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Summer Olympics-2016 Rio de Janeiro

Contents
Olympics Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Some Notable Persons at the Rio Olympics .................................................................................................. 2
Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics .......................................................................................................... 8
List of Indian Sports personalities Participated in Rio Olympics 2016 ...................................................... 9
Some Feats ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Olympics Overview

31st Rio Olympics Kick started with opening ceremony where Acting President of Brazil Michel
Temer opened the games in the Maracana Stadium on 5 August 2016. With this the Brazilian city
Rio De Janeiro became the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics.
The Rio Summer Olympic Games 2016 presided under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach.
This Olympics featured amid so many crisis and one of that is European migrant crisis to
make the level playing field for the Refugees the International Olympic Committee allowed
athletes to compete as Independent Olympians under the Olympic Flag.
New Sports: Golf and Rugby sevens.
Sports diciplines: 41(total sports---28)
Official mascot: Vinicius(named after musician 'Vinicius de Moraes)
Official song : Life of a Traveller
Motto: A new world---Rio 2016
Theme: World Peace and Environment
Logo: Henri Matisse's painting Dance
Nations participating: 205
Total Events: 306
Total medals : 2102
Total athletes Participated:11544
New Sports : Golf and Rugby Sevens)
The first time Participants in the Olympics Games: Kosovo and South Sudan and First
gold medal was won by - Ginny Thrasher of USA - 10-meter air rifle event.
The Next Edition i.e. The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. The Last
Edition was hosted at London (2012).
The Rio Olympics gold medal is about $564(6 grams of gold and the rest is
Silver(494g)), as the Rio Games gold medal is smaller than that of the London Games

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gold medal, which would go for $708 on the same scale. If the entire Rio Olympics gold
medal was made of actual gold, it would be worth $22k.
The IOC also announced to participate Kuwait Athletes under Independent Olympic Athletes
as National Olympic Committee of Kuwait facing Ban from IOC.
Rio Medal Tally-2016
Country G S B Total
United States(1) 46 37 38 121
Great Britain(2) 27 23 17 67
China (3) 26 18 26 70
Russia (4) 19 18 19 56
Germany (5) 17 10 15 42
India (67) 0 1 1 2

Some Notable Persons at the Rio Olympics :

Sakshi Malik:
Malik was born and brought up in Rohtak, Haryana, the 23-year-oldwrestler is a silver medalist at
the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and bronze winner at the 2014 in the on Asian Games.
Sakshi Malik who won Indias first medal at the Rio Olympics, was announced as the
countrys flag-bearer at the closing ceremony.
Freestyle Wrestler Sakshi Malik wins India's first medal of Rio Olympics; Bags bronze in
58 kg weight class;
i.Haryana based woman wrestler Sakshi Malik has landed with Indias first medal by
clinching the bronze in the 58kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
ii.Malik clinched Bronze in Womens Freestyle Wrestling by losing the Quarterfinal to
eventual finalist Koblova Zholobowa and produced a stagy come-from-behind 8-5 win over
Kyrgysztan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in the bronze medal play-off.
iii.She scripted history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to bag an
Olympic medal and only fourth female athlete from the country to climb to the podium at
the biggest sporting event in the world.
iv.Overall, Sakshi has won Indias fifth wrestling medal in the Olympic Games. It is Indias
25th medal in Olympic Games. She was coached by Kuldeep Singh.
Praises Heaps and Rewards Arrive:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated wrestler
Sakshi Malik for getting a bronze medal at the Rio Games.
The bronze medal winning wrestler Sakshi Malik to be conferred with countrys highest
sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by the government.

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The Haryana government announced a reward of Rs. 2.50 crore to wrestler Sakshi
Malik for the winning feat. Besides, she will also be given a government job for her historic
feat.
The wrestler Malik will be rewarded with a cash award of Rs 60 lakh by her employers
Indian Railways for her bronze winning feat.Sakshi Malik is currently a senior clerk with
Northern Railways. She will be promoted to the rank of a gazetted officer.
To Honor the feat of Malik Uttar Pradesh government announced to honour Indian wrestler
Sakshi Malik with the prestigious Rani LaxmiBai Award to signify bravery and outstanding
achievement of women.The award carries a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh.
Over all Sakshi Malik to get Rs. 5.16 Crore cash rewards as on date

