Indian Record at Olympics in Athletics from 1900 to 2020 Olympics

Athletics is the only Sports where India has sent athletes in every Olympics since its first participation in 1900 Olympics. Here is the complete record with details of every event and performance from 1900 Paris Olympics to 2024 Paris Olympics with names of all athletes and results. Mary D’Souza and Nilima Ghouse were the first two women to represent India in Athletics (1952).

Indian Record at Athletics Events in Olympics: 3000m Steeplechase, 800m, Marathon
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Indian Finalists in Athletics at Olympics

Finalists from India in Athletics:

1. 1900: Norman Pritchard (Men’s 200 m and 200 m hurdles) – Two Silver medals
2. 1948: Gurnam Singh: 18th in Men’s High Jump
3. 1948: Henry Rebello: 13th in Men’s Triple Jump
4. 1960: Milkha Singh: 4th in Men’s 400 metres
5. 1964: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa: 5th Men’s 110 metres Hurdles Final – Time 14.0
6. 1976: Sri Ram Singh: 7th in Men’s 800 metres
7. 1984: PT Usha: 4th Women’s 400 metres Hurdles
8. 1984: PT Usha, M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham-Wilson: 7th Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay
9. 2004: Anju Bobby George: 5th Women’s Long Jump 
10. 2004: Sathi Geetha, K. M. Beenamol, Chitra Soman, Rajwinder Kaur, Manjit Kaur: 7th Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay
11. 2012: Vikas Gowda: 8th Men’s Discus Throw
12. 2012: Krishna Poonia: 6th Women’s Discus Throw
13. 2016: Lalita Babar in 3000 m steeplechase 10th
14. 2020: Kamalpreet Kaur in Women’s Discus Throw – 6th – 63.70
15. 2020: Neeraj Chopra in Javelin throw

1900: 1 Athlete 5 Events: 2 Silver
India was represented by lone athlete Norman Pritchard in five events.

• SILVER Men’s 200 metres
• SILVER Men’s 200 metres Hurdles
• Men’s 60 metres: Round 1
• Men’s 100 metres: Round 1
• Men’s 110 metres Hurdles: 5th

1920: 3 Athletes, 4 events:

• Purma Bannerjee (Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres – 5th and 400 metres – 4th)
• Phadeppa Chaugule: Round 1 in Men’s 10,000 metres, 19th in Marathon
• Sadashir Datar: Did not finish in Men’s Marathon

1924: 7 Athletes, 9 events

• James Hall: Round 1 in 100m, 200m
• Will Hildreth: Round 1 in 100m, 200m
• Cheruvari Lakshmanan: Round 1 in Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
• Terence Pitt: Round 1 in Men’s 100m, 200m, Quarter-Finals in 400 metres
• Dalip Singh: 14th in Men’s Long Jump
• Mahadeo Singh: 29th in Men’s Marathon
• Pala Singh: Round 1 in Men’s 1,500 metres, 5000 m, Did not finish in 10,000 m

1928: 7 Athletes in 9 events

• S. Abdul Hamid: Round one in Men’s 110 metres Hurdles, 400 metres Hurdles
• R. Burns: Round one in Men’s 100 metres, 200 m
• J. Murphy: Round 1 in Men’s 800 metres
• Chavan Singh: Did not Finish in Men’s 10,000 metres
• Gurbachan Singh: Round 1 in Men’s 5,000 metres
• James Hall: Quarter-Finals in Men’s 400 metres, Round 1 in 200m
• Dalip Singh: 37th in Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Round

1932: 4 Men in 4 events

• Mehar Chand Dhawan: Round 1 in Men’s 4 × 100 metres Relay, 14th in Triple Jump
• Bunoo Sutton: Semifinals in Men’s 110 metres Hurdles, Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres, Men’s 4 × 100 metres Relay
• Ronald Vernieux: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres, 200 m, 4x 100 metres Relay
• Dickie Carr: 4x 100 metres Relay

1936: 4 Athletes in 7 events

• Gyan Bhalla: Round 1 in Men’s 400 metres, 800 m
• Raunaq Singh Gill: Round 1 in Men’s 5,000 metres, Did not finish Men’s 10,000 metres
• Arul Swami: 37th in Men’s Marathon
• Eric Whiteside: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres, 200 m

