India at the 1960 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.^[1] India's only medal in the Games was a silver in men's field hockey, when they lost to Pakistan in the final, ending the country's hockey gold-winning streak that had started in 1928 in British India. Athlete Milkha Singh finished 4th in Men's 400m.

India at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Rome
Competitors	45 (all men) in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Sports	Event
Silver	Joseph Antic Leslie Claudius Jaman Lal Sharma Mohinder Lal Shankar Lakshman John Peter Govind Sawant Raghbir Singh Bhola Udham Singh Kullar Charanjit Singh Jaswant Singh Joginder Singh Prithipal Singh	Field hockey	Men's Tournament

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
Athletics	8	0	8	6
Football	14	0	14	1
Field hockey	14	0	14	1
Shooting	3	0	3	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1	1
Wrestling	5	0	5	5
Total	45	0	45	16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

8 Athletes represents India in 1960 Summer Olympics. Milkha Singh finished second in all of the 400m rounds prior to the final, improving his time on each occasion. In the final he finished fourth with a time of 45.6, this being a decision that required a photo-finish. His finishing position was not bettered by an Indian track athlete until the 1984 Olympics.

Men

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Milkha Singh	400 m	47:60 NR	3 Q	46:5	2 Q	45:9	2 Q	45:6	4
Jagmohan Singh	110 m Hurdles	15:34	5	Did Not Advance
Lal Chand	Marathon	N/A						2:32:13.0	40
Jagmal Singh								2:35:01.0	45
Ranjit Bhatia								2:57:06.0	60
	5000m	15:06.6	11	N/A				Did Not Advance
Ajit Singh	20 km walk	N/A							DSQ
	50 km walk	N/A						4:47:28.4	15
Zora Singh	20 km walk	N/A						1:43:19.8	20
	50 km walk	N/A						4:37:44.6	8

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	High Jump	1.90m	27	Did Not Advance
B.V. Satyanarayan	Long Jump	6.70m	44	Did Not Advance
Virsa Singh		7.08m	30

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated Great Britain 8–0 on 22 August^[2] and Australia 5–2 three days later.^[3] This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in field hockey. They lost 1–0 to Pakistan by a goal Ahmad Nasir to secure the second position.

Team Roster:

• Joseph Antic
• Leslie Claudius
• Jaman Lal Sharma
• Mohinder Lal
• Shankar Lakshman
• John Peter
• Govind Sawant
• Raghbir Singh Bhola
• Udham Singh Kullar
• Charanjit Singh
• Jaswant Singh
• Joginder Singh
• Prithipal Singh

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
India men's	Men's tournament	Denmark W 10–0	Netherlands W 4–1	New Zealand W 3–0	1	Australia W 1–0	Great Britain W 1–0	Pakistan L 0–1

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	6	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand[a]	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Netherlands[a]	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3	9–12th place classification
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0	13–16th place classification

Source: FIH
Notes:

1. New Zealand and the Netherlands finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which New Zealand won 2–1.

27 August 1960 15:00 India  10–0  Denmark P. Singh  1', 15', 16' Bhola  22', 31', 67' Peter  41' Ja. Singh  64' ? ? Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: McIldowie (RSA) Whitelaw (GBR)

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30 August 1960 16:30 India  4–1  Netherlands Ja. Singh  26' Bhola  63' P. Singh  66', 69' Van Vroonhoven  9' Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: de Bourguignon (BEL) Asselman (BEL)

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2 September 1960 16:30 India  3–0  New Zealand Bhola  8' Peter  57' Ja. Singh  70' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: McIldowie (RSA) Whitelaw (GBR)

Quarter-finals

5 September 1960 09:00 India  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Australia Bhola  84' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Whitelaw (GBR) MacIldowie (RSA)

Semi-finals

7 September 1960 15:30 India  1–0  Great Britain Kullar  16' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Elgershuizen (NED) Schinner (GER)

Gold medal match

9 September 1960 15:30 Pakistan  1–0  India Bunda  6' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	6
France	3	1	1	1	3	9	−6	3
Peru	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	2
India	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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August 26, 1960
12:00

Hungary	2 – 1	India
Göröcs 23' Albert 56'	Report	Balaraman 79'

L'Aquila

Referee: Ben Said (TUN)

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August 29, 1960
12:00

France	1 – 1	India
Coinçon 82'	Report	Banerjee 71'

Grosseto, Stadio Olimpico Comunale

Referee: Morgan (CAN)

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September 1, 1960
12:00

Peru	3 – 1	India
Nieri 27', 53' Iwasaki 85'	Report	Balaraman 88'

Pescara

Referee: Imam (UAE)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented India in 1960.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Paul Cheema Singh	Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol	434	57
Karni Singh	Men's Trap	183	8
Keshav Sen		-	AC QR

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Total(Kgs)	Rank
Laxmi Kanta Das	Men's 60 kg	315.0	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• Pt - Decision by Points.
• Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.

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
S. Shiam	−62 kg	J. Mewis (BEL) L VT	did not advance						25
Gian Prakash	−67 kg	Shelby Wilson (USA) L Pt	J. Yanez (CUB) W Pt	M. Peltoniemi (FIN) L Pt	did not advance			—	15
Udey Chand	−73 kg	J. Feeney (IRL) W Pt	V. Balavadze (URS) L Pt	İsmail Ogan (TUR) L VT	did not advance			—	14
Madho Singh	−79 kg	A. Butts (GBR) W VT	G. Caraffini (ITA) W VT	Hans Antonsson (SWE) L Pt	Georgy Skhirtladze (URS) L Pt	did not advance	—		5
Sajjan Singh	−87 kg	A. Marcucci (ITA) W Pt	D. Rauchbach (EUA) W VT	G. Gurics (HUN) L VT	V. Palm (SWE) L Pt	did not advance		—	7