India_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics
India at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
India competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.
Quick Facts India at the 1976 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
India at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IND |
NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
Website | olympic |
in Montreal | |
Competitors | 26 in 5 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Sports, Men ...
Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
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Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 26 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
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Athletics
Men's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:45.86
- Semi Final — 1:46.42
- Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)
Men's 10.000 metres
- Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)
Hockey
Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
- Defeated Argentina (4-0)
- Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
- Lost to Australia (1-6)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Defeated Malaysia (3-0)
- Replay: Lost to Australia (1-1, 4-5 after penalty strokes)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to West Germany (2-3)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated Malaysia (2-0) → Seventh place
- Team roster[1]
- ( 1.) Ajitpal Singh
- ( 2.) Vadivelu Phillips
- ( 3.) Baldev Singh
- ( 4.) Ashok Diwan
- ( 5.) Billimoga Govinda
- ( 6.) Ashok Kumar
- ( 7.) Varinder Singh
- ( 8.) Harcharan Singh
- ( 9.) Mohinder Singh
- (10.) Aslam Sher Khan
- (11.) Syed Ali
- (12.) Bir Bhadur Chettri
- (13.) Chand Singh
- (14.) Ajit Singh
- (15.) Surjit Singh
- (16.) Vasudevan Baskaran
- Head coach: Gurbux Singh
Boxing
- S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
- C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
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