Indian athletes who finished fourth at the Olympics

The Indian contingent registered a record number of fourth-place finishes at the Paris Olympics, six to be precise, and finished their campaign with as many medals — one silver and five bronze

Here are all the instances of Indian athletes missing out on a medal by a whisker, some of which are counted among the greatest heartbreaks in Indian sporting history

Antwerp 1920

Dinkarrav Shinde — Wrestling (men's 54kg freestyle)

Helsinki 1952

Keshav Mangave — Wrestling (men's 62kg freestyle)

Melbourne 1956

Indian men’s football team

Rome 1960

Milkha Singh — Athletics (men’s 400m sprint)

Munich 1972

Sudesh Kumar — Wrestling (men’s 52kg freestyle) Prem Nath — Wrestling (men’s 57kg freestyle)

Los Angeles 1984

PT Usha — Athletics (women’s 400m hurdles) Rajinder Singh — Wrestling (men’s 74kg freestyle)

Athens 2004

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi — Tennis (Men’s Doubles) Kunjarani Devi — Weightlifting (women’s 48jg)

London 2012

Joydeep Karmakar — Shooting (men’s 50m rifle prone)

Rio de Janiero 2016

Dipa Karmakar — Gymnastics (Women’s Vault) Abhinav Bindra — Shooting (men’s 10m air rifle) Sania Mirza and Rohan  Bopanna — Tennis (Mixed Doubles)

Tokyo 2020

India women’s hockey team Aditi Ashok — Golf (Women’s Individual Stroke Play) Deepak Punia — Wrestling (Men’s 86kg)

Paris 2024

Arjun Babuta — Shooting (men’s 10m air rifle) Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery (Mixed Team) Manu Bhaker — Shooting (Women’s 25m pistol)

Lakshya Sen — Badminton (men's singles) Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka —Shooting (Skeet Mixed Team) Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting (women's 49kg)

Paris 2024 (Continued)

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