India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

India at the
1956 Summer Olympics
India at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	59 (58 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Balbir Singh Sr.
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904–1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports. Their solitary medal, a gold, came in men's field hockey.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	India	3	3	0	36	0	6	X	6:0	14:0	16:0
2.	Singapore	3	2	1	11	7	4	0:6	X	5:0	6:1
3.	Afghanistan	3	1	2	5	20	2	0:14	0:5	X	5:1
4.	United States	3	0	3	2	27	0	0:16	1:6	1:5	X

Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank
Baban Daware	−52 kg	Asai (JPN) L ^VT	Lee J-g (KOR) W ^Pt	Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L ^VT	did not advance		−
Tarashkeswar Pandey	−57 kg	Kämmerer (EUA) L ^Pt	Vercouteren (BEL) W ^Pt	Yaghoubi (IRN) L ^VT	did not advance		−
Ram Sarup	−62 kg	Mewis (BEL) L ^Pt	Bye	Salimullin (URS) L ^Pt	did not advance		−
Lakhshmi Kant Pandey	−67 kg	Nizzola (ITA) L ^VT	Güngör (TUR) L ^Pt	did not advance			−
Devi Singh	−73 kg	Sorouri (IRN) L ^VT	Ikeda (JPN) L ^VT	did not advance		—	−
B. Singh	−79 kg	Davies (AUS) W ^Pt	van Zyl (RSA) L ^Pt	Lindblad (SWE) L ^VT	did not advance		−
Lila Ram	+87 kg	Richmond (GBR) L ^Pt	Kaplan (TUR) L ^VT	did not advance			−

India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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