India at the 1976 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.

India at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Montreal
Competitors26 in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors
Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics4044
Boxing2022
Field hockey160161
Shooting3032
Weightlifting1011
Total 26 0 26 10

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Sriram Singh
  • Heat — 1:45.86
  • Semi Final — 1:46.42
  • Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Hari Chand
  • Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • T. C. Yohannan
  • Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Argentina (4-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to Australia (1-6)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Defeated Malaysia (3-0)
  • Replay: Lost to Australia (1-1, 4-5 after penalty strokes)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to West Germany (2-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Malaysia (2-0) → Seventh place
  • ( 1.) Ajitpal Singh
  • ( 2.) Vadivelu Phillips
  • ( 3.) Baldev Singh
  • ( 4.) Ashok Diwan
  • ( 5.) Billimoga Govinda
  • ( 6.) Ashok Kumar
  • ( 7.) Varinder Singh
  • ( 8.) Harcharan Singh
  • ( 9.) Mohinder Singh
  • (10.) Aslam Sher Khan
  • (11.) Syed Ali
  • (12.) Bir Bhadur Chettri
  • (13.) Chand Singh
  • (14.) Ajit Singh
  • (15.) Surjit Singh
  • (16.) Vasudevan Baskaran
  • Head coach: Gurbux Singh

Boxing
  • S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
  • C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.


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