Bangkok Asian Games will be remembered for India’s first Gold medal and first win over Pakistan in Hockey at Asian Games. Overall with first medal in Tennis and winning medals in 5 Sports, Indians finished 5th with 7 Gold, 3 Silver and 11 Bronze medals at 1966 Asian Games.
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Asian Games 2018: Indian Contingent and Schedule
Asian Games 1966 Statistics
- Nations: 18
Sports: 14 (Women’s Volleyball made debut)
Events: 142
Competitors: 1945
Winner: Japan
India: 5th
Indian Contingent:
Medals: 460 medals (140 gold, 140 silver and 170 bronze)
Countries Winning Medals: 10
Athletics
Indians won 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze to finish thrird.
Boxing
Indians finished third with a Gold and Silver.
Hockey
Indians won Gold medal.
In Group B, they won all three defeating Malaysia (1-0), Ceylon (3-0) and South Korea (1-0). In semifinals, they defeated Japan (3-0) and finals defeated Pakistan (1-0) to win Gold. Indians did not conceded a goal and won all 5 matches.
Squad: A. L. Frank, Haripal Kaushik, Balbir Singh Kular, Balbir Singh Kullar, Mohinder Lal, Shankar Lakshman, John Peter, Balbir Singh, Dharam Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Inder Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Jagjit Singh, Prithipal Singh, Tarsem Singh, Noel Toppo
Football
Indians finished third at Group B, winning one against Malaysia (2-1) and losing against Japan (1-2) and Iran (1-4). Overall, they finished 8th.
Tennis
Indians won a Bronze in Men’s Doubles.
Volleyball
Indians topped the Group A winning all three matches, defeating Philippines (3-1), Malaysia (3-0) and Thailand (3-0). But, in the championship group round they won only two and lost three to finish 4th. They won agianst Indonesia (3-2) and Thailand (3-0), but lost to Bronze winner Iran (1-3), Gold winner Japan (0-3) and Silver winner South Korea (0-3).
Wrestling
With 1 Silver and 5 Bronze, Indians finished 4th.
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