India at Rio 2016 Summer Games

Rio 2016 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games were the 31st edition of the Games which were hosted at Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil with Olympics held between August 5-21, 2016 & Paralympics held between September 7-18, 2016. Here, we’ll list down the participants for India at Rio 2016 Summer Games, starting with Olympics followed by Paralympics and then the medalists.

Olympics: India at Rio 2016 Summer Games

SN	Olympian	Sport	Event
1	Atanu Das	Archery	Men’s Individual
2	Bombayla Devi	Archery	Women’s Individual, Women’s Team
3	Deepika Kumari	Archery	Women’s Individual, Women’s Team
4	Laxmirani Majhi	Archery	Women’s Individual, Women’s Team
5	Muhammad Anas	Athletics	Men’s 400 M, 4 × 400 M Relay
6	Jinson Johnson	Athletics	Men’s 800 M
7	Ayyasamy Dharun	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay
8	Lalit Mathur	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay
9	Kunhu Muhammed	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay
10	Mohan Kumar Raja	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay
11	Arokia Rajiv	Athletics	Men’s 4 × 400 M Relay
12	Thonakal Gopi	Athletics	Men’s Marathon
13	Kheta Ram	Athletics	Men’s Marathon
14	Nitendra Singh Rawat	Athletics	Men’s Marathon
15	Ganapathi Krishnan	Athletics	Men’s 20 Km Walk
16	Manish Singh	Athletics	Men’s 20 Km Walk
17	Gurmeet Singh	Athletics	Men’s 20 Km Walk
18	Sandeep Kumar	Athletics	Men’s 50 Km Walk
19	Dutee Chand	Athletics	Women’s 100 M
20	Srabani Nanda	Athletics	Women’s 200 M
21	Nirmala Sheoran	Athletics	Women’s 400 M, 4 × 400 M Relay
22	Tintu Lukka	Athletics	Women’s 800 M, 4 × 400 M Relay
23	Lalita Babar	Athletics	Women’s 3000 M Steeplechase
24	Sudha Singh	Athletics	Women’s 3000 M Steeplechase
25	Ashwini Akkunji	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 M Relay
26	Jisna Mathew	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 M Relay
27	Debashree Mazumdar	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 M Relay
28	MR Poovamma	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 M Relay
29	Anilda Thomas	Athletics	Women’s 4 × 400 M Relay
30	OP Jaisha	Athletics	Women’s Marathon
31	Kavita Raut	Athletics	Women’s Marathon
32	Khushbir Kaur	Athletics	Women’s 20 Km Walk
33	Sapna Punia	Athletics	Women’s 20 Km Walk
34	Ankit Sharma	Athletics	Men’s Long Jump
35	Renjith Maheshwary	Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump
36	Vikas Gowda	Athletics	Men’s Discus Throw
37	Manpreet Kaur	Athletics	Women’s Shot Put
38	Seema Antil	Athletics	Women’s Discus Throw
39	Srikanth Kidambi	Badminton	Men’s Singles
40	Manu Attri	Badminton	Men’s Doubles
41	B Sumeeth Reddy	Badminton	Men’s Doubles
42	Saina Nehwal	Badminton	Women’s Singles
43	PV Sindhu	Badminton	Women’s Singles
44	Jwala Gutta	Badminton	Women’s Doubles
45	Ashwini Ponnappa	Badminton	Women’s Doubles
46	Shiva Thapa	Boxing	Men’s Bantamweight
47	Manoj Kumar	Boxing	Men’s Light Welterweight
48	Vikas Krishan Yadav	Boxing	Men’s Middleweight
49	Vikas Dahiya	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
50	Pardeep Mor	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
51	Harmanpreet Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
52	Rupinder Pal Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
53	Kothajit Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
54	Surender Kumar	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
55	Manpreet Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
56	Sardar Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
57	Raghunath VR	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
58	SK Uthappa	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
59	Sreejesh PR	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
60	Danish Mujtaba	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
61	Devinder Walmiki	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
62	SV Sunil	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
63	Akashdeep Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
64	Chinglensana Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
65	Ramandeep Singh	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
66	Nikkin Thimmaiah	Field Hockey	Men’s Field Hockey Tournament
67	Rajani Etimarpu	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
68	Navjot Kaur	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
69	Deep Grace Ekka	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
70	Monika Malik	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
71	Nikki Pradhan	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
72	Anuradha Devi	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
73	Savita Punia (GK)	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
74	Poonam Rani	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
75	Vandana Kataria	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
76	Deepika Thakur	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
77	Namita Toppo	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
78	Renuka Yadav	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
79	Sunita Lakra	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
80	Sushila Chanu (C)	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
81	Rani Rampal	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
82	Preeti Dubey	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
83	Lilima Minz	Field Hockey	Women’s Field Hockey Tournament
84	Shiv Chawrasia	Golf	Men’s Golf
85	Anirban Lahiri	Golf	Men’s Golf
86	Aditi Ashok	Golf	Women’s Golf
87	Dipa Karmakar	Gymnastics	Women’s All-around, Vault
88	Avtar Singh	Judo	Men’s −90 kg
89	Dattu Baban Bhokanal	Rowing	Men’s Single Sculls
90	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	Men’s 10 M Air Rifle
91	Kynan Chenai	Shooting	Men’s Trap
92	Mairaj Ahmad Khan	Shooting	Men’s Skeet
93	Prakash Nanjappa	Shooting	Men’s 50 M Pistol
94	Gagan Narang	Shooting	Men’s 10 M Air Rifle, 50 M Rifle Prone, 50 M Rifle 3 Positions
95	Jitu Rai	Shooting	Men’s 10 M Air Pistol, 50 M Pistol
96	Chain Singh	Shooting	Men’s 50 M Rifle Prone, 50 M Rifle 3 Positions
97	Gurpreet Singh	Shooting	Men’s 10 M Air Pistol, 25 M Rapid Fire Pistol
98	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Shooting	Men’s Trap
99	Apurvi Chandela	Shooting	Women’s 10 M Air Rifle
100	Ayonika Paul	Shooting	Women’s 10 M Air Rifle
101	Heena Sidhu	Shooting	Women’s 10 M Air Pistol, 25 M Pistol
102	Sajan Prakash	Swimming	Men’s 200 m butterfly
103	Shivani Kataria	Swimming	Women’s 200 m freestyle
104	Sharath Kamal Achanta	Table Tennis	Men’s Singles
105	Soumyajit Ghosh	Table Tennis	Men’s Singles
106	Manika Batra	Table Tennis	Women’s Singles
107	Mouma Das	Table Tennis	Women’s Singles
108	Rohan Bopanna	Tennis	Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles
109	Leander Paes	Tennis	Men’s Doubles
110	Sania Mirza	Tennis	Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles
111	Prarthana Thombare	Tennis	Women’s Doubles
112	Sathish Sivalingam	Weightlifting	Men’s −77 kg
113	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting	Women’s −48 kg
114	Sandeep Tomar	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle −57 kg
115	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle −65 kg
116	Ravinder Khatri	Wrestling	Men’s Greco-Roman −85 kg
117	Hardeep Singh	Wrestling	Men’s Greco-Roman −98 kg
118	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle −48 kg
119	Babita Kumari	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle −53 kg
120	Sakshi Malik	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle −58 kg

