India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIND
NPCParalympic Committee of India
WebsiteParalympic India
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors84 in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Bhagyashree Jadhav
Sumit Antil
Flag bearers (closing)Preethi Pal
Harvinder Singh
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
7
Silver
9
Bronze
13
Total
29
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. This marked India's highest ever medal tally in Paralympic Games surpassing the tally of 19 medals won in the 2020 Games.

Background

The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee was established in 1989.[1][2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3]

India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[4][5]

The Indian contingent for the 2024 Games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports.[6] Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[7] Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers of the closing ceremony.[8]

Medal summary

Main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals.[9] The Games marked India's highest ever medal tally at the Paralympics.[4] The medal haul included four instances of multiple podium finish in the same event.[9]

Gold medalists

Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event. This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.[10] Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games.[11] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process.[12] Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games.[13] Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event.[14] Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event.[15] Navdeep Singh, who had earlier finished second in the men's javelin throw F41 event, was awarded the gold medal after Iran's Sadegh Sayah was disqualified. Navdeep's throw of 47.32 meters also set a new Paralympic record.[16]

Silver medalists

Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal of the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, which was his second medal after his gold medal at the previous Games.[17] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals in the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020.[18][19] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton event.[20] Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.[21] Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event.[22] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event.[23] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.[24]

Bronze medalists

Mona Agarwal won India's first bronze medal at the Games in the women's 10 m air rifle event in which Lekhara won the gold medal.[9] Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event.[25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event.[26] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar.[27] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.[28]

Deepthi Jeevanji became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games after she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m T20 race.[29] Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, which was his second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games.[22] Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal for the third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the men's high jump event.[23] Kapil Parmar won a bronze medal in Judo, which was India's first Paralympic medal in the sport.[30] Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event and Simran Sharma won India's final bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T12 event.[31][32]

Medalists

Medalists [9]
Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Gold Avani Lekhara Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 30 August
Gold Gold Kumar Nitesh Badminton Men's singles SL3 2 September
Gold Gold Sumit Antil Athletics Men's javelin throw F64
Gold Gold Harvinder Singh Archery Individual recurve open 4 September
Gold Gold Dharambir Nain Athletics Club throw F51
Gold Gold Praveen Kumar High jump T64 6 September
Gold Gold Navdeep Singh Javelin throw F41 7 September
Silver Silver Manish Narwal Shooting Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1 30 August
Silver Silver Nishad Kumar Athletics Men's high jump T47 1 September
Silver Silver Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56 2 September
Silver Silver Thulasimathi Murugesan Badminton Women's singles SU5
Silver Silver Suhas Yathiraj Men's singles SL4
Silver Silver Ajeet Singh Yadav Athletics Javelin throw F46 3 September
Silver Silver Sharad Kumar High jump T63
Silver Silver Sachin Khilari Men's shot put F46 4 September
Silver Silver Pranav Soorma Club throw F51
Bronze Bronze Mona Agarwal Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 30 August
Bronze Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 100 m T35
Bronze Bronze Rubina Francis Shooting Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
Bronze Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 200 m T35 1 September
Bronze Bronze Manisha Ramadass Badminton Women's singles SU5 2 September
Bronze Bronze Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar 		Archery Mixed team compound
Bronze Bronze Nithya Sivan Badminton Women's singles SH6
Bronze Bronze Deepthi Jeevanji Athletics Women's 400 m T20 3 September
Bronze Bronze Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63
Bronze Bronze Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46
Bronze Bronze Kapil Parmar Judo Men's J1 -60 kg 5 September
Bronze Bronze Hokato Hotozhe Sema Athletics Men's Shot put F57 6 September
Bronze Bronze Simran Sharma Women's 200 m T12 7 September

Summary

Competitors

The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports.[6]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 28 10 38
Badminton 7 6 13
Cycling 1 1 2
Judo 1 1 2
Paracanoeing 1 2 3
Powerlifting 2 2 4
Rowing 1 1 2
Shooting 7 3 10
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 0 2 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Total 52 32 84

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.[33]

Compound

The ranking round was held on 29 August 2024. In the men's ranking round, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami finished fifth and fifteenth respectively. Sheetal Devi scored 703 points in the women's ranking round to finish second and Sarita Adhana was ranked ninth.[34] In the mixed team rankings, Kumar and Devi scored 1399 points to break the previous world record held by Kumar and Adhana.[35]

