Indian players are also in action on August 3, the eighth day of Paris Olympics 2024. On the eighth day, the eyes of Indian fans were on star shooter Manu Bhakar, who was participating in the final of Women’s 25 Meter Pistol. Manu was expected to win a medal in this final, but she remained in fourth position. With this, Manu Bhaker missed out on a grand hat-trick of medals in this Olympics.
This is how the Hungarian shooter won the shootoff
If seen, Manu Bhaker was in a position to win a medal at one point in the final match. After the end of seven series, Manu Bhaker remained at second position. At that time only four shooters were left in the race. After this, the eighth series took place, after the end of which one shooter had to be eliminated. In the eighth series, only 2 out of five shots of Manu were on target. In such a situation, Manu and Hungary’s Veronica Major had equal 28-28 points.
25 M Women’s Pistol Final👇🏻@realmanubhaker finishes her #Paris2024Olympics campaign, ends in 4th position with a total score of 28. She bows out in a shoot-off against Hungarian shooter Veronika Major.
Yesterday, she had become the first shooter from India to qualify for 3… pic.twitter.com/NVXWdSJTSN
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 3, 2024
In the final of any Olympic shooting event, if two shooters have equal points in the elimination stage, then a shootoff is resorted to. In such a situation, one shooter among Manu and Veronica had to finish fourth, for which a shootoff was resorted to. In the shootoff, the Hungarian shooter made 3 out of 5 shots correctly. Whereas Manu Bhaker could hit two out of five shots on target.
Manu Bhaker’s performance in the final
Series 1- 2/5 shots
Series 2- 4/5
Series 3- 4/5
Series 4- 3/5
Series 5- 5/5
Series 6- 4/5
Series 7- 4/5
Series 8- 2/5
Shootoff- 2/5
Jin Yang of South Korea won the gold medal of this event. Whereas France’s Camille Jedrzejewski won silver. Jin and Camille had 37-37 points, so a shootoff was resorted to. Hungary’s Veronika Major won the bronze medal. A total of 8 shooters participated in the final match of Women’s 25 meter pistol.
If Manu Bhaker had won a medal in this event, she would have become India’s greatest athlete, because no Indian player has ever won 3 medals individually. After winning the bronze medal in the individual 10 meter air pistol, Manu Bhakar along with Sarabjot Singh also won the bronze medal in the mixed team category. She became the first Indian to win two medals in the same Olympics. The special thing is that in this Olympics, all three medals of India have come in shooting only.
Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when.
| athlete/sports | medal | event | olympic season |
| Norman Pritchard* | silver | men’s 200 meter race | paris 1900 |
| Norman Pritchard** | silver | Men’s 200m Hurdle Race | paris 1900 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | amsterdam 1928 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | los angeles 1932 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | berlin 1936 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | London 1948 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Helsinki 1952 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | melbourne 1956 |
| KD Jadhav | bronze | men’s bantamweight wrestling | Helsinki 1952 |
| Indian hockey team | silver | men’s hockey | rome 1960 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Tokyo 1964 |
| Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | Mexico City 1968 |
| Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | munich 1972 |
| Indian hockey team | Gold | men’s hockey | Moscow 1980 |
| leander paes | bronze | Men’s Singles Tennis | atlanta 1996 |
| Karnam Malleswari | bronze | Weightlifting (Women’s 54 kg) | sydney 2000 |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | silver | men’s double trap shooting | Athens 2004 |
| Abhinav Bindra | Gold | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting | beijing 2008 |
| Vijender Singh | bronze | Men’s middleweight boxing | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | bronze | men’s 66 kg wrestling | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | silver | men’s 66 kg wrestling | london 2012 |
| Vijay Kumar | silver | Men’s 25m Rapid Pistol Shooting | london 2012 |
| Saina Nehwal | bronze | women’s singles badminton | london 2012 |
| Mary Kom | bronze | women’s flyweight boxing | london 2012 |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | bronze | Men’s 60kg Wrestling | london 2012 |
| Gagan Narang | bronze | 10 meter air rifle shooting | london 2012 |
| PV Sindhu | silver | women’s singles badminton | rio 2016 |
| Sakshi Malik | bronze | Women’s 58kg Wrestling | rio 2016 |
| Mirabai Chanu | silver | Women’s 49kg Weightlifting | tokyo 2020 |
| Lovlina Borgohain | bronze | Women’s Welterweight Boxing (64-69 kg) | tokyo 2020 |
| PV Sindhu | bronze | women’s singles badminton | tokyo 2020 |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | silver | Men’s Freestyle 57kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| Indian hockey team | bronze | men’s hockey | tokyo 2020 |
| Bajrang Punia | bronze | Men’s 65kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Gold | Men’s Javelin Throw | tokyo 2020 |
| Manu Bhakar | bronze | Women’s 10m Air Pistol | paris 2024 |
| Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh | bronze | 10 meter air pistol mixed team | paris 2024 |
| Swapnil Kusale | bronze | 50 meter rifle three position | paris 2024 |
*** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.
India’s medalist in shooting (Olympics)
1. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Silver Medal: Athens (2004)
2. Abhinav Bindra, Gold Medal, Beijing Olympics (2008)
3. Gagan Narang, Bronze Medal: London Olympics (2012)
4. Vijay Kumar, Silver Medal: London Olympics (2012)
5. Manu Bhaker, Bronze Medal: Paris Olympics (2024)
6.Manu Bhakar- Sarabjot Singh, Bronze Medal: Paris Olympics (2024)
7.Swapnil Kusale, Bronze Medal: Paris Olympics (2024)