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India is scheduled to take part in the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Indian government plans to spend over ₹ 250 crores in preparing for the games, including around ₹ 20 crores on foreign coaches for various events.^[1] Ajit Pal Singh has been named the chef de mission of the Indian contingent by the IOA. India will send an 83-member athlete team to London; this will be India's largest contingent ever at the games.

The live telecast of all the 2012 London Olympic events in which Indian athletes are competing will be shown on Doordarshan (DD) and ESPN Star Sports. Sushil Kumar was the official Flag bearer in the opening Ceremony.

Gagan Narang won the Country's first Olympic medal in 2012 with a bronze in 10m Air Rifle Event with a score of 701.1.(Qualification - 598, Final Phase - 103.1). ^[2]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Events
Archery	3	3	4
Athletics	8	6	11
Badminton	2	3	4
Boxing	7	1	8
Field hockey	18	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	3	0	2
Shooting	7	4	10
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Tennis	5	2	4
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	4	1	5
13 sports	60	23	55

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Gagan Narang	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle

Archery

India has a team of 6 archers that has qualified for London Olympics 2012 – 3 in women's recurve and 3 in men's recurve event

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jayanta Talukdar	Individual	650	53	Wukie (USA) (12) July 31
Rahul Banerjee		655	46	Gantugs (MGL) (19) July 31
Tarundeep Rai		664	31	Stevens (CUB) (34) July 31
Jayanta Talukdar Rahul Banerjee Tarundeep Rai	Team	1969	12	—		Japan (JPN) (5) L 214 (27)–214 (29)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laishram Bombayla Devi	Individual	651	22	Psarra (GRE) (43) Win 6-4	Aida (MEX) (11) Lose 2-6	Did not advance
Deepika Kumari		662	8	Oliver (GBR) (57) Aug 1
Chekrovolu Swuro		625	50	J Nichols (USA) (15) July 31
Laishram Bombayla Devi Deepika Kumari Chekrovolu Swuro	Team	1938	9	—		Denmark (DEN) (8) L 210–211	Did not advance

Athletics

14 Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]^[4]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Basanta Bahadur Rana	50 km walk	—						11 August
Baljinder Singh	20 km walk	—						4 August
Gurmeet Singh		—						4 August
Irfan Kolothum Thodi		—						4 August
Ram Singh Yadav	Marathon	—						12 August

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vikas Gowda	Discus throw	6 August
Om Prakash Karhana	Shot put	3 August
Renjith Maheshwary	Triple jump	7 August

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tintu Luka	800 m	Aug 8		—
Sudha Singh	3000 m steeplechase	Aug 4		—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Seema Antil	Discus throw	3 August
Mayookha Johny	Triple jump	3 August
Krishna Poonia	Discus throw	3 August
Sahana Kumari	High jump	9 August

Badminton

India has earned 5 quotas in badminton.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Parupalli Kashyap	Men's singles	Y Tan (BEL) W 21–14 21–12	Nguyễn T M (VIE) 31 July, 21:07	—
Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Jaquet (SUI) W 21–9 21–4	L Tan (BEL) 30 July, 20:17	—
Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Fujii / Kakiiwa (JPN) L 21–16 21–18	Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) 30 July, 20:19	Sari / Yao L (SIN) 31 July, 14:17		—
Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	Mixed doubles	Ahmad / Natsir (INA) L 16–21 12–21	Laybourn / Juhl (DEN) L 12–21 16–21	Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) 31 July, 08:30		—

Boxing

India has earned 8 quotas in boxing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Devendro Singh	Light flyweight	Molina (HON) 31 July
Shiva Thapa	Bantamweight	Valdez (MEX) L 9–14	Did not advance
Jai Bhagwan	Lightweight	Allisop (SEY) W 18–8	Zhailauov (KAZ) 2 Aug 18:30 IST
Manoj Kumar	Light welterweight	Hudayberdiyev (TKM) 31 July
Vikas Krishan Yadav	Welterweight	Bye	Spence (USA) 3 August
Vijender Singh	Middleweight	Suzhanov (KAZ) W 14–10	Gausha (USA) 2 Aug
Sumit Sangwan	Light heavyweight	Falcão (BRA) 30 July 19:30 IST

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Kom	Flyweight	Michalczuk (POL) 5 August

Field hockey

The India national field hockey team (16 member team), on 26 February 2012, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning a qualifying tournament against France with a score of 8–1.

