India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1956
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}
| location = [[Melbourne]]/[[Stockholm]]
| competitors = 59 (58 men, 1 woman)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]
| rank = 24
| gold = 1
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}

'''[[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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1956/ |title=India at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |access-date=14 June 2015 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922040854/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1956/ |archive-date=22 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; float:right;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
!colspan=5|'''Medals by sport'''
|- align=center
|'''Sport'''
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"|{{gold01}}
| style="background:#dce5e5;"|{{silver02}}
| style="background:#ffdab9;"|{{bronze03}}
|'''Total'''
|- align=center
|[[Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1
|- align=center
!'''Total''' || style="background:gold;"| '''1''' || style="background:silver;"| '''0''' || style="background:#c96;"| '''0''' || '''1'''
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
|{{gold medal}} ||[[Leslie Claudius]] [[Ranganathan Francis]] [[Haripal Kaushik]] [[Amir Kumar]] [[Raghbir Lal]] [[Shankar Lakshman]] [[Govind Perumal]] [[Amit S. Bakshi|Amit Singh Bakshi]] [[Raghbir Singh Bhola]] [[Balbir Singh Sr.|Balbir Singh Dosanjh]] [[Hardayal Singh|Hardyal Singh Garchey]] [[Randhir Singh Gentle]] [[Balkrishan Singh|Balkishan Singh Grewal]] [[Gurdev Singh (field hockey)|Gurdev Singh Kullar]] [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]] [[Bakshish Singh]] [[Charles Stephen]]|| [[Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Men's Field hockey]]
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's High Jump'''
*[[Ajit Singh (high jumper)|Ajit Singh]]
:* Qualification Round — 1.96m (14)

'''Men's 200 metres'''
*[[Milkha Singh]]
:* Heat — 22.47 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's 800 metres'''
*[[Sohan Singh (athlete)|Sohan Singh]]
:* Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance)

==Football==
{{main|Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

; First round

{{footballbox
|date =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
|score = w/o '''1'''
|team2 = {{fb|HUN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Melbourne]]
}}
----
;Quarterfinals

{{footballbox
|date = 1 December 1956 12:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 2–4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213182657/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197067/matches/match%3D32404/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Bruce Morrow (footballer)|Morrow]] {{goal|17}} {{goal|41}}
|goals2 = [[Neville D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|9}} {{goal|33}} {{goal|50}} [[Krishna Kittu|Kittu]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Melbourne]]
|referee = C.H. Wensveen (IDN)
|attendance =
}}
----
;Semifinals

{{footballbox
|date = 4 December 1956 12:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197067/matches/match=32405/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Zlatko Papec|Papec]] {{goal|54}} {{goal|65}} [[Todor Veselinović|Veselinović]] {{goal|57}} [[Muhamed Abdus Salam|Salam]] {{goal|78|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[Neville D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium = [[Melbourne]]
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev|Latyshev]] (USSR)
|attendance = 16.626
}}
----
;Bronze Medal match

{{footballbox
|date = 7 December 1956 14:15
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1946}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197067/matches/match=32407/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Todor Diev|Diev]] {{goal|37}} {{goal|60}} [[Dimitar Milanov|Milanov]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Melbourne]]
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev|Latyshev]] (USSR)
|attendance = 21.236
}}

==Gymnastics==
{{main|Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

==Hockey==
{{main|Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

;Squad
[[Leslie Claudius]] [[Ranganathan Francis]] [[Haripal Kaushik]] [[Amir Kumar]] [[Raghbir Lal]] [[Shankar Lakshman]] [[O. P. Malhotra]] [[Govind Perumal]] [[Amit S. Bakshi|Amit Singh Bakshi]] [[Raghbir Singh Bhola]] [[Balbir Singh Sr.|Balbir Singh Dosanjh]] [[Hardayal Singh|Hardyal Singh Garchey]] [[Randhir Singh Gentle]] [[Balkrishan Singh|Balkishan Singh Grewal]] [[Gurdev Singh (field hockey)|Gurdev Singh Kullar]] [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]] [[Bakshish Singh]] [[Charles Stephen]]

