Amrit Pal (born 5 June 1939) is an Indian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete. He competed in the 800 metre dash at the

1962 Asian Games ) , Host city = Jakarta, Indonesia , Nations participating = 17 , Athletes participating = 1,460 , Events = 120 in 13 sports , Opening ceremony = 24 August 1962 , Closing ceremony = 4 September 1962 , ...

and won the bronze medal. Pal also appeared at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

running the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

and 400 metres hurdles.

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* 1939 births Indian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Living people Indian male middle-distance runners Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Olympic athletes for India Indian male sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games 20th-century Indian people {{India-athletics-bio-stub