India at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 Limba Ram — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Discus Throw

• Shakti Singh

• Qualification — 56.58m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

• Beenamol Mathew, Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, and Shiny Wilson

• Qualification — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 Meter

• Bahadur Prasad (IND)3:46.16 (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Women's singles Competition

• PVV Lakshimi
  1. Round of 64 Defeated Anne Gibson Great Britain (11-6, 11-6)
  2. Round of 32 Lost Katarzyna Krasowska Poland (5-11, 6-11)

Men's singles Competition

• Deepankar Bhattacharya
  1. Round of 64 Bye
  2. Round of 32 Lost Heryanto Arbi Indonesia {5-15, 4_15}

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• 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

Judo

Men's 60 kg

• Narender Singh

Men's 65 kg

• Najib Aga

Women's 52 kg

• Sunith Thakur

Shooting

• Jaspal Rana - 45th position in 50 metre pistol
• Jaspal Rana - 29th position in 10 metre air pistol
• Mansher Singh - 31st position in Trap.

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Sebastian Xavier
  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

Men's Doubles Competition

• Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes
  1. First round — Defeated Pan Bing & Xia Jiaping (China) 4-6 6-4 6-4
  2. Second round —Lost T. Woodbridge & M. Woodforde (Australia) 6-4 2-6 2-6

Weightlifting

Men's 54 kg

• Badathala Adisekhar

• Final — 105.0 + 125.0 = 230.0(→ 18 place)

Men's 59 kg

• Raghavan Chandrasekharan

• Final — 112.5 + 140.0 = 252.5(→ 11 place)

Men's 64 kg

• Sandeep Kumar

• Final — 110.0+ 142.5= 252.5(→ 33 place)

Men's 70 kg

• Samsudeen Kabeer

• Final — 125.0+ 150.0= 275.0(→ 23 place)

Men's 76 kg

• Satheesha Rai

• Final — 140.0+ 177.5= 317.5(→15 place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Pappu Yadav