| Indian archers drew a blank at the Olympic Games on Friday. Atanu Das let slip crucial chances in his men's individual recurve pre-quarterfinal to bow out of contention and draw curtains on the country's campaign in the sport. Both Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi had bowed out on Day 6, at the pre-quarterfinal stage of the eliminations
| Rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Chain Singh got eliminated in the 50m prone event. While Narang, who won the London Games bronze in 10m Air Rifle, signed off 13th with a total score of 623.1, Singh was way down at 36th with a score of 619.6 in the qualification round
| Discus thrower Vikas Gowda buckled under pressure to finish a distant 28th with a poor best throw of 58.99 metres and was eliminated. A similar story was repeated by shot-putter Manpreet Kaur ended up 23rd