CASH AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Rs 2.5 crore ----Haryana government
Rs 1 crore ------Delhi government
Rs 60 lakh -----The railway ministry
Rs 50 lakh -----Dubai-based Indian businessman Mukkattu Sebastian
Rs 30 lakh --- Union sports ministry
Rs 20 lakh ----Indian Olympic Association
Rs 5 lakhs ----The All India Football Federation
Rs 1.01 lakh ---- Salman Khan

PV Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in the just
concluded world mega sporting Event Rio Olympics 2016.
In the Women Singles badminton Event Spain's Carolina Marin beat Sindhu by 21-19, 21-
12, 21-15 in the final clash, thereby Marin Clinched Gold and Sindhu took Silver medal.
The Hyderabad champion is the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of an Olympics
badminton event and the youngest (21) Indian to make silver finish in the Olympics. In the
London Olympics in 2012 Saina Nehwal clinched Bronze.
Sindhu faced World No.2 seed Wang Yihan of China in the Quarter-finals, whom she
defeated 2-0 games, further in the Semifinal match with the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara,
she defeated 0-2 that was the road she was taken to reach the final clash against the
Spain's Carolina Marin.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu:
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born in Andhra Pradesh, Her parents played professional volleyball,
but she chose badminton over it.
She was coached by Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton
Champion also the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team.

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She became the youngest recipient of India's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri
in 2015.
Sindhu won maiden grand prix gold at the Malaysian Open, went on to win the first of
her hat-trick of titles at the Macau Open last year.
Rewards Arrived:
After she won the Silver podium in the Rio Olympics praises heaped from Indian prime Minister
who congratulated P V Sindhu for winning the Silver medal in Rio Olympics, saying her
accomplishment is historic and will be remembered for years also people from various walks of life
showered praise on Indian shuttler
Rs.5 crore and a land grant from the Government of Telangana.
Rs.3 crore, a Group A cadre job and 1000 yd2 land grant from Andhra Pradesh.
Rs.2 crore from the Government of Delhi.
Rs.75 lakh from her employer, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, with promotion from
assistant to deputy sports manager.
Rs.50 lakh from the Government of Haryana.
Rs.50 lakh from the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Rs.50 lakh from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Rs.50 lakh from Badminton Association of India
Rs.50 lakh from NRI businessman,Mukkattu Sebastian
Rs.30 lakh from the Indian Olympic Association.
Rs.5 lakh from All India Football Federation
BMW car from the Hyderabad District Badminton Association
Rs.1.01 lakh from Salman Khan.

Dipa Karmakar Finishes in the final of artistic Gymnastics

Tripura hailed Dipa Karmakar created history after she became the first Indian to qualify for the
apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Karmakar finished eighth in the qualification event of the Vaults and scored 14.850 to
qualify. She could not repeat her performance in three other events, namely uneven bars,
balancing beam and floor exercise.

In the final match Karmakar narrowly missed out in the bronze medal, finishing 4th in the
finals of the event with a score of 15.066 at Gymnastics Center, Rio de Janeiro where
Simone Biles won Gold.

Produnova vault:
It was her Produnova vault called the 'Vault of Death' earned her a place in the finals.
It is consisting of a front handspring onto the vaulting horse and two front somersaults off.

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The vault currently has a 7.0 D-score, and is the hardest vault performed in women's
gymnastics.

She is only the fifth woman in gymnastics history to land the Produnova vault. She was
coached by Bishweshwar Nandi.

Usain Bolts Olympic Saga: The Triple --triple Bolt

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt considered to be the fastest human ever timed in Athletics three
Gold Medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The three Gold Medals Come after Bolt won the 100 metres gold medal with a time of
9.81 seconds, with this speedster became the first athlete to win the event three times at
the Olympic events.
The Lightning Bolt followed with a gold medal in the 200 m, where he clocked 19.78 s
to reach the Gold which also makes him the first athlete to win the 200 m three times at
the Olympic Games.
The third one comes after he ran the anchor leg for the finals of the 4 x 100 m relay
clocking 37.27 sand secured his third consecutive gold medal in the event. The Relay
team comprised of Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade.
Usain Bolt
The Jamaican hailed Bolt has and has a 100% win record in finals also holds
the 100m world record with a time of 9.58sec in the final of the World Athletics
Championship in 2009.
Triple-triple Bolt:
This is the third Olympics he attended where he made cut of triple-triple with three
sprinting gold medals in three consecutive Olympics(2008-Beiging, 2012- London, 2016-
Rio De Janeiro), and finished his Olympic career.

