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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2008
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|olympic.ind.in}}
| location = [[Beijing]]
| competitors = '''67'''
| sports = '''12'''
| flagbearer = [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] (opening) [[Vijender Singh]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20130103013008/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=6e77cb11-c063-4552-acc7-413c1a54227f&MatchID1=4740&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1195&PrimaryID=4740&Headline=Vijender+India's+flag+bearer+for+closing+ceremony&strParent=strParentID Indias Flag Bearer for the closing ceremony]</ref> (closing)
| rank = 50
| gold = 1
| silver = 0
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}

[[India]] competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]]. A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support staff of 42 officials.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-names-57member-squad-for-beijing-olympics/69524-5.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826012630/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-names-57member-squad-for-beijing-olympics/69524-5.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 26, 2012 | title=India names 57-member squad for Beijing Olympics | publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] | work=[[Press Trust Of India]] | date=Aug 12, 2008 | access-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref>

For the first time since [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]], the [[India men's national field hockey team|men's national field hockey team]] failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics. A two-year ban imposed by the [[International Weightlifting Federation]] on Indian weightlifters after the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] doping scandal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian weightlifters forced to pay |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/10/13/indian-weightlifters-forced-to-pay |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> originally resulted in only one Olympic weightlifter, [[Monika Devi]], from India being scheduled to compete, but she withdrew from the competition after failing the drug test. On 9 August 2008, IWF declared that she was clean, but the event she was supposed to participate in, had already closed.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Indian lifter fails drug test
| publisher = CBC Sports
| date = August 5, 2008
| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/indian-lifter-fails-drug-test-1.718565
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120728233417/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/weightlifting/story/2008/08/05/doping-devi.html
| url-status = live
| archive-date = July 28, 2012
| access-date = August 5, 2008
}}</ref>

On 11 August 2008, [[Abhinav Bindra]] won the gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|men's 10 m air rifle]]. It was a huge achievement for India at the Olympic games [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|shooting]] event. In doing so, he won the [[India at the Olympics|first ever individual]] gold medal for India, and the first medal in any event for India at the Beijing Games. The previous highest individual achievements for India were two silver medals won by [[Norman Pritchard]], an Englishman born in India, at the [[1900 Paris Olympics]] and one silver medal won by the 2008 flagbearer [[Rajyavardhan Rathore]] at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]]. [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] won the second ever wrestling medal for India, the first being the bronze earned by [[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav]] in the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]]. [[Vijender Singh]] won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India's first-ever Olympic medal in boxing.

The [[2008 Beijing Olympics]] saw the best ever performance by an Indian contingent, in terms of the number of medals (this record was later surpassed in [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]). They won three medals in all (one gold and two bronze medals), surpassing the two silvers by [[Norman Pritchard]] in [[India at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp?KEYWORD=Pritchard&x=0&y=0&RESULT=TRUE&KEYWORDS=%22Pritchard*%22| title = Olympic Athletes - Biographies, Medals & More}} </ref> and the gold and bronze medals won by the Indian field hockey team and [[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav]] respectively, at the [[India at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki Olympics]].

==Medalists==
{{Main|2008 Summer Olympics medal count}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Medals
! Name
! Sport
! Event
! Date
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Abhinav Bindra]] || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10 m air rifle]] || {{dts|11|08}}
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] || [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg|Men's freestyle 66 kg]] ||{{dts|20|08}}
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || [[Vijender Singh]] || [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight 75 kg]] || {{dts|22|08}}
|}

==Competitors==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! width=160|Sport
! width=40|Men
! width=40|Women
! width=40|Total
! width=40|Event
|-
|align=left|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Archery]]
| 1 || 3 || 4 || 3
|-
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| 3 || 13 || 16 || 9
|-
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Badminton]]
| 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 5
|-
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Judo]]
| 0 || 2 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sailing]]
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
| 7 || 2 || 9 || 9
|-
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 7
|-
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Table tennis]]
| 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Tennis]]
| 2 || 2 || 4 || 3
|-
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 3
|-
! Total
! 31 !! 25 !! 56 || 48
|}

