India at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	IND
Nocname:	Indian Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	41 (40 men, 1 woman)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	D.N. Devine Jones
Rank:	43
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

India competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and no woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Competitors

!Sports!Men!Women!Total!Events

	7	1	8	9
	3	0	3	3
	14	0	14	1
	4	0	4	3
	3	0	3	2
	1	0	1	1
	8	0	8	8
Total	40	1	41	27

Medalists

Bronze

• Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Michael Kindo, Ganesh Mullera Poovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Victor Philips, Harcharan singh, B. P. Govinda, Vece Paes, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh - Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Men's 800 metres

• Sriram Singh

• Heat - 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
• Rajinder Kohli

• Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Edward Sequeira

• Heat - 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long jump

• Mohinder Gill Singh

• Qualification Round - 7.30(→ 30th place)

Men's High Jump

• Suresh Babu

• Qualification Round - 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot put

• Jugraj Singh

• Qualification Round - 17.15(→ 26th place)

Men's Discus throw

• Praveen Kumar Sobti

• Qualification Round - 53.12(→ 26th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Chander Narayanan

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Leszek Błażyński (POL), 2:3

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Team Roaster^[2]

• Manuel Frederick
• Mukhbain Singh
• Michael Kindo
• Varinder Singh
• Ajitpal Singh
• Harmik Singh
• Ganesh Mollerapoovayya
• Harbinder Singh
• Kulwant Singh
• Ashok Kumar
• Harcharan Singh
• Charles Cornelius
• Krishnamurty Perumal
• Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy
• Victor Philips
• Vece Paes

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Bronze-medal match

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Four male shooters represented India in 1972.

50 m rifle, prone

• Parimal Chatterjee

• Qualification Round - 572(→ 95th place)
• Roy Choudhury

• Qualification Round - 567(→ 99th place)

Trap

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round - 180(→ 34th place)

Trap

• Randhir Singh

• Qualification Round - 173(→ 44th place)

Skeet

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round - 186(→ 36th place)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Men

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

External links

• databaseOlympics.com
• International Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: India at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . 14 February 2016 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/ . 5 March 2016 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: India Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/HOK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 October 2019.