These were the Olympians who appeared for India at Rio 2016 Summer Games. However, it was only three Olympians, who won a medal (listed below).

Paralympics: India at Rio 2016 Summer Games

SN	Paralympian	Sport	Event
1	Pooja Khanna	Para- Archery	Women’s Recurve Individual Open
2	Ankur Dhama	Para- Athletics	Men’s 1500 meter- T11
3	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Para- Athletics	Men’s High Jump- T42
4	Varun Singh Bhati	Para- Athletics	Men’s High Jump- T42
5	Sharad Kumar	Para- Athletics	Men’s High Jump- T42
6	Ram Pal Chahar	Para- Athletics	Men’s High Jump- T47
7	Devendra Jhajharia	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
8	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
9	Rinku Hooda	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
10	Ranbir Narender	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw – F42/44
11	Sandeep Kumar Mann	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw – F42/44
12	Virender Dhankar	Para- Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw F57, Shot Put F57
13	Amit Kumar Saroha	Para- Athletics	Men’s Discus Throw- F51/52, Club Throw – F51
14	Dharambir Dharambir	Para- Athletics	Men’s Club Throw – F51
15	Deepa Malik	Para- Athletics	Women’s Shot Put- F53
16	Karamjyoti Dalal	Para- Athletics	Women’s Discus Throw F55
17	Farman Basha	Powerlifting	Men’s 49 kg
18	Naresh Sharma	Para-Shooting	Men’s R1-10m Air Rifle Standing SH1, Mixed R3-10m Air Rifle Prone – SH1, Men’s R7-50m Rifle 3 Positions – SH1, Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone SH1
19	Suyash Narayan	Para-Swimming	Men’s 50m Freestyle- S7, 50m Butterfly- S7, 200m Individual Medley- SM7

These were the Paralympians who appeared for India at Rio 2016 Summer Games. They, however, couldn’t win a medal.

Medalists for India at Rio 2016 Summer Games

SN	Medal	Olympian	Sport	Event	Date
1	Silver	PV Sindhu	Badminton	Women’s Singles	August 19, 2016
2	Bronze	Sakshi Malik	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 58 kg	August 17, 2016

SN	Medal	Paralympian	Sport
1	Gold	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T42	September 9, 2016
2	Bronze	Varun Singh Bhati	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T42	September 9, 2016
3	Gold	Devendra Jhajharia	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	September 14, 2016
4	Silver	Deepa Malik	Athletics	Women’s Shot Put- F53	September 12, 2016

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