India at the 2000 Summer Olympics

India at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Sydney
Competitors65 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Leander Paes
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal count
Medal Name Sport Events Date
 Bronze Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting Women's 69 kg 19 Sep

Competitors

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 12 12 24 12
Badminton 1 1 2 2
Boxing 4 0 4 4
Equestrian 1 0 1 1
Field hockey 16 0 16 1
Judo 0 1 1 1
Rowing 2 0 2 1
Shooting 2 1 3 3
Swimming 1 1 2 2
Table tennis 1 1 2 2
Tennis 2 2 4 3
Weightlifting 1 2 3 3
Wrestling 1 0 1 1
Total 44 21 65 36

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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
  • SB = Seasonal best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete Event Heats Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Paramjit Singh Men's 400m 46.64 6 Did Not Advance
Rajeev Bala Krishnan

C. Thirugnana Durai

Anil Kumar Prakash

Anand Menezes

Men's 4 × 100 m 40.23 7 N/A Did Not Advance
Lijo David Thottan

Purukottam Ramachandran

Jata Shankar

Paramjit Singh

Men's 4 × 400 m 3:08.38 4 N/A Did Not Advance

Women

Athlete Event Heats QuarterFinals SemiFinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Beena Mol K. M. Women's 400 m 51.51 1 Q 51.81 4 Q 52.04 8 Did Not Advance
Saraswati Dey

Rachita Mistry

Vinita Tripathi

Valdivel Jayalakshmi

Women's 4 × 100 m 45.20 6 N/A Did Not Advance
Paramjeet Kaur

Jincy Phillip

K.M.Beena Mol

Rosa Kutty

Women's 4 × 400 m 3:31.46 6 N/A Did Not Advance

Field Events

Men

Athlete Events Qualification Final
Distance Result Distance Result
Bahadur Singh Sagoo Men's Shot Put 18.70 27 Did Not Advance
Shakti Singh 18.40 32 Did Not Advance
Jagdish Bishnoi Men's Javelin Throw 70.86 30 Did Not Advance
Rai Sanjay Khumar Men's Long Jump NM - Did Not Advance

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Result Distance Result
Neelam Jaswant Singh Women's Discus Throw 55.26 26 did not advance
Gurmeet Kaur Women's Javelin Throw 52.78 32 Did Not Advance

Combined – Women's heptathlon

Athlete Event 100 metres

Hurdles

High

Jump

Shot

Put

200 metres Long

Jump

Javelin

Throw

800 metres Total Points Rank
Pramila Ganapathy Results 14.22 1.69 11.14 24.69 5.96 36.02 02:20.86 5548 24
Points 947 842 604 915 837 591 812
Soma Biswas Results 14.11 1.63 11.69 24.73 5.64 39.59 02:22.17 5481 25
Points 963 771 641 912 741 659 794

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Opposition

Result

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Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Pullela Gopichand Men's singles Bye  Vladislav Druzchenko (UKR)

W 15–3, 10–15, 15–7

 Hendrawan (INA)

L 9–15, 4–15

Did not advance
Aparna Popat Women's singles  Kelly Morgan (GBR)

L 11–5, 7–11, 2–11

Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Opposition

Result

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Result

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Result

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Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Soubam Suresh Singh Men's Light Flyweight (48kg)  Kim Ki-Suk (KOR)

L 5-9

Did Not Advance
Dingko Singh Men's Bantamweight (54kg) N/A  Sergey Danilchenko (UKR)

L 5-14

Did Not Advance
Jitender Kumar Men's Middleweight (75kg)  Donald Orr (CAN)

W RSC

 Adrian Diaconu (ROU)

L 3-12

Did Not Advance
Gurcharan Singh Men's Light Heavyweight (81kg)  Choi Ki-Soo (KOR)

W 11-9

 Danie Venter (RSA)

W RSC

 Andriy Fedchuk (UKR)

L 12-12+

Did Not Advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Horse Dressage Cross Country Jumping Total

Penalty

Points

Ranking
Imtiaz Anees Individual Eventing Spring Invader 61.0 165.2 10.0 236.2 23

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The Indian field hockey team didn't make it to the semis, and finished in seventh position after a 2–3 loss against England in the classification match.

Roster:

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 QuarterFinals SemiFinals Final
Lourembam Brojeshori Devi Women's 52 kg  Arijana Jaha (BIH)

Won

 Ulrike Kaiser (LIE)

Loss

Did Not Advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Repachage SemiFinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kasam Khan Men's coxless pair 7:09.94 5 R 7:16.10 6 Did Not Advance
Inderpal Singh

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Anwer Sultan Men's Trap 108 26 Did Not Advance
Abhinav Bindra Men's 10m Air Rifle 590 11 Did Not Advance
Anjali Vedpathak Women's 10m Air Rifle 394 7 Q 493.1 8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heat Semi Finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla Men's 200 m Freestyle 1:58.35 50 Did Not Advance
Nisha Millet Women's 200 m Freestyle 2:08:89 37

Table Tennis

Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Opposition

Result

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Result

Rank Opposition

Result

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Result

Rank
Chetan Baboor Men's singles  Petr Korbel (CZE)

L 1-3

 Peter Jackson (NZL)

W 3-0

2 Did Not Advance
Poulomi Ghatak Women's singles  Anne Boileau (FRA)

L 0-3

 Veronika Pavlovich (BLR)

L 0-3

3 Did Not Advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final/BM
Opposition

Result

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Result

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Result

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Result

Rank
Leander Paes Men's singles  Mikael Tillström (SWE)

L 2–6, 4–6

Did not advance
Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi

Men's doubles  Pavel/
Trifu (ROU)

W 6–3, 6–3

 Woodforde /
Woodbridge (AUS)

L 3–6, 6–7

Did not advance
Manisha Malhotra

Nirupama Vaidyanathan

Women's doubles  Dokic/

Stubbs (AUS) L 0–6, 0–6

Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Thandava Murthy Muthu – 56 kg 105.0 110.0 112.5 130.50 135.0 135.0 245.0 16


Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Sanamacha Chanu – 53 kg 80.0 85.0 87.5 105.0 110.0 117.5 195.0 6
Karnam Malleswari – 69 kg 105.0 107.5 110.0 125.0 130.0 137.5 240.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wrestling

Athlete Event Group Stage QuarterFinals SemiFinals Final
Opposition

Result

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Result

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Result

Rank Opposition

Result

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Result

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Result

Gurbinder Singh Men's Greco Roman -63 kg  Juan Marén (CUB)

L 0-3 PO

 Yassine Djakrir (ALG)

W 3-0 PO

 Mkhitar Manukyan (KAZ)

L 1-3 PP

3 Did Not Advance

References

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site