India at Paris 2024 Olympics: 6 medals, 6 fourth places; big drop in medal count since Tokyo

Even though there is still one day left in 2024 Paris Olympics; IndiaThe campaign came to an end at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday (August 10) after wrestler Reetika Hooda’s quarter-final defeat and golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar ended the women’s golf event well out of medal contention.

India ends its campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics with six medals to its name and without a single gold medal. Many expected the country to finish with its best-ever result, but they failed to match their tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Tokyo Olympics where they finished in 48th place with seven medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze).

India is currently ranked 70th in the 2024 Olympics rankings with a total of six medals (1 silver and 5 bronze), meaning its tally has slipped by over 20 places. If Vinesh Phogat wins her bid for a joint silver medal, India will equal her tally from Tokyo, but that will not make a significant change to India’s position in the medal table as it will only move to 66th place.

India medallist in Paris 2024

While Manu Bhaker In Paris, she made history by becoming the only female medallist from the country at this edition. It is the first time since 2008 that fewer than two women have won a medal for India at the same Olympics – two each in 2012 and 2016, and four in 2021.

Excluding the men’s hockey team, there were five male medallists in Paris, compared with just two in Tokyo and zero in Rio.

The biggest winners and losers, and the biggest disappointments

The biggest winners – Shooting was the sport that won the most, having failed to medal at the last two Olympics, allowing India to reach the podium three times in Paris, the most for any sport in a single edition for India.

The biggest losers – Badminton had produced a medal for India in each of the last three Olympics but failed to do so. India also failed to win a medal in boxing, a sport in which it has topped the podium in 2008, 2012 and 2021.

The biggest disappointment – Archery remained India’s biggest disappointment as it once again failed to produce any medals and the country continues to await its first medal in this sport in Olympic history despite it being one of the priority sports for the Government of India.

Fourth place finishes

India has a rich history of fourth-place finishes at the Olympics, starting with Mikha Singh, but at these Olympics the country witnessed the worst of the worst as there were six people who came very close but very far away. Shooters Arjun Babuta and Manu Bhaker finished fourth in the men’s 10m air pistol event and the women’s 25m air pistol event. In the same sport, the mixed skeet team of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan lost the bronze medal match by one point to China.

Lakshya Sen missed a golden opportunity to become the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic medal by losing the bronze medal clash in the men’s singles despite winning the first set. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu finished fourth and missed out on her second medal by just 1kg. In the mixed archery team, Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara lost the bronze medal clash.

The great record set

Neeraj Chopra He became the first Indian post-independence track and field athlete to win two medals in Olympic history. The Tokyo Olympic champion is the first Indian to win a gold and a silver in Olympic history. Manu Bhaker became the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal and also the first from independent India to stand on the podium multiple times in the same edition. Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an individual Olympic medal. The Indian men’s hockey team won back-to-back Olympic medals for the first time in 52 years.