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India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports. They won one bronze medal.[1]

India at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Mexico City
Competitors25 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Pakistan (1948–pres.)
 Bangladesh (1984–pres.)

Competitors

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Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics2022
Field hockey150151
Shooting2022
Weightlifting1011
Wrestling5055
Total 25 0 25 11

Medalists

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Bronze

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

Athletics

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Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

Field hockey

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 7 6 0 1 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2  West Germany 7 5 1 1 15 5 +10 11
3  New Zealand 7 3 4 0 8 4 +4 10
4  Spain 7 2 3 2 7 5 +2 7
5  Belgium 7 3 1 3 14 9 +5 7
6  East Germany 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 6
7  Japan 7 1 1 5 4 14 −10 3
8  Mexico (H) 7 0 0 7 2 26 −24 0
Source: Sports-Reference
(H) Hosts

1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.

Semi-finals

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Bronze-medal match

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Shooting

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Two shooters represented India in 1968.

Trap
  • Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)
  • Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)
Skeet
  • Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Key:

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
Bishambar Singh −57 kg Bye  Herbert Singerman (CAN)
W Os		  Hasan Sevinç (TUR)
W Pt		  Donald Behm (USA)
L Os		  Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
L Os		 did not advance -
Udey Chand −70 kg  Ángel Aldana (GUA)
W VT		  Klaus Rost (FRG)
W Pt		  Roger Till (GBR)
W VT		  Francisco Lebeque (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

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  1. ↑ "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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