India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
India at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IND
NPC	Paralympic Committee of India
Website	www.paralympic.org.in
in Paris, France; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	69 in 12 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1968; 1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

India will compete in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	17	4	21
Badminton	6	6	12
Cycling	1	1	2
Judo	1	1	2
Paracanoeing	1	3	4
Powerlifting	2	2	4
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	8	3	11
Swimming	2	0	2
Table tennis	0	2	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Total	42	27	69

Archery

India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual compound
	Individual compound
	Individual recurve

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Individual compound
	Individual compound
	Individual recurve

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Team compound
	Team recurve

Athletics

Indian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

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
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's 400 m T47
	Women's 200 m T12
	Women's 400 m T20

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
	High jump T47
	High jump T63
	High jump T63
	High jump T64
	Shot put F46
	Shot put F57
	Discus throw F56
	Javelin throw F41
	Javelin throw F46


	Javelin throw F54
	Javelin throw F64

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
	Shot put F34
	Javelin throw F54

Badminton

India has qualified ten para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manoj Sarkar	Singles SL3
Kumar Nitesh	Singles SL3
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	Singles SL4
Sukant Kadam
Tarun Dhillon
Krishna Nagar	Singles SH6
Sivarajan Solaimalai	Singles SH6

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manasi Joshi	Singles SL3
Mandeep Kaur	Singles SL3
Palak Kohli	Singles SL4
Thulasimathi Murugesan	Singles SU5
Manisha Ramadass	Singles SU5
Nithya Sre Sivan	Singles SH6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kumar Nitesh Thulasimathi Murugesan	Doubles SL3–SU5
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj Palak Kohli	Doubles SL3–SU5
Sivarajan Solaimalai Nithya Sre Sivan	Doubles SH6

Cycling

India entered two para-cyclist (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[2]

Judo

India will make its debut in Blind Judo after Kapil Parmar and Kokila secured their places following the publication of the IBSA Paralympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kapil Parmar	Men's J1 -60 kg
Kokila	Women's J2 -48 kg

Paracanoeing

India earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yash Kumar	Men's KL1
Pooja Ojha	Women's KL1
Rajni Jha	Women's KL2
Prachi Yadav	Women's VL2

Powerlifting

Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik secured their Paralympic berths following the publication of the final Paralympic Qualification rankings. They have completed the mandatory requirements of the Qualification Pathway 2021–2024, which includes competing in the 2021 and 2023 World Championships, the 2022 regional championships, and at least two World Para Powerlifting World Cups, and are now ranked on the preliminary Paralympic ranking list. After some lifters decided to move to other categories, the rankings of Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani were updated, and both qualified for the games.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Paramjeet Kumar	Men's -49 kg
Ashok	Men's -65 kg
Sakina Khatun	Women's -45 kg
Kasthuri Rajamani	Women's -67 kg

Rowing

India qualified one boats in mixed double sculls classes, by winning the 2024 Asian/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anita Narayana Konganapalle	PR3 mixed double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

India entered nine para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[3]^[4]^[5] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
Rubina Francis	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
	R6 – 50 m Rifle Prone SH1

Swimming

India qualified two swimmers to compete at the games, through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suyash Narayan Jadhav	50 m butterfly S7
Himanshu Nandal	100 m breaststroke SB11

Table tennis

India entered two athletes for the Paralympic games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking. Both the paddles also got an opportunity to participate in the Double event.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sonalben Patel	Women's individual C3
Bhavina Patel	Women's individual C4
Sonalben Patel Bhavina Patel	Women's doubles D10	—

Taekwondo

India entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Aruna Tanwar qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of her gold medal results in her class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aruna Tanwar	Women's –47 kg

References

^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Sportstar, Team. "Avani Lekhara wins gold with World Record at Para Shooting World Cup, books Paris 2024 quota". Sportstar. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
^ "Chateauroux 2022 World Cup: Ramakrishna joins Lekhara in clinching gold, secures Paris 2024 quota". TimesNow. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
^ "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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^ "PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES PARA BADMINTON QUALIFIERS LIST" (PDF). BWF. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[1] "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.

[2] "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.

[3] "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[4] Sportstar, Team. "Avani Lekhara wins gold with World Record at Para Shooting World Cup, books Paris 2024 quota". Sportstar. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

[5] "Chateauroux 2022 World Cup: Ramakrishna joins Lekhara in clinching gold, secures Paris 2024 quota". TimesNow. Retrieved 2022-06-08.

[6] "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

[7] "PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES PARA BADMINTON QUALIFIERS LIST" (PDF). BWF. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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