1948: 8 Men, 10 Events

• Eric Prabhakar: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres
• Henry Rebello: 13th in Men’s Triple Jump Final – No marks
• Nat Singh Somnath: Round 1 in Men’s Hammer Throw
• Baldev Singh: Round 1 in Men’s Long Jump, Men’s Decathlon
• Chhota Singh: Did not finish in Men’s Marathon
• Gurnam Singh: 18th in Men’s High Jump Final – 1.80
• Sadhu Singh: Men’s 10 kilometres Walk, Did not finish 50 kilometres Walk
• Jim Vickers: Round 1 in Men’s 110 metres Hurdles

1952: 8 (6 men and 2 women)

• Lavy Pinto: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres, 200m
• Ivan Jacob: Round 1 in Men’s 400m
• Sohan Singh: 8th in Semifinal of Men’s 800 metres
• Surat Mathur: 52nd in Men’s Marathon
• Gulzara Singh Mann: Round 1 in Men’s 3,000 metres Steeplechase
• Mehnga Singh: Round 1 in Men’s High Jump
•  Nilima Ghose: Round 1 in Women’s 100 metres
• Mary D’Souza: Round 1 in Women’s 100 metres, 200 m
• Nilima Ghose: Round 1 in Women’s 80 metres Hurdles

1956: 8 (7 men and 1 woman) for 9 events

• Mary Rao: Did Not finish Heats in Women’s 100 metres
• Milkha Singh (21 years): 4th in Round 1 of Men’s 200 metres, 4th in Round 1 of 400 m
• Sohan Singh: Round 1 of Men’s 800 metres
• Sri Chand Ram: Round 1 of Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
• Jagdev Singh: Round 1 of Men’s 400 metres Hurdles
• Ajit Singh: 14th in Men’s High Jump
• Ram Mehar: 22nd in Qualifying round of Men’s Long Jump
• Mohinder Singh: 15th in Men’s Triple Jump

1960: 11 (11 men and 0 women), 10 events

• Milkha Singh: 4th in Men’s 400 metres
• Raj Joshi Tilak Round 1 Men’s 100 metres
• Ranjit Bhatia Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
• Lal Chand 40th in Men’s Marathon
• Jagmal Singh 45th in Men’s Marathon
• Ranjit Bhatia 60th in Men’s Marathon
• Jagmohan Singh Men’s Round 1 110 metres Hurdles
• Zora Singh 20th in Men’s 20 kilometres Walk, 8th in Men’s 50 kilometres Walk
• Ajit Singh Men’s 20 kilometres Walk, 15th Men’s 50 kilometres Walk
• Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Round 1 Men’s High Jump, Men’s Decathlon
• B. V. Satyanarayan Round 1 Men’s Long Jump
• Virsa Singh Round 1 Men’s Long Jump

1964: 13 (12 men and 1 woman)

• Ken Powell Round 1 Men’s 100 metres, 200 metres
• Gurbachan Singh Randhawa: 5th Men’s 110 metres Hurdles Final – Time 14.0
• Amrit Pal Round 1 Men’s 400 metres Hurdles
• Anthony Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Ken Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya: Men’s 4 × 100 metres Relay Semifinal
• Makhan Singh, Amrit Pal, Ajmer Singh, Milkha Singh Men’s 4 × 400 metres Relay Round 1 – 4th
• Balkrishan Akotkar 33rd Men’s Marathon
• Harbans Lal 43rd Men’s Marathon
• B. V. Satyanarayan Men’s Long Jump 29th Round 1
• Labh Singh Men’s Triple Jump 26th Round 1
• Stephie D’Souza Women’s 400 metres – Heat 1 6th

1968: 2 Men in 2 events

• Bhim Singh: Round 1 Men’s High Jump
• Praveen Kumar: Round 1 Men’s Hammer Throw

