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India is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1920, although they made their official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

India at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors74 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 0th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors who have won a quota place for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 1 4
Athletics 6 3 9
Boxing 5 4 9
Equestrian 1 0 1
Field hockey 16 16 32
Shooting 8 7 15
Wrestling 3 1 4
Total 42 32 74

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Three Indian archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2] Another Indian archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book one of three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[3]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
  Men's individual
 
 
 
 
  		Men's team —
  Women's individual
 
  		Mixed team —

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Indian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4][5]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Avinash Sable Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Irfan Kolothum Thodi Men's 20 km walk —
Bhawna Jat Women's 20 km walk —
 
 
 
  		Mixed 4 × 400 m relay
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Neeraj Chopra Men's javelin throw
Shivpal Singh

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India entered nine boxers (five men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Vikas Krishan Yadav (men's welterweight), 2014 Asian Games bronze medalists Satish Kumar (men's super heavyweight) and reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani (women's middleweight), London 2012 bronze medalist and six-time world champion Mary Kom (women's flyweight), 2019 world silver medalist Amit Panghal (men's flyweight), and 2018 Commonwealth Games runner-up Manish Kaushik, along with Ashish Kumar (men's middleweight), Simranjit Kaur (women's lightweight), and reigning world championship bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain (women's welterweight), secured the spots on the Indian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Amit Panghal Flyweight
Manish Kaushik Lightweight
Vikas Krishan Yadav Welterweight
Ashish Kumar Middleweight
Satish Kumar Super heavyweight —
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mary Kom Flyweight
Simranjit Kaur Lightweight
Lovlina Borgohain Welterweight
Pooja Rani Middleweight —

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

India entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition for the first time in two decades, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania).[8][9]

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Fouaad Mirza   Individual

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Key:
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
India men's Men's tournament
India women's Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

India men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Russia in a playoff at the Bhubaneswar leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[10]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 16 players
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 22 9 +13 13 Quarter-finals
2   India 5 4 0 1 15 13 +2 12
3   Argentina 5 2 1 2 10 11 −1 7
4   Spain 5 1 2 2 9 10 −1 5
5   New Zealand 5 1 1 3 11 16 −5 4
6   Japan (H) 5 0 1 4 10 18 −8 1
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:00
v
New Zealand   2–3   India
Russell   6'
Jenness   43' 		Report Rupinder   10'
Harmanpreet   26', 33'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
18:30
v
India   1–7   Australia
Dilpreet   34' Report Beale   10'
Hayward   21'
Ogilvie   23'
Beltz   26'
Govers   40', 42'
Brand   51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
10:00
v
India   3–0   Spain
Simranjeet   14'
Rupinder   15', 51' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Peter Wright (RSA)
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
09:30
v
India   3–1   Argentina
Varun   43'
Vivek   58'
Harmanpreet   59' 		Report Casella   48'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30
v
Japan   3–5   India
Ke. Tanaka   19'
Watanabe   33'
Murata   59' 		Report Harmanpreet   13'
Gurjant   17', 56'
Shamsher   34'
Nilakanta   51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Women's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

India women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating the United States in a playoff at the Bhubaneswar leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.[11]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 16 players
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Quarterfinals
2   Germany 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 12
3   Great Britain 5 3 0 2 11 5 +6 9
4   India 5 2 0 3 7 14 −7 6
5   Ireland 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 3
6   South Africa 5 0 0 5 5 19 −14 0
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
20:45
v
Netherlands   5–1   India
Albers   6', 43'
Van Geffen   33'
Matla   45'
Van Maasakker   52' 		Report Rani   10'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
Amber Church (NZL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:15
v
Germany   2–0   India
Lorenz   12'
Schröder   35' 		Report
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Emi Yamada (JPN)
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
10:00
v
Great Britain   4–1   India
Martin   2', 19'
Owsley   41'
Balsdon   57' 		Report Sharmila   23'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
11:45
v
Ireland   0–1   India
Report Navneet   57'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
12:15
v
India   4–3   South Africa
Vandana   4', 17', 49'
Neha   32' 		Report Glasby   15'
Hunter   30'
Marais   39'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Indian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and the 2019 Asian Championship, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[12]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
  10 m air rifle
 
  50 m rifle 3 positions
 
  10 m air pistol
 
  Skeet
 
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
  10 m air rifle
 
  50 m rifle 3 positions
  10 m air pistol
 
  25 m pistol
 
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
 
  		10 m air rifle team
 
 
 
  		10 m air pistol team
 
 

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

India qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57, 65 and 86 kg) and women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2019 World Championships.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ravi Kumar Dahiya −57 kg
Bajrang Punia −65 kg
Deepak Punia −86 kg
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Vinesh Phogat −53 kg

References

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "12 countries qualify team places for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at World Championships". World Archery. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Karma qualifies Bhutan an Olympic quota place for the first time in history". World Archery. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Boxing Olympic Qualification: The Key Takeaways From Amman". Olympic Channel. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Manish Kaushik qualifies for Tokyo 2020, Indian boxing records best Olympic berth haul". The Indian Express. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. ^ Lokegaonkar, Jay (23 November 2019). "Indian equestrian Fouaad Mirza secures Tokyo 2020 berth". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Indian men seal Tokyo 2020 berth with 7-1 win over Russia". The Hindu. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Indian eves survive incredible US comeback to qualify for Tokyo 2020". Olympic Channel. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.


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