In the men's individual round, Shyam Sundar Swamy had an early exit after losing to Thailand's Comsan Singpirom in the round of 32. Rakesh Kumar won his round of 32 match easily, but his next two matches were decided on the basis of shoot-offs, with Kumar emerging victorious both times and securing his place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumar faced Ai Xinliang of China, where Kumar suffered his first defeat by 143–145. He lost to China's He Zihao by a narrow margin of just one point in the bronze medal match and finished fourth in the category.[36]

Sheetal Devi got a bye in the round of 32. In the round of 16, she lost to 2020 Games silver medalist Mariana Zúñiga by just one point. Sarita Adhana won her first two matches by easy margins but lost the quarterfinal match against eventual gold medalist Öznur Cüre and finished sixth in the women's individual category.[37][38]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rakesh Kumar Men's individual 696 5  Drame (SEN)
W 136–131 		 Swagumilang (INA)
W 144–144 SO 		 Tremblay (CAN)
W 144–144 SO 		 Xinliang (CHN)
L 143–145 		 Zihao (CHN)
L 146–147 		4
Shyam Sundar Swami 688 15  Singpirom (THA)
L 138–138 SO 		Did not advance 17
Sheetal Devi Women's individual 703 2 Bye  Zúñiga (CHI)
L 137–138 		Did not advance 9
Sarita Adhana 682 9  Jannaton (MAS)
W 138–124 		 Sarti (ITA)
W 141–135 		 Cüre (TUR)
L 140–145 		Did not advance 6
Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar 		Mixed team 1399 WR 1 Bye  Ferelly /
Swagumilang (INA)
W 154–143 		 Hemmati /
Nori (IRI)
L 152–152 SO 		 Bonacina /
Sarti (ITA)
W 156–155 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Harvinder Singh Men's individual 637 9  Lung-hui (TPE)
W 7–3 		 Setiawan (INA)
W 6–2 		 Ramírez (COL)
W 6–2 		 Arab Ameri (IRI)
W 7–3 		 Ciszek (POL)
W 6–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pooja Jatyan Women's individual 585 7 Bye  Şengül (TUR)
W 6–0 		 Chunyan (CHN)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Harvinder Singh
Pooja Jatyan 		Mixed team 1222 5 —  Kenton-Smith /
Jennings (AUS)
W 5–4 		 Ciszek /
Olszewska (POL)
W 6–0 		 Travisani /
Mijno (ITA)
L 2–6 		 Fabčič /
Lavrinc (SLO)
L 4–5 		4

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.[39][40]

