London Olympics 2012 Results

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Re: London Olympics 2012 Results

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10th August 2012

Wrestling

Men's 55kg Freestyle
[R2] Amit Kumar (IND) bt Hassan Sabzali Rahimi (IRI) 3-1 (2-2 points) (huge upset win over Iranian wrestler Rahimi, who was current Asian champion, bronze medalist at World Championships and former World junior champion)

[QF] Amit Kumar (IND) l Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) 1-3 (1-7 points)

Repechage Round
[R2] Amit Kumar (IND) l Radoslav Marinov Velikov (BUL) 0-3 (0-2 points)

Men's 74kg Freestyle
[R2] Narsingh Pancham Yadav (IND) l Matthew Judah Gentry (CAN) 1-3 CP (1-4 points)
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Re: London Olympics 2012 Results

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11th August 2012

Athletics

Men's 50km Race Walk
36 Basanta Bahadur Rana (IND) 3:56:48 (NR) (He became the first Indian to complete race inside 4 hrs)


Wrestling

Men's 55kg Freestyle
[R1] Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) bt Anatolie Ilarionovitch Guidea (BUL) 3-1 (7-3 points)

[R2] Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) l Besik Kudukhov (RUS) 0-3 (0-3 points) (In this bout Yogeshwar injured his eye)

Repechage Round
[R1] Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) bt Franklin Gomez Matos (PUR) 3-0 (2-0 points)

[R2] Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) bt Masoud Esmaeil Poorjouybari (IRI) 3-1 (7-5 points)

Bronze medal match
Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) bt Jong Myong Ri (PRK) 3-1 (7-1 points)

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Final Standing
Gold - Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
Silver - Besik Kudukhov (RUS)
Bronze - Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) and Coleman Scott (USA)

Men's Hockey

Classification 11-12
India l South Africa 2-3
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 14' PC, Dharamvir Singh (IND) 67' and Andrew Cronje (RSA) 8', Timothy Drummond (RSA) 34', Lloyd Norris-Jones (RSA) 65'
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Re: London Olympics 2012 Results

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12th August 2012

Athletics

Men's Marathon
78. Ram Singh Yadav (IND), 2:30.06 (78th out of 105 participants)


Wrestling

Men's 55kg Freestyle
[R2] Sushil Kumar (IND) bt Ramazan Sahin (TUR) 3-1 (2-2 points) (good win against Beijing Olympics Gold medalist)

[QF] Sushil Kumar (IND) bt Ikhtiyor Navruzov (UZB) 3-1 (6-3 points

[SF] Sushil Kumar (IND) bt Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ) 3-1 (9-6 points)

Gold Medal match
Sushil Kumar (IND) l Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN) 1-3 (1-4 points)

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Final Standing
Gold - Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)
Silver - Sushil Kumar (IND)
Bronze - Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ) and Livan Lopez Azcuy (CUB)

With this we completed our best medal haul in the Olympics ... Before this our 3 medal haul at Beijing Olympics was the best but we bettered that in London Olympics ... We finished with 6 medals, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals.
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Re: London Olympics 2012 Results

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Here is the final tally of our top performances at this Olympics:

We had 16 top-8 performances. 7 top-4 performances. 6 medals.

Sushil Kumar, Wrestling Men's Freestyle (66kg) -- Silver
Vijay Kumar, Shooting Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol -- Silver
Gagan Narang, Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle, shooting -- Bronze
Saina Nehwal, Badminton women's singles -- Bronze
Mery Kom Hmangte -- Boxing Women's Flyweight (51kg) -- Bronze
Yogeshwar Dutt, Wrestling Men's Freestyle (60kg) -- Bronze
Joydeep Karmarker, Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone -- Finished 4th
Amit Kumar, Wrestling Men's Freestyle (55kg) -- Lost in QF
Devendro Singh Laishram -- Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (49kg) -- Lost in QF
Kashyap Parupalli, Badminton men's singles -- Lost in QF
Leander Paes - Sania Mirza -- Tennis Mixed Doubles -- Lost in QF.
Vijender, Boxing Men's Middleweight (75kg) -- Lost in QF
Krishna Poonia, Women's Discuss Throw -- 7th
Soniya Chanu, Womens weightlifting (48 kg) -- 7th
Vikas Gowda -- Men's discuss throw -- 8th
* Irfan Kolathumthodi, Men's 20km Racewalking -- 10th

* (courtesy listing - for being very close to a top-8 timing, and doing an NR at age 22)

For a comparison, India had 10 such performances in 2008, with three top-4 finishes.
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Re: London Olympics 2012 Results

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At Paralympic London Games 2012, Great Britain

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Men's High Jump - F42
Gold - Iliesa Delana (FIJ) 1.74m (NR)
Silver - Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda 1.74m (PB)
Bronze - Lukasz Mamczarz (POL) 1.74m

Delana finished with the same height, 1.74m, as Girisha and Mamczarz, he won gold on the basis of taking lesser jumps.
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