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India At The 1988 Summer Olympics
India competed in seven events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning no medals. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Results by event Archery In India's first appearance in Olympic archery, the nation was represented by three men. Men Athletics Women =Track events= Boxing Hockey The results of the Indian olympic field hockey teams are as follows: Men's Team Competition =Team Roster= :* Maneypandu Somaya (captain) :* Rajinder Singh (goalkeeper) :* Pargat Singh :* Ashok Kumar :* Mohinder Pal Singh :* Vivek Singh :* Sujit Kumar :* Subrami Balanda Kalaiash :* Mohammed Shahid :* Sebastian Jude Felix :* Balwinder Singh :* Mervyn Fernandis :* Thoiba Singh :* Gundeep Kumar :* Jagbir Singh :* Mark Patterson (goalkeeper) *Head Coach: Ganbash Mollera Poovaiah =Preliminary round= Group B =Classification round= 5-8th Place Play-off 5th Place Play-off Swimming Men Table Tennis Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Olympic Association
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at these events. It plays with the name of Team India. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association, responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games. Early history Background and early years: The background behind the creation of the Indian Olympic Association was related to India at the Olympics, India's participation in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. After the 1920 Games, the committee sending the team to these games met, and, on the advice of Sir Dorab Tata, invited Dr. Noehren (Physical Education Director of YMCA India) to be secretary, along with AS Bhagwat, of the provisional Indian Olympic Committee; Dorab Tata would serve as its president. Subsequently, in 1923–24, a provisional All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyam Lal
Shyam Lal Meena (born 4 March 1965 in Banswara, Rajasthan, India) is an archer from India. He represented India at 1988 Summer Olympics. The Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ... honoured him with an Arjuna award in 1989. First international gold medal for rajasthan References External links * Indian male archers Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic archers of India Rajasthani people Recipients of the Arjuna Award Archers from Rajasthan People from Banswara district 1965 births Living people {{India-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy McKinney
Kennedy McKinney (born January 10, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he won the IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles. Military service McKinney took up boxing while serving in the U.S. Army, private first class stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Amateur career * 1985 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Flyweight, was stopped by Arthur Johnson * 1986 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Flyweight, losing by decision to Arthur Johnson * 1987 3rd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Bantamweight, losing by decision to Michael Collins * 1988 2nd place at United States Amateur Championships as a Bantamweight, losing by decision to Jemal Hinton * Prior to the 1988 Olympics had several international duals where he fought Alexei Artemiev of the Soviet Union, Rene Breitbarth of East Germany, Aleksandar Hristov of Bulg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayewoubo Akomatsri
Ayewoubo Akomatsri (born 15 August 1964) is a Togolese boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1964 births Living people Togolese male boxers Olympic boxers for Togo Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Bantamweight boxers 21st-century Togolese people {{Togo-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahuraj Birajdar
Shahuraj Birajdar (born 19 July 1963) is a retired Indian boxer from Maharashtra. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1963 births Living people Indian male boxers Olympic boxers for India Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Latur district Boxers from Maharashtra Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Bantamweight boxers {{India-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 m Relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of sixteen nations competing. Soviet Union had the gold and bronze medalists from the 400 metres race and the silver medalist from the 400 hurdles. With the retirement of East German Marita Koch and Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová, gold medalist Olha Bryzhina had the fastest time of any active athlete when she finished a close second behind Koch's world record three years earlier, the #3 runner in history at the time. Her 48.64 earlier in the week showed she hadn't lost a step. The Soviet's fourth runner had a bronze medal from the 1983 world championships. From the gun, hurdler Tatyana Ledovskaya looked to have a slight lead over former high school athlete Denean Howard. Just as she had done in the hurdles, Ledovskaya tied up a bit on the final straight, Howard put the USA in first at the handoff with a 49.8 out of starting bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandana Rao
