India at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
India at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IND |
NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
Website | olympic |
in Mexico City | |
Competitors | 25 in 5 sports |
Medals Ranked 42nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
India competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports. They won one bronze medal.[1]
Competitors
Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
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Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Field hockey | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wrestling | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Total | 25 | 0 | 25 | 11 |
Medalists
Bronze
Field hockey, Men's Team Competition. Team members:
- Ajit Pal Singh
- Balbir Singh I (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur)
- Balbir Singh II (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur)
- Balbir Singh III (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad)
- Gurbux Singh
- Harbinder Singh
- Harmik Singh
- Inam-ur Rahman
- Inder Singh
- Krishnamurthy Perumal
- Munir Sait
- John Victor Peter
- Prithipal Singh
- Rajendra Absolem Christy
- Tarsem Singh
Athletics
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)
Hockey
Shooting
Two shooters represented India in 1968.
- Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)
- Randhir Singh
- Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)
- Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- Pt - Decision by Points.
- Os - Obvious Superiority.
- Men's Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Round 7 Result | Rank |
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Sudesh Kumar | −52 kg | Boris Dimovski (YUG) W Os | Gustavo Ramírez (GUA) W VT | Wanelge Castillo (PAN) L Pt | Bye | Richard Sanders (USA) L VT | did not advance | 6 | |
Bishambar Singh | −57 kg | Bye | Herbert Singerman (CAN) W Os | Hasan Sevnic (TUR) W Pt | Donald Behm (USA) L Os | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) L Os | did not advance | - | |
Udey Chand | −70 kg | Angel Aldama (GUA) W VT | Klaus Rost (FRG) W Pt | Rodger Till (GBR) W VT | Francisco Lebequer (CUB) L VT | Abdollah Movahed (IRN) L Pt | did not advance | 6 | |
Mukhtiar Singh | −78 kg | Yury Shakhmuradov (URS) L VT | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) L VT | did not advance | — | - |
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank |
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Sudesh Kumar | −52 kg | Mohamed Karmous (MAR) Draw | Imre Alker (HUN) L VT | did not advance | - |
References
- ^ "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
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