Indian Archery Record: After 8 Olympics and 5 Events, 23 Archers still Chase First Olympic Medal

Limba Ram, Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari

Starting from 1988 Olympics till 2020, Archers have represented India consecutively in 8 Olympics, barring 2000 Olympics. Indian Archery can be divided accordingly. Before 2000, in their first three Olympics only Men’s team joined the Olympic squad, while after that from 2004 Olympics onwards, With participation at Tokyo, World No. 1, Deepika Kumar and Tarundeep Rai joined Bombayla Devi and Limba Ram as Archers representing India thrice at Olympics. Check complete history and record of India in Archery at Olympics.

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Olympic History of Archery
Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Olympic History
Indian Athletes in 2012 Olympics

Statistics

  • 1988: 3 men in 2 events
  • 1992: 3 men in 2 events
  • 1996: 3 Men in 2 events
  • 2004: 6 (3 women) in 4 events
  • 2008: 4 (1 man and 3 women) for 3 events
  • 2012: 6 (3 Men and 3 Women)
  • 2016: 4 (1 man and 3 women) for 3 events
  • 2020: 4 (3 Men and 1 woman) for 4 events

Maximum Participation at Olympics

  • 3 Limba Ram (16 year) 1988, 1992, 1996), Bombayla Devi (2008, 2012, 2016), Tarundeep Rai (2004, 2012, 2020), Deepika Kumari (2012, 2016, 2020)
  • 2 Changte Lalremsaga (1992, 1996), Dola Banerjee, 2004, 2008), Atanu Das (2016, 2020)
  • 1 Men’s: Sanjeev Singh, Shyam Lal Meena (1988), Dhulchand Damor 1992, Skalzang Dorje 1996, Satyadev Prasad, Majhi Sawaiyan (2004), Mangal Singh Champia 2008, Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar (2012), Pravin Jadhav (2020)
    Women’s: Reena Kumari, Sumangala Sharma (2004), Pranitha Vardhineni (2008), Chekrovolu Swuro (2012), Laxmirani Majhi (2016)

Events Per Olympics for Indians

  • Men’s Individual: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
  • Men’s Team: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2012, 2020
  • Women’s Individual: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
  • Women’s Team: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
  • Mixed Team: 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!!

1988: 3 men in 2 events
Sanjeev Singh, Limba Ram (16 year), Shyam Lal Meena: Men’s Individual and 20th in Men’s Team

1992: 3 men in 2 events
Limba Ram, Changte Lalremsaga, Dhulchand Damor: Men’s Individual, 16th Men’s Team

1996: 3 Men in 2 events
Changte Lalremsaga, Skalzang Dorje, Limba Ram: Men’s Individual and 14th in Men’s Team

2004: 6 (3 women) in 4 events

  • Satyadev Prasad: 10th Men’s Individual
  • Tarundeep Rai: 43rd Men’s Individual
  • Majhi Sawaiyan: 59th Men’s Individual
  •  Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai, Majhi Sawaiyan: 11th Men’s Team
  • Reena Kumari: 15th Women’s Individual
  • Sumangala Sharma (17 years): 24th Women’s Individual
  • Dola Banerjee: 52nd Women’s Individual
  • Reena Kumari, Dola Banerjee, Sumangala Sharma: 8th in Women’s Team

2008: 4 (1 man and 3 women) for 3 events

  • Mangal Singh: 25th Men’s Individual
  • Pranitha Vardhineni: 30th Women’s Individual
  • Bombayla Devi: 48th Women’s Individual
  • Dola Banerjee: 33rd Women’s Individual
  • Dola Banerjee, Pranitha Vardhineni, Bombayla Devi: 7th in Women’s Team

2012: 6 (3 Men and 3 Women)

  • Tarundeep Rai: 17th Men’s Individual
  • Rahul Banerjee: 17th Men’s Individual
  • Jayanta Talukdar: 33rd Men’s Individual
  • Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee: 9th Men’s Team
  • Bombayla Devi: 17th Women’s Individual
  • Deepika Kumari: 33rd Women’s Individual
  • Chekrovolu Swuro: 33rd Women’s Individual
  • Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro: 9th Women’s Team

2016: 4 (3 Women and 1 Man)

  • Atanu Das – Men’s Individual – Round of 16
  • Bombayla Devi – Women’s Individual – Round of 16
  • Deepika Kumari – Women’s Individual – Round of 16
  • Laxmirani Majhi – Women’s Individual – Round of 64
  • Women Team – QF

2020: 4 (3 Men and 1 Woman)

  • Deepika Kumari – Women’s Individual – QF
  • Atanu Das – Men’s Individual – Round of 16
  • Tarundeep Rai – Men’s Individual – Round of 32
  • Pravin Jadhav – Men’s Individual – Round of 32
  • Men’s Team – QF
  • Mixed Team (Deepika and Pravin) – QF

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