Rome Olympics would be remembered for two losses. While Indian Men’s Hockey team lost the Olympic final for the first time, Milka Singh brought India closes to a medal in Athletics. Unfortunately, despite World record performance, he missed Bronze in a photo-finish finishing the 400m race in 45.6.
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: Rome, Italy
Sports: 150 events in 17 sports
Participating Nations: 83
Athletes Participating: 5,338 (4,727 men, 611 women)
Indian Statistics
- India Ranking: No Medals
Flag Bearer: None
Indian Team: 45 (all men)
Sports-India: Athletics, Football, Hockey, Shooting, Weightlifting, Wrestling
2nd Olympics: Milkha Singh
Athletics:
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Milkha Singh: 4th in Men’s 400 metres
Raj Joshi Tilak Round 1 Men’s 100 metres
Ranjit Bhatia Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
Lal Chand 40th in Men’s Marathon
Jagmal Singh 45th in Men’s Marathon
Ranjit Bhatia 60th in Men’s Marathon
Jagmohan Singh Men’s Round 1 110 metres Hurdles
Zora Singh 20th in Men’s 20 kilometres Walk, 8th in Men’s 50 kilometres Walk
Ajit Singh Men’s 20 kilometres Walk, 15th Men’s 50 kilometres Walk
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Round 1 Men’s High Jump, Men’s Decathlon
B. V. Satyanarayan Round 1 Men’s Long Jump
Virsa Singh Round 1 Men’s Long Jump
Hockey: First and Only Silver for Men’s Team
Squad
- 4th: Leslie Claudius
3rd: Udham Singh
2nd: Shankar Laxman, Raghbir Singh Bhola
Others: Prithipal Singh, Jaman Lal Sharma, Charanjit Singh, Govind Sawant, Gindi Singh, V. J. Peter, Jaswant Singh, Joseph Anthony Antic, Mohinder Lal
Results
- Group A
Def Denmark (10-0)
Def Netherlands (4-1)
Def New Zealand (3-0)
Quarters: Def Australia 1-0
Semis: Def Great Britain 1-0
Final: Lost to Pakistan 0-1 (Goal Scorer: Ahmad Nasir)
Football: 16th (Last)
Squad
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3rd: Sheikh Abdul Latif
2nd: Peter Thangaraj, PK Banerjee, Tulasidas Balaram (19 year), Mariappa Kempaiah
Others: Bahadur Chettri Ram, Dharmalingam Kannan, Dhillon Singh Jarnail, Menon Chandrasekhar, Simon Sunder Raj, Subimal Goswami, Youssef Khan, Simon Sunder Raj
Results
- Group D
Lost to Hungary 1-2 (Balamaran scored)
Drew France 1-1 (PK Banerjee scored)
Lost to Peru 1-3 (Balamaran scored)
Shooting:
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Karni Singh Men’s Trap
Sen Keshav Men’s Trap
Weightlifting
Laxmi Kanta Das 12th Men’s Featherweight
Wrestling:
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Sunder Shiam 25th Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
Parkash Gian 15th Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
Udey Chand 15th Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
Madho Singh 7th Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle
Sajan Singh 7th Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle
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