Lakshya Sen, Paris Olympics 2024
Lakshya Sen (Credits: X)

India will be eyeing a historic medal haul in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. The highly-awaited multi-sports event is scheduled to get underway on July 26 (the date of opening ceremony) and will conclude on August 11. More than 10,000 athletes from around the world will be taking part in the sporting extravaganza.

While Paris is the main city, 16 other cities across France as well as one venue in Tahiti will be hosting the events as well during the Olympics 2024. From India, a total of 117 athletes will be in contention for the Olympics medal, 4 less than the number of athletes who had participated in the previous Olympics.

Expectations are sky high from the Indian contingent after their historic display in Tokyo 2020. The Indian athletes bagged a record 7 medals at the previous Olympics and will be looking to do even better this time. A number of familiar faces such as Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu and other promising athletes will be looking to live up to the expectations and take India to greater heights in the Olympics.

PV Sindhu, Paris Olympics 2024
PV Sindhu, Paris Olympics 2024 (Credits: X)

Here is the list of all the athletes who will be representing India in Paris Olympics 2024:

Athletics (27 +2):

Men: 17+1

Name Event
Sarvesh Kushare Men’s High Jump
Suraj Panwar Marathon race walk mixed relay
Akshdeep Singh Men’s 20km Racewalk
Vikas Singh Men’s 20km Racewalk
Paramjeet Bisht Men’s 20km Racewalk
Kishore Jena Men’s Javelin Throw
Neeraj Chopra Men’s Javelin Throw
Muhammed Anas Men’s 4x400m Relay
Muhammed Ajmal Men’s 4x400m Relay
Amoj Jacob Men’s 4x400m Relay
Santhosh Tamilarasan Men’s 4x400m Relay
Rajesh Ramesh Men’s 4x400m Relay
Avinash Sable Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
Tajinderpal Singh Toor Men’s Shot Put
Abdulla Aboobacker Men’s Triple Jump
Praveel Chithravel Men’s Triple Jump
Jeswin Aldrin Men’s Long Jump
(Reserve)
Mijo Chacko Kurian AP Athlete

Women: (10+1):

Name Event
Annu Rani Women’s Javelin Throw
Parul Chaudhary Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Women’s 5000m
Kiran Pahal Women’s 400m, Women’s 4x400m relay
Jyothi Yarraji Women’s 100m Hurdles
Ankita Dhyani Women’s 5000m
Priyanka Goswami Women’s 20km Racewalk, Marathon race walk mixed relay
Jyothika Sri Dandi Women’s 4x400m relay
Subha Venkatesan Women’s 4x400m relay
Vithya Ramraj Women’s 4x400m relay
Poovamma MR Women’s 4x400m relay
(Reserve)
Prachi AP athlete

Archery (6):

Men:

Name Event
Dhiraj Bommadevara Men’s Recurve
Tarundeep Rai Men’s Recurve
Pravin Jadhav Men’s Recurve

Women:

Name Event
Bhajan Kaur Women’s Recurve
Deepika Kumari Women’s Recurve
Ankita Bhakat Women’s Recurve

Badminton (7):

Men:

Name Event
HS Prannoy Men’s Singles
Lakshya Sen Men’s Singles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty Men’s Doubles

Women:

PV Sindhu Women’s Singles
Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto Women’s Doubles

Boxing (6):

Men:

Name Event
Nishant Dev 71kg
Amit Panghal 51kg

Women:

Nikhat Zareen 50kg
Preeti Pawar 54kg
Jaismine Lamboria 57kg
Lovlina Borgohain 75kg

Equestrian (1):

Anush Agarwalla – Dressage

Hockey (16 +3):

Men:

PR Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Sanjay, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh

Men’s hockey team reserves: Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Judo (1):

Tulika Maan – Women’s +78kg

Rowing (1):

Balraj Panwar – Men’s single scull

Sailing (2):

Men: Vishnu Saravanan – Men’s dinghy

Women: Nethra Kumanan – Women’s dinghy

Shooting (21):

Men:

