Sakshi Malik has opened India's account by winning bronze in freestyle wrestling, while P.V. Sindhu is assured of a medal.
Besides them, rhere are still 19 Indians who are looking to make a mark at the Rio Games. India’s campaign now has been reduced to four disciplines — track and field, badminton, women’s golf and wrestling — after the flop show put up by the contingent in other sports. Here's a look at the Indian contingent and status of their progress at the games:
| ARCHERY (WOMEN) | EVENT | Date of Event | IST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepika Kumari | Women's Recurve Team | Aug-07 | 17:55 |
| 2 | Laxmi Rani Majhi | Q-Final | 22:30 | |
| 3 | Bombayla Devi | Semi-final | 0:15 | |
| Final | 1:00 | |||
| ARCHERY (MEN) | ||||
| 4 | Atanu Das | Ind Recurve | Aug 8 - Elims | 17:30 |
| 23:30 | ||||
| Aug -9 Elims | 17:30 | |||
| 23:30 | ||||
| Aug 10 - Elims | 17:30 | |||
| 23:30 | ||||
| Aug-12 | ||||
| Q-Final | 23:30 | |||
| Semi-final | 0:30 | |||
| Final | 1:00 | |||
| ATHLETICS - MEN | ||||
| 5 | Dharambir | 200m | 16th Aug Heats | 4:50 |
| 17th Aug Semis | 6:30 | |||
| 18th Aug Finals | 7:00 | |||
| 6 | Anas Muhammad | 400m | 12th Aug Heats | 5:35 |
| 13th Aug Semis | 5:00 | |||
| 14th Aug Finals | 6:30 | |||
| 7 | Jinson Johson | 800m | 12th Aug Heats | 18:40 |
| 13th Aug Semis | 6:35 | |||
| 15th Aug Finals | 6:55 | |||
| 8 | Arokia Rajiv | 4x400m R | 19th Aug Rd 1 | 6:10 |
| 9 | Kunhu Muhammaed P | 4x400m R | ||
| 10 | Dharun Ayyasamy | 4x400m R | ||
| 11 | Mohankumar Raja | 4x400m R | ||
| 12 | Lalith Mathur | 4x400m R | ||
| 4x400m F | 20th Aug Final | 7:05 | ||
| 13 | Ankit Sharma | Long Jump | 12th Aug Quals | 5:50 |
| 17th Aug Finals | 6:20 | |||
| 14 | Renjinth Maheswary | Triple Jump | 15th Aug Quals | 18:00 |
| 16th Aug Finals | 18:20 | |||
| 15 | Inderjeet Singh | Shot put | 18th Aug Quals | 18:25 |
| Finals | 5:00 | |||
| 16 | Vikas Gowda | Discus | 12th Aug Quals | 18:00 |
| 13th Aug Finals | 19:20 | |||
| 17 | Nitendra S Rawat | Marathon | 21st Aug | 18:00 |
| 18 | Gopi Thonakal | Marathon | 21st Aug | 18:00 |
| 19 | Kheta Ram | Marathon | 21st Aug | 18:00 |
| 20 | Manish Singh Rawat | 20 km walk | 12th Aug | 23:00 |
| 21 | Gurmeet Singh | 20 km walk | 12th Aug | 23:00 |
| 22 | Ganapati Krishnan | 20 km walk | 12th Aug | 23;00 |
| 23 | Sandeep Kumar | 50 km walk | 19th Aug | 16:30 |
| ATHLETICS -WOMEN | ||||
| 24 | Duttee Chand | 100m | 12th Aug Pr. | 20:25 |
| 13th Semi Final | 5:30 | |||
| 13th Aug Final | 7:05 | |||
| 25 | Srbani Nanda | 200m | 12th Aug Pr. | 6:35 |
| 15th Aug Pr | 18:05 | |||
| 16th Aug Semis | 6:30 | |||
| 17th Aug Finals | 7:00 | |||
| 26 | Nirmala | 400m | 13th Aug Heats | 19:30 |
| 14th Aug Semis | 5:25 | |||
| 15th Aug Final | 7:15 | |||
| 27 | Tintu Luka | 800 m | 17th Aug | 19:25 |
| 18th Aug Semis | 6:15 | |||
| 20th Aug Finals | 5:45 | |||
| 28 | Lalita Babar | 3000 m St | 15th Aug | 19:45 |
