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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1988
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website =
| location = [[Seoul]]
| competitors = 46
| sports = 11
| flagbearer = [[Kartar Dhillon Singh]]
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}

[[India]] competed in seven events at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], winning no medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19881015-seoul-olympics-defeat-and-recriminations-all-the-way-for-indian-camp-797808-1988-10-15|title=Seoul Olympics defeat and recrimination all the way for Indian Camp|access-date= 1 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/1988-olympics-another-dismal-finish-for-indian-hockey|title=1988 Olympics another dismal finish for Indian hockey|access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/IND/editions/22 India at the 1988 Summer Olympics]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Archery]]
| 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| 0 || 5 || 5
|-
| align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
| 3 || – || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]]
| 16 || 0 || 16
|-
| align=left|[[Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Sailing]]
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
| 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Table tennis]]
| 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Tennis]]
| 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]
| 2 || – || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics|wrestling]]
| 7 || – || 7
|-
! Total || 39 || 7 || 46
|}

==Results by event==

===Archery===
{{main|Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men.

'''Men'''
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!colspan="2"|Eighth-final
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank

|-
|[[Shyam Lal]]
|[[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Men's individual|Individual]]
|align=center|1150
|align=center|71
|colspan=8 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|[[Limba Ram]]
|[[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Men's individual|Individual]]
|align=center|1232
|align=center|39
|colspan=8 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|[[Sanjeeva Singh]]
|[[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Men's individual|Individual]]
|align=center|1233
|align=center|36
|colspan=8 align=center|Did not advance
|-
|[[Shyam Lal]] [[Limba Ram]] [[Sanjeeva Singh]]
|[[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Men's team|Team]]
|align=center|3615
|align=center|20
|colspan=8 align=center|Did not advance
|}

===Athletics===
{{main|Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

====Women====

=====Track events=====
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Round 2
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Time
!Position
!Time
!Position
!Time
!Position
!Time
!Position
|-
|[[Mercy Alapurackal]]
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]
|align=center|53.41
|align=center|26
|align=center|53.93
|align=center|30
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|-
|[[Shiny Abraham]]
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|800 m]]
|align=center|2:03.26
|align=center|18
|colspan=2|
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|-
|[[P. T. Usha|Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha]]
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 m Hurdles]]
|align=center|59.55
|align=center|31
|colspan=2|
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|-
|[[Mercy Alapurackal]] [[Shiny Abraham]] [[Vandana Shanbagh]] [[Vandana Rao]]
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m Relay]]
|align=center|3:33.46
|align=center|7
|colspan=4|
|align=center colspan="2" |Did not advance
|}

===Boxing===
{{main|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|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]]
|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]]
|
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ayewoubo Akomatsri]]|TOG|1988 Summer}} '''W 5-0'''
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kennedy McKinney]]|USA|1988 Summer}} '''WO'''
|align=center colspan="3" |Did not advance
|-
|[[John William Francis]]
|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Featherweight|Featherweight]]
|
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Dong Liu]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} '''L 2-3'''
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|-
|[[Manoj Pingale]]
|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joseph Chongo]]|ZAM|1988 Summer}} '''W 5-0'''
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mario González (Mexican boxer)|Mario Gonzalez]]|MEX|1988 Summer}} '''L 1-4'''
|align=center colspan="3" |Did not advance
|}

===Field hockey===
{{main|Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

The results of the Indian Olympic field hockey teams are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/07/19/336--1988-Olympics-Another-dismal-finish-for-Indian-hockey-Sports-Special-.html|title=1988 Olympics: Another dismal finish for Indian hockey (Sports Special)|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

====Men's team competition====

=====Team roster=====
:* [[Maneypandu Somaya]] (captain)
:* [[Rajinder Singh (hockey 1988)|Rajinder Singh]] (goalkeeper)
:* [[Pargat Singh]]
:* Ashok Kumar
:* [[Mohinder Pal Singh]]
:* [[Vivek Singh (field hockey)|Vivek Singh]]
:* [[Sujit Kumar (field hockey)|Sujit Kumar]]
:* [[Subrami Balanda Kalaiash]]
:* [[Mohammed Shahid]]
:* [[Sebastian Jude Felix]]
:* [[Balwinder Singh (field hockey)|Balwinder Singh]]
:* [[Mervyn Fernandis]]
:* [[Thoiba Singh Kshetrimayum|Thoiba Singh]]
:* [[Gundeep Kumar]]
:* [[Jagbir Singh]]
:* [[Mark Patterson (field hockey)|Mark Patterson]] (goalkeeper)
*'''Head coach''': [[Ganbash Mollera Poovaiah]]