Name Event
Sandeep Singh 10m Air Rifle M
Arjun Babuta 10m Air Rifle M
Aishwary Tomar 50m Rifle 3 Positions M
Swapnil Kusale 50m Rifle 3 Positions M
Sarabjot Singh 10m Air Pistol M
Arjun Cheema 10m Air Pistol M
Anish Bhanwal 25m RFP M
Vijayveer Sidhu 25m RFP M
Prithviraj Tondaiman Men’s Trap
Anantjeet Singh Naruka Men’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team

Women:

Name Event
Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita 10m Air Rifle W
Sift Kaur Samra 50m Rifle 3 Positions W
Anjum Moudgil 50m Rifle 3 Positions W
Rhythm Sangwan 10m Air Pistol W
Manu Bhaker 10m Air Pistol W, 25m Pistol W
Esha Singh 25m Pistol W
Rajeshwari Kumari Women’s Trap
Shreyasi Singh Women’s Trap
Maheshwari Chauhan Women’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team
Raiza Dhillon Women’s Skeet

Swimming (2):

Men: Srihari Nataraj – Men’s 100m Backstroke

Women: Dhinidhi Desinghu – Women’s 200m Freestyle

Table Tennis (6+2):

Men: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar.

Women: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath.

Table tennis reserves: Sathiyan G, Ayhika Mukherjee

Tennis (3):

Rohan Bopanna, N Sriram Balaji – Men’s Doubles

Sumit Nagal – Men’s Singles

Weightlifting (1):

Mirabai Chanu – Women’s49kg

Wrestling (6):

Men:

Aman Sehrawat – Men’s 57kg

Women:

Vinesh Phogat – Women’s 50kg

Antim Panghal – Women’s 53kg

Anshu Malik – Women’s 57kg

Nisha Dahiya – Women’s 68kg

Reetika Hooda- – Women’s 76kg

Here is the full schedule of India for Paris Olympics 2024:

25 July 2024

  • Archery (Men’s and Women’s Individual Ranking Round) – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Badminton (Group Stage) – 12:00 PM Onwards

27 July 2024

  • Rowing – 12: 30 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12: 30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Badminton – 5:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 6:30 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 7:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey (IND vs NZ) – 9:00 PM Onwards

28 July 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:45 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:06 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Swimming – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards

29 July 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:45 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey (IND vs ARG) – 4:15 Onwards

30 July 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey (IND vs IE) – 4:45 PM Onwards

31 July 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:44 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards

1 August 2024

  • Athletics – 11:00 AM Onwards
  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Hockey (IND vs BE) – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards

2 August 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Judo – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Sailing – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey (IND vs AUS) – 4:45 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 7:00 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 9:40 PM Onwards

3 August 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Rowing – 1:12 PM Onwards
  • Sailing – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 5:00 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 7:32 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 11:05 PM Onwards
  • Tennis – TBD

4 August 2024

  • Badminton – 12:00 PM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Shooting – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Archery – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Equestrian – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 1:35 PM Onwards
  • Boxing – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Sailing – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 5:00 PM Onwards

5 August 2024

  • Shooting – 1:00 PM Onwards
  • Badminton – 1:15 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Sailing – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 6:30 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 10:34 PM Onwards

6 August 2024

  • Boxing – 1:00 AM Onwards
  • Athletics – 1:50 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Sailing – 3:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 4:00 PM Onwards
  • Hockey – 5:30 PM Onwards

7 August 2024

  • Boxing – 1:00 AM Onwards
  • Sailing – 11:00 AM Onwards
  • Athletics – 11:00 AM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Weightlifting – 11:00 PM Onwards

8 August 2024

  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 1:35 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 2:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey – 5:30 PM Onwards

9 August 2024

  • Boxing – 1:32 AM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Hockey – 2:00 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 2:10 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 2:30 PM Onwards

10 August 2024

  • Boxing – 1:00 AM Onwards
  • Golf – 12:30 PM Onwards
  • Table Tennis – 1:30 PM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 3:00 PM Onwards
  • Athletics – 10:20 PM Onwards

11 August 2024

  • Boxing – 1:00 AM Onwards
  • Wrestling – 2:30 PM Onwards

(*Time in IST)