Anita Wlodarczyk breaks world record to win gold in Hammer Throw

i.Polandshammer thrower Anita Wlodar czykset a new world hammer record by broking
her own to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
ii.She is regarded as the greatest women's hammer thrower of all-time, heaved a colossal
82.29m on her third attempt to crush the contest.
iii.However in the same event Chinas Zhang Wenxiu took silver with a throw of 76.75m while
Britain's Sophie Hitchon claimed bronze with 74.54.
iv.The earlier record winning effort of 81.08 which was set in 2015.
Anita Wlodarczyk
Anita Wlodarczykis a Polish hammer thrower. She has two Olympic Medals (1 Gold & 1
Silver) on her belt earlier she holds London 2012 Siler Medal.
Wlodarczykis first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m also holds the
women's world record of 82.29 m.
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Iranian lifter snatches new world record

Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi kordasiabi has produced a new world record of 216kg in
the snatch in the men's superheavyweight +105kg competition at the Rio Olympics.
However he has not won any medal.
The London Gold medalist often called 'Salimi', had owned the record of 214kg going into
the event only for Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze to lift 215 with his third attempt.

Neymar steers Brazil to first Olympic football gold

i.Brazilian professional footballer Neymar scored the winning penalty scores as Brazil beat
Germany 5-4 on penalties in Rio to win their first men's Olympic football gold medal at the
Maracana Stadium in the Rio Contest 2016.
ii.The forward positioned Neymar's first-half free-kick cancelled out by Max Meyer's strike.
iii.However in the Bronze medal match Nigeria won their first medal of the 2016 Olympics as
they beat Honduras 3-2, with Sadiq Umar scoring twice and Aminu Umar scoring once.
iv.Brazils jinx of final match loosing came to an end as Brazil finally won the Olympic title after
losing in the finals in 1984, 1988 and 2012

Australian women take 4x100m freestyle swimming gold

Australia's women, powered by sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, beat the United States and
Canada to win the Olympic 4x100 metres freestyle relay in world record time, retaining the title
they won in London four years ago.
The Australians, leading off with Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie swimming the second
leg, clocked three minutes, 30.65 seconds.

Japan wins 1st Olympic game since 2004, edging Belarus 77-73
Japan went ahead to stay in a 77-73 victory over Belarus in the women's basketball game
against Belarus at the Youth Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This is the first time victory in the game in Olympics since 2004. The Asian country didn't
qualify for the games in 2008 or 2012.

Sweden's Sjostrom breaks world record in 100m butterfly

Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom set a new world record in the 100m butterfly to win a gold
medal at the Olympic Gamesat Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sjostrom in the game clocked in at 55.48 seconds to break her own world record of 55.64
seconds set at the World Championships held in August 2015 in Kazan, Russia.

She was 98 hundredths quicker than the Canadian Penny Oleksiak who won the silver
medal with a time of 56.46 seconds setting aside American Dana Vollmer who settled for
bronze medal.

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Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold and breaks world record
Great Brutains competitive swimmer Adam Peaty has brought first gold medal after winning the
100-metre breaststroke contest in the Rio Olympics.
Peaty clocked 57.13 seconds to reach the world Record time.He also the first British man to
win an Olympic swimming gold medal since Adrian Moorhouse, bagged the title in Seoul in
1988.

In the High octane contest Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa took silver, while Cody
Miller won bronze for the USA.

Swimmer Katie Ledecky sets world record to win gold in 400m freestyle
Americas Katie Ledecky secured her fourth gold medal in the women's 800m freestyle at the Rio
Games. Howevevr Great Britains Jazz Carlin won Olympic silver in the contest.
Ledecky had taken two seconds off her own world record to win in 8 minutes 4.79
seconds clocking 12 seconds ahead of the rest.
Ledecky is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, and nine-time world champion. She also
holds the record holder in the women's 400-, 800-, and 1,500-meter freestyle.

Australia wins gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship

Australia clinched gold medal in the first-ever Olympic champion in the women's rugby sevens
category by defeating New Zealand, by 24-17 in an exciting final in the Rio Olympics.
The Aussies produced some feisty show against their rival New Zealanders with such
efficient moves that the Kiwis, one of the world's best teams. However Kiwis Settled with
Silver.
In another contest the bronze medal was won by Canada in a one-sided match that ended
with a 33-10 blitz of Britain.

