India in 1988 Summer Olympics
article written by krishna.
Seoul !988’s Olympic games are called the summer games as it started on September 17 and closing ceremony was organized on October 2. South Korea’s city Seoul was chosen against the Japanese city of Nagoya and with it South Korea became the second Asian country to host the event. 160 nations took part in the games as there were not much larger boycotts as compared to the previous two games. Only North Korea did not took part in the games as it was at war with the host country. Ethiopia and Nicaragua supported the North Korean government and did not took part in the games.
Hockey In 1988’s Summer Olympics, India’s performance was worst ever as compared to the previous games. Indians could not win any medal in the games. Even their performance in their national game hockey was not impressive one and they ended with the sixth place. In their first match they lost to the weak team of USSR. Drew with Germany and won the next two games against South Korea and Canada but were badly drubbed by Great Britain as they lost to them with the score of 0-3. They defeated Argentina in the next match but in their last they fought with the arch rival Pakistan and lost to them with the margin of one goal. Star studded Indian team could not live up to the reputation and dashed hops of millions of Indians.
Other Games It was the first time that Indians took part in the archery but could not make mark as none of the three players could move forward as they all could not perform well even in the preliminary round. A team of four Indian girls took part in the 4×400m Relay race but could not stand against the world competition and lost in the first round. Khazan Singh Tokas took part in the swimming event of men’s 200m Butterfly race and ended with the 28th position. India was represented in the game of tennis by Zeeshan Ali and Vijay Amritraj . Ali won his first match by defeating Victor Caballero of Paraguay but lost the second to Jakab Hlasek of Switzerland and his challenge ended with this defeat. The second Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj could not surpass the first hurdle and lost to France’s Henri Leconte.
India one again could not win even a single gold.
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