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India at the 1976 Summer Olympics 
Summary
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 | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| Website | olympic |
| in Montreal | |
| Competitors | 26 in 5 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors edit
| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
Results by event edit
Athletics edit
Men's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:45.86
- Semi Final — 1:46.42
- Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)
Men's 10.000 metres
- Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)
Hockey edit
Men's team competition edit
- 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
- Team roster[1]
- ( 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 edit
- S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
- C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round
References edit
- ^ 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.
- Official Olympic Reports