| 29 | Sudha Singh | 3000 m St | 15th Aug | 19:45 |
| 30 | OP Jaisha | Marathon | 14th Aug | 18:00 |
| 31 | Kavita Raut | Marathon | 14th Aug | 18:00 |
| 32 | Khushbir Kaur | 20 km walk | 19th Aug | 23:00 |
| 33 | Sapana | 20 km walk | 19th Aug | 23:00 |
| 34 | Manpreet Kaur | Shot put | 12th Aug Quali | 18:30 |
| Finals | 6:30 | |||
| 35 | Seema Punia | Discus | 15th Aug Quali. | 5:00 |
| 16th Aug Finals. | 19:50 | |||
| 36 | Poovamma Raju M | 4x400m R | 19th Aug Rd 1 | 5:15 |
| 37 | Anilda Thomas | 4x400m R | ||
| 38 | Jisna Mathew | 4x400m R | ||
| 39 | Aswani Akkunji | 4x400m R | ||
| 40 | Debashree Mazumdar | 4x400m R | ||
| 4x400m F | 20th Aug Final | 6:30 | ||
| BADMINTON (Men) | ||||
| 41 | Kidambi Srikanth | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| 42 | Manu Attri | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| 43 | Sumeeth Reddy | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| BADMINTON (Women) | ||||
| 44 | Saina Nehwal | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| 45 | PV Sindhu | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| 46 | Jwala Gutta | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| 47 | Ashwini Ponappa | 11th to 16th Aug | 16:30 | |
| BOXING (Men) | ||||
| 48 | Shiv Thapa | 56 KG | 10th Aug Bout 1,2,3 | 20:00 |
| Bout 4,5, 6 | 2:00 | |||
| 11th Aug Bout 7,8,9 | 19:30 | |||
| Bout 10,11,12 | 1:30 | |||
| 14th Aug Bout 14- 16 | 20:00 | |||
| Bout 17,18,19,20 | 2:00 | |||
| 16th Aug Quart | 20:00 | |||
| Bout Quart. | 2:00 | |||
| 18th Aug Semi final | 23:00 | |||
| 20th Aug Finals | 22:45 | |||
| 49 | Manoj Kumar | 64 kg | 10th Aug Bout 1,2,3 | 20:45 |
| Bout 4,5, 6 | 2:45 | |||
| 11th Aug Bout 7,8,9 | 20:15 | |||
| Bout 10,11,12 | 2:15 | |||
| 14th Aug Bout 13- 16 | 21:15 | |||
| Bout 17,18,19,20 | 3:15 | |||
| 16th Aug Quart | 20:30 | |||
| Bout 23, 24Quart. | 2:00 | |||
| 18th Aug Semi final | 23:00 | |||
| 21st Aug Finals | 23:30 | |||
| 50 | Vikas Krishan | 75 kg | 8th Aug Bout 1,2 | 21:00 |
| Bout 3,4 | 3:00 | |||
| 9th Aug Bout 5,67,8 | 20:30 | |||
| Bout 9,10,11,12 | 2:30 | |||
| 12th Aug Bout 13- 15 | 21:30 | |||
| Bout 16,17,18,19,20 | 3:00 | |||
| 15th Aug Bout 21,22 | 20:30 | |||
| Bout 23, 24 | 3:15 | |||
| 18th Aug Semi final | 23:30 | |||
| 20th Aug Finals | 23:30 | |||
| GOLF (MEN) | ||||
| 51 | Anirban Lahiri | 11th - 14th Aug | 16:00 | |
| 52 | SSP Chawrasia | 16:00 | ||
| GOLF (WOMEN) | ||||
| 53 | Aditi Ashok | 17th-20th Aug | 16:00 | |
| GYMNASTICS (Wom) | ||||
| 54 | Dipa Karmakar | Art. | 7th Aug | 19:45 |
| rounds | 0:30 | |||
| HOCKEY MEN | ||||
| 55-70 | Men's Team | vs Ire | 6th Aug | 19:30 |
| v Ger | 8th Aug | 19:30 | ||
| v Arg | 9th Aug | 19:30 | ||
| v Neth | 11th Aug | 18:30 | ||
| v Can | 12th Aug | 21:00 | ||
| Quarters | 14th Aug | 18:30 | ||
| Semis | 16th Aug | 20:30 | ||
| Finals | 18th Aug | 20:30 | ||
| 71-86 | Women's Team | v Japan | 7th Aug | 19:30 |