Judo: Silva wins first gold for host country Brazil left right 3/3leftright
Brazil's Rafaela Silva bagged gold medal of the women's 57-kgjudo competition at the 2016
Summer Olympics in Rio Olympics. With this she won the first gold for host country Brazil.
She clinched the podium by defeating Mongolian Sumiya Dorjsuren in the final. While
Portugal's Telma Monteiro and Japan's Kaori Matsumoto won bronze.

Last time in London Olympics-2012 when she was disqualified in the early rounds for a rule
violation.

Michael Phelps wins his 21st Olympic Gold Medal

The American Michael Phelps added feather under his belt by extending to 21 Olympic gold
medals after he won the individual and team titles at Rio 2016. This is his fifth Olympics.
Phelps went past by defending champion Chad le Clos in the 200m butterfly before he
helped the US win the men's 4x200m freestyle relay.

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However in the rally British quartet Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace and James
Guy won the silver in the relay.

First swimmer to win four consecutive golds in same event: Michael Phelps
The United States Swimmer Phelps has won the 200 meters individual medley,with the medal his
tally goes to 22nd gold medal of his career and also become the first swimmer to win the same
event at four consecutive Games.

Phelps has now won two individual and two relay golds at his fifth Olympics, two years
after coming out of retirement. His medal haul has now risen to 26, including two silvers
and two bronzes. While 13 goldsbegged by this man in the individual races, the rest in
relays.

Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov wins men's 77kg weightlifting gold at Rio Olympics
Kazakhstan's weightlifter Nijat Rahimov set a world record to win Olympic men's -77kg
weightlifting gold in Rio. He lifted with a clean and jerktotal of 379kg in the contest.

Nijats final lift of 379kg, breaking the 15-year-old clean and jerk record of 210kg.
China's Lyu Xiaojun, who set a world record of 177kg in the snatch, also lifted a total of
379kg but took silver because he is heavier than Rahimov.

Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics

India staged 117-strong contingent, (This is the Highest in history)but brought only a silver
and a bronze, and Dipa Karmakar was outstanding in gymnastics and stood at the 67th place in
the medal tally.India took part in 15 sports.
The Medal Tally topped by US for the record fifth time in the past six Summer
Olympics, winning 46 gold medals and 121 medals followed by the Great Britain who
finished with 67 medals and the China finished 70 medals which include 26 Golds.
Indian Olympic Committee President Narayana Ramachandran has received Olympic
Order which is the highest award of the Olympic Movement for particularly distinguished
contributions to it.
Indias flag bearer
Opening ceremony - AbhinavBindra
Closing ceremony - Sakshi Malik
The official sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio: Amul(Based inAnand, Gujarat)
Goodwill ambassadors: Salman Khan, A R Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar and AbhinavBindra

BADMINTON:
P V Sindhu clinched a silver medal after losing to Carolina Marin in the womens singles final.
SainaNehwal failed to progress beyond the league stage in womens singles.

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Kidambi Srikanth lost in the mens singles quarterfinals against Lin Dan.
WRESTLING:
Sakshi Malik won bronze in womens 58kg freestyle.
VineshPhogat retired after suffering an injury in the quarterfinal of womens 48kg.
BabitaKumari lost in the pre-quarterfinal round of the womens 53kg freestyle.
NarsinghYadav was ruled out from representing India in mens 74kg freestyle category
after he was slapped with a four-year ban by Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)
for failing a dope test after WADA challenged his clean chit given by NADA.
GYMNASTICS:
DipaKarmakar finished fourth in Vaults final.
TENNIS:
In the Mixed Doubles Events Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lost the bronze medal
playoff to Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic.
SHOOTING:
Men: Indian Flag bearer Abhinav Bindra finished 4th in the finals, while GaganNarang failed
to qualify in the 10m Air Rifle event.
Men: Jitu Rai finished eighth in the finals, while Gurpreet Singh failed to qualify for the
finals in the 10m Air Pistol event.
ATHLETICS:
Womens 3000m steeplechase: Lalita Babar finished 10th in finals. But Sudha Singh failed to
qualify for the finals.
HOCKEY:
India men lost to Belgium in the quarterfinals. However their counterpart failed to qualify for the
quarterfinals after drawing one and losing four of their league games.
GOLF:
Notably in the Women category Aditi Ashok finished 41st.
WEIGHTLIFTING:
Sathish Sivalingam finished 11th in mens 77kg.

