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India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Mexico City
Competitors25 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
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

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Sports Men Women Total Events
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

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Bronze

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Field hockey, Men's Team Competition. Team members:

Athletics

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Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

Field hockey

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 7 6 0 1 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2  West Germany 7 5 1 1 15 5 +10 11
3  New Zealand 7 3 4 0 8 4 +4 10
4  Spain 7 2 3 2 7 5 +2 7
5  Belgium 7 3 1 3 14 9 +5 7
6  East Germany 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 6
7  Japan 7 1 1 5 4 14 −10 3
8  Mexico (H) 7 0 0 7 2 26 −24 0
Source: Sports-Reference
(H) Hosts
13 October 1968
New Zealand  2–1  India

14 October 1968
India  2–1  West Germany

15 October 1968
India  8–0  Mexico

17 October 1968
India  1–0  Spain

18 October 1968
India  2–1  Belgium
Prithipal field hockey ball 44'
Harbinder field hockey ball 52'
Report Gilles field hockey ball 12'

20 October 1968
India  5–0 1  Japan

1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.


21 October 1968
India  1–0  East Germany

Semi-finals

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24 October 1968
India  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Australia
Balbir Singh field hockey ball Report Glencross field hockey ball 17'84'

Bronze-medal match

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26 October 1968
India  2–1  West Germany
? field hockey ball
Balbir Singh field hockey ball
Report

Shooting

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Two shooters represented India in 1968.

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

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Key:

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
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 Sevinç (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
 Roger Till (GBR)
W VT
 Francisco Lebeque (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
Sudesh Kumar −52 kg  Mohamed Karmous (MAR)
Draw
 Imre Alker (HUN)
L VT
did not advance -

References

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  1. ^ "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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