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India at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	49 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Pargat Singh (opening) Leander Paes (closing)
Medals Rank: 71	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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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
  1. First Round — Lost to Makepula Masibulele (South Africa) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Gurcharn Singh
  1. First Round — Lost to Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), 7-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Lakha Singh
  1. 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
  1. Heat – 23.80 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

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

References

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997) (PDF). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-05.