1972: 8 (7 men and 1 woman), 9 events

• Sri Ram Singh Round 1 Men’s 800 metres
• Eddie Sequeira Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
• Suresh Babu (19 year) Men’s High Jump – Round 1
• Mohinder Singh Gill: Men’s Long Jump and Triple Jump  – Round 1
• Jugraj Singh: Men’s Shot Put – Round 1
• Praveen Kumar: Men’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Vijay Singh Chauhan: 17th in Men’s Decathlon
• Kamaljit Sandhu: Round 1 Women’s 400 metres

1976: 4 Men, 4 events

• Hari Chand: Round 1 Men’s 10,000 metres
• Sri Ram Singh: 7th in Men’s 800 metres Final – 1:45.77
• Shivnath Singh: 11th in Men’s Marathon
• T. C. Yohannan: Round 1 in Men’s Long Jump

1980: 11 (9 Men, 2 Women) for 12 Events

• Adille Sumariwalla: Round 1 Men’s 100 metres
• Perumal Subramanian: Round 1 Men’s 200 metres
• Sri Ram Singh: Round 1 Men’s 800 metres
• Sant Kumar: Round 1 Men’s 1,500 metres
• Gopal Saini: Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
•  Hari Chand: Round 1 Men’s 10,000 metres, 31st Men’s Marathon
• Shivnath Singh: Men’s Marathon
• Ranjit Singh: 18th in Men’s 20 kilometres Walk
• Bahadur Singh: Round 1 Men’s Shot Put
• P. T. Usha: Round 1 Women’s 100 metres and Women’s 200 metres
• Geeta Zutshi: Round 1 Women’s 800 metres

1984: 8 (3 men and 5 women), 7 events

• PT Usha: 4th Women’s 400 metres Hurdles Final – 55.42 
• Shiny Abraham-Wilson: Semifinal Women’s 800 metres
• PT Usha, M. D. Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham-Wilson: 7th Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay – 3:32.49
• Charles Borromeo: Round 1 Men’s 800 metres
• Siri Chand Ram: 22nd in Men’s 20 kilometres Walk
• Gurtej Singh: Round 1 in Men’s Javelin Throw
• Geeta Zutshi: Round 1 Women’s 3,000 metres
• M. D. Valsamma: Round 1 400 metres Hurdles

1988: 5 women in 4 Events

• Mercy Kuttan-Mathews: Round 1 Women’s 400 metres
• Shiny Abraham-Wilson: Round 1 Women’s 800 metres
• PT Usha: Round 1 Women’s 400 metres Hurdles
• Vandana Rao, Mercy Kuttan-Mathews, Vandana Shanbagh, Shiny Abraham-Wilson: Round 1 Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay

1992: 2 athletes in 2 events

• Bahadur Prasad: Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
• Shiny Abraham-Wilson: Round 1 Women’s 800 metres

1996: 6 Athletes (4 women) in 3 events

• Bahadur Prasad: Round 1 Men’s 1,500 metres
• Shakti Singh: Round 1 Men’s Discus Throw
• K. M. Beenamol, Rosa Kutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Shiny Abraham-Wilson: Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay – Disqualified

2000: 24 (12 men and 12 women) in 12 events

• Paramjit Singh: Men’s 400 metres – Heat 1
• Thirugnan Durai, Rajeev Bala Krishnan, Ajay Raj Singh, Anil Kumar Prakash: Men’s 4 × 100 metres Relay – Heat 1
• Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh: Men’s 4 × 400 metres Relay – Heat 1
• Sanjay Kumar Rai: Men’s Long Jump – Round 1
• Bahadur Singh and Shakti Singh: Men’s Shot Put – Round 1
• Jagdish Bishnoi: Men’s Javelin Throw – Round 1
• K. M. Beenamol: Women’s 400 metres Semifinal
• Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, Saraswati Dey-Saha, Rachita Mistry: Women’s 4 × 100 metres Relay – Heat 1
• Paramjit Kaur, Jincy Phillip, Rosa Kutty Kunnath Chacko , K. M. Beenamol: Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay – Heat 1
• Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra: Women’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Gurmeet Kaur: Women’s Javelin Throw – Round 1
• Prameela Ganapathy: 24th Women’s Heptathlon 
• Soma Biswas: 25th Women’s Heptathlon