==Archery==
{{main|Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mangal Singh Champia|Mangal Champia]]
|align=left|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|Men's individual]]
|678
|2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vaezi Hojjatolah|Hojjatolah]]|IRI|2008 Summer}} (63) '''W''' 112–98
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bair Badenov|Badenov]]|RUS|2008 Summer}} (31) '''L''' 108–109
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dola Banerjee]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|Women's individual]]
|633
|31
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marie-Pier Beaudet|Beaudet]]|CAN|2008 Summer}} (34) '''L''' 108 (8)–108 (10)
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Bombayala Devi]]
|637
|22
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iwona Marcinkiewicz|Marcinkiewicz]]|POL|2008 Summer}} (43) '''L''' 101–103
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Pranitha Devi|Pranitha Vardhineni]]
|627
|37
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jane Waller|Waller]]|AUS|2008 Summer}} (28) '''W''' 106–100
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kwon Un Sil|Kwon U.S.]]|PRK|2008 Summer}} (5) '''L''' 99–106
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dola Banerjee]] [[Bombayala Devi]] [[Pranitha Devi|Pranitha Vardhineni]]
|align=left|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Women's team]]
|1897
|6
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}} (3) '''L''' 206–211
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>

;Key
*'''Note'''–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
*'''Q''' = Qualified for the next round
*'''q''' = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
*'''NR''' = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Men
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Surendra Singh (athlete)|Surendra Singh]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10000 m]]
|28:13.97
|26
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Vikas Gowda]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|60.69
|22
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Renjith Maheswary]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]
|15.77
|35
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-
|}

;Women
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mandeep Kaur (athlete)|Mandeep Kaur]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]
|52.88
|6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Preeja Sreedharan]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10000 m]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|32:34.64
|25<ref>[http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73G/ATW100101.shtml#ATW100101 Women's 10,000 m final results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818090149/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73G/ATW100101.shtml |date=2008-08-18 }}</ref>
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sathi Geetha]] [[Mandeep Kaur (athlete)|Mandeep Kaur]] [[Manjeet Kaur]] [[Sini Jose]] [[Chithra Kulathummuriyil Soman|Chitra Soman]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:28.83
|7
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Anju Bobby George]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump|Long jump]]
|{{abbr|NM|No mark}}
|—
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Harwant Kaur]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|56.42
|30
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Krishna Poonia]]
|58.23
|24
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Combined events – [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!{{Tooltip| 100H | 100 m hurdles}}
!{{Tooltip| HJ | High jump }}
!{{Tooltip| SP | Shot put}}
! 200 m
!{{Tooltip| LJ | Long jump}}
!{{Tooltip| JT | Javelin throw}}
! 800 m
!Final
!Rank
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Pramila Aiyappa]]
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|13.97
|1.74
|11.66
|24.92
|6.11
|41.27
|2:23.46
|rowspan=2|5771
|rowspan=2|27*
|-align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|983
|903
|639
|894
|883
|692
|777
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Shobha Javur]]
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|13.62
|1.65
|13.07
|24.62
|5.86
|43.50
|2:27.50
|rowspan=2|5749
|rowspan=2|29*
|-align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|1033
|795
|732
|922
|807
|735
|725
|-align=center
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Susmita Singha Roy]]
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|14.11
|1.71
|11.27
|24.34
|5.98
|39.79
|2:21.14
|rowspan=2|5705
|rowspan=2|32*
|-align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|963
|867
|613
|948
|843
|663
|808
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The athlete who finished in second place, [[Lyudmila Blonska]] of [[Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Ukraine]], tested positive for a banned substance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/7571867.stm |title= Blonska thrown out of long jump |access-date=2008-08-21 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=2008-08-21 }}</ref> Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and all Indian heptathletes moved up a position.

==Badminton==
{{main|Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Anup Sridhar]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marco Vasconcelos|Vasconcelos]]|POR|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 21–16, 21–14
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shoji Sato|Sato]]|JPN|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 13–21, 17–21
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Saina Nehwal]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ella Diehl|Diehl]]|RUS|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 21–9, 21–8
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Griga|Griga]]|UKR|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 21–18, 21–10
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wang Chen (badminton player)|Wang C]]|HKG|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 21–19, 11–21, 21–11
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Maria Kristin Yulianti|Yulianti]]|INA|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 28–26, 14–21, 15–21
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|}

