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India at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Mexico City
Competitors25 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Competitors

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 2 0 2 2
Field hockey 15 0 15 1
Shooting 2 0 2 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1 1
Wrestling 5 0 5 5
Total 25 0 25 11

Medalists

Bronze

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented India in 1968.

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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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 Sevnic (TUR)
W Pt 		 Donald Behm (USA)
L Os 		 Yojiro Uetake (JPN)
L Os 		did not advance -
Udey Chand −70 kg  Angel Aldama (GUA)
W VT 		 Klaus Rost (FRG)
W Pt 		 Rodger Till (GBR)
W VT 		 Francisco Lebequer (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 — -
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

  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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