India stands in Pool B of the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics India men's field hockey team roster

Group play

All times are British Summer Time, (UTC+1). Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B11 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B14

Judo

India has earned 1 quota in judo.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Garima Chaudhary	Women's -63 kg	Y Ueno (JPN) 31 July

Rowing

India has qualified 2 boats with up to 3 athletes.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sawarn Singh	Single Sculls	6:54.04	4	7:00:49	1	July 31
Sandeep Kumar Manjeet Singh	Lightweight Double Sculls	6:56.60	4	July 31

Shooting

India has earned 11 quotas in shooting events.^[6] Indian's chances of winning medals at the 2012 London Summer Olympics are maximum in Shooting. ^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abhinav Bindra	10 m air rifle	594	16	Did not advance
Gagan Narang	10 m air rifle	598	3	701.1	Bronze
Joydeep Karmakar	50 m rifle prone	3 August
Gagan Narang	50 m rifle prone	3 August
Vijay Kumar	10 m air pistol	570	31	Did not advance
Vijay Kumar	25 m rapid fire pistol	2 August
Gagan Narang	50 m rifle 3 positions	6 August
Sanjeev Rajput	50 m rifle 3 positions	6 August
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap	5 August
Ronjan Sodhi	Double trap	2 August

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shagun Chowdhary	Trap	4 August
Rahi Sarnobat	25 m pistol	1 August
Annuraj Singh	25 m pistol	1 August
Annuraj Singh	10 m air pistol	378	23	Did not advance
Heena Sidhu	10 m air pistol	382	12	Did not advance

Swimming

India has gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ullalmath Gagan	1500 m freestyle	4 August		—

Table tennis

India has won 2 quotas in table tennis.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soumyajit Ghosh	Men's singles	BYE	Tsuboi (BRA) W 4–2	Kim Hyok-Bong (PRK) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ankita Das	Women's singles	BYE	Ramirez (ESP) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/Bronze Play-off
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Somdev Devvarman	Men's singles	Nieminen (FIN) L 3–6 1–6	Did not advance
Vishnu Vardhan	Men's singles	B Kavčič (SLO) 30 July
Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	Men's doubles	—	Bury / Mirnyi (BLR) 30 July
Leander Paes Vishnu Vardhan	Men's doubles	—	Haase / Rojer (NED) 30 July
Rushmi Chakravarthi Sania Mirza	Women's doubles	—	Chuang / Hsieh (TPE) L 1–6 6–3 1–6	Did not advance
Leander Paes Sania Mirza	Mixed doubles	—

Weightlifting

India has won 2 quotas in weightlifting.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Katulu Ravi Kumar	Men's -69 kg	July 31
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu	Women's -48 kg	74	8	97	7	171	5

Wrestling

India has won 5 quotas in the following events.^[9]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amit Kumar	55 kg	Aug 10
Yogeshwar Dutt	60 kg	Aug 11
Sushil Kumar	66 kg	Aug 12
Narsingh Pancham Yadav^[10]	74 kg	Aug 10

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geeta Phogat^[11]	55 kg	Aug 9

References

^ Indian Olympics Team: Rs 20 crore on foreign coaches for London 2012
^ Gagan Narang Wins Bronze Medal – 10m Air Rifle Event
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS" (pdf). IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Three rowers make the cut for Olympics".
^ "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ Indian Shooters Qualified for 2012 London Olympics
^ "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "Yogeshwar, Amit make it to London Olympics; Sushil misses out again". The Times of India. PTI. 30 March 2012.
^ Padmadeo, Vinayak (4 May 2012). "Narsingh makes his last chance count". The Indian Express. New Delhi, India.
^ Sejwal, Ritu (1 April 2012). "Geeta wins gold in Asian qualifying event, books London Olympics berth". The Times of India. TNN.

External links

[1] Indian Olympics Team: Rs 20 crore on foreign coaches for London 2012

[2] Gagan Narang Wins Bronze Medal – 10m Air Rifle Event

[3] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[4] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS" (pdf). IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[5] "Three rowers make the cut for Olympics".

[issf-6] "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

[7] Indian Shooters Qualified for 2012 London Olympics

[8] "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[9] "Yogeshwar, Amit make it to London Olympics; Sushil misses out again". The Times of India. PTI. 30 March 2012.

[10] Padmadeo, Vinayak (4 May 2012). "Narsingh makes his last chance count". The Indian Express. New Delhi, India.

[11] Sejwal, Ritu (1 April 2012). "Geeta wins gold in Asian qualifying event, books London Olympics berth". The Times of India. TNN.

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 The live telecast of all the 2012 London Olympic events in which Indian athletes are competing will be shown on [[Doordarshan]] (DD) and [[ESPN Star Sports]]. [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] was the official Flag bearer in the opening Ceremony.
-Gagan Narang won the Country's first Olympic medal in 2012 with a bronze in 10M Air Rifle Event with a score of 701.1.
+Gagan Narang won the Country's first Olympic medal in 2012 with a bronze in 10m Air Rifle Event with a score of 701.1.(Qualification - 598, Final Phase - 103.1). <ref>[http://2012-london-olympics-news.com/1921/gagan-narang-wins-bronze-medal-10m-air-rifle-event/ Gagan Narang Wins Bronze Medal – 10m Air Rifle Event]</ref>
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