List of Indian Sports personalities Participated in Rio Olympics 2016

Sport Athletes State

ARCHERY (4) 1. Deepika Kumari Jharkhand

2. Laxmi Rani Majhi West Bengal
3. Bombayla Devi Manipur
4. Atanu Das West Bengal
5. Dharambir (200m) Haryana
6. Muhammad Anas Yahiya (400m & Kerala
4x400m Relay)

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7. Jinson Johnson (800m) Kerala

8. Ankit Sharma (Long Jump) Uttar Pradesh
9. Renjith Maheswary (Triple Jump) Kerala
10. Inderjeet Singh (Shot Put) Punjab
11. Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw) Karnataka
12. Nitendra Singh Rawat (Marathon) Uttarakhand
ATHLETICS (36) 13. Gopi Thonakal (Marathon) Kerala
14. Kheta Ram (Marathon) Rajasthan
15. Manish Singh Rawat (20Km Race Uttarakhand
Walking)
16. Gurmeet Singh (20Km Race Uttarakhand
Walking)
17. Ganapathi Krishnan (20Km Race Tamil Nadu
Walking)
18. Sandeep Kumar (50Km Race Haryana
Walking)
19. Arokia Rajiv (4x400m Relay) Tamilnadu
20. Kunhu Muhammaed Puthanpurakal
(4x400m Relay)

21. Dharun Ayyasamy (4x400m Relay) Tamilnadu

22. Mohankumar Raja (4x400m Relay) Tamilnadu
23. Lalith Mathur (4x400m Relay) Delhi
Women
24. Dutee Chand (100m) Odisha
25. Srbani Nanda (200m) Odisha
26. Nirmla (400m & 4x400m Relay) Haryana
27. Tintu Luka (800m) Kerala
28. Sudha Singh (3000m Steeple Uttar Pradesh
Chase)
29. Lalit Shivaji Babar (3000m Steeple
Chase)
30. Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put) Punjab
31. SeemaPunia (Discus Throw) Haryana
32. OP Jaisha (Marathon) Kerala
33. Kavita Tungar Raut (Marathon) Maharashtra
34. Khushbir Kaur (20km Race Punjab
Walking)
35. Sapana Punia(20km Race Walking) Rajasthan
36. Poovamma Raju Machettira Karnataka
(4x400m Relay)
37. Anilda Thomas (4x400m Relay) Kerala
38. Jisna Mathew (4x400m Relay) Kerala
39. Aswani Chidananda Akkunji Karnataka
(4x400m Relay)
40. Debashree Mazumdar (4x400m West Bengal
Relay)

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Men
41. Kidambi Srikanth Andhra Pradesh
42. Manu Atthri Uttar Pradesh
43. Sumeet Reddy Telangana
Women
BADMINTON (7) 44. Saina Nehwal Telangana
45. PV Sindhu Telangana
46. Jwala Gutta Telangana
47. Ashwini Ponnappa Karnataka

Men
BOXING (3) 48. Shiva Thapa (56 kg) Assam
49. Manoj Kumar (64 kg) Haryana
50. Vikas Krishan (75 kg) Haryana
Men
GOLF (3) 51. Anirban Lahiri Maharashtra
52. SP Chawrasia West Bengal
Women
53. Aditi Ashok Karnataka

Women
GYMNASTICS 54. Dipa Karmakar (Artistic - Individual Tripura
(1) Alround)

Men
55. PR Sreejesh (captain) Kerala
56. Rupinder Pal Singh Punjab
57. VR Raghunath Karnataka
58. Kothajit Singh Manipur
59. Surender Kumar Haryana
60. Harmanpreet Singh Punjab
61. Danish Mujtaba Uttar Pradesh
62. Chinglensana Singh Manipur
63. Manpreet Singh Punjab
64. Sardar Singh Haryana
65. SK Uthappa Karnataka
66. Devinder Walmiki Maharashtra
67. SV Sunil (vice captain) Karnataka
68. Akashdeep Singh Punjab
69. Ramandeep Singh Punjab
70. Nikkin Thimmaiah Karnataka
Women
71. Navjot Kaur Punjab
HOCKEY (32) 72. Deep Grace Ekka Odisha
73. Monika Haryana
74. Nikki Pradhan Jharkhand
75. Anuradha Devi Thockcha Manipur

