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India at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.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]

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 0 5 5
Boxing 3 3
Field hockey 16 0 16
Sailing 2 0 2
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 2 1 3
Tennis 3 0 3
Weightlifting 2 2
wrestling 7 7
Total 39 7 46

Results by event

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Archery

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

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Shyam Lal Individual 1150 71 Did not advance
Limba Ram Individual 1232 39 Did not advance
Sanjeeva Singh Individual 1233 36 Did not advance
Shyam Lal
Limba Ram
Sanjeeva Singh
Team 3615 20 Did not advance

Athletics

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Women

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Track events
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Athlete Events Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
Mercy Alapurackal 400 m 53.41 26 53.93 30 Did not advance
Shiny Abraham 800 m 2:03.26 18 Did not advance
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha 400 m Hurdles 59.55 31 Did not advance
Mercy Alapurackal
Shiny Abraham
Vandana Shanbagh
Vandana Rao
4 × 400 m Relay 3:33.46 7 Did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shahuraj Birajdar Bantamweight  Ayewoubo Akomatsri (TOG)
W 5-0
 Kennedy McKinney (USA)
WO
Did not advance
John William Francis Featherweight  Dong Liu (CHN)
L 2-3
Did not advance
Manoj Pingale Flyweight  Joseph Chongo (ZAM)
W 5-0
 Mario Gonzalez (MEX)
L 1-4
Did not advance

Field hockey

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

Men's team competition

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Team Roster
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Preliminary round
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 5 4 1 0 13 3 +10 9 Semi-finals
2  Great Britain 5 3 1 1 12 5 +7 7
3  India 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5 5–8th place semi-finals
4  Soviet Union 5 2 1 2 5 10 −5 5
5  South Korea (H) 5 0 2 3 5 10 −5 2 9–12th place semi-finals
6  Canada 5 0 2 3 3 12 −9 2
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
18 September 1988
09:00
Soviet Union  1–0  India
Davydov field hockey ball 6' Report
Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

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

22 September 1988
10:45
South Korea  1–3  India
Kim Young-joon field hockey ball 16' Report T. Singh field hockey ball 55'60'
Sebastian field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

24 September 1988
15:15
Canada  1–5  India
Rutledge field hockey ball 22' Report M. Singh field hockey ball 11'29'
Sebastian field hockey ball 32'
Fernandis field hockey ball 55'
Baladadalaisah field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Amjarit Dhak (KEN)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

26 September 1988
13:30
Great Britain  3–0  India
Barber field hockey ball 37'
Kerly field hockey ball 46'
Potter field hockey ball 50'
Report
Umpires:
Alain Renaud (FRA)
Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)

5–8th place semi-finals

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28 September 1988
11:00
India  6–6 (a.e.t.)  Argentina
M. Singh field hockey ball 15'25'
Fernandis field hockey ball 23'26'
B. Singh field hockey ball 38'
Mohamed field hockey ball 80'
Report Geneyro field hockey ball 21'48'90'
Ferrara field hockey ball 33'
Mascheroni field hockey ball 56'
Penalties
Kumar Penalty shoot-out missed
Felix Penalty shoot-out scored
V. Singh Penalty shoot-out missed
Fernandis Penalty shoot-out scored
B. Singh Penalty shoot-out scored
B. Singh Penalty shoot-out scored
4–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Mascheroni
Penalty shoot-out scored Siri
Penalty shoot-out missed Altube
Penalty shoot-out scored Geneyro
Penalty shoot-out scored Ferrara
Penalty shoot-out missed Altube
Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Rob Lathouwers (NED)

Fifth place game

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30 September 1988
09:00
India  1–2  Pakistan
M. Singh field hockey ball 68' Report Musaddiz field hockey ball 22'
Qazi field hockey ball 50'
Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Graham Nash (ENG)

Swimming

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Men

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Athlete Events Heat Final B Final A
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Ranjoy Punja 100 m backstroke DNS - Did not advance
Khazansingh Tokas 200 m butterfly 2:03.95 28 Did not advance

Table Tennis

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Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Sujay Ghorpade Men's Singles  Andrzej Grubba (POL)
L 0-3

 Y Miyazaki (JPN)
L 0-3
 Joerg Rosskopf (FRG)
L 0-3
 Zoran Primorac (YUG)
L 0-3
 Atanda Musa (NGR)
L 1-3
 Gary Haberl (AUS)
L 2-3
 Francisco Lopez (VEN)
W 3-2

7th in group Did not advance
Kamlesh Mehta Men's Singles  Jörgen Persson (SWE)
L 1-3

 Ki Taik Kim (KOR)
L 0-3
 Kiyoshi Saito (JPN)
L 0-3
 Mariano Loukov (BUL)
W 3-1
 Piotr Molenda (POL)
W 3-1
 Jorge Gambra (CHI)
W 3-0
 Sherif Elsaket (EGY)
W 3-1

4th in group Did not advance
Sujay Ghorpade
Kamlesh Mehta
Men's Doubles  China (CHN)
L 0-2

 Sweden (SWE)
L 0-2
 Japan (JPN)
L 0-2
 Hungary (HUN)
L 1-2
 Great Britain (GBR)
L 0-2
 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 2-0
 Tunisia (TUN)
W 2-0

6th in group Did not advance
Niyati Roy Women's Singles  F Boulatova (URS)
L 0-3

 Marie Hrachova (TCH)
L 0-3
 Hsiu-Yu Chang (TPE)
L 0-3
 Karina Bogaerts (BEL)
L 0-3
 Mee Wan Leong (MAS)
L 0-3

6th in group Did not advance

Tennis

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Zeeshan Ali Men's Singles  Victo Caballero (PAR)
W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
 Jakob Hlasek (SUI)
L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
Did not advance
Vijay Amritraj Men's Singles  Henri Leconte (FRA)
L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Result
Gurunathan Muthuswamy Men's −52 kg 102.5 125 227.5 11
Raghavan Chanderasekaran 92.5 115 207.5 19

References

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  1. ^ "Seoul Olympics defeat and recrimination all the way for Indian Camp". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1988 Olympics another dismal finish for Indian hockey". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ India at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  4. ^ "1988 Olympics: Another dismal finish for Indian hockey (Sports Special)". Retrieved 30 May 2016.