Paris 2024: All Indian Athletes To Qualify For The Olympics

With each passing edition, the number of Indian athletes participating in the Summer Olympics has steadily increased. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, India sent its largest contingent yet, with 124 athletes competing. This team brought home seven medals, including Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold in the men’s javelin throw. For Paris 2024, India aims to surpass these achievements with more athletes qualifying and an increased medal tally.

Shooting Success

Indian shooters have secured quotas in every Olympic shooting category for the first time. Bhowneesh Mendiratta earned India’s first Paris 2024 quota at the 2022 ISSF World Championships. However, he didn’t make the final team after national trials, and Prithviraj Tondaiman was awarded the quota in the men’s trap event instead.

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) also made strategic decisions, exchanging one pistol quota for a women’s trap shooter. Manu Bhaker’s performance in the national trials for the women’s 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events freed up a quota, allowing Shreyasi Singh to compete in the women’s trap event.

Despite obtaining quotas, several shooters like Rudrankksh Patil (men’s 10m air rifle), Tilottama Sen, Akhil Sheoran, Mehuli Ghosh, Shriyanka Sadangi, Varun Tomar, and Palak Gulia did not make the final team after national trials.

Wrestling and Other Sports

In sports such as shooting and wrestling, quotas are awarded to countries rather than individual athletes. This means the athletes who initially secure the quotas may be replaced leading up to the Games. National Olympic Committees (NOCs) hold the exclusive authority to select athletes for the Olympic Games.

Athletics Achievements

Race walkers Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh were the first Indian athletes to qualify for athletics events at Paris 2024. In the men’s 20km race walk, four Indians met the qualifying standard, but only three—Akshdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, and Paramjeet Singh Bisht—were selected, with Ram Baboo and Suraj Panwar missing out.

Priyanka and Akshdeep also secured a quota for India in the marathon race walk mixed relay event, with Suraj Panwar partnering Priyanka in Paris.

India reclaimed the women’s 57kg boxing quota via Jaismine Lamboria at the Olympic qualifiers in Bangkok. This came after original quota-holder Parveen Hooda, who earned the spot at the 2023 Asian Games, was suspended for whereabouts failures.

In badminton, players can qualify based on rankings, and NOCs must confirm their participation.

Achieving entry standards or securing quotas is just one part of the Olympic qualification process. Ultimately, NOCs have the final say on athlete selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. As we approach the Games, anticipation and excitement continue to build around India’s potential to achieve even greater success on the global stage.

Here is a comprehensive list of all the Indians who have booked a spot for Paris 2024 so far.

