| Noc: | IND |
| Nocname: | Indian Olympic Association |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Location: | Melbourne/Stockholm |
| Competitors: | 59 (58 men, 1 woman) |
| Sports: | 8 |
| Flagbearer: | Balbir Singh Sr. |
| Rank: | 24 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports. Their solitary medal, a gold, came in men's field hockey.[1] [2] [3]
| Medals by sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Men's High Jump
Men's 200 metres
Men's 800 metres
Women's 100 metres
See main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |  |  | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 | X | 6:0 | 14:0 | 16:0 | |||
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0:6 | X | 5:0 | 6:1 | |||
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0:14 | 0:5 | X | 5:1 | |||
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0:16 | 1:6 | 1:5 | X |
See main article: Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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See main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Three athletes represented India in Gymnastics at the 1956 Olympics: Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, and Anant Ram.
See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Two shooters represented India in 1956.
See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 metre butterfly
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baban Daware | −52 kg | L | W | L | − | |||
| Tarashkeswar Pandey | −57 kg | L | W | L | − | |||
| Ram Sarup | −62 kg | L | L | − | ||||
| Lakhshmi Kant Pandey | −67 kg | L | L | − | ||||
| Devi Singh | −73 kg | L | L | − | ||||
| B. Singh | −79 kg | W | L | L | − | |||
| Lila Ram | +87 kg | L | L | − |