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India competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. [1] A total of 83 athletes, 60 men and 23 women, competed in 13 sports.Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India was represented in these Olympic Games.
India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August. A total of 10,768 athletes from 204 nations participated in 302 events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines.
Ram represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. He achieved the B qualification standard (2:18:00) by clocking a time of 2:16:59 at the 2012 Mumbai Marathon, which is also his best performance in this event. He is the second Indian athlete ever to be qualified for the marathon event of the Olympics.
July 27 – August 12: India at the 2012 Summer Olympics: August 3: Vijay Kumar wins a silver medal in the 25m Men's rapid-fire pistol at the Olympics. August 4: Saina Nehwal wins the bronze medal in women's badminton singles at the Olympics, after opponent Wang Xin retired with a knee injury while leading 21–18, 1–0.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were held in London, United Kingdom, from 25 July 2012 to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10,500 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports. [1] Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 103.
3 February 2012 All-India Railway Championships Bhubaneswar, India [34] 4 × 100 m relay: 38.89 India Rahamatulla Molla Suresh Sathya Shameer Mon A. Qureshi: 12 October 2010 Commonwealth Games: New Delhi, India [35] [36] 4 × 400 m relay: 3:00.25 India Muhammed Anas Noah Nirmal Tom Arokia Rajiv Amoj Jacob: 6 August 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo ...
10 August: Hamid Ansari again elected as consecutively second vice-president of India after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. 11 August: Violence in Azad Maidan in Mumbai. 12 August: London Olympics, This was India's most successful Olympics in terms of total medal tally, having won a total of 6 medals (0 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze).