Olympics Summer Game is schedule in Rio de Janeiro from 5th August 2016 to 21st August 2016 you can book your ticket to know how read this article (Rio Olympics Ticket Price & How to Buy Guide) and India is sending their largest delegation in the history of Olympics as they have send 83 athletes in 2012 Olympics and the detail information about Rio Olympics 2016 players is mentioned below I have shared the complete list of Indian players who qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 and will participate in the Summer Olympic games.
Total 121 Indian athletes will be participating in Rio Olympics 2016 in 66 different events. It could be easily understand via below mentioned table.
List of Total Indian Players Who Participating in Rio Olympics 2016
| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| Archery | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Athletics | 20 | 17 | 37 | 21 |
| Badminton | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 | 2 |
| Golf | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 67 | 54 | 121 | 66 |
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Archery
This time 3 Indian women and 1 Indian Men qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 and their name are as follows:
Men’s individual
Atanu Das
Women’s individual
Bombayla Devi
Deepika Kumari
Laxmirani Majhi
Women’s team
Bombayla Devi
Deepika Kumari
Laxmirani Majhi
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Athletics
Men Track & Field Event Name List in Athletics
Dharambir Singh – 200 m event
Muhammad Anas – 400 m event
Jinson Johnson – 800 m event
4 × 400 M Relay Event
R Mohan Kumar
Ayyasamy Dharun
Mohammed Kunhi
Arokia Rajiv
Sumit Kumar
Muhammad Anas
Marathon Event
Thonakal Gopi
Kheta Ram
Nitender Singh Rawat
20 km Walk Event
Baljinder Singh
Gurmeet Singh
Irfan Kolothum Thodi
50 km walk
Sandeep Kumar
Manish Singh
Ankit Sharma – Long jump event
Renjith Maheshwary – Triple jump event
Inderjeet Singh – Shot put event
Vikas Gowda – Discus throw event
Women’s Track & Field Event Name List in Athletics
Dutee Chand – 100 m event
Srabani Nanda – 200 m event
Nirmala Sheoran – 400 m event
Tintu Luka – 800 m event
3000 m steeplechase
Lalita Babar
Sudha Singh
4 × 400 m relay event
Jisna Mathews
M. R. Poovamma
Anilda Thomas
Debashree Majumdar
Ashwini Akkunji
Nirmala Sheoran
Marathon Event
O. P. Jaisha
Kavita Raut
Sudha Singh
20 km walk event
Khushbir Kaur
Sapna Punia
Manpreet Kaur – Shot put event
Seema Antil – Discus throw event
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Badminton
This time 3 Indian men and 4 Indian women qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 and their name are as follows:
Men
Srikanth Kidambi – Singles
Manu Attri – Doubles
B. Sumeeth Reddy – Doubles
Women
Saina Nehwal – Singles
Pusarla Sindhu – Singles
Jwala Gutta – Doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa – Doubles
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Boxing
Only 3 boxers qualified for the Rio Olympics 2016 and their names are listed below. This time no previous Olympic player in the list.
Shiva Thapa – Bantamweight
Manoj Kumar – Light welterweight
Vikas Krishan Yadav – Middleweight
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Field Hockey
This year both men and women hockey team qualified for Rio Olympics each team have 16 players who qualified for Rio Olympics 2016.
Men’s team – 16 members
Women’s team – 16 members
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Golf
India has entered three golfers into the Olympic. Anirban Lahiri (Rank 62), Shiv Chawrasia (Rank 207), and Aditi Ashok (Rank 444) qualified directly among top 60 players for their respective individual events based on IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.
Men
Shiv Chawrasia
Anirban Lahiri
Women
Aditi Ashok
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Gymnastics
For the first time India has qualified for artistic gymnast in Olympics since 1964 and the first female and first player from who qualified for Olympics is.
Dipa Karmakar
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Judo
India has qualified one judoka for men’s middleweight category (90 kg) for the olympic. Avtar Singh earned a continental quota from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Indian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.
Avtar Singh – Men’s 90 kg
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Rowing
India has qualified one boat in the men’s single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.
Dattu Baban Bhokanal – Men’s single sculls
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Shooting
Several athletes qualified for Shooting event in both men and women their name are listed below accordingly.
Men
Abhinav Bindra – 10 m air rifle
Kynan Chenai – Trap
Mairaj Ahmad Khan – Skeet
Prakash Nanjappa – 50 m pistol
Gagan Narang – 10 m air rifle, 50 m rifle prone and 50 m rifle 3 positions events
Gurpreet Singh – 10 m air pistol and 25 m rapid fire pistol events
Chain Singh – 50 m rifle prone and 50 m rifle 3 positions events
Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Trap event
Women
Apurvi Chandela – 10 m air rifle event
Ayonika Paul – 10 m air rifle event
Heena Sidhu – 10 m air pistol and 25 m pistol events
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Swimming
India has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
Men
Sajan Prakash – 200 m butterfly
Women
Shivani Kataria – 200 m freestyle
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Table Tennis
Men’s singles
Sharath Kamal Achanta
Soumyajit Ghosh
Women’s singles
Manika Batra
Mouma Das
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Tennis
Men’s doubles
Rohan Bopanna
Leander Paes
Women’s doubles
Sania Mirza
Prarthana Thombare
Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza
Rohan Bopanna
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Weightlifting
Sathish Sivalingam – Men’s −77 kg
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – Women’s −48 kg
Rio Olympics Indian Players Name List in Wrestling
Men’s freestyle
Sandeep Tomar − 57 kg
Yogeshwar Dutt − 65 kg
Narsingh Pancham Yadav − 74 kg
- Men’s Greco-Roman
Ravinder Khatri − 85 kg
Hardeep Singh − 98 kg
- Women’s freestyle
- Vinesh Phogat − 48 kg
Babita Kumari − 53 kg
Sakshi Malik − 58 kg
The list of Indian players who qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 is ends here and sure find it worthful if you find anything missed in this post please get in touch with us via below comment box and don’t forget to share your views about this post and also send your wishes to Indian Athletes to perform well in Rio Olympics summer game.
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