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.

Competitors

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Sriram Singh

* Heat Ã¢ÂÂ 1:45.86

* Semi Final Ã¢ÂÂ 1:46.42

* Final Ã¢ÂÂ 1:45.77 (Ã¢ÂÂ 7th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

Hari Chand

* Heat Ã¢ÂÂ 28:48.72 (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

T. C. Yohannan

* Heat Ã¢ÂÂ 7.67m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Shivnath Singh Ã¢ÂÂ 2:16:22 (Ã¢ÂÂ 11th place)

Boxing

S. K. Rai (Featherweight) Ã¢ÂÂ lost first round
C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) Ã¢ÂÂ lost first round

Field hockey

Men's team competition

Team roster

* ( 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

Preliminary round

Group A

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh place game

References

Official Olympic Reports