1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)
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India took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of 59 athletes, 58 men and one woman, in 32 competitions in eight sports.
It was India's ninth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .
The youngest athlete was soccer player Tulsidas Balaram at 19 years and 359 days , and the oldest athlete was weight lifter Dandamudi Rajagopal (40 years and 42 days).
Flag bearer
Hockey player Balbir Singh carried the flag of India during the opening ceremony at Melbourne's Olympic Stadium .
Medals
With a gold medal won, the Indian team finished 24th in the medal table .
gold
Names | sport | competition |
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Leslie Claudius , Ranganathan Francis , Haripal Kaushik , Amir Kumar , Raghbir Lal , Shankar Laxman , Govind Perumal , Amit Singh , Bakshish Singh , Balbir Singh , Balkishan Singh , Gurdev Singh , Hardyal Singh , Udham Singh , Raghbir Singh Bhola , Randhir Singh Gentle and Charles Stephen |
hockey | Men's |
Participants by sport
Soccer
Men's
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Results
- Round of 16: entered the quarter-finals without a fight
- Quarterfinals: 4-2 win over Australia
- Goals: Neville D'Souza (3 ×), Krishna Kittu
- Semi-finals: 1: 4 defeat against Yugoslavia
- Goals: Neville D'Souza
- Bronze match: 3-0 defeat against Bulgaria
- Fourth place
- Squad
Weightlifting
Men's
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Valli Asari Mookan
- Bantamweight
- Final: 272.5 kg, twelfth place
- Military press: 80.0 kg, twelfth place
- Snatch: 80.0 kg, 13th place
- Push: 112.5 kg, eleventh place
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Dandamudi Rajagopal
- Heavyweight
- Final: 360.0 kg, ninth place
- Military press: 122.5 kg, ninth place
- Snatch: 105.0 kg, ninth place
- Push: 132.5 kg, ninth place
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Kamineni Eswara Rao
- Middle heavyweight
- Final: 380.0 kg, eleventh place
- Military press: 122.5 kg, tenth place
- Tear: 110.0 kg, twelfth place
- Push: 147.5 kg, tenth place
hockey
Men's
-
Results
- Main round: Group A, six points, 36-0 goals, first place, qualified for the final
- 14-0 win against Afghanistan
- Gates: Balbir Singh (5 ×), Udham Singh (4 ×), Randhir Singh Gentle (3 ×), Gurdev Singh (2 ×)
- 16-0 win over the United States of America
- Gates: Udham Singh (7 ×), Hardyal Singh (5 ×), Gurdev Singh (3 ×), Leslie Claudius
- 6-0 win against Singapore
- Goals: Udham Singh (2 ×), Charles Stephen (2 ×), Randhir Singh Gentle, Hardyal Singh
- 14-0 win against Afghanistan
- Semi-finals: 1-0 win against Germany
- Goals: Udham Singh
- Final: 1-0 win against Pakistan
- Goals: Randhir Singh Gentle
- Rank one
- Main round: Group A, six points, 36-0 goals, first place, qualified for the final
- Squad
athletics
Ladies
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Mary Rao
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in round one, competition not finished (DNF)
Men's
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Ram Mehar
- Long jump
- Qualifying round: 6.92 meters, 22nd place, not qualified for the final
- Try one: 6.92 meters
- Trial two: 6.84 meters
- Trial three: 5.53 meters
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Sri Chand Ram
- 110 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run four (sixth place), 15.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.40 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Jagdev Singh
- 400 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 55.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 55.36 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Milkha Singh
- 200 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run two (fourth place), 22.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.47 seconds (stopped automatically)
- 400 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run five (fourth place), 48.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.07 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Ajit Singh Balla
- high jump
- Qualifying round: 1.92 meters, rank 13, qualified for the final
- 1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 1.78 meters: valid without a failed attempt
- 1.82 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 1.88 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- 1.92 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- Final: 1.96 meters, 14th place
- 1.80 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 1.86 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 1.92 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 1.96 meters: valid, without a failed attempt
- 2.00 meters: invalid, three failed attempts
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Sohan Singh Dhanoa
- 800 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 1: 52.4 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 52.57 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Mohinder Singh
- Triple jump
- Qualifying round: 14.93 meters, ranked 15th, qualified for the final
- Try one: 14.66 meters
- Trial two: 14.93 meters
- Try three: skipped
- Final: 15.20 meters, 15th place
- Experiment one: 15.20 meters
- Attempt two: invalid
- Try three: invalid
Wrestling
Men's
flyweight
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Baban Daware
- Flyweight
- eliminated after round three with seven minus points
- Round one: shoulder defeat against Tadashi Asai from Japan , three minus points
- Round two: points victory against Jeong-Gyu Lee from South Korea , four minus points
- Round three: Shoulders defeat against Mirian Zalkalamanidze from the Soviet Union , seven minus points
