Montreal Olympics saw India return without any medal as traditional medal game Hockey team failed to reach the podium for the first time since 1928 Olympics. First time after Berlin Olympics, Indian team had no wrestler in the contingent. Sri Ram Singh finishing 7th in Men’s 800 metres was an achievement though.
Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Olympic History
Indian Athletes in 2012 Olympics
Olympics Statistics
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Venue: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sports: 198 Events in 21 sports
Participating Nations: 92
Athletes Participating: 6,084 (4,824 men, 1,260 women)
Indian Statistics
- India Ranking: No Medals
Flag Bearer: None
Indian Team: 26 Athletes (No female)
Sports-India: Athletics, Boxing, Hockey, Shooting, Weightlifting
3rd: Ajitpal Singh (Hockey),Randhir Singh (Shooter)
2nd: Sri Ram Singh (Athletics Men’s 800 mt), Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy, Ashok Kumar, Harcharan Singh, Varinder Singh (Hockey), Anil Mondal (Weightlifting)
Athletics:
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Hari Chand: Round 1 Men’s 10,000 metres
Sri Ram Singh: 7th in Men’s 800 metres
Shivnath Singh: 11th in Men’s Marathon
T. C. Yohannan: Round 1 in Men’s Long Jump
Boxing:
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Sen Rai: Round 2 Men’s Featherweight
Chand Machiah: Round 1 Men’s Light-Welterweight
Hockey: 7th
Kiwis surprised all as they won the Gold medal leaving behind Asian, European and Australia. They defeated Pakistan in the final.
>Squad
- 3rd: Ajitpal Singh
2nd: Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy, Ashok Kumar, Harcharan Singh, Varinder Singh
Others: Syed Ali, Vasudevan Bhaskaran, Bir Bahadur Chettri, Ashok Diwan, Aslam Sher Khan, V. J. Phillips, Ajit Singh, Baldev Singh, Chand Singh, Mohinder Singh, Surjit Singh
Results
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Def Argentina 4-0
Lost to Netherlands 1-3
Lost to Australia 1-6
Def Canada 3-0
Def Malaysia 3-0
Replay Lost to Australia in penalty 5-4 (1-1)
5-8th: West Germany def Ind 3-2
7th: Def Malaysia 2-0
Shooting:
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Randhir Singh: Mixed Trap
Bhim Singh (66 year): Mixed Skeet
Sandhu Singh Gurbir: Mixed Skeet
Weightlifting
Anil Mondal: Men’s Flyweight
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