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.

India at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Montreal
Competitors	26 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ajit Pal Singh
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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

Competitors

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

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Sriram Singh

• Heat — 1:45.86
• Semi Final — 1:46.42
• Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Hari Chand

• Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• T. C. Yohannan

• Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)

Boxing

• S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
• C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round

Field hockey

Men's team competition

• 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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8	6[a]
3	India	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	6[a]
4	Malaysia	5	2	0	3	3	7	−4	4
5	Canada (H)	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	2
6	Argentina	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	2

Source: Olympedia
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Australia and India finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a penalty shoot-out.

18 July 1976 10:00 India  4–0  Argentina Ajit  1', 66' Chand  17' Surjit  49' Report Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

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19 July 1976 15:00 Netherlands  3–1  India Kruize  31' Litjens  47', 48' Report Philips  37' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Graham Nash (GBR)

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21 July 1976 15:00 Australia  6–1  India Riley  13', 30', 50' Browning  26' Irvine  45' Smith  54' Report Surjit  21' Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)

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22 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Canada Ajit  10' Philips  47', 69' Report Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)

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24 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Malaysia Ashok  4', 16' Surjit  60' Report Umpires: Graham Nash (GBR) Peter Jackson (GBR)

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26 July 1976 13:00 Australia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India Charlesworth  33' Report Surjit  34' Penalties Bell Haigh Walsh Smith Charlesworth 5–4 Surjit Ajit Pal Ashok Ajit Philips Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification

29 July 1976 17:00 India  2–3  West Germany Mohinder  20' Ajit Pal  66' Report Strödter  38', 62' Dröse  60' Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Graham Nash (GBR)

Seventh place game

30 July 1976 10:00 India  2–0  Malaysia Aslam Sher  55', 59' Report Umpires: Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED) Bob Davidzon (NED)