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The 2024 Paris Olympics have been witness to Indians finishing fourth on three different occasions. Let’s now take a look at the complete list of Indian athletes who finished fourth in past editions of the Olympics. read more
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Indian shooter Arjun Babuta missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event of the Paris Olympics. Reuters
A week of the 2024 Paris Olympics have gone by, and we have witnessed several heartbreaking fourth place finishes in this edition already. Having said that, on certain occasions, finishing fourth in an event at the Olympics can be more heartbreaking than finishing last at an event.
Over the years, several Indian athletes have endured fourth place finishes at the Olympics. Wrestler Randhir Shinde was the first Indian to have endured that fate when he lost the bronze medal playoff to Great Britain’s Philip Bernand in the men’s featherweight freestyle category at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. PT Usha (1984), Joydeep Karmakar (2012) and Abhinav Bindra (2016) are among the big names to have missed out on a medal in past editions of the Games.
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It is to be noted that Abhinav Bindra did win a historic gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the men’s 10m air rifle event.
The ongoing Paris Olympics witnessed three instances of Indians missing out on the medal podium. Shooter Arjun Babuta finished fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle competition. Archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat failed to win bronze in the mixed team event after losing to USA in the bronze medal match. And shooter Manu Bhaker, who has two bronze medals in Paris to her name, missed out on winning a medal at the women’s 25m pistol event.
Let’s now take a look at the complete list of Indian athletes who finished fourth in past editions of the Olympics:
1920 Antwerp Olympics
Randhir Shinde —Men’s 54 kg freestyle wrestling
1952 Helsinki Olympics
Keshav Mangave —Men’s 62 kg freestyle wrestling
1956 Melbourne Olympics
India men’s football team
1960 Rome Olympics
Milkha Singh —Men’s 400m athletics
1972 Rome Olympics
Prem Nath — Men’s 57 kg freestyle wrestling
Sudesh Kumar — Men’s 52 kg freestyle wrestling
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
PT Usha —Women’s 400m hurdles
2004 Athens Olympics
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi —Men’s doubles in tennis
Kunjarani Devi —Women’s 48 kg weightlifting
2012 London Olympics
Joydeep Karmakar — Men’s 50m rifle prone
2016 Rio Olympics
Abhinav Bindra — Men’s 10m air rifle
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna — Mixed doubles in tennis
Dipa Karmakar — Women’ vault n gymnastics
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Aditi Ashok — Women’s golf competition
India women’s hockey team
Deepak Punia — Men’s 86 kg freestyle wrestling
2024 Paris Olympics
Arjun Babuta —Men’s 10m air rifle shooting
Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat — Mixed team event in archery
Manu Bhaker — 25m women’s pistol
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