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'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1960 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ |title=India at the 1960 Rome Summer Games |access-date=20 June 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620160841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ |archive-date=20 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> India won it's only medal in men's Field Hockey. [[Milkha Singh]] misses bronze medal by finishing 4th in Men's 400m in athletics.
[[India]] competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ |title=India at the 1960 Rome Summer Games |access-date=20 June 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620160841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ |archive-date=20 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> India's only medal in the Games was a silver in men's field hockey, when they lost to Pakistan in the final, ending the country's hockey gold-winning streak that had started in 1928 in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. Athlete [[Milkha Singh]] finished 4th in Men's 400m.


==Medalists==
==Medalists==
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|Silver
|Silver
|[[Joseph Antic]]
|[[Joseph Antic]]
[[Kulwant Arora]]


[[Leslie Claudius]]
[[Leslie Claudius]]
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[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]]
[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]]


[[Charanjit Singh]]
[[Charanjit Singh (hockey player)|Charanjit Singh]]


[[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Jaswant Singh]]
[[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Jaswant Singh]]
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| colspan="6" |Did Not Advance
| colspan="6" |Did Not Advance
|-
|-
|[[Lal Chand (athlete)|'''Lal Chand''']]
|'''[[Lal Chand (athlete)|Lal Chand]]'''
| rowspan="3" |[[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
| colspan="6" rowspan="3" |N/A
| colspan="6" rowspan="3" |N/A
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| colspan="4" |N/A
| colspan="4" |N/A
| colspan="2" |Did Not Advance
| colspan="2" |Did Not Advance
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|align=left rowspan=2|'''Ajit Singh'''
| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
| colspan="6" | N/A
|
|DSQ
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| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
| colspan="6" | N/A
|4:47:28.4
|15
|-
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Zora Singh]]'''
| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
| colspan="6" | N/A
|1:43:19.8
|20
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
| colspan="6" | N/A
|4:37:44.6
|8
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'''Field Events'''
'''Field Events'''
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== Field hockey==
{{main|Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] 8–0 on 22 August<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ram |first1=Vernon |title=Claudius Sees Potent Rival in Germany |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=24 August 1960 |page=10}}</ref> and [[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] 5–2 three days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Hockey Teams' Impressive Play |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=26 August 1960 |page=10}}</ref> This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in [[field hockey]]. They lost 1–0 to Pakistan  by a goal Ahmad Nasir to secure the second position.
Team Roster:
* [[Joseph Antic]]
* [[Leslie Claudius]]
* [[Jaman Lal Sharma]]
* [[Mohinder Lal]]
* [[Shankar Lakshman]]
* [[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]
