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competed at the

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from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, having not competed at the

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in Tokyo and the

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in Moscow because of the United States boycott. The

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( id, Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, ''KONI'') sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since

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. A total of 22 athletes, 13 men and 9 women, competed in 8 sports. Three athletes received their spots in athletics and swimming by wild card entries. Other Indonesian athletes won their spots by participating in various qualifying matches around the world. Badminton player and former Olympic gold medalist

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, who competed at his fourth Olympic games, was the oldest and most experienced athlete of the team. Backstroke swimmer

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, the youngest male athlete of the team, was Indonesia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Indonesia, however, failed to win an Olympic gold medal for the first time since

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, leaving London with only a silver and a bronze medal. Weightlifters

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and

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and

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were among the eight athletes who disqualified from the tournament, after being found guilty of "not using best efforts" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" by playing to lose matches in order to manipulate the draw for the knockout stage. Originally, Indonesia won two medals: one silver and one bronze in weightlifting. 53 kg-weightlifter

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originally finished fourth, but was promoted to second after gold medallist Zulfiya Chinshanlo and bronze medallist

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were both disqualified., gaining herself a silver medal.

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Archery

Athletics

;Men ;Women

Badminton

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Fencing

Indonesia has qualified 1 fencer. ;Women

Judo

Indonesia has qualified 1 judoka

Shooting

Indonesia have qualified the following shooters. ;Women

Swimming

Indonesian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Men

Weightlifting

Indonesia has qualified 5 men and 1 woman. ;Men ;Women

References

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