2004: 17 (4 men and 13 women), 9 events

• Mathews Binu: Men’s 400 metres – Semifinal
• Bahadur Singh: Men’s Shot Put – Round 1
• Vikas Gowda and Anil Kumar Sangwan: Men’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Saraswati Dey-Saha: Women’s 200 metres – Heat 1
• Sathi Geetha, K. M. Beenamol, Chitra Soman, Rajwinder Kaur, Manjit Kaur: 7th Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay FINAL – 3:28.51
• Bobby Aloysius: Women’s High Jump – Round 1
• Anju Bobby George: 5th Women’s Long Jump Final – 6.83 (National Record)
• Harwant Kaur, Seema Antil, Neelam Jaswant Singh Dogra: Women’s Discus Throw
• J. J. Shobha: 11th Women’s Heptathlon
• Soma Biswas: 14th Women’s Heptathlon

2008: 14 (3 men and 11 women)

• Surendra Singh: 26th Men’s 10,000 metres
• Renjith Maheshwary: Men’s Triple Jump – Round 1
• Vikas Gowda: 22nd Men’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Preeja Sreedharan: 25th Women’s 10,000 metres
• Mandeep Kaur: Round 1 Women’s 400 metres
• Sathi Geetha, Chitra Soman, Manjit Kaur, Mandeep Kaur: Round 1 Women’s 4 × 400 metres Relay – Heat 1
• Anju Bobby George: Women’s Long Jump – Round 1
• Harwant Kaur: Women’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Krishna Poonia: Women’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• J. J. Shobha: 29th Women’s Heptathlon
• Sushmitha Singha Roy: 32nd Women’s Heptathlon
• Prameela Ganapathy: 27nd Women’s Heptathlon

2012: 14 (8 men and 6 women in 11 events)

• Vikas Gowda: 8th Men’s Discus Throw Final : 64.79
• Krishna Poonia: 6th Women’s Discus Throw Final – 63.62
• Seema Antil: 13th Women’s Discus Throw – Round 1
• Renjith Maheshwary: Men’s Triple Jump – Round 1
• Om Prakash Karhana – Shot put – Round 1
• Basantha Bahadur Rana: 50 km walk – 36th (National Record: 3:56:48)
• Baljinder Sigh – 20 km walk – 43rd
• Gurmeet Sigh – 20 km walk – 33rd
• Irfan Kolothum Thodi – 20 km walk – 10th – 1:20:21 (National Record)
• Ram Singh Yadav – Marathon – 78th
• Tintu Luka – Women’s 800 m semifinal
• Sudha Singh – 3000 m steeplechase – 13th in Heat 1 

2016: 35 (18 Men, 17 Women) in 20 events

• Mohammad Anas 400 m – Heat 1
• Jinson Johnson 800 m – Heat 1
• Ankit Sharma Long Jump  – Round 1
• Vikas Gowda Discus Throw – Round 1
• Manish Singh (13th), Gurmeet Singh and Ganapathi Krishnan (Disqualified) 20 Km walk 
• Renjith Maheshwary Triple jump – Round 1
• Dharambir Singh 200m – suspended
• Sandeep Kumar, Manish Singh 50 Km walk
• Mohammad Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun, Mohan Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Mohammed Kunhi, Arokia Rajiv in 4 × 400 m relay – Disqualified
• Thonakal Gopi, Kheta Ram, Nitender Singh Rawat Marathon
• Dutee Chand 100 m – Did not Qualify
• Manpreet Kaur Shot put – Round 1
• Nirmala Sheoran 400 m – Did not Qualify
• 3000 m steeplechase: Lalita Babar – 10th in final, Sudha Singh  – 9th in Heat
• O. P. Jaisha (89), Kavita Raut (120) Marathon
• Srabani Nanda 200 m – Did not Qualify
• Seema Antil Discus Throw – Round 1
• Tintu Luka 800 m – Heat 1
• Khushbir Kaur, Sapna Punia 20 km walk
• Ashwini Akkunji, Debashree Majumdar, Jisna Mathew, M. R. Poovamma, Nirmala Sheoran, Anilda Thomas 4 × 400 m relay – Heat 1

 

2020 Athletics Performance of India