India at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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India is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
Indian government has allocated a sum of Rs 60.85 million to train 22 sports persons of different individual disciplines to ensure that India is able to get maximum possible medals in this event.[1]
Archery
- Women's Individual Event (3) - Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro
- Women's Recurve Team Event (1) - Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro
- Men's Individual event (1) - Jayanta Talukdar
Athletics
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):[2][3]
- Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A standard
- None
- Qualified two athletes at the A standard
- none
- Qualified one athlete at the A standard
- Men's 20km race walk -, Gurmeet Singh
- Women's discus throw - Krishna Poonia
- Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B standard
- Men's shot put - Om Prakash Karhana
- Men's discus throw - Vikas Gowda
- Women's 800m - Tintu Luka
- Women's triple jump - Mayookha Johny
- Men's marathon - Ram Singh Yadav
- Men,s' 20 km race walk - Babubhai panucha
Boxing
- India has earned 4 quotas in boxing
- Men's Light Flyweight (49 Kg) - Devendro Singh
- Men's Lightweight (60 Kg) - Jai Bhagwan
- Men's Light Welterweight (64 Kg) - Manoj Kumar
- Men's Welterweight (69 Kg) - Vikas Krishan
Field hockey
The India national field hockey team on 26 February 2012, entered the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning a qualifying tournament against France with 8 – 1[4] .
Shooting
India has earned eleven quotas in shooting events:[5].
- Men's 50 m rifle 3 position - 2 quota place
- Men's 50 m rifle prone - 1 quota place.
- Men's 10 m air rifle - 2 quota place.
- Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol - 1 quota place.
- Men's double trap - 1 quota place.
- Men's trap - 1 quota place.
- Women's 25 m pistol - 1 quota place.
- Women's 10 m air pistol - 1 quota place.
- Women's trap - 1 quota place
The National Rifle Association of India(NRAI) has announced the following squad to the 2012 Summer Olympics.
MEN'S
- Men's 10 m air rifle-Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang
- Men's 50 m rifle 3 position - Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang
- Men's 50 m rifle prone -Gagan Narang, Joydeep Karmakar
- Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol-Vijay Kumar
- Men's trap - Manavjit Singh Sandhu
- Men's double trap -Ronjan Sodhi
WOMEN'S
- Women's 25 m pistol -Rahi Sarnobat, Annuraj Singh
- Women's 10 m air pistol -Annuraj Singh, Heena Sidhu
- Women's trap - Shagun Chowdhury
Swimming
Indian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6][7]
- Two (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time
- None
- One swimmer has achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time
- None
- One (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Selection Time
- Men's 100 m freestyle - Virdhawal Khade
- Men's 100 m breaststroke - Sandeep Sejwal
- Men's 200 m breaststroke
Reference
- ^ Indian Olympics Team: Rs 20 crore on foreign coaches for London 2012
- ^ "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.
- ^ India beat France 8 – 1, Qualify for 2012 London Olympics Hockey
- ^ "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION - Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 6 September 2011
