The number of Indian athletes participating in the Olympic Summer Games has steadily increased over the past few editions.
In Tokyo 2020, the Indian contingent comprised 124 athletes, the largest team India had ever sent to the Games. India won seven medals, its highest count in a single Olympics, including Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold in men’s javelin throw.
For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Indian team consists of 117 athletes across 16 sports disciplines, with 70 men and 47 women competing in 69 events for 95 medals.
At 44, tennis star Rohan Bopanna is the oldest athlete representing India at Paris 2024, while 14-year-old swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu is the youngest. Athletics contributes the most athletes to the Indian contingent, with 29 players.
Trap shooter Bhowneesh Mendiratta secured India’s first Paris 2024 quota at the 2022 ISSF World Championships but did not make the final team following national trials. Prithviraj Tondaiman was awarded the men’s trap event quota instead.
Indian shooters secured a quota in every Olympic shooting category for the first time. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) exchanged one of the pistol quotas for a women’s trap shooter after Manu Bhaker topped the national trials in women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events. This freed quota went to Shreyasi Singh, who will compete in the women’s trap event.
Rudrankksh Patil, who earned a men’s 10m air rifle quota, did not make the final team either. Sandeep Singh took his place following national trials. Similarly, athletes like Tilottama Sen, Akhil Sheoran, Mehuli Ghosh, Shriyanka Sadangi, Varun Tomar, and Palak Gulia, who all earned quotas in their respective events, also missed out.
In sports like shooting and wrestling, quotas are won by countries rather than individual athletes, meaning the athlete who secured the quota can be replaced by another leading up to the Games.
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National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have exclusive authority over representing their countries at the Olympic Games. Therefore, athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.
Race walkers Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh were the first Indians to qualify for athletics events at Paris 2024. In the men’s 20km race walk, four Indian athletes met the Paris Olympics qualifying standard, while one qualified via world rankings. However, each national federation can send a maximum of three athletes per event to the Olympics. Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, and Paramjeet Singh Bisht were selected, with Ram Baboo missing out.
Priyanka and Akshdeep secured a quota for India in the marathon race walk mixed relay event, but Suraj will be partnering Priyanka in Paris.
Achieving the entry standard or securing a quota is just one part of the Olympic qualification process. NOCs have the final say on who will be selected to the NOC team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Murali Sreeshankar met the qualifying standard in men’s long jump but will not be traveling to Paris due to a knee injury ruling him out for the entire 2024 season.
India reclaimed the boxing quota in women’s 57kg through Jaismine Lamboria at the Olympic qualifiers in Bangkok in June after original quota-holder Parveen Hooda, who had booked the slot at the 2023 Asian Games, was suspended for whereabouts failures.
In badminton, players qualify based on rankings, and NOCs need to confirm their participation.
Click here to see the official qualification system for each sport.
Here is a comprehensive list of all the Indians who have secured a spot for Paris 2024 so far.
INDIAN ATHLETES TO QUALIFY FOR PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS
| Number | Athlete | Sport | Event | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhiraj Bommadevara | Archery | Men’s individual, Men’s team | Quota |
| 2 | Tarundeep Rai | Archery | Men’s individual, Men’s team | Team Ranking |
| 3 | Pravin Jadhav | Archery | Men’s individual, Men’s team | Team Ranking |
| 4 | Bhajan Kaur | Archery | Women’s individual, Women’s team | Quota |
| 5 | Deepika Kumari | Archery | Women’s individual, Women’s team | Team Ranking |
| 6 | Ankita Bhakat | Archery | Women’s individual, Women’s team | Team Ranking |
| 7 | Avinash Sable | Athletics | Men’s 3000m steeplechase | Entry Standard |
| 8 | Sarvesh Kushare | Athletics | Men’s high jump | Rankings |
| 9 | Jeswin Aldrin | Athletics | Men’s long jump | Rankings |
| 10 | Abdulla Aboobacker | Athletics | Men’s triple jump | Rankings |
| 11 | Praveel Chithravel | Athletics | Men’s triple jump | Rankings |
| 12 | Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Athletics | Men’s shot put | Rankings |
| 13 | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men’s javelin throw | Entry Standard |
| 14 | Kishore Jena | Athletics | Men’s javelin throw | Entry Standard |
| 15 | Akshdeep Singh | Athletics | Men’s 20km race walk | Entry Standard |
| 16 | Paramjeet Bisht | Athletics | Men’s 20km race walk | Entry Standard |
| 17 | Vikas Singh | Athletics | Men’s 20km race walk | Entry Standard |
