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India at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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IND

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Website
  
www.olympic.ind.in

India at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Indian Olympic Association

Competitors
  
45 (all men) in 6 sports

Medals Ranked 32nd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1

India competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.

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This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in field hockey. They lost 1-0 to Pakistan by a goal Ahmad nasir to secure the second position. In Athletics Milkha Singh finished second in all of the 400m rounds prior to the final, improving his time on each occasion. In the final he finished fourth with a time of 45.6, this being a decision that required a photo-finish. His finishing position was not bettered by an Indian track athlete until the 1984 Olympics.

Silver

  • Joseph Antic, Kulwant Arora, Leslie Claudius, Jaman Lal Sharma, Mohinder Lal, Shankar Lakshman, John Peter, Govind Sawant, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Udham Singh Kullar, Charanjit Singh, Jaswant Singh, Joginder Singh, and Prithipal Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

    • Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Denmark (10-0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (4-1)
  • Defeated New Zealand (3-0)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Defeated Australia (1-0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Great Britain (1-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Pakistan (1-0) → Silver Medal

    • Athletics

    Men
    Track and Road Events

    Men's High Jump

  • B.V. Satyanarayan
  • Qualification Round — 7.08 (→ did not advance)
  • Virsa Singh
  • Qualification Round — 6.70 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Marathon

  • Lal Chand — 2:32.13 (→ 40th place)
  • Jagmal Singh — 2:35.01 (→ 45th place)
  • Ranjit Bhatia — 2:57.06 (→ 60th place)

    • Men's 110 metres hurdles

  • Jagmohan Singh
  • Qualification Round — 15.34 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 5000 metres

  • Ranjit Bhatia
  • Heat — 15.06.6 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Long Jump

  • B.V. Satyanarayan
  • Qualification Round — 7.08m (30)
  • Virsa Singh
  • Qualification Round — 6.70m (44)

    • Shooting

    Three shooters represented India in 1960.

    25 m pistol
  • Paul Cheema Singh
    • Trap
  • Karni Singh
  • Sen Keshav

    • Wrestling

    Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • Pt - Decision by Points.
  • Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
    • Men's freestyle

    References

    India at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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