=====Preliminary round=====
====Group B====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/45/reports/poolstandings FIH]
|update=complete

|team_order=FRG, GBR, IND, URS, KOR, CAN

|win_FRG=4 |draw_FRG=1 |loss_FRG=0 |gf_FRG=13|ga_FRG=3
|win_GBR=3 |draw_GBR=1 |loss_GBR=1 |gf_GBR=12|ga_GBR=5
|win_IND=2 |draw_IND=1 |loss_IND=2 |gf_IND=9 |ga_IND=7
|win_URS=2 |draw_URS=1 |loss_URS=2 |gf_URS=5 |ga_URS=10
|win_KOR=0 |draw_KOR=2 |loss_KOR=3 |gf_KOR=5 |ga_KOR=10|status_KOR=H
|win_CAN=0 |draw_CAN=2 |loss_CAN=3 |gf_CAN=3 |ga_CAN=12

|name_FRG={{fh|FRG}}
|name_GBR={{fh|GBR}}
|name_IND={{fh|IND}}
|name_URS={{fh|URS}}
|name_KOR={{fh|KOR}}
|name_CAN={{fh|CAN}}

|winpoints=2

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=F |result4=F |result5=N |result6=N

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Medal round|Semi-finals]]
|col_F=blue1 |text_F=[[#Fifth to eighth place classification|5–8th place semi-finals]]
|col_N=yellow1 |text_N=[[#Ninth to twelfth place classification|9–12th place semi-finals]]
}}

{{fieldhockeybox
|date=18 September 1988
|time=09:00
|team1={{fh-rt|Soviet Union}}
|score=1–0
|team2={{fh|India}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1154/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Igor Davydov|Davydov]] {{fhgoal|FG|6}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Don Prior (AUS) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=20 September 1988
|time=13:30
|team1={{fh-rt|West Germany}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fh|India}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1161/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Michael Hilgers|Hilgers]] {{fhgoal|FG|39}}
|goals2=[[Jude Felix Sebastian|Sebastian]] {{fhgoal|FG|31}}
|umpires=Santiago Deo (ESP) Alain Renaud (FRA)
}}

----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=22 September 1988
|time=10:45
|team1={{fh-rt|South Korea}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fh|India}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1168/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Kim Yeong-jun (field hockey)|Kim Young-joon]] {{fhgoal|PC|16}}
|goals2=[[Thoiba Singh Kshetrimayum|T. Singh]] {{fhgoal|FG|55|FG|60}} [[Jude Felix Sebastian|Sebastian]] {{fhgoal|FG|58}}
|umpires=Santiago Deo (ESP) Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=24 September 1988
|time=15:15
|team1={{fh-rt|Canada}}
|score=1–5
|team2={{fh|India}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1174/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Ross Rutledge|Rutledge]] {{fhgoal|FG|22}}
|goals2=[[Mohinder Pal Singh|M. Singh]] {{fhgoal|PC|11|PC|29}} [[Jude Felix Sebastian|Sebastian]] {{fhgoal|FG|32}} [[Mervyn Fernandis|Fernandis]] {{fhgoal|FG|55}} [[Subramani Baladadalaiash|Baladadalaisah]] {{fhgoal|FG|56}}
|umpires=Amjarit Dhak (KEN) Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 September 1988
|time=13:30
|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fh|India}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1181/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Paul Barber (field hockey)|Barber]] {{fhgoal|PC|37}} [[Sean Kerly|Kerly]] {{fhgoal|FG|46}} [[Jon Potter (field hockey)|Potter]] {{fhgoal|PS|50}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Alain Renaud (FRA) Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)
}}

====5–8th place semi-finals====
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=28 September 1988
|time=11:00
|team1={{fh-rt|India}}
|score=6–6
|aet=yes
|team2={{fh|Argentina}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1187/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Mohinder Pal Singh|M. Singh]] {{fhgoal|PC|15|PC|25}} [[Mervyn Fernandis|Fernandis]] {{fhgoal|FG|23|PS|26}} [[Balwinder Singh (field hockey)|B. Singh]] {{fhgoal|FG|38}} [[Mohammed Shahid|Mohamed]] {{fhgoal|FG|80}}
|goals2=[[Carlos Geneyro|Geneyro]] {{fhgoal|PC|21|PC|48|PC|90}} [[Fernando Ferrara|Ferrara]] {{fhgoal|PC|33}} [[Marcelo Mascheroni|Mascheroni]] {{fhgoal|PS|56}}
|umpires=Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Rob Lathouwers (NED)
|penalties1=[[Sujit Kumar (field hockey)|Kumar]] {{fhps|m}} [[Jude Sebastian|Felix]] {{fhps|g}} [[Vivek Singh (field hockey)|V. Singh]] {{fhps|m}} [[Mervyn Fernandis|Fernandis]] {{fhps|g}} [[Balwinder Singh (field hockey)|B. Singh]] {{fhps|g}} [[Balwinder Singh (field hockey)|B. Singh]] {{fhps|g}}
|penaltyscore=4–3
|penalties2={{fhps|m}} [[Marcelo Mascheroni|Mascheroni]] {{fhps|g}} [[Alejandro Siri|Siri]] {{fhps|m}} [[Miguel Altube|Altube]] {{fhps|g}} [[Carlos Geneyro|Geneyro]] {{fhps|g}} [[Fernando Ferrara|Ferrara]] {{fhps|m}} [[Miguel Altube|Altube]]
}}

