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{{Infobox country at games<br />
| NOC = IND<br />
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Summer Olympics<br />
| year = 1984<br />
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| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]<br />
| competitors = 48<br />
| sports = <br />
| flagbearer = [[Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)|Zafar Iqbal]]<br />
| rank = <br />
| gold = 0<br />
| silver = 0<br />
| bronze = 0<br />
| officials = <br />
| appearances = auto<br />
| app_begin_year = 1900<br />
| app_end_year = <br />
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'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1984 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[United States]].<br />
India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. <br />
[[P. T. Usha]] lost the bronze medal in [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==Results by event==<br />
===[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===<br />
'''Men's 800m'''<br />
*[[Charles Borromeo (athlete)|Charles Borromeo]]<br />
:* Round 1 &mdash; 1:51.52 (→ 5th, did not advance)<br />
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'''Men's 20&nbsp;km Walk'''<br />
*[[Chand Ram]]<br />
:* Final &mdash; 1:30.06 (→ 22nd place)<br />
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'''Men's Javelin Throw'''<br />
* [[Gurtej Singh (athlete)|Gurtej Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification &mdash; 70.08m (→ did not advance, 25th place)<br />
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'''Women's 800m'''<br />
*[[Shiny Abraham]]<br />
:* Round 1 &mdash; 2:04.69<br />
:* Semifinal &mdash; 2:05.42 (→ did not advance, 16th place)<br />
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'''Women's 3,000 metres''' <br />
* [[Geeta Zutshi]]<br />
:* Heat &mdash; 9.40.63 (→ did not advance)<br />
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'''Women's 400m hurdles'''<br />
*[[P. T. Usha]]<br />
:* Round 1 &mdash; 56.81<br />
:* Semifinal &mdash; 55.54<br />
:* Final &mdash; 55.42 (→ 4th place)<br />
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*[[M. D. Valsamma]]<br />
:* Round 1 &mdash; 1:00.03 (→ did not advance)<br />
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'''Women's 4 × 400 m relay'''<br />
:* Round 1 : 4th, 3:33.85 ([[M. D. Valsamma]], [[Vandana Rao]], [[Shiny Abraham]], [[P. T. Usha]])<br />
:* Final : 7th, 3:32.49 ([[M. D. Valsamma]], [[Vandana Rao]], [[Shiny Abraham]], [[P. T. Usha]])<br />
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== References ==<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/18oly-shiny.htm An interview with Shiny Wilson]<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1984]]<br />
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