* [[Govind Sawant]]
* [[Raghbir Singh Bhola]]
* [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]]
* [[Charanjit Singh (hockey player)|Charanjit Singh]]
* [[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Jaswant Singh]]
* [[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]]
* [[Prithipal Singh]]
;Summary
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|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=4|Group Stage
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[India men's national field hockey team|India men's]]
|align=left|[[Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Men's tournament]]
|{{fh|DEN}}<br />'''W''' 10–0
|{{fh|NED}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{fh|NZL}}<br />'''W''' 3–0
|1
|{{fh|AUS}}<br />'''W''' 1–0
|{{fh|GBR}}<br />'''W''' 1–0
|{{fh|PAK}}<br />'''L''' 0–1
|{{silver02}}
|}
===Preliminary round===
===Group A===
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|note_NZL=[[New Zealand men's national field hockey team|New Zealand]] and the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which New Zealand won 2–1.
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{{fieldhockeybox
| date =27 August 1960
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
| goals1 = [[Prithipal Singh|P. Singh]] {{fhgoal||1||15||16}}<br />[[Raghbir Singh Bhola|Bhola]] {{fhgoal||22||31||67}}<br />[[John Peter (field hockey)|Peter]] {{fhgoal||41}}<br />[[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Ja. Singh]] {{fhgoal||64}}<br />? ?
| score = 10–0
| team2 = {{fh|Denmark}}
| stadium = [[Stadio dei Marmi]], [[Rome]]
| umpires = McIldowie (RSA)<br />Whitelaw (GBR)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
| date = 30 August 1960
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
| goals1 = [[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Ja. Singh]] {{fhgoal||26}}<br />[[Raghbir Singh Bhola|Bhola]] {{fhgoal||63}}<br />[[Prithipal Singh|P. Singh]] {{fhgoal||66||69}}
| score = 4–1
| team2 = {{fh|Netherlands}}
| goals2 = [[Theo van Vroonhoven|Van Vroonhoven]] {{fhgoal||9}}
| stadium = [[Stadio dei Marmi]], [[Rome]]
| umpires = de Bourguignon (BEL)<br />Asselman (BEL)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
| date = 2 September 1960
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
| goals1 = [[Raghbir Singh Bhola|Bhola]] {{fhgoal||8}}<br />[[John Peter (field hockey)|Peter]] {{fhgoal||57}}<br />[[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Ja. Singh]] {{fhgoal||70}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fh|New Zealand}}
| stadium = [[Olympic Velodrome, Rome]]
| umpires = McIldowie (RSA)<br />Whitelaw (GBR)
}}
===Quarter-finals===
{{fieldhockeybox
| date = 5 September 1960
| time = 09:00
| team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
| goals1 = [[Raghbir Singh Bhola|Bhola]] {{fhgoal||84}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fh|Australia}}
| aet = yes
| stadium = [[Olympic Velodrome, Rome]]
| umpires = Whitelaw (GBR)<br />MacIldowie (RSA)
}}
===Semi-finals===
{{fieldhockeybox
| date = 7 September 1960
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{fh-rt|India}}
| goals1 = [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Kullar]] {{fhgoal||16}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fh|Great Britain}}
| stadium = [[Olympic Velodrome, Rome]]
| umpires = Elgershuizen (NED)<br />Schinner (GER)
}}
===Gold medal match===
{{fieldhockeybox
| date = 9 September 1960
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{fh-rt|Pakistan}}
| goals1 = [[Naseer Bunda|Bunda]] {{fhgoal||6}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fh|India}}
| stadium = [[Olympic Velodrome, Rome]]
| umpires = MacDowell (AUS)<br />Massart (BEL)
}}