====Fifth place game====
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=30 September 1988
|time=09:00
|team1={{fh-rt|India}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/1192/reports/matchreport Report]
|goals1=[[Mohinder Pal Singh|M. Singh]] {{fhgoal|PC|68}}
|goals2=[[Hussain Musaddiz|Musaddiz]] {{fhgoal|FG|22}} [[Mohib-Ur-Rehman Qazi|Qazi]] {{fhgoal|PS|50}}
|umpires=Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Graham Nash (ENG)
}}

===Swimming===
{{main|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

====Men====
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" width=65%
|-
!rowspan="2" width=120|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final B
!colspan="2"|Final A
|-
!Time
!Position
!Time
!Position
!Time
!Position
|-
|[[Ranjoy Punja]]
|[[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|align=center|DNS
|align=center|-
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|-
|[[Khazansingh Tokas]]
|[[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|align=center|2:03.95
|align=center|28
|align=center colspan="4" |Did not advance
|}

===Table Tennis===
{{main|Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Preliminary round
!Standing
!Round of 16
! Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Final
|-
|[[Sujay Ghorpade]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andrzej Grubba]]|POL|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Y Miyazaki]]|JPN|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joerg Rosskopf]]|FRG|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zoran Primorac]]|YUG|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Atanda Musa]]|NGR|1988 Summer}} L 1-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gary Haberl]]|AUS|1988 Summer}} L 2-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Francisco Lopez (table tennis)|Francisco Lopez]]|VEN|1988 Summer}} '''W 3-2'''
|7th in group
|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|[[Kamlesh Mehta]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jörgen Persson]]|SWE|1988 Summer}} L 1-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ki Taik Kim]]|KOR|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kiyoshi Saito (table tennis)|Kiyoshi Saito]]|JPN|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mariano Loukov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}} '''W 3-1''' 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Piotr Molenda]]|POL|1988 Summer}} '''W 3-1''' 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jorge Gambra]]|CHI|1988 Summer}} '''W 3-0''' 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sherif Elsaket]]|EGY|1988 Summer}} '''W 3-1'''
|4th in group
|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|[[Sujay Ghorpade]] [[Kamlesh Mehta]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's Doubles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[China]]|CHN|1988 Summer}} L 0-2 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sweden]]|SWE|1988 Summer}} L 0-2 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Japan]]|JPN|1988 Summer}} L 0-2 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hungary]]|HUN|1988 Summer}} L 1-2 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Great Britain]]|GBR|1988 Summer}} L 0-2 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hong Kong]]|HKG|1988 Summer}} '''W 2-0''' 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tunisia]]|TUN|1988 Summer}} '''W 2-0'''
|6th in group
|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|[[Niyati Roy]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[F Boulatova]]|URS|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marie Hrachova]]|TCH|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hsiu-Yu Chang]]|TPE|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Karina Bogaerts]]|BEL|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mee Wan Leong]]|MAS|1988 Summer}} L 0-3 
|6th in group
|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

===Tennis===
{{main|Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Final
|-
|[[Zeeshan Ali]]
|[[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Victo Caballero]]|PAR|1988 Summer}} '''W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jakob Hlasek]]|SUI|1988 Summer}} L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
|align=center colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|[[Vijay Amritraj]]
|[[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Henri Leconte]]|FRA|1988 Summer}} L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
|align=center colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

=== Weightlifting ===
{{Main|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! rowspan="2" |Athlete
! rowspan="2" |Event
!Snatch
!Clean & Jerk
! rowspan="2" |Total
! rowspan="2" |Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Result
|- align="center"
| align="left" |[[Gurunathan Muthuswamy]]
|rowspan=2| [[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg|Men's −52 kg]]
|| 102.5 || 125 || 227.5 || 11
|-
|- align="center"
|align=left| [[Raghavan Chanderasekaran]] || 92.5 || 115 || 207.5 || 19
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{NOCin1988SummerOlympics}}
{{Country at games navbox|India|Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:India At The 1988 Summer Olympics}}
[[Category:Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1988]]

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