1972 Olympics: Indian Hockey Team Again Settles for Bronze

Indian Hockey team had to settle again for a Bronze, their 10th consecutive Olympic medal. Three Wrestlers came close to emulate Bronze of Wrestler Khashaba Jhadav.

Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Olympic History
Indian Athletes in 2012 Olympics

Olympics Statistics

Venue: Munich, West Germany
Sports: 195 events in 21 sports
Participating Nations: 121
Athletes Participating: 7,134 (6,075 men, 1,059 women)

Indian Statistics

India Ranking: 43
Flag Bearer: D.N. Devine Jones
Indian Team: 41 Athletes (one female in Athletics)
Sports-India: Athletics, Boxing, Hockey, Sailing, Shooting, Weightlifting, Wrestling.
Kamaljit Sandhu the Only woman athlete.
2nd Bronze and 10th Olympic Medal for Indian Men’s Hockey team.
3 Wrestlers missed Bronze, finished 4th.
4th Olympics: Karni Singh (Shooting)
3rd: Harbinder Singh
2nd: Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harmik Singh (Hockey), Mukhtiar Singh, Sudesh Kumar, Bhim Singh (Wrestler), Freestyle, Randhir Singh (Shooter), Praveen Kumar (Athlete-Hammer and Discus Throw)

Athletics:

Sri Ram Singh Round 1 Men’s 800 metres
Eddie Sequeira Round 1 Men’s 5,000 metres
Suresh Babu (19 year) Men’s High Jump
Mohinder Singh Gill: Men’s Long Jump and Triple Jump
Jugraj Singh: Men’s Shot Put
Praveen Kumar: Men’s Discus Throw
Vijay Singh Chauhan: 17th in Men’s Decathlon
Kamaljit Sandhu: Round 1 Women’s 400 metres

Boxing:

Chander Narayanan: Round 1 Men’s Flyweight
Muniswamy Venu: Round 2 Men’s Lightweight
Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh: Round 1 Men’s Light-Heavyweight

Hockey: Bronze Medal
After finishing on top of the Group B, India lost the semifinals to Pakistan as for the first time since 1928 a non-Asian Team, West Germany, won the tournament.
Squad

3rd: Harbinder Singh
2nd: Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harmik Singh
Others: Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy, Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Michael Kindo, Ashok Kumar, Ganesh Mollerapoovayya, Harcharan Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, Varinder Singh

Results

Group B: two draw, 5 wins
Drew Netherlands 1-1
Def Great Britain 5-0
Def Australia 3-1
Drew Poland 2-2
Def Kenya 3-2
Def Mexico 8-0
Def New Zealand 3-2
Semis: Lost to Pakistan 2-0
Bronze: Def Netherlands 2-1

Sailing: 3 Men for 2 events

Tehmasp Rustom Mogul: 34th in Mixed One Person Dinghy
Ahmed Abdul Basith & Sohrab Janshed Contractor: 29th in Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy

Shooting: 4 Men in 3 Events

Prithipal Chatterjee (95th), Roy Choudhury (99th): Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres
Karni Singh (48 years): 34th in Mixed Trap, 36th in Mixed Skeet
Randhir Singh: 44th in Mixed Trap

Weightlifting
Anil Mondal: 11th in Men’s Flyweight

Wrestling: 8 Men in 8 events

Adkar Maruti: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
Sudesh Kumar: 4th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
Prem Nath (17 years): 4th in Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
Satpal Singh (17 years): Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
Jagrup Singh: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
Mukhtiar Singh: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
Harishchandra Birajdar: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle
Chandgi Ram: Men’s Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle