India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

India at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IND

Indian Olympic Association

Website

www.olympic.ind.in

Competitors

25 in 5 sports

Medals
Ranked 42nd

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	1	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.^[1]

Medalists

Bronze

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

Ajit Pal Singh
Balbir Singh I (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur)
Balbir Singh II (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur)
Balbir Singh III (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad)
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inam-ur Rehaman
Inder Singh
Krishnamurthy Perumal
Munir Sait
John Victor Peter
Prithipal Singh
Rajendra Absolem Christy
Tarsem Singh

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Hammer Throw

Praveen Kumar

Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented India in 1968.

Trap

Karni Singh

Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)

Randhir Singh

Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)

Skeet

Karni Singh

Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
Pt - Decision by Points.
Os - Obvious Superiority.

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
Bishamber Singh	−57 kg	Bye	Herbert Singerman (CAN) W ^Os	Hasan Sevnic (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	Rodger Till (GBR) W ^VT	Francisco Lebequer (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				N/A	-

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

↑ "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

External links

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