INDIAN ATHLETES TO QUALIFY FOR PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Status
1	Prithviraj Tondaiman	Shooting	Men’s trap
2	Sandeep Singh	Shooting	Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team
3	Swapnil Kusale	Shooting	Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions
4	Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	Shooting	Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions
5	Elavenil Valarivan	Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team
6	Sift Kaur Samra	Shooting	Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions
7	Rajeshwari Kumari	Shooting	Women’s trap
8	Akshdeep Singh	Athletics	Men’s 20km race walk
9	Priyanka Goswami	Athletics	Women’s 20km race walk
10	Vikas Singh	Athletics	Men’s 20km race walk
11	Paramjeet Bisht	Athletics	Men’s 20km race walk
12	Murali Sreeshankar	Athletics	Men’s long jump
13	Avinash Sable	Athletics	Men’s 3000m steeplechase
14	Neeraj Chopra	Athletics	Men’s javelin throw
15	Parul Chaudhary	Athletics	Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Women’s 5000m
16	Antim Panghal	Wrestling	Women’s 53kg
17	Nikhat Zareen	Boxing	Women’s 50kg
18	Preeti Pawar	Boxing	Women’s 54kg
19	Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing	Women’s 75kg
20	Kishore Jena	Athletics	Men’s javelin throw
21	Team India	Hockey	Men’s hockey
22	Sarabjot Singh	Shooting	Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team
23	Arjun Babuta	Shooting	Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team
24	Ramita Jindal	Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team
25	Manu Bhaker	Shooting	Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team, women’s 25m pistol
26	Anish Bhanwala	Shooting	Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
27	Anjum Moudgil	Shooting	Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions
28	Dhiraj Bommadevara	Archery	Men’s individual, Men’s team
29	Arjun Cheema	Shooting	Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team
30	Esha Singh	Shooting	Women’s 25m pistol
31	Rhythm Sangwan	Shooting	Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team
32	Vijayveer Sidhu	Shooting	Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
33	Raiza Dhillon	Shooting	Women’s skeet
34	Anantjeet Singh Naruka	Shooting	Men’s skeet, Skeet mixed team
35	Vishnu Saravanan	Sailing	Men’s one person dinghy
36	Anush Agarwalla	Equestrian	Dressage
37	Indian men’s team	Table tennis	Men’s team and two in men’s singles
38	Indian women’s team	Table tennis	Women’s team and two in women’s singles
39	Ram Baboo	Athletics	Men’s 20km race walk
40	Shreyasi Singh	Shooting	Women’s trap
41	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling	Women’s 50kg
42	Anshu Malik	Wrestling	Women’s 57kg
43	Reetika Hooda	Wrestling	Women’s 76kg
44	Balraj Panwar	Rowing	M1x
45	Priyanka Goswami/Suraj Panwar	Athletics	Marathon race walk mixed relay
46	Nethra Kumanan	Sailing	Women’s one person dinghy
47	Maheshwari Chauhan	Shooting	Women’s skeet and skeet mixed team
48	PV Sindhu	Badminton	Women’s singles
49	HS Prannoy	Badminton	Men’s singles
50	Lakshya Sen	Badminton	Men’s singles
51	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty	Badminton	Men’s doubles
52	Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto	Badminton	Women’s doubles
53	Muhammed Anas/ Muhammed Ajmal/ Amoj Jacob/Santhosh Tamilarasan/Rajesh Ramesh	Athletics	Men’s 4x400m relay
54	Jyothika Sri Dandi/ Subha Venkatesan/ Vithya Ramraj/Poovamma MR	Athletics	Women’s 4x400m relay
55	Nisha Dahiya	Wrestling	Women’s 68kg
56	Aman Sehrawat	Wrestling	Men’s freestyle 57kg
57	Nishant Dev	Boxing	Men’s 71kg
58	Amit Panghal	Boxing	Men’s 51kg
59	Jaismine Lamboria	Boxing	Women’s 57kg
60	Rohan Bopanna/N Sriram Balaji	Tennis	Men’s doubles
61	Bhajan Kaur	Archery	Women’s individual, Women’s team
62	Shubhankar Sharma	Golf	Men’s
63	Gaganjeet Bhullar	Golf	Men’s
64	Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting	Women’s 49kg
65	Tulika Maan	Judo	Women’s +78kg
66	Aditi Ashok	Golf	Women’s
67	Diksha Dagar	Golf	Women’s
68	Tarundeep Rai	Archery	Men’s individual, Men’s team
69	Pravin Jadhav	Archery	Men’s individual, Men’s team
70	Deepika Kumari	Archery	Women’s individual, Women’s team
71	Ankita Bhakat	Archery	Women’s individual, Women’s team
72	Srihari Nataraj	Swimming	Men’s 100m backstroke
73	Dhinidhi Desinghu	Swimming	women’s 200m freestyle
74	Sumit Nagal	Tennis	Men’s singles
75	Kiran Pahal	Athletics	Women’s 400m
76	Jyothi Yarraji	Athletics	Women’s 100m hurdles
77	Abha Khatua	Athletics	Women’s shot put
78	Sarvesh Kushare	Athletics	Men’s high jump
79	Annu Rani	Athletics	Women’s javelin throw
80	Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics	Men’s shot put
81	Abdulla Aboobacker	Athletics	Men’s triple jump
82	Praveel Chithravel	Athletics	Men’s triple jump