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Lakhshmi Kant Pandey
- lightweight
- eliminated after round two with six minus points
- Round one: shoulder defeat against Garibaldo Nizzola from Italy , three minus points
- Round two: points defeat against Adil Güngör from Turkey , six minus points
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Tarashkes was Pandey
- Bantamweight
- eliminated after round three with seven minus points
- Round one: points defeat against Fred Kämmerer from Germany , three minus points
- Round two: points victory against Omer Vercouteren from Belgium , four minus points
- Round three: Shoulders defeat against Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi from Iran , seven minus points
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Purple Ram Sangwan
- Heavyweight
- eliminated after round two with six minus points
- Round one: points defeat against Kenneth Richmond from Great Britain , three minus points
- Round two: Shoulder defeat against Hamit Kaplan from Turkey , six minus points
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Ram Sarup
- Featherweight
- eliminated after round three with six minus points
- Round one: defeat against Joseph Mewis from Belgium on points, three minus points
- Round two: BYE
- Round three: points defeat against Linar Salimullin from the Soviet Union , six minus points
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Bakshish Singh
- medium weight
- eliminated after round three with seven minus points
- Round one: points victory against William Davis from Australia , a minus point
- Round two: points defeat against Hermanus van Zyl from South Africa , four minus points
- Round three: Shoulders defeat against Bengt Lindblad from Sweden , seven minus points
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Devi Singh
- Welterweight
- eliminated after round two with six minus points
- Round one: shoulder defeat against Nabi Sorouri from Iran , three minus points
- Round two: Shoulders defeat against Mitsuo Ikeda from Japan , six minus points
shoot
Men's
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Harihar Banerjee
- Small caliber three-position fight
- Final: 1,111 points, 35th place
- Kneeling: 371 points, 36th place
- Round one: 90 points
- Round two: 89 points
- Round three: 95 points
- Round four: 97 points
- Prone: 379 points, 44th place
- Round one: 96 points
- Round two: 93 points
- Round three: 95 points
- Round four: 95 points
- Standing: 361 points, rank 24
- Round one: 88 points
- Round two: 93 points
- Round three: 92 points
- Round four: 88 points
- Kneeling: 371 points, 36th place
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Haricharan Shaw
- Small caliber three-position fight
- Final: 1,102 points, 38th place
- Kneeling: 372 points, rank 35
- Round one: 94 points
- Round two: 98 points
- Round three: 90 points
- Round four: 90 points
- Prone: 392 points, 37th place
- Round one: 97 points
- Round two: 97 points
- Round three: 99 points
- Round four: 99 points
- Standing: 338 points, 37th place
- Round one: 75 points
- Round two: 87 points
- Round three: 88 points
- Round four: 88 points
- Kneeling: 372 points, rank 35
swim
Men's
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Sri Chand Bajaj
- 100 meters freestyle
- Round one: eliminated in race three (seventh place), 1: 01.6 minutes
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Shamsher Khan
- 200 meters chest
- Round one: eliminated in round one (fifth place), 3: 17.0 minutes
- 200 meter butterfly
- Round one: eliminated in round two (sixth place), 3: 06.3 minutes
do gymnastics
Men's
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Sham Lal
- Individual all-around
- Final: 77.10 points (35.35 points compulsory - 41.75 points freestyle), rank 62
- Bars: 13.35 points (6.25 points compulsory - 7.10 points freestyle), rank 62
- Floor exercise: 13.25 points (6.45 points compulsory - 6.80 points freestyle), 61st place
- Horse jump: 16.50 points (8.35 points compulsory - 8.15 points freestyle), rank 60
- Horizontal bar: 10.50 points (4.00 points compulsory - 6.50 points freestyle), rank 60
- Rings: 13.50 points (6.90 points compulsory - 6.60 points freestyle), rank 61
- Pommel horse: 10.00 points (3.40 points compulsory - 6.60 points freestyle), 61st place
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Anant Ram
- Individual all-around
- Final: 65.55 points (35.60 points compulsory - 29.95 points freestyle), 63rd place
- Bars: 12.70 points (7.20 points compulsory - 5.50 points freestyle), 63rd place
- Floor exercise: 12.50 points (5.00 points compulsory - 7.50 points freestyle), rank 62
- Horse jump: 15.65 points (8.45 points compulsory - 7.20 points freestyle), 63rd place
- Horizontal bar: 9.70 points (8.20 points compulsory - 1.50 points freestyle), 61st place
- Rings: 6.75 points (4.75 points compulsory - 2.00 points freestyle), rank 63
- Pommel horse: 8.25 points (2.00 points compulsory - 6.25 points freestyle), 63rd place
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Pritam Singh
- Individual all-around
- Final: 77.35 points (39.75 points compulsory - 37.60 points freestyle), 61st place
- Bars: 13.50 points (7.50 points compulsory - 6.00 points freestyle), 61st place
- Floor exercise: 15.10 points (7.80 points compulsory - 7.30 points freestyle), 59th place
- Horse jump: 16.20 points (8.15 points compulsory - 8.05 points freestyle), rank 62
- Horizontal bar: 11.55 points (5.80 points compulsory - 5.75 points freestyle), 59th place
- Rings: 10.75 points (6.00 points compulsory - 4.75 points freestyle), rank 62
- Pommel horse: 10.25 points (4.50 points compulsory - 5.75 points freestyle), 60th place
Web links
- Indian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).