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76. Savita Haryana

77. Poonam Rani Haryana
78. Vandana Katariya Uttar Pradesh
79. Deepika Haryana
80. Namita Toppo Odisha
81. Renuka Yadav Chhattisgarh
82. SunitaLakra Odisha
83. Sushila Chanu (captain) Manipur
84. Rani Rampal Haryana
85. Preeti Dubey Uttar Pradesh
86. Lilima Minz Odisha
JUDO (1) Men
87. Avtar Singh (90 kg) Punjab
Men
88. Dattu Bhokanal (M1x Men's Singles Maharashtra
ROWING (1) Sculls)

Men
89. Abhinav Bindra (10m air rifle) Uttarakhand
90. Kynan Chenai (Trap) Telangana
91. Mairaj Ahmad Khan (Skeet) Uttar Pradesh
92. Prakash Nanjappa (50m pistol) Karnataka
93. Gagan Narang (10m air rifle, 50m Tamil Nadu
rifle prone, 50m rifle 3 positions)---
Telangana
94. Jitu Rai (10m air pistol, 50m pistol) Uttar Pradesh
95. Chaini Singh (50m rifle prone, 50m Jammu and Kashmir.
rifle 3 positions)
96. Gurpreet Singh (10m air pistol, 25m Punjab
SHOOTING (12) rapid fire pistol)
97. Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Trap) Punjab
Women
98. Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle) Rajasthan
99. Ayonika Paul (10m air rifle) Maharashtra
100. Heena Sidhu (10m air pistol, 25m Punjab
pistol)

Men
101. Sajan Prakash (200m butterfly) Kerala
SWIMMING (2) Women
102. Shivani Katariya (200m freestyle) Haryana

Men
103. Achanta Sharath Kamal (Singles) Tamil Nadu
104. Soumyajit Ghosh (Singles) West Bengal
TABLE TENNIS Women
(4) 105. Mouma Das (Singles) West Bengal
106. Manika Batra (Singles) New Delhi
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Men
107. Rohan Bopanna (Men's Doubles) Karnataka
108. Leander Paes (Men's Doubles, West Bengal
Mixed Doubles)
TENNIS (4) Women
109. Sania Mirza (Women's Doubles, Maharashtra
Mixed Doubles)
110. Prarthana Thombare (Women's Maharashtra
Doubles)

Men
111. Sathish Kumar Sivalingam (77 kg) Tamilnadu
Women
WEIGHTLIFTING 112. Mirabhai Chanu Saikhom (48 kg) Manipur
(2)

Men
113. YogeshwarDutt (Freestyle 65 kg ) Haryana
114. NarsinghPanchamYadav (Freestyle Uttar Pradesh
74 kg)
115. Sandeep Tomar (Freestyle 57 kg) Uttar Pradesh
116. Hardeep (Greco-Roman 98 kg) Haryana
117. Ravinder Khatri (Greco-Roman 85 Haryana
kg)
WRESTLING (8) Women
118. Sakshi Malik (Freestyle 58 kg) Haryana
119. Vinesh Phogat (Freestyle 48 Kg) Haryana
120. BabitaKumari (Freestyle 53 kg) Haryana

Some Feats:
Highest individual medal in mens: Phelps(Swimming-5 Gold and 1 Silver)
Highest individual medal in womens: Ledeckykatie(swimming) (5 Medals 4 Gold & 1
Silver)
In mens singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games Great Britains AndyMurray
clichd Gold.
The Chinese table tennis champion Ma Long became the fifth male player to complete the
Grand Slam by winning gold.
Largest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is - The United States (554 athletes)
Smallest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is - Tuvalu (1 athletes)
Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics -Meet Gaurika Singh of Nepal age 13 years 255
days (Swimming)
The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin(Taekwondo
women's 57 kg)
In the Mens hockey event Argentina bagged gold medal.
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Kosovo and South Sudan are the two countries, first time take part in

International Organisations in the Rio News:

International Olympic Committee:

Founded: 1894,
President: Thomas Bach
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
Indian Olympic Association
Inception: 1927
Headquarters: New Delhi
President: Narayana Ramachandran
World Anti-Doping Agency
Founded: 1999
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
President: Craig Reedie
Court of Arbitration for Sport:
Established: 1984
Headquarters: Lausanne Switzerland

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