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.

Competitors

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 Rahman
• Inder Singh
• Krishnamurthy Perumal
• Munir Sait
• John Victor Peter
• Prithipal Singh
• Rajendra Absolem Christy
• Tarsem Singh

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw

• Praveen Kumar Sobti

* Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

Field hockey

Preliminary round

Pool A

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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.

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Semi-finals

Bronze-medal match

Shooting

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

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database