Table Tennis is the ideal Sports where Indians can claim parity. Since being part of Indian Olympic Contingent in 1988 Olympics, woman have always been part of Table Tennis squad. For the first time, two Women were part of the team in 2016 Olympics squad that matched the maximum TT team of 4 members sent in 1992 Olympics. In 2024 Olympics, Manika Batra and then Sreeja earned India’s best entering Round of 16. Earlier, the best performances were entry in third round by Kamlesh Mehta (1988 and 1992), Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra (2020).
Indian History at Summer Olympics: Performances in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Summary of Indian Participation at Olympics
- 1988: 3 (2 Men, 1 Woman), 3 events
- 1992: 4 (3 Men, 1 Woman), 3 events
- 1996: 2 (1 Man, 1 Woman), 2 events
- 2000: 3 (2 Men, 1 woman), 3 events
- 2004: 2 (1 Man, 1 Woman), 2 events
- 2008: 2 (1 Man, 1 Woman), 2 events
- 2012: 2 (1 Man, 1 Woman), 2 events
- 2016: 4 (2 Men, 2 Women), 2 events
- 2020: 4 (2 Men, 2 Women), 3 events
- 2024: 6 (3 Men, 3 Women), 4 events
Events for India at Olympics
- Men’s Singles: 1988-2020
- Women’s Singles: 1988-2020
- Men’s Doubles: 1992, 2000
- Mixed Doubles: 2020
- Men’s Team: 2024
- Women’s Team: 2024
Maximum Participation by Indians at Olympics
Men
- 5 Sharath Kamal Achanta (2004, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024)
- 3 Chetan Baboor (1992, 1996, 2000)
- 2 Kamlesh Mehta, Sujay Ghorpade (1988, 1992), Soumyajit Ghosh (2012, 2016)
- 1 Raman Subramanyan (2000), Sathiyam Gnanasekaran (2020), Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar (2024)
Women
- 3 Manika Batra (2016, 2020, 2024)
- 2 Niyati Roy-Shah (1988, 1992), Mouma Das (2004, 2016)
- 1 Ambika Radhika (1996), Poulomi Ghatak (2000), Neha Aggarwal (2008), Sutirtha Mukherjee (2020), Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath (2024)
1988: 3 members in 3 events
- Kamlesh Mehta: Round 3 Men’s Singles, Round 2 in Men’s Doubles
- Sujay Ghorpade: Round 1 Men’s Singles, Round 2 in Men’s Doubles
- Niyati Roy-Shah: Round 1 Women’s Singles
1992: 4 Paddlers for 3 events (1 Woman)
- Kamlesh Mehta: Round 3 Men’s Singles
- Chetan Baboor: Round 1 Men’s Singles
- Sujay Ghorpade / Kamlesh Mehta : Round 2 Men’s Doubles
- Niyati Roy-Shah: Round 2 Women’s Singles
1996: 2 in 2 events
- Chetan Baboor: Men’s Singles
- Ambika Radhika: Women’s Singles
2000: 3 Paddlers (1 woman)
- Chetan Baboor: Men’s Singles
- Chetan Baboor / Raman Subramanyan: 25th in Men’s Doubles
- Poulomi Ghatak: Women’s Singles
2004: 2 (1 woman) for 2 events
- Sharath Kamal Achanta: 33rd Men’s Singles
- Mouma Das: 49th Women’s Singles
2008: 2 (1 Man, 1 Woman), 2 events
- Sharath Kamal Achanta: 33rd Men’s Singles
- Neha Aggarwal: Women’s Singles
2012: 2 in 2 events
- Soumyajit Ghosh: 33rd Men’s Singles
- Ankita Das: 49th Women’s Singles
2016: 4 in 2 events
- Soumyajit Ghosh: Men’s Singles 1st Round
- Sharath Kamal Achanta: Men’s Singles 1st Round
- Manika Batra: Women’s Singles 1st Round
- Mouma Das: Women’s Singles 1st Round
2020: 4 in 3 events
- Sharath Kamal Achanta: Men’s Singles 3rd Round
- Manika Batra: Women’s Singles 3rd Round
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran: Men’s Singles 2nd Round
- Sutirtha Mukherjee: Women’s Singles 2nd Round
- Mixed Doubles: Sharath Kamal Achanta & Manika Batra Round of 16
2024: 6 in 4 events
- Men’s Individual: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai
- Men’s Team: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar
- Women’s Individual: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula
- Women’s Team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath
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