India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

competed at the

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. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports. India won its only medal in men's Field Hockey.

Milkha Singh Milkha Singh (20 November 1929 18 June 2021), also known as The Flying Sikh, was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the A ...

misses bronze medal by finishing 4th in Men's 400m in athletics.

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

8 Athletes represents India in

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 Field Events

Football

Group D

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Field hockey

India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated

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8–0 on 22 August and

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5–2 three days later. This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in

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. They lost 1–0 to Pakistan by a goal Ahmad nasir to secure the second position. Team Roster: *

Joseph Antic Joseph "Joe" Anthony Antic (13 March 1931 – 12 July 2016) was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Secunderabad. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , establish ...

Leslie Claudius Leslie Walter Claudius (25 March 1927 – 20 December 2012) was an Indian field hockey player from Bilaspur. He studied in South Eastern Railway (Now SECR) English Medium School Bilaspur which has produced many national sportsmen. Leslie Clau ...

Jaman Lal Sharma Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Sharma was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British Raj, British India, in what is now Khyber Pa ...

* Mohinder Lal *

Shankar Lakshman Honorary Captain Shankar Lakshman (7 July 1933 – 29 April 2006) was an Indian hockey player. He was goalkeeper of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was the first goalkeeper ...

* John Peter * Govind Sawant *

Raghbir Singh Bhola Raghbir Singh Bhola (18 August 1927 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian Airforce Officer and international hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medal respectively for th ...

* Udham Singh Kullar * Charanjit Singh *

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (; 3 January 193827 September 2020) was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamen ...

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Prithipal Singh Prithipal Singh (28 January 1932 – 20 May 1983) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a halfback. He was a member of the India national team that won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and silver and bronze at the 1960 Rome ...

;Summary

Shooting

Three shooters represented India in 1960. ;

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...