;Group standings
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Rank
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:12em"|Team
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|Pld
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|W
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|D
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|L
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|GF
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|GA
! style="background:#efefef;" "width:3em"|Pts
! style="background:#efefef;"|
! style="background:#efefef; width:20px;"|{{flagicon|IND}}
! style="background:#efefef; width:20px;"|{{flagicon|UK}}
! style="background:#efefef; width:20px;"|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1931}}
! style="background:#efefef; width:20px;"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:lightblue;"
|1.
|align=left| {{fh|India}} ||3||3||0||0||36||0||'''6'''||||X||'''6:0'''||'''14:0'''||'''16:0'''
|- align=center
|2.
|align=left| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Singapore national field hockey team|Singapore]] ||3||2||0||1||11||7||'''4'''||||'''0:6'''||X||'''5:0'''||'''6:1'''
|- align=center
|3.
|align=left| {{fh|Afghanistan|1931}} ||3||1||0||2||5||20||'''2'''||||'''0:14'''||'''0:5'''||X||'''5:1'''
|- align=center
|4.
|align=left| {{fh|United States|1912}} ||3||0||0||3||2||27||'''0'''||||'''0:16'''||'''1:6'''||'''1:5'''||X
|}

;Semi-finals
{{fieldhockeybox
|date = 3, 14 December:30
|team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
|score = 1–0 (0–0)
|team2 = {{fh|Germany|EUA}}
}}

;Gold medal match
{{fieldhockeybox
|date = 6, 16 December:00
|team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
|score = 1–0 (0–0)
|team2 = {{fh|Pakistan}}
}}

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}
Two shooters represented India in 1956.

;[[Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle, three positions]]
* [[Harihar Banerjee]]
* [[Haricharan Shaw]]

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}
'''Men's 100 m Freestyle'''
* [[Sri Chand Bajaj]]
:* Heat — 1:01.6

'''Men's 200 metre butterfly'''
* [[Shamsher Khan]]
:* Heat — 3:06.3

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points}} - Decision by Points.
* {{abbr|Pd|Decision by Points (Judges Disagree)}} - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
}}

;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!Round 1 Result
!Round 2 Result
!Round 3 Result
!Round 4 Result
!Round 5 Result
!Round 6 Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Baban Daware]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg|−52 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tadashi Asai|Asai]]|JPN|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lee Jeong-gyu|Lee J-g]]|KOR|1956 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mirian Tsalkalamanidze|Tsalkalamanidze]]|URS|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 8m 50s}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tarashkeswar Pandey]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|−57 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Fred Kämmerer|Kämmerer]]|EUA|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Omer Vercouteren|Vercouteren]]|BEL|1956 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mehdi Yaghoubi|Yaghoubi]]|IRN|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 36s}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ram Sarup]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg|−62 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jef Mewis|Mewis]]|BEL|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Linar Salimullin|Salimullin]]|URS|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Lakhshmi Kant Pandey]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 67 kg|−67 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Garibaldo Nizzola|Nizzola]]|ITA|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 9m 30s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Adil Güngör|Güngör]]|TUR|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Devi Singh (wrestler)|Devi Singh]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 73 kg|−73 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nabi Sorouri|Sorouri]]|IRN|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 9m 29s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mitsuo Ikeda|Ikeda]]|JPN|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 9m 50s}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|{{n/a}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Bakshish Singh (wrestler)|B. Singh]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 79 kg|−79 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[William Davies (wrestler)|Davies]]|AUS|1956 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Manie van Zyl|van Zyl]]|RSA|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bengt Lindblad|Lindblad]]|SWE|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 55s}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Lila Ram]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle + 87 kg|+87 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ken Richmond|Richmond]]|GBR|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hamit Kaplan|Kaplan]]|TUR|1956 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 14m 45s}}
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:India At The 1956 Summer Olympics}}
[[Category:Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1956]]

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