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jitender Kumar (Flyweight)|Jitender Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Furkan Ulas Memis|Memis]]|TUR|2008 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tulashboy Doniyorov|Doniyorov]]|UZB|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 13–6
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georgy Balakshin|Balakshin]]|RUS|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 11–15
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Akhil Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ali Hallab|Hallab]]|FRA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 12–5
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sergey Vodopyanov|Vodopyanov]]|RUS|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 9+–9
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Veaceslav Gojan|Gojan]]|MDA|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 3–10
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Anthresh Lalit Lakra]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Featherweight|Featherweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bahodirjon Sultonov|Sultonov]]|UZB|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 5–9
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Vijender Singh]]'''
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Badou Jack|Jack]]|GAM|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 13–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Angkhan Chomphuphuang|Chomphuphuang]]|THA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 13–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Carlos Góngora|Góngora]]|ECU|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 9–4
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Emilio Correa (boxer born 1985)|Correa]]|CUB|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 5–8
|Did not advance
|{{bronze3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dinesh Kumar (boxer)|Dinesh Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight|Light heavyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Abdelhafid Benchabla|Benchabla]]|ALG|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 3–23
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==Judo ==
{{main|Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!Repechage 3
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Khumujam Tombi Devi]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg|Women's −48 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ana Hormigo|Hormigo]]|POR|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 0000–1011
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Divya Tewar]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg|Women's −78 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yalennis Castillo|Castillo]]|CUB|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sagat Abikeyeva|Abikeyeva]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 0000–1010
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Bajranglal Takhar]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|Single sculls]]
|7:39.91
|3 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:19.01
|5 '''SC/D'''
|7:23.00
|4 '''FD'''
|7:09.73
|21
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Devender Kumar Khandwal]] [[Manjeet Singh (rower)|Manjeet Singh]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls|Lightweight double sculls]]
|6:37.13
|5 '''R'''
|7:02.06
|5 '''SC/D'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|6:40.34
|3 '''FC'''
|6:44.48
|18
|}
Qualification Legend: '''FA'''=Final A (medal); '''FB'''=Final B (non-medal); '''FC'''=Final C (non-medal); '''FD'''=Final D (non-medal); '''FE'''=Final E (non-medal); '''FF'''=Final F (non-medal); '''SA/B'''=Semifinals A/B; '''SC/D'''=Semifinals C/D; '''SE/F'''=Semifinals E/F; '''QF'''=Quarterfinals; '''R'''=Repechage

==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Nachhatar Singh Johal]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn class|Finn]]
|4
|<s>24</s>
|23
|24
|11
|24
|18
|24
|CAN
|CAN
|EL
|128
|23
|}
'''M''' = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Abhinav Bindra]]'''
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|596
|4
|700.5
|{{gold1}}
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Samaresh Jung]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|570
|42
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]
|540
|42
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Gagan Narang]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|595
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|589
|35
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|1167
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Sanjeev Rajput]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|591
|26
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|1162
|26
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap|Double trap]]
|131
|15
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Manavjit Singh Sandhu]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's trap|Trap]]
|116
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mansher Singh]]
|117
|8
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Anjali Bhagwat]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|393
|29
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|571
|32
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Avneet Kaur Sidhu]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|389
|39
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|552
|42
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Virdhawal Khade]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|22.73
|40
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|50.07
|42
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:51.86
|48
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Rehan Poncha]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|2:01.89
|40
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ankur Poseria]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|54.74
|57
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Sandeep Sejwal]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:02.19
|38
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:15.24
|36
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Table tennis==
{{main|Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary round
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sharath Kamal]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alfredo Carneros|Carneros]]|ESP|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 4–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chen Weixing|Chen Wx]]|AUT|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 1–4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Neha Aggarwal]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jian Fang Lay|Lay]]|AUS|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 1–4
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|}

==Tennis==
{{main|Tennis at the 2008 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
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Opposition Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mahesh Bhupathi]] [[Leander Paes]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gaël Monfils|Monfils]] / [[Gilles Simon|Simon]]|FRA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 6–3, 6–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marcelo Melo|Melo]] / [[André Sá|Sá]]|BRA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 6–4, 6–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roger Federer|Federer]] / [[Stanislas Wawrinka|Wawrinka]]|SUI|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 2–6, 4–6
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sania Mirza]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Iveta Benešová|Benešová]]|CZE|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 1–6, 1–2r
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sania Mirza]] [[Sunitha Rao]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tatiana Golovin|Golovin]] / [[Pauline Parmentier|Parmentier]]|FRA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Svetlana Kuznetsova|Kuznetsova]] / [[Dinara Safina|Safina]]|RUS|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 4–6, 4–6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* {{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
}}

;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Qualification
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Opposition Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Yogeshwar Dutt]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg|−60 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Baurzhan Orazgaliyev|Orazgaliyev]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 3–1 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kenichi Yumoto|Yumoto]]|JPN|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 1–3 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|9
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]]'''
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg|−66 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andriy Stadnik|Stadnik]]|UKR|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 1–3 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Doug Schwab|Schwab]]|USA|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 3–1 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Albert Batyrov|Batyrov]]|BLR|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 3–1 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leonid Spiridonov|Spiridonov]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}} '''W''' 3–1 {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}
|{{bronze3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Rajiv Tomar]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg|−120 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Steve Mocco|Mocco]]|USA|2008 Summer}} '''L''' 0–3 {{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}}
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|17
|}

==See also==
* [[India at the Olympics]]
* [[Sports of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.olympic.ind.in/BeijingOlympics.pdf Indian contingent to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (PDF)] {{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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India at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Revision history

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