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India competed in seven events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning no medals.[1][2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 0 5 5
Boxing 3 3
Field hockey 16 0 16
Sailing 2 0 2
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 2 1 3
Tennis 3 0 3
Weightlifting 2 2
wrestling 7 7
Total 39 7 46

Results by event

Archery

Template:Main In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men.

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Shyam Lal Individual 1150 71 Did not advance
Limba Ram Individual 1232 39 Did not advance
Sanjeeva Singh Individual 1233 36 Did not advance
Shyam Lal
Limba Ram
Sanjeeva Singh
Team 3615 20 Did not advance

Athletics

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Women

Track events
Athlete Events Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position Time Position
Mercy Alapurackal 400 m 53.41 26 53.93 30 Did not advance
Shiny Abraham 800 m 2:03.26 18 Did not advance
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha 400 m Hurdles 59.55 31 Did not advance
Mercy Alapurackal
Shiny Abraham
Vandana Shanbagh
Vandana Rao
4 × 400 m Relay 3:33.46 7 Did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete 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 Bantamweight Template:FlagIOCathlete
W 5-0
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WO
Did not advance
John William Francis Featherweight Template:FlagIOCathlete
L 2-3
Did not advance
Manoj Pingale Flyweight Template:FlagIOCathlete
W 5-0
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L 1-4
Did not advance

Field hockey

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The results of the Indian Olympic field hockey teams are as follows:[4]

Men's team competition

Team roster
Preliminary round

Group B

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5–8th place semi-finals

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Fifth place game

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Swimming

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Men

Athlete Events Heat Final B Final A
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Ranjoy Punja 100 m backstroke DNS - Did not advance
Khazansingh Tokas 200 m butterfly 2:03.95 28 Did not advance

Table Tennis

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Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Sujay Ghorpade Men's Singles Template:FlagIOCathlete
L 0-3

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L 0-3
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L 0-3
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L 0-3
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L 1-3
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L 2-3
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W 3-2

7th in group Did not advance
Kamlesh Mehta Men's Singles Template:FlagIOCathlete
L 1-3

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L 0-3
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L 0-3
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W 3-1
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W 3-1
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W 3-0
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W 3-1

4th in group Did not advance
Sujay Ghorpade
Kamlesh Mehta
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L 0-2

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L 0-2
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L 0-2
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L 1-2
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L 0-2
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W 2-0
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W 2-0

6th in group Did not advance
Niyati Roy Women's Singles Template:FlagIOCathlete
L 0-3

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L 0-3
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L 0-3
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L 0-3
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L 0-3

6th in group Did not advance

Tennis

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Zeeshan Ali Men's Singles Template:FlagIOCathlete
W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
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L 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
Did not advance
Vijay Amritraj Men's Singles Template:FlagIOCathlete
L 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Result
Gurunathan Muthuswamy Men's −52 kg 102.5 125 227.5 11
Raghavan Chanderasekaran 92.5 115 207.5 19

References

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