| 18 | Muhammed Anas/ Muhammed Ajmal/Amoj Jacob/Santhosh Tamilarasan/Rajesh Ramesh/Mijo Chacko Kurian | Athletics | Men’s 4x400m relay | Designated Competiton |
| 19 | Kiran Pahal | Athletics | Women’s 400m | Entry Standard |
| 20 | Ankita Dhyani | Athletics | Women’s 5000m | Rankings |
| 21 | Parul Chaudhary | Athletics | Women’s 5000m, Women’s 3000m steeplechase | Rankings, Entry Standard |
| 22 | Jyothi Yarraji | Athletics | Women’s 100m hurdles | Rankings |
| 23 | Annu Rani | Athletics | Women’s javelin throw | Rankings |
| 24 | Priyanka Goswami | Athletics | Women’s 20km race walk | Entry Standard |
| 25 | Jyothika Sri Dandi/Subha Venkatesan/Vithya Ramraj/Poovamma MR/Prachi | Athletics | Women’s 4x400m relay | Designated Competiton |
| 26 | Suraj Panwar/Priyanka Goswami | Athletics | Marathon race walk mixed relay | Designated Competiton |
| 27 | HS Prannoy | Badminton | Men’s singles | Rankings |
| 28 | Lakshya Sen | Badminton | Men’s singles | Rankings |
| 29 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty | Badminton | Men’s doubles | Rankings |
| 30 | PV Sindhu | Badminton | Women’s singles | Rankings |
| 31 | Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto | Badminton | Women’s doubles | Rankings |
| 32 | Amit Panghal | Boxing | Men’s 51kg | Quota |
| 33 | Nishant Dev | Boxing | Men’s 71kg | Quota |
| 34 | Nikhat Zareen | Boxing | Women’s 50kg | Quota |
| 35 | Preeti Pawar | Boxing | Women’s 54kg | Quota |
| 36 | Jaismine Lamboria | Boxing | Women’s 57kg | Quota |
| 37 | Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing | Women’s 75kg | Quota |
| 38 | Anush Agarwalla | Equestrian | Dressage | Quota |
| 39 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | Golf | Men’s event | Rankings |
| 40 | Shubhankar Sharma | Golf | Men’s event | Rankings |
| 41 | Aditi Ashok | Golf | Women’s event | Rankings |
| 42 | Diksha Dagar | Golf | Women’s event | Rankings |
| 43 | Team India | Hockey | Men’s event | Continental Champions |
| 44 | Tulika Maan | Judo | Women’s +78kg | Continental Quota |
| 45 | Balraj Panwar | Rowing | Men’s single sculls | Quota |
| 46 | Vishnu Saravanan | Sailing | Men’s dinghy | Quota |
| 47 | Nethra Kumanan | Sailing | Women’s dinghy | Quota |
| 48 | Arjun Babuta | Shooting | Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team | Quota |
| 49 | Sandeep Singh | Shooting | Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team | Quota |
| 50 | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting | Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions | Quota |
| 51 | Swapnil Kusale | Shooting | Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions | Quota |
| 52 | Arjun Cheema | Shooting | Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team | Quota |
| 53 | Sarabjot Singh | Shooting | Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team | Quota |
| 54 | Anish Bhanwala | Shooting | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | Quota |
| 55 | Vijayveer Sidhu | Shooting | Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol | Quota |
| 56 | Prithviraj Tondaiman | Shooting | Men’s trap | Quota |
| 57 | Anantjeet Singh Naruka | Shooting | Men’s skeet, Skeet mixed team | Quota |
| 58 | Elavenil Valarivan | Shooting | Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team | Quota |
| 59 | Ramita Jindal | Shooting | Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team | Quota |
| 60 | Anjum Moudgil | Shooting | Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions | Quota |
| 61 | Sift Kaur Samra | Shooting | Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions | Quota |
| 62 | Rhythm Sangwan | Shooting | Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team | Quota |
| 63 | Manu Bhaker | Shooting | Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team, women’s 25m pistol | Quota |
| 64 | Esha Singh | Shooting | Women’s 25m pistol | Quota |
| 65 | Rajeshwari Kumari | Shooting | Women’s trap | Quota |
| 66 | Shreyasi Singh | Shooting | Women’s trap | Quota swap with women’s 10m air pistol |
| 67 | Raiza Dhillon | Shooting | Women’s skeet | Quota |
| 68 | Maheshwari Chauhan | Shooting | Women’s skeet and skeet mixed team | Quota |
| 69 | Srihari Nataraj | Swimming | Men’s 100m backstroke | Universality |
| 70 | Dhinidhi Desinghu | Swimming | Women’s 200m freestyle | Universality |
| 71 | Harmeet Desai | Table Tennis | Men’s singles, Men’s team | Rankings |
| 72 | Sharath Kamal | Table Tennis | Men’s singles, Men’s team | Rankings |
| 73 | Manav Thakkar | Table Tennis | Men’s team | Rankings |
| 74 | Manika Batra | Table Tennis | Women’s singles, Women’s team | Rankings |
| 75 | Sreeja Akula | Table Tennis | Women’s singles, Women’s team | Rankings |
| 76 | Archana Kamath | Table Tennis | Women’s team | Rankings |
| 77 | Sumit Nagal | Tennis | Men’s singles | Rankings |
| 78 | Rohan Bopanna/N Sriram Balaji | Tennis | Men’s doubles | Rankings |
| 79 | Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting | Women’s 49kg | Rankings |
| 80 | Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling | Men’s freestyle 57kg | Quota |
| 81 | Vinesh Phogat | Wrestling | Women’s 50kg | Quota |
| 82 | Antim Panghal | Wrestling | Women’s 53kg | Quota |
| 83 | Anshu Malik | Wrestling | Women’s 57kg | Quota |
| 84 | Nisha Dahiya | Wrestling | Women’s 68kg | Quota |
| 85 | Reetika Hooda | Wrestling | Women’s 76kg | Quota |