Track events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Preethi Pal Women's 100 m T35 — 14.21 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 200 m T35 30.01 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Simran Sharma Women's 100 m T12 12.17 1 Q SB 12.33 2 q 12.31 4
Women's 200 m T12 25.41 1 Q 25.03 1 Q 24.75 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Deepthi Jeevanji Women's 400 m T20 55.45 1 Q — 55.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rakshitha Raju Women's 1500 m T11 5:29.92 4 Did not advance
Dilip Gavit Men's 400 m T47 49.54 3 Q SB 49.99 8
Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Men's field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Dharambir Nain Club throw F51 34.92 AR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pranav Soorma 34.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Amit Kumar Saroha 23.96 10
Yogesh Kathuniya Discus throw F56 42.22 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sharad Kumar High jump T63 1.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mariyappan Thangavelu 1.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shailesh Kumar 1.85 4
Nishad Kumar High jump T47 2.04 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rampal Chahar 1.95 PB 7
Praveen Kumar High jump T64 2.08
PB AR 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Navdeep Singh Javelin throw F41 47.32
PR PB 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ajeet Singh Yadav Javelin throw F46 65.62 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rinku Hooda 61.58 5
Sundar Singh Gurjar 64.96 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dipesh Kumar Javelin throw F54 26.11 7
Praveen Kumar Javelin throw F57 42.12 8
Sandip Sargar Javelin throw F64 58.03 7
Sandeep Chaudhary 62.80 4
Sumit Antil 70.59 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arvind Malik Shot put F35 13.01 SB 6
Manu Manu Shot put F37 13.86 6
Ravi Rongali Shot put F40 10.63 PB 5
Sachin Khilari Shot put F46 16.32 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mohd Yasser 14.21 8
Rohit Kumar 14.10 9
Hokato Hotozhe Sema Shot put F57 14.65 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soman Rana 14.07 5
Women's field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Kanchan Lakhani Discus throw F53 10.06 PB 7
Sakshi Kasana Discus throw F55 21.49 8
Karamjyoti Dalal 20.22 9
Bhavanaben Chaudhary Javelin throw F46 39.70 PB 5
Bhagyashree Jadhav Shot put F34 7.28 5
Amisha Rawat Shot put F46 9.25 PB 14
Legend
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round (next fastest)
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) record
  • NR = National record
  • WR = World record
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.[41]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition Score Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Manoj Sarkar Singles SL3  Nitesh (IND)
L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21) 		 Bunsun (THA)
L (19-21, 8-21) 		 Yang (CHN)
W (21–15, 21–11) 		3 — Did not advance
Kumar Nitesh  Sarkar (IND)
W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18) 		 Yang (CHN)
W (21–5, 21–11) 		 Bunsun (THA)
W (21–13, 21–14) 		1 Q  Fujihara (JPN)
W (21–16, 21–12) 		 Bethell (GBR)
W (21–14, 18–21, 23–21) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Suhas Yathiraj Singles SL4  Ramdani (INA)
W (21–7, 21–5) 		 Shin (KOR)
W (26–24, 21–14) 		— 1 Q —  Kadam (IND)
W (21–17, 21–12) 		 Mazur (FRA)
L (9–21, 13–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sukant Kadam  Burhanuddin (MAS)
W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20) 		 Teamarrom (THA)
W (21–12, 21–12) 		1 Q  Yathiraj (IND)
L (17–21, 12–21) 		 Setiawan (INA)
L (17–21, 18–21) 		4
Tarun Dhillon  Oliveira (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–19) 		 Mazur (FRA)
L (7–21, 16–21) 		2 Did not advance
Krishna Nagar Singles SH6  Krajewski (USA)
L (16–21, 18–21) 		 Meechai (THA)
L (20–22, 3–11r) 		— 3 Did not advance
Sivarajan Solaimalai  Subhan (INA)
L (15–21, 17–21) 		 Kai (HKG)
L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21) 		 Coombs (GBR)
L (12–21, 10–21) 		4
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition Score Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Manasi Joshi Singles SL3  Syakuroh (INA)
L (21–16, 13–21, 18–21) 		 Kozyna (UKR)
L (21–10, 15–21, 21–23) 		— 3 Did not advance
Mandeep Kaur  Bolaji (NGR)
L (8–21, 14–21) 		 Vinot (AUS)
W (21–23, 21–10, 21–17) 		2 Q  Bolaji (NGR)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		Did not advance
Palak Kohli Singles SL4  Surreau (FRA)
W (21–12, 21–14) 		 Oktila (INA)
L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21) 		— 2 Q  Sadiyah (INA)
L (19–21, 15–21)
Thulasimathi Murugesan Singles SU5  de Marco (ITA)
W (21–9, 21–11) 		 Monteiro (POR)
W (21–12, 21–8) 		— 1 Q Bye  Ramadass (IND)
W (23–21, 21–17) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (17–21, 10–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Manisha Ramadass  Lefort (FRA)
W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (15–21, 7–21) 		2 Q  Toyoda (JPN)
W (21–13, 21–16) 		 Murugesan (IND)
L (21–23, 17–21) 		 Rosengren (DEN)
W (21–12, 21–8) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nithya Sivan Singles SH6  Simon (USA)
W (21–7, 21–8) 		 Cai (TPE)
W (21–12, 21–19) 		 Lin (CHN)
L (20–22, 18–21) 		2 Q  Szmigiel (POL)
W (21–4, 21–7) 		 Lin (CHN)
L (13–21, 19–21) 		 Marlina (INA)
W (21–14, 21–6) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kumar Nitesh
Thulasimathi Murugesan 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Yathiraj /
Kohli (IND)
W (21–14, 21–17) 		 Ramdani /
Oktila (INA)
L (15–21, 8–21) 		 Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (22–24, 19–21) 		3 Did not advance
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli 		 Nitesh /
Murugesan (IND)
L (14–21, 17–21) 		 Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (15–21, 9–21) 		 Ramdani /
Oktila (INA)
L (11–21, 17–21) 		4
Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan 		Doubles SH6  Krajewski /
Simon (USA)
L (21–23, 11–21) 		 Meechai /
Saeyang (THA)
W (21–7, 21–17) 		— 1 Q  Krajewski /
Simon (USA)
L (21–17, 14–21, 13–21) 		 Subhan /
Marlina (INA)
L (17–21, 12–21) 		4

