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India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
IND

Competitors
  
25 in 5 sports

Website
  
www.olympic.ind.in

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India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Indian Olympic Association

Medals Ranked 42nd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

India competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports.

Contents

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 Rehaman
  • Inder Singh
  • Krishnamurthy Perumal
  • Munir Sait
  • John Victor Peter
  • Prithipal Singh
  • Rajendra Absolem Christy
  • Tarsem Singh

    • Athletics

    Men's Hammer Throw

  • Praveen Kumar
  • Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

    • Shooting

    Two shooters represented India in 1968.

    Trap
  • Karni Singh
  • Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)
  • Randhir Singh
  • Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)
    • Skeet
  • Karni Singh
  • Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)

    • Wrestling

    Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • Pt - Decision by Points.
  • Os - Obvious Superiority.
    • Men's Freestyle
    Men's Greco-Roman

    References

    India at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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