India at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 59 (58 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Balbir Singh Sr. | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 24 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
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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.[1]
Contents
Medalists
| Medals by sport | ||||
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Total |
| Field hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics
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Men's High Jump
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- Qualification Round — 1.96m (14)
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- Qualification Round — (DNQ)
Men's 200 metres
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- Heat — 22.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance)
Football
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- First round
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
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December 4, 1956
12:00 |
Yugoslavia  |
4–1 |  India |
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Papec  54' 65'Veselinović 57'Salam 78' (o.g.) |
Report | D'Souza 52' |
- Bronze Medal match
Gymnastics
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Hockey
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- Squad
Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
Govind Perumal
Amit Singh Bakshi
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Hardyal Singh Garchey
Randhir Singh Gentle
Balkishan Singh Grewal
Gurdev Singh Kullar
Udham Singh Kullar
Bakshish Singh
Charles Stephen
- Group standings
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1. | India |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6 | X | 6:0 | 14:0 | 16:0 | |
| 2. | Singapore |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0:6 | X | 5:0 | 6:1 | |
| 3. | Afghanistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0:14 | 0:5 | X | 5:1 | |
| 4. | United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0:16 | 1:6 | 1:5 | X |
- Semi-finals
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- Gold medal match
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Shooting
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Two shooters represented India in 1956.
Swimming
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Men's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 1:01.6
Men's 200 metre butterfly
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- Heat — 3:06.3
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- Pt - Decision by Points.
- Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
- Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result |
Round 2 Result |
Round 3 Result |
Round 4 Result |
Round 5 Result |
Round 6 Result |
Rank |
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| Baban Daware | −52 kg |  T. Asai (JPN)L VT |
22x20px J. K. Lee (KOR) W Pt |
 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS)L VT |
Did not Advance | − | ||
| Tarashkeswar Pandey | −57 kg |  F. Kämmerer (GER)L Pt |
 O. Vercauteren (BEL)W Pt |
 Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRN)L VT |
Did not Advance | − | ||
| Ram Sarup | −62 kg | 22x20px J. Mewis (VEN) L Pt |
Bye | L. Salimoulline (URS) L Pt |
Did not Advance | − | ||
| Lakhshmi Kant Pandey | −67 kg |  G. Nizzola (ITA)L VT |
 R. Güngör (TUR)L Pt |
Did not Advance | − | |||
| D. Singh | −73 kg | N. Sorouri (IRN) L VT |
Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN) L VT |
Did not Advance | N/A | − | ||
| B. Singh | −79 kg |  W. M. Davies (AUS)W Pt |
22x20px H. J. P. van Zyl (RSA) L Pt |
 B. O. Lindblad (SWE)L VT |
Did not Advance | − | ||
| Lila Ram | +87 kg |  K. Richmond (GBR)L Pt |
Hamit Kaplan (TUR) L VT |
Did not Advance | − | |||
References
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