India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics India
games=1996 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Anju George (opening)
Leander Paes (closing)
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=71

India competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Bronze

* Leander Paes — Tennis, Men's Singles Competition.

Results by event

=Archery=

In India's third appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men. Lalremsanga Chhangte was the only one to win a match.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Lalremsanga Chhangte — Round of 32, 25th place (1-1)
* Skalzang Dorje — Round of 64, 47th place (0-1)
* Limba Ram — Round of 64, 63rd place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:
* Chhangte, Dorje, and Ram — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

=Athletics=

Men's Discus Throw
* Shakti Singh:* Qualification — 56.58m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay
* Beenamol Mathew, Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, and Shiny Wilson:* Qualification — DSQ (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (48kg)
*Thapa Debendra
*# First Round — Lost to Makepula Masibulele (South Africa) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
*Gurcharn Singh
*# First Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
*Lakha Singh
*# First Round — Lost to Woiciech Bartnik (Poland), 2-14

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* India – Argentina 0 - 1:* India – Germany 1 - 1:* India – United States 4 - 0:* India – Pakistan 0 - 0:* India – Spain 3 - 1
*Classification Matches::* 5th/8th place: India – South Korea 3 - 3 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5 - 3):* 7th/8th place: India – Great Britain 3 - 4 → 8th place
*Team Roster::*Subbaiah Anjaparavanda:*Harpreet Singh:*Mohammed Riaz:*Sanjeev Kumar:*Baljeet Singh:*Sabu Varkey:*Mukesh Kumar:*Rahul Singh:*Dhanraj Pillay:*Pargat Singh (captain):*Baljit Singh Dhillon:*Alloysuis Edwards:*Anil Alexander:*Gavin Ferreira:*Ramandeep Singh:*Dilip Tirkey

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Richard Bera
*# Heat – 23.80 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Leander Paes → Bronze Medal
*# First round — Defeated Richey Reneberg (United States) 6-7 7-6 1-0 retired
*# Second round — Defeated Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-2 6-3
*# Third round — Defeated Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 7-5 7-6
*# Quarter Finals — Defeated Renzo Furlan (Italy) 6-1 7-5
*# Semi Finals — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 6-7 3-6
*# Bronze Medal Match — Defeated Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 3-6 6-2 6-4

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-05