Vandana Rao is a former Indian track and field athlete who represented India in 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olympics in 4 × 400 m women relay race. She is an Asian Games Gold medalist. She was awarded Arjuna award by government of India for her achievements. Career Vandana Rao has represented India in the following International athletic events. * 1982 Asian Games * 1984 Summer Olympics * 1985 Asian Track n Field * 1985 IAAF World Cup * 1986 Four Nations and ASIAN Games * 1987 Asian Track n Field and World Championship * 1988 Summer Olympics Awards * Karnataka State Rajyotsava Prashasti, Rajyotsva Award in 1984 * Arjuna Award in 1987 Personal life She is married to former Indian hockey player and head coach, Joaquim Carvalho (field hockey), Joaquim Carvalho. Referencessports references [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandana Pandurang Shanbagh
Vandana may refer to: * Vandana Gupte, Marathi actress * Vandana Jain, Indian ophthalmologist * Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Pandurang Shanbhag (born 19 September 1965) is a female Indian former track and field athlete who represented India at the 1988 Olympics in the 4 x 400 metres relay race. She is also a Kho-kho player. She won the silver medal in ... (born 1963), Indian athlete * Vandana Shiva (born 1952), Indian environmental activist * Vandana Singh, Indian science fiction writer * ''Vandana'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Erebidae * ''Vandana'' (film) {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles
The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 35 competitors, with five qualifying heats and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Wednesday September 28, 1988. In 1987, the former world record holder Sabine Busch of the GDR, improved her best to 53.24 seconds, before going on to win the World Championship title in Rome in 53.62 secs, with Debbie Flintoff-King of Australia second, GDR team-mate Cornelia Ullrich third, and Jamaica's Sandra Farmer fourth. Both Ullrich and Farmer, who was now competing for the USA as Sandra Farmer-Patrick, failed to make it to Seoul. Farmer-Patrick was disqualified in her semifinal at the US Olympic trials for a lane infringement, while Ullrich missed out on a spot on the GDR Olympic team to Ellen Fiedler and Susanne Losch. In Seoul, Fiedler set a new Olympic record in the heats, running 54.58 secs. Flintoff-King then further improved the Olympic record to 54.00 in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 Metres
Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitions based on human qualities of stamina, fitness, and skill ** College athletics, non-professional, collegiate- and university-level competitive physical sports and games Teams * Oakland Athletics, an American professional baseball team * Philadelphia Athletics (1860–76), an American professional baseball team * Philadelphia Athletics (American Association), an American professional baseball team, 1882–1890 * Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91), an American baseball team * Philadelphia Athletics (NFL), a professional American football team, 1902–1903 Other uses * Athletics (band), an American post-rock band See also * Athlete (other) * Athletic (other) Athletic may refer to: * An athlete, a sportsperson * Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiny Kurisingal Abraham
Shiny may refer to gloss (optics), the ability of a surface to reflect light in a specular way. Film and television * "Shiny", an episode of the TV series '' The Pinky and Perky Show'' * Shiny, a character in the TV series '' Dinosaur Train'' * Shiny, a character in the film '' Saving Santa'' Music * ''Shiny'', a 1999 album by Kari Wuhrer * ''Shiny'', a 2005 album by The Bang * "Shiny", a song on the 2001 EP '' 5 Songs'' by the Decemberists * "Shiny" a song from the 2016 Disney film '' Moana'' People * Shiny Abraham (born 1965), an Indian athlete * Shiny Dixit (born 1991), an Indian television actress * Shiny Doshi, an Indian television actress and model Other uses * Shiny Entertainment, a former American video game developer * Shiny (software), an R package for developing web applications See also * * Shiny Joe Ryan Joseph Michael "Shiny Joe" Ryan (born 23 August 1987) is an Australian psychedelic rock musician, singer and songwriter. He is the founding mainstay mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ... had an entry list of 48 competitors. The final was run on Monday September 26, 1988, in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic record was set during this competition. Final Semifinals Quarter-finals Qualifying heats See also * 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome) * 1990 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Split) * 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo) * 1992 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Barcelona) References External links *Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
