Indian Men’s Hockey won 6th consecutive Gold medal, defeating Pakistan in the finals. Football team showed the promise as Neville’s hattrick got them to 4th place.
Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Olympics Statistics
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Venue: Melbourne, Australia
Sports: 151 Events in 17 sports
Participating Nations: 72
Athletes Participating: 3,314 (2,938 men, 376 women)
Indian Statistics
- India Ranking: 24
Flag Bearer: Balbir Singh, Sr. (Hockey)
Indian Team: 59 (58 men, 1 woman)
Sports-India: Athletics, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Shooting, Swimming, Weightlifting, Wrestling
One Female: Mary Rao in Athletics 100 mt
Athletics: 8 for 9 events
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Mary Rao: Last in Women’s 100 metres
Milkha Singh (21 years): 4th in Round 1 of Men’s 200 metres, 4th in Round 1 of 400 mt
Sohan Singh: Round 1 of Men’s 800 metres
Sri Chand Ram: Round 1 of Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
Jagdev Singh: Round 1 of Men’s 400 metres Hurdles
Ajit Singh: 14th in Men’s High Jump
Ram Mehar: 22nd in Qualifying round of Men’s Long Jump
Mohinder Singh: 15th in Men’s Triple Jump
Football: 4th
Neville D’Souza scored a hattrick against Australia in QF.
Squad:
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2nd: Sheikh Abdul Latif, Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
Others: Hussain Ahmed, Krishna Kittu, Krishna Pal, Muhammad Kannayan, Muhammad Salaam, Muhammad Noor, Neville D’Souza, Nikhil Nandy, Peter Thangaraj, PK Banerjee (20 year old), Samar Banerjee, Subramaniam Narayan, Abdul Rehman, Tulasidas Balaram (19 year), Mariappa Kempaiah
Results
- 1st Round: Walkover by Hungary
Quarterfinals: Def Australia 4-2 (Neville D’Souza 3, Kittu 1)
Semis: Lost to Yugoslavia 1-4 (Neville D’Souza 1)
Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Bulgaria 0-3
Gymnastics: 3 Men
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Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, Anant Ram (Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal BarMen’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Hors
Hockey: India won 6th Consecutive Gold Medal
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3rd: Leslie Claudius, Ranganathan Francis, Balbir Singh, Sr, Randhir Singh Gentle
2nd: Raghbir Lal, Govind Perumal, Udham Singh, Amir Kumar (1948)
Others: Shankar Laxman, Bakshish Singh, Charles Stephen, Gurdev Singh, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Amit Singh Bakshi, Hari Pal Kaushik, Hardyal Singh, Balkrishan Singh
Results
- Group: Def Singalore 6-0
Def Afghanistan 14-0
Def United States 16-0
Semi: Def Germany 1-0
Final: Def Pakistan 1-0
Shooting: 2 for 1 event
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Harihar Banerjee (38 years): 35th in Men’s Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres
Haricharan Shaw: 38th in Men’s Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres
Swimming:
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Sri Chand Bajaj Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Freestyle
Shamsher Khan Round 1 in Men’s 200 metres Breaststroke, Men’s 200 metres Butterfly
Weightlifting
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Valli Asari Mookan 12th in Men’s Bantamweight
Kamineni Eswara Rao 11th in Men’s Middle-Heavyweight
Dandamudi Rajagopal 9th in Men’s Heavyweight
Wrestling: 7 Men in 7 events
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Baban Daware Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
Tarashkeswar Pandey Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
Ram Sarup Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
Lakhshmi Kant Pandey Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
Devi Singh Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
Bakshish Singh Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle
Lila Ram Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle
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