India at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Seoul
Competitors46 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Kartar Dhillon Singh
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
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

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women

Track events
Athlete Events Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
Mercy Alapurackal 400 m 53.41 26 53.93 30 Did not advance
Shiny Kurisingal 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 Kurisingal Abraham
Vandana Pandurang Shanbagh
Vandana Rao 		4 × 400 m Relay 3:33.46 7 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Men's team competition

Team Roster
Preliminary round

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Germany 5 4 1 0 13 3 9
 Great Britain 5 3 1 1 12 5 7
 India 5 2 1 2 9 7 5
 Soviet Union 5 2 1 2 5 10 5
 South Korea 5 0 2 3 5 10 2
 Canada 5 0 2 3 3 12 2
1988-09-18
Soviet Union  1–0  India
1988-09-20
Germany  1–1  India
1988-09-22
South Korea  1–3  India
1988-09-24
Canada  1–5  India
1988-09-26
Great Britain  3–0  India
Classification round

5-8th Place Play-off

1988-09-28
India  6–6 (PSC 4-3)  Argentina

5th Place Play-off

1988-09-30
India  1–2  Pakistan

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Events Heat Final B Final A
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

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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

References

  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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