| v GBR | 8th Aug | 1:30 | ||
| v Aust | 10th Aug | 19:30 | ||
| v USA | 11th Aug | 4:00 | ||
| v Arg | 13th Aug | 18:30 | ||
| Quarters | 15th Aug | 18:30 | ||
| Semis | 17th Aug | 20:30 | ||
| Finals | 19th Aug | 20:30 | ||
| JUDO (Men) | ||||
| 87 | Avtar Singh | 90 kg | 10th Aug Elim/Q | 18:30 |
| Semis | 0:00 | |||
| Finals | 1:50 | |||
| ROWING (Men) | ||||
| 88 | Baban | Singles | 6th Aug | 18:00 |
| E/F | 17:00 | |||
| 9th Aug Quarters | 17:00 | |||
| 11th Aug Semis | 17:30 | |||
| 12th Aug Final /F | 17:00 | |||
| 13th Aug Final D | 17:20 | |||
| SHOOTING (MEN) | ||||
| 89 | Abhinav Bindra | 10 m air rifle | 8th Aug | 20:30 |
| 90 | Kynan Chenai | Skeet | 8th Aug | 23:30 |
| 91 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Skeet | 13th Aug | 23:30 |
| 92 | Prakash Nanjappa | 50 m pistol | 10th Aug | 20:30 |
| 93 | Gagan Narang | 10 m air rifle | 8th Aug | 20:30 |
| 50 m rifle pr | 12th Aug | 19:30 | ||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 14th Aug | 21:30 | ||
| 94 | Jitu Rai | 10 m air pist | 6th Aug | 0:00 |
| 50 m pistol | 10th Aug | 20:30 | ||
| 95 | Chain Singh | 50 m rifle pr | 12th Aug | 19:30 |
| 50 m rifle 3 | p14th Aug | 21:30 | ||
| 96 | Gurpreet Singh | 10 m air pist | 6th Aug | 0:00 |
| 25 m rapid f | 13th Aug | 21:00 | ||
| 97 | Manavjit S Sandhu | Trap | 8th Aug | 23:30 |
| SHOOTING (WOMEN) | ||||
| 98 | Apurvi Chandela | 10 m air rifle | 6th Aug | 19:00 |
| 99 | Ayonika Paul | |||
| 100 | Heena Sidhu | 10 m air pist | 7th Aug | 19:30 |
| 25 m pistol | 9th Aug | 0:00 | ||
| SWIMMING | ||||
| 101 | Sajan Prakash | 200m B'Fly | 8th Aug Prel | 21:30 |
| 102 | Shivani | 200m Free | 8th Aug Prel | 21:30 |
| TABLE TENNIS (MEN) | ||||
| 103 | A Sharath Kamal | Singles | 6th Aug onwards | 17:30 |
| 104 | Soumyajit Ghosh | Singles | 6th Aug onwards | 17:30 |
| TABLE TENNIS (Women) | ||||
| 105 | Mouma Das | Singles | 6th Aug onwards | 17:30 |
| 106 | Manik Batra | Singles | 6th Aug onwards | 17:30 |
| TENNIS | ||||
| 107 | Rohan Bopanna | MD | 6th Aug onwards | 19:15 |
| MXD | 10th Aug onwards | 19:30 | ||
| 108 | Leander Paes | MD | 6th Aug onwards | 19:15 |
| (WOMEN) | ||||
| 109 | Sania Mirza | WD | 6th Aug onwards | 19:15 |
| MXD | 10th Aug onwards | 19:30 | ||
| 110 | Prarthana Thombare | WD | 6th Aug onwards | 19:15 |
| WRESTLING | ||||
| 111 | Yogeshwar Dutt (FR) | 65 kg | 21st Aug | 18:00 |
| 112 | Narsingh P Yadav (FR) | 74 kg | 19th Aug | 18:00 |
| 113 | Sandeep Tomar (FR) | 57 kg | 19th Aug | 18:00 |
| 114 | Hardeep - GR | 98 kg | 16th Aug | 19:00 |
| 115 | Ravinder Khatri (GR) | 85 kg | 15th Aug | 19:00 |
| 116 | Sakshi Malik (FR) | 58 kg | 17th Aug | 18:00 |
| 117 | Vinesh (FR) | 48 Kg | 17th Aug | 19:00 |
| 118 | Babita Kumari (FR) | 53 kg | 18th Aug | 19:00 |
| WEIGHTLIFTING | ||||
| 119 | Sathish K Sivalingam | Men 77kg | 10th Aug Prel | 16:30 |
| 120 | Mirabhai C Saikhom | Wom 48kg | 6th Aug | 4:30 |
