Question

In which Summer Olympic Games did PT Usha miss the bronze medal by 0.01 second in the Women’s 400 m Hurdles race ? 
1. 1988
2. 1984
3. 1992
4. 1980

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1984

The correct answer is 1984.

• 1984 Summer Olympic Games did PT Usha miss the bronze medal by 0.01 second in the Women’s 400-meter Hurdles race.
• PT Usha's international debut in the 1980 Moscow Olympics proved lackluster.
• In the 1982 New Delhi Asiad, Usha bagged a silver medal in the 100m and the 200m, 
• At the Asian Track and Field Championship in Kuwait a year later, Usha bagged the gold in the 400m with a new Asian record.
• The Los Angeles Games were the 20th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games.
• The Olympic Games Tokyo will be celebrated from 23 July 2021 until 8 August 2021.

 

• Bindra captures India's first individual gold medal in Shooting 10m Air Rifle Final Men Beijing.
• At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, weightlifter Karnam Malleswari marked her place in Olympic and Indian sports history. She took the bronze medal and became India’s first woman to win an Olympic medal.
• In 1996 when he took the men’s singles tennis bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games, he became the first Indian athlete since 1952 to win an individual Olympic medal.
• PV Sindhu from Hyderabad became a national hero when she won India's first silver medal at the Rio Olympics 2016 in women's singles.