India at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1960
Location:Rome
Competitors:45 (all men)
Sports:6
Rank:32
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1900

India competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.[1] India's only medal in the Games was a silver in men's field hockey, when they lost to Pakistan in the final. Athlete Milkha Singh finished 4th in Men's 400m.

Medalists

!Medal!Athlete!Sports!Event
SilverJoseph Antic

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

Prithipal Singh

Field hockeyMen's Tournament

Competitors

!Sport!Men!Women!Total!Events
Athletics8086
Football140141
Field hockey140141
Shooting3032
Weightlifting1011
Wrestling5055
Total4504516

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 8 Athletes represents India in 1960 Summer Olympics. 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.

Men
  • Track and Road Events
  • AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Milkha Singh400 m47:60 NR3 Q46:52 Q45:92 Q45:64
    Jagmohan Singh110 m Hurdles15:345Did Not Advance
    Lal ChandMarathonN/A2:32:13.040
    Jagmal Singh2:35:01.045
    Ranjit Bhatia2:57:06.060
    5000m15:06.611N/ADid Not Advance

    Field Events

    Athlete! rowspan="2"
    EventQualificationFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    Gurbachan Singh RandhawaHigh Jump1.90m27Did Not Advance
    B.V. SatyanarayanLong Jump6.70m44Did Not Advance
    Virsa Singh7.08m30

    Field hockey

    See main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

    India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated Great Britain 8–0 on 22 August[2] and Australia 5–2 three days later.[3] 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.

    Team Roster:

    Summary

    Group A

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    Gold medal match

    Football

    See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

    Group D

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    3300153+126
    311139-63
    310269-32
    301236-31

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    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented India in 1960.

    !Athlete!Event!Score!Rank
    Paul Cheema SinghMen's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol43457
    Karni SinghMen's Trap1838
    Keshav Sen-AC QR

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

    !Athlete!Event!Total(Kgs)!Rank
    Laxmi Kanta DasMen's 60 kg315.012

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventRound 1
    Result
    Round 2
    Result
    Round 3
    Result
    Round 4
    Result
    Round 5
    Result
    Round 6
    Result
    Round 7
    Result
    Rank
    S. Shiam−62 kg
    L
    25
    Gian Prakash−67 kg
    L

    W

    L
    15
    Udey Chand−73 kg
    W

    L

    L
    14
    Madho Singh−79 kg
    W

    W

    L

    L
    5
    Sajjan Singh−87 kg
    W

    W

    L

    L
    7

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: India at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . 20 June 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620160841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ . 20 June 2015 . dmy-all .
    2. News: Ram . Vernon . Claudius Sees Potent Rival in Germany . The Indian Express . 24 August 1960 . 10.
    3. News: Asian Hockey Teams' Impressive Play . The Indian Express . 26 August 1960 . 10.