India Men’s Hockey Team although not that impressive, still managed to get back the glory of being on top. They avenged 1960s loss to Pakistan in the final. After this 7th Gold medal, Indian struggle started in Hockey.
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: Tokyo, Japan
Sports: 163 events in 19 sports
Participating Nations: 93
Athletes Participating: 5,151 (4,473 men, 678 women)
Indian Statistics
- India Ranking: No Medals
Flag Bearer: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (Hockey)
Indian Team: 53 (52 men, 1 woman)
Sports-India: Athletics, Cycling, Diving, Gymnastics, Hockey, Shooting, Weightlifting, Wrestling
3rd: Milkha Singh, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (Men’s 110 metres Hurdles)
Female: Stephie D’Souza in Athletics
Athletics:
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Ken Powell Round 1 Men’s 100 metres, 200 metres
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 5th Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
Balkrishan Akotkar 33rd Men’s Marathon
Harbans Lal 43rd Men’s Marathon
Amrit Pal Round 1 Men’s 400 metres Hurdles
Anthony Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Ken Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya: Men’s 4 × 100 metres Relay
Makhan Singh, Amrit Pal, Ajmer Singh, Milkha Singh Men’s 4 × 400 metres Relay
B. V. Satyanarayan Men’s Long Jump
Labh Singh Men’s Triple Jump
Stephie D’Souza Women’s 400 metres
Cycling:
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Amar Singh Billing: Men’s Sprint, Men’s 100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Dalbir Singh Gill: Men’s 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men’s 100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Chetan Singh Hari: Men’s 100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Amar Singh Sokhi: Men’s Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men’s 100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Suchha Singh: Men’s Sprint
Diving: 2 Men for 2 events
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Ansuya Prasad: 25th in Men’s Springboard
Sohan Singh: 30th in Men’s Platform
Gymnastics: 6 Men for 8 events
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Team participated in all events: Bandu Bhosle, Vithal Karande, Trilok Singh, Jagmal More, Anant Ram, Darshan Mondal
Men’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Team All-Around (18th), Men’s Floor Exercise, Men’s Horse Vault, Men’s Parallel Bars, Men’s Horizontal Bar, Men’s Rings, Men’s Pommelled Horse
Hockey:
Squad
- 4th: Udham Singh
3rd: Shankar Laxman,
2nd: Hari Pal Kaushik, Prithipal Singh, Charanjit Singh, Gindi Singh, V. J. Peter, Mohinder Lal
Others: Syed Mushtaq Ali, Bandu Patil, Darshan Singh, Dharam Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Jagjit Singh Kular
Results
- Group B
Drew Spain 1-1
Drew Germany 1-1
def. Netherlands 2-1
def. Malaysia 3-1
def. Belgium 2-0
def. Canada 3-0
def. Hong Kong 6-0
Semis: Def Australia 3-1
Final: Def Pak 1-0
Shooting: 2 Men in 1 event
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Karni Singh: 26th in Men’s Trap
Devi Singh: 49th in Men’s Trap
Weightlifting: 2 Men in 2 events
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Laxmi Kanta Das: 13th in Men’s Featherweight
Mohon Lal Ghosh: 14th in Men’s Bantamweight
Wrestling:
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Malwa Singh (18 year): Men’s Flyweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
Bishambar Singh: Men’s Bantamweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
Maruti Mane: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle
Bandu Patil: Men’s Featherweight, Greco-Roman and Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
Ganpat Andhalkar: Men’s Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men’s Heavyweight, Freestyle
Udey Chand: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
Madho Singh: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
Jit Singh: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle
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