations in the Western Tamil Nadu region. It is located off of National Highway NH544, which bypasses the town. The history of the town is centered around the Avinasilingeswarar temple. The town was previously a part of the Coimbatore district until Tirupur was carved out as a separate district from the erstwhile districts of Coimbatore and Erode. It is a stopping place for vehicles travelling from the western part of Tamil Nadu to Chennai and Cochin. Avinashi Taluk has one Town Panchayat and Block Panchayat by administration. Avinashi Town Panchayat has 18 wards with around 28868 people population. Avinashi Block Panchayat has 19 wards along with 31 Village Panchayats.
Deshabandu Kobala Vithanage Damayanthi Dharsha-Kobalavithanage is a retired Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres race events. She is the current Asian Games record holder in women's 200m event and current Asian Athletics Championships record holder in women's 400m event as well as national record holder in women's 400m. She is regarded as one of the greatest track and field athletes to have represented Sri Lanka at international level alongside her teammate Susanthika Jayasinghe. She is also regarded as the most successful Sri Lankan athlete at the Asian Games with a medal haul of four medals including three gold medals and became the first Sri Lankan female athlete to clinch three Asian Games gold medals. She represented Sri Lanka at the Olympics on three occasions in 1992, 2000 and 2004. She also represented Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games on four occasions in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 as well as at the South Asian Games on four occasions.
In India, the Athletics was introduced during the period of the British Raj. The sport is governed by the Athletics Federation of India, which was formed in 1946.
Dipna Lim Prasad is a Singaporean sprinter and hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles. Dipna specialises in the 100 metres hurdles but also competes in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 4x100 metres relay, and 4 x 400 metres relay.
Janieve Russell is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes mainly in the 400 metres hurdles and the 400 metres sprint. She won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in Tokyo 2021, where she also finished fourth in the 400m hurdles final in a personal best of 53.08 secs. She is a four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, winning the 400m hurdles title in 2018 and 2022, and the 4 × 400 m relay in 2014 and 2018. She has also won two relay silvers at the World Championships and a relay gold at the World Indoor Championships.
Dharun Ayyasamy is an Indian track athlete. He specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles events. He participated in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He's the first and only Indian to run below 49sec (48.80sec) in 400m Hurdles.
Subha Venkatesan is an Indian athlete. She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In July 2021, she was selected for representing India at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. She was part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay Indian team along with Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra and Prachi Choudhary that won silver at the 2022 Asian Games. She also won a silver medal in the 4 x 400m mixed relay event along with Vithya Ramraj, Muhammad Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh.
Cathelijn Peeters is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting and previously competed in the combined events and hammer throw. Peeters specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.
Nithya Ramraj is an Indian athlete from Tamil Nadu. She competes in 100m hurdles. She represented India at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. She is India's No.2 in the sprint hurdles behind top athlete Jyothi Yarraji in the rankings.
Nandini Agasara is an Indian athlete. She was named as part of the Indian athletics squad for the 2022 Asian Games. She won the bronze medal in the Heptathlon event of the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
Jesse Sandesh is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump. He is named as part of the Indian team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He made it to the finals on October 4, 2023.
Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath is an Indian athlete from Kerala who competes in 800m. He is named in the Indian athletics team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He won the men's 800m silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games on October 3. He finished first in his heats on October 2.
TheetharamadaSinchal Kaveramma is an Indian athlete from Karnataka. She competes in 400m hurdles. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the 400m hurdles event in the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
Aishwarya Kailash Mishra is an Indian athlete from Maharashtra. She competes in 400m. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the 400m event as a reserve athlete for the relay team event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. She was part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay Indian team that won silver along with Vithya Ramraj, Subha Venkatesan and Prachi Choudhary at the 2022 Asian Games.
Yashas Palaksha is an Indian athlete. He competes in 400m hurdles event. He is named in the Indian athletics team for the 400m hurdles event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. Two Indian qualified for the finals, Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh Kumar and they finished fifth and sixth respectively. In the heats, Palaksha clocked 49.61s to take second place.
Deepthi Jeevanji is an Indian para-athlete. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympics in the 400 meters T20 race. At the 2024 World Championships, she set a world record of 55.06s. She previously set the Asian Para Games record in 2023. She broke the 55.12s record of Breanna Clark.
Lahja Ishitile is a Namibian Paralympic T11 track and field athlete.
