India at the 1988 Summer Olympics

India at the
1988 Summer Olympics
India at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Seoul
Competitors	46 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Kartar Dhillon Singh
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904–1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

India competed in seven events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning no medals.^[1]^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	0	5	5
Boxing	3	–	3
Field hockey	16	0	16
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	1	3
Tennis	3	0	3
Weightlifting	2	–	2
wrestling	7	–	7
Total	39	7	46

Results by event

Archery

In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Shyam Lal	Individual	1150	71	Did not advance
Limba Ram	Individual	1232	39	Did not advance
Sanjeeva Singh	Individual	1233	36	Did not advance
Shyam Lal Limba Ram Sanjeeva Singh	Team	3615	20	Did not advance

Athletics

Women

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Mercy Alapurackal	400 m	53.41	26	53.93	30	Did not advance
Shiny Abraham	800 m	2:03.26	18			Did not advance
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha	400 m Hurdles	59.55	31			Did not advance
Mercy Alapurackal Shiny Abraham Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Rao	4 × 400 m Relay	3:33.46	7					Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shahuraj Birajdar	Bantamweight		Ayewoubo Akomatsri (TOG) W 5-0	Kennedy McKinney (USA) WO	Did not advance
John William Francis	Featherweight		Dong Liu (CHN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Manoj Pingale	Flyweight		Joseph Chongo (ZAM) W 5-0	Mario Gonzalez (MEX) L 1-4	Did not advance

Field hockey

The results of the Indian Olympic field hockey teams are as follows:^[4]

Men's team competition

Team Roster

Head coach: Ganbash Mollera Poovaiah

Preliminary round

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	7	Semi-finals
3	India	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	5	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	5	10	−5	5	5–8th place semi-finals
5	South Korea (H)	5	0	2	3	5	10	−5	2	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Canada	5	0	2	3	3	12	−9	2	9–12th place semi-finals

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

18 September 1988
09:00

Soviet Union	1–0	India
Davydov 6'	Report

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

20 September 1988
13:30

West Germany	1–1	India
Hilgers 39'	Report	Sebastian 31'

Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Alain Renaud (FRA)

22 September 1988
10:45

South Korea	1–3	India
Kim Young-joon 16'	Report	T. Singh 55', 60' Sebastian 58'

Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

24 September 1988
15:15

Canada	1–5	India
Rutledge 22'	Report	M. Singh 11', 29' Sebastian 32' Fernandis 55' Baladadalaisah 56'

Umpires:
Amjarit Dhak (KEN)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

26 September 1988
13:30

Great Britain	3–0	India
Barber 37' Kerly 46' Potter 50'	Report

Umpires:
Alain Renaud (FRA)
Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)

5–8th place semi-finals

28 September 1988
11:00

India	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
M. Singh 15', 25' Fernandis 23', 26' B. Singh 38' Mohamed 80'	Report	Geneyro 21', 48', 90' Ferrara 33' Mascheroni 56'
Penalties
Kumar Felix V. Singh Fernandis B. Singh B. Singh	4–3	Mascheroni Siri Altube Geneyro Ferrara Altube

Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Rob Lathouwers (NED)

Fifth place game

30 September 1988
09:00

India	1–2	Pakistan
M. Singh 68'	Report	Musaddiz 22' Qazi 50'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Graham Nash (ENG)

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final B		Final A
Athlete	Events	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Ranjoy Punja	100 m backstroke	DNS	-	Did not advance
Khazansingh Tokas	200 m butterfly	2:03.95	28	Did not advance

Table Tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16
Sujay Ghorpade	Men's Singles	Andrzej Grubba (POL) L 0-3 Y Miyazaki (JPN) L 0-3 Joerg Rosskopf (FRG) L 0-3 Zoran Primorac (YUG) L 0-3 Atanda Musa (NGR) L 1-3 Gary Haberl (AUS) L 2-3 Francisco Lopez (VEN) W 3-2	7th in group	Did not advance
Kamlesh Mehta	Men's Singles	Jörgen Persson (SWE) L 1-3 Ki Taik Kim (KOR) L 0-3 Kiyoshi Saito (JPN) L 0-3 Mariano Loukov (BUL) W 3-1 Piotr Molenda (POL) W 3-1 Jorge Gambra (CHI) W 3-0 Sherif Elsaket (EGY) W 3-1	4th in group	Did not advance
Sujay Ghorpade Kamlesh Mehta	Men's Doubles	China (CHN) L 0-2 Sweden (SWE) L 0-2 Japan (JPN) L 0-2 Hungary (HUN) L 1-2 Great Britain (GBR) L 0-2 Hong Kong (HKG) W 2-0 Tunisia (TUN) W 2-0	6th in group	Did not advance
Niyati Roy	Women's Singles	F Boulatova (URS) L 0-3 Marie Hrachova (TCH) L 0-3 Hsiu-Yu Chang (TPE) L 0-3 Karina Bogaerts (BEL) L 0-3 Mee Wan Leong (MAS) L 0-3	6th in group	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Zeeshan Ali	Men's Singles	Victo Caballero (PAR) W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2	Jakob Hlasek (SUI) L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5	Did not advance
Vijay Amritraj	Men's Singles	Henri Leconte (FRA) L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Result	Total	Rank
Gurunathan Muthuswamy	Men's −52 kg	102.5	125	227.5	11
Raghavan Chanderasekaran	Men's −52 kg	92.5	115	207.5	19

References

^ "Seoul Olympics defeat and recrimination all the way for Indian Camp". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ "1988 Olympics another dismal finish for Indian hockey". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ India at the 1988 Summer Olympics
^ "1988 Olympics: Another dismal finish for Indian hockey (Sports Special)". Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[1] "Seoul Olympics defeat and recrimination all the way for Indian Camp". Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[2] "1988 Olympics another dismal finish for Indian hockey". Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[3] India at the 1988 Summer Olympics

[4] "1988 Olympics: Another dismal finish for Indian hockey (Sports Special)". Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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