Legend: W = Win; L = Loss; Q = Qualified for the next phase

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified two para-cyclists (one in each gender) based on the Union Cycliste Internationale rankings on 31 December 2022.[42][6]

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Arshad Shaik Men's road time trial C2 25:20.11 11
Men's road race C1-3 -1 LAP
Jyoti Gaderiya Women's road time trial C1–3 30:00.16 16
Women's road race C1-3 -1 LAP
Track
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Arshad Shaik Men's time trial C1-3 1:21.416 17 Did not advance
Men's pursuit C2 4:20.949 9
Jyoti Gaderiya Women's time trial C1-3 49.233 11
Women's pursuit C1-3 4:53.929 10

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India qualified for Judo for the first time after Kapil Parmar and Kokila Kaushiklate secured quota places based on the International Blind Sports Federation Judo Rankings.[6]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Rank
Kapil Parmar Men's J1 -60 kg Bye  Blanco (VEN)
W 10–0 		 Banitaba (IRI)
L 0–10 		—  de Oliveira (BRA)
W 10–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kokila Kaushiklate Women's J2 -48 kg —  Nauatbek (KAZ)
L 0–10 		Did not advance  Ivanytska (UKR)
L 0–10 		— Did not advance

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India earned three quota places through the 2023 and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships conducted by the International Canoe Federation.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yash Kumar Men's KL1 1:03.28 6 1:02.03 5 Did not advance
Pooja Ojha Women's KL1 1:16.09 5 1:17.23 4
Prachi Yadav Women's VL2 1:06.83 4 1:05.66 3 FA 1:08:55 8

FB = Final B (non-medal) FA = Final A (medal)

Powerlifting

Main articles: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Two men (Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik) and two women (Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani) secured their Paralympic berths through the Paralympic Qualification rankings after having completed the mandatory requirements of competing in certain tournaments.[43][44]

Athlete Event Score Rank
Paramjeet Kumar Men's -49 kg 150 8
Ashok Malik Men's -65 kg 199 6
Sakina Khatun Women's -45 kg 86 7
Kasthuri Rajamani Women's -67 kg 106 8

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India qualified one boat in mixed double sculls through the 2024 Asian / Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta held in Chungju, South Korea.[45][6]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anita Anita
Narayana Konganapalle 		PR3 mixed double sculls 8:06.84 5 R 7:54.33 3 FB 8:16.96 8

Legend: R = Repechage; FB = Final B (non-medal)

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in the women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event to become the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win multiple gold medals.

India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024.[46][47][48] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rudransh Khandelwal P1 10 m air pistol SH1 561 9 Did not advance
Manish Narwal 566 5 Q 234.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Swaroop Unhalkar R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 613.4 14 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Avani Lekhara R2 10 m air rifle SH1 625.8 2 Q 249.7 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mona Agarwal 623.1 5 Q 228.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Avani Lekhara R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 1159 7 Q 420.6 5
Mona Agarwal 1147 13 Did not advance
Rubina Francis P2 10 m air pistol SH1 556 6 Q 211.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Avani Lekhara R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 632.8 11 Did not advance
Sidhartha Babu 628.3 28
Sriharsha Davareddi R4 10 m air rifle SH2 630.7 9
R5 10 m rifle prone SH2 630.2 26
Mona Agarwal R6 50 m rifle Prone SH1 610.5 30
Sidhartha Babu 615.8 22
Nihal Singh P3 25 m pistol SH1 569 10
Amir Bhat 568 11
Nihal Singh P4 50 m pistol SH1 522 19
Rudransh Khandelwal 517 22

Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase; PR = Paralympic Record

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games after Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) in the butterfly event.[49]

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Suyash Jadhav 50 m butterfly S7 33.47 10 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India entered two athletes for the Paralympic Games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified through the International Table Tennis Federation World Rankings.[6][50]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sonalben Patel Women's individual C3  Mužinić (CRO)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Bhavina Patel Women's individual C4  Verdín (MEX)
W 3–0 		 Zhou (CHN)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Sonalben Patel
Bhavina Patel 		Women's doubles D10 —  Jung /
Moon (KOR)
L 1–3

Legend: W = Won; L = Lost

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Aruna Tanwar qualified for the event following her win in the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[51]

Tanwar took an early exit from the competition after losing to her Turkish opponent, Nurcihan Ekinci in the Round of 16.[52]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aruna Tanwar Women's –47 kg  Ekinci (TUR)
L 0–19 		Did not advance

Legend: L = Lost

See also

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