India at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Los Angeles
Competitors48 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Zafar Iqbal
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham reached the semifinals of 800 metres with a personal best of 2:04.69 seconds and became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event. She finished last in the semifinal.

Later, the Indian women's 4x400 metre relay team of P. T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, M. D. Valsamma and Vandana Rao made it to the finals. They finished last among the seven teams in the final but set an Asian record of 3:32.49 seconds.[1][2]

Competitors

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 3 5 8 7
Boxing 2 0 2 2
Field hockey 16 0 16 1
Shooting 7 1 8 6
Sailing 2 0 2 1
Weightlifting 4 0 4 3
Wrestling 8 0 8 6
Total 42 6 48 26

Results by event

Athletics

Men Track And Field events

Athlete Events Round 1 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
Charles Borromeo 800 m 1:51:52 5 Did not advance
Chand Ram Men's 20 km Walk — 1:30:06 22
Gurtej Singh Men's Javelin Throw — 70.08 25

Women Track And Field events

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Shiny Abraham 800 m 2:04.69 4 2:05.42 16 Did not advance
Geeta Zutshi 3000 m 9:40.28 8 Did not advance
P. T. Usha 400 meters hurdle 56.81 2 55.94 1 55.42 4
M. D. Valsamma 400 meters hurdle 1:00:03 5 Did not advance
M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham, P. T. Usha 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.85 4 3:32:49 7

References

  1. ^ "P.T. Usha Los Angeles 400m hurdles". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1984 Olympics the year that set the stage for Indian women athletes". Retrieved 1 May 2022.



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