==Football==
==Football==
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|align=left|{{fb|IND}}
|align=left|'''{{fb|IND}}'''
|3||0||1||2||3||6||&minus;3||'''1'''
!3!!0!!1!!2!!3!!6!!&minus;3!!'''1'''
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|score = 2 &ndash; 1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32038/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[André Giamarchi|Giamarchi]] {{goal|67}} <br /> [[Yvon Quédec|Quédec]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Ángel Uribe|Uribe]] {{goal|1}}
|stadium = [[Florence]]
|referee = Erlich (YUG)
|attendance =
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{football box
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| team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}
| score = 2 &ndash; 1
| score = 2 &ndash; 1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32043/report.html Report]
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624003728/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32043/report.html Report]
| team2 = {{fb|IND}}
| team2 = {{fb|IND}}
| goals1 = [[János Göröcs|Göröcs]] {{goal|23}} <br /> [[Flórián Albert, Sr.|Albert]] {{goal|56}}
| goals1 = [[János Göröcs|Göröcs]] {{goal|23}} <br /> [[Flórián Albert, Sr.|Albert]] {{goal|56}}
| goals2 = [[Tulsidas Balaram|Balamaran]] {{goal|79}}
| goals2 = [[Tulsidas Balaram|Balaraman]] {{goal|79}}
| stadium = [[L'Aquila]]
| stadium = [[L'Aquila]]
| referee = [[Bahri Ben Said|Ben Said]] (TUN)
| referee = [[Bahri Ben Said|Ben Said]] (TUN)
| attendance =  
| attendance =  
| event =
| time =
| round =
| score1 =
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| penaltyscore =
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}}
----
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32050/report.html Report]
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100702080224/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32050/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Gérard Coinçon|Coinçon]] {{goal|82}}
|goals1 = [[Gérard Coinçon|Coinçon]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee|Banerjee]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2 = [[P. K. Banerjee|Banerjee]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Grosseto]], [[Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini|Stadio Olimpico Comunale]]
|stadium = [[Grosseto]], [[Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini|Stadio Olimpico Comunale]]
|referee = [[Raymond Morgan|Morgan]] (CAN)
|referee = [[Raymond Morgan|Morgan]] (CAN)
|attendance =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = August 29, 1960<br />12:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}
|score = 6 &ndash; 2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32045/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Flórián Albert, Sr.|Albert]] {{goal|17||87}} <br /> [[Gyula Rákosi|Rákosi]] {{goal|27}} <br /> [[János Göröcs|Göröcs]] {{goal|33}} <br /> [[János Dunai|Dunai]] {{goal|46||63}}
|goals2 = [[Alberto Ramírez (footballer born 1941)|Ramirez]] {{goal|25||79}}
|stadium = [[Napoli]]
|referee = [[Piero Bonetto|Bonetto]] (ITA)
|attendance =
|attendance =
}}
}}
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
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|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624001446/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197075/matches/match=32052/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Nicolas Nieri|Nieri]] {{goal|27||53}} <br /> [[Thomas Iwasaki|Iwasaki]] {{goal|85}}
|goals1 = [[Nicolas Nieri|Nieri]] {{goal|27||53}} <br /> [[Thomas Iwasaki|Iwasaki]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Tulsidas Balamaran|Balamaran]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Tulsidas Balamaran|Balaraman]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Pescara]]
|stadium = [[Pescara]]
|referee = [[Hussein Imam|Imam]] (UAE)
|referee = [[Hussein Imam|Imam]] (UAE)
|attendance =
|attendance =
}}
}}
----
{{football box
|date = September 1, 1960<br />13:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}
|score = 7 &ndash; 0
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|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Flórián Albert, Sr.|Albert]] {{goal|12||85}} <br /> [[János Göröcs|Göröcs]] {{goal|34||59||77}} <br /> [[János Dunai|Dunai]] {{goal|41||79}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Rome]]
|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini|Orlandini]] (ITA)
|attendance =
}}
== Field hockey==
{{main|Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] 8–0 on 22 August<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ram |first1=Vernon |title=Claudius Sees Potent Rival in Germany |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=24 August 1960 |page=10}}</ref> and [[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] 5–2 three days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Hockey Teams' Impressive Play |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=26 August 1960 |page=10}}</ref> This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in [[field hockey]]. They lost 1-0 to Pakistan  by a goal Ahmad nasir to secure the second position.
Team Roster:
* [[Joseph Antic]]
* [[Kulwant Arora]]
* [[Leslie Claudius]]
* [[Jaman Lal Sharma]]
* [[Mohinder Lal]]
* [[Shankar Lakshman]]
* [[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]
* [[Govind Sawant]]
* [[Raghbir Singh Bhola]]
* [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh Kullar]]
* [[Charanjit Singh]]
* [[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Jaswant Singh]]
* [[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]]
* [[Prithipal Singh]]
;Summary
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=4|Group Stage
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[India men's national field hockey team|India men's]]
|align=left|[[Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Men's tournament]]
|{{fh|DEN}}<br />'''W''' 10–0
|{{fh|NED}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{fh|NZL}}<br />'''W''' 3–0
|1
|{{fh|AUS}}<br />'''W''' 1–0
|{{fh|GBR}}<br />'''W''' 1–0
|{{fh|PAK}}<br />'''L''' 0–1
|{{silver02}}
|}


==Shooting==
==Shooting==
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|8
|-
|-
|[[Sen Keshav]]
|[[Keshav Sen]]
| -
| -
|AC QR
|AC QR
|}
|}
;
;
==Weightlifting==
==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
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!Rank
!Rank
|-align=center
|-align=center
|align=left|[[S. Shiam]]
|align=left|[[Sunder Shiam|S. Shiam]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg|−62 kg]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg|−62 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[J. Mewis]]|BEL|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 52s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joseph Mewis|J. Mewis]]|BEL|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 52s}}</sup>
|colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|colspan=6 {{n/a|did not advance}}
|25
|25
|-align=center
|-align=center
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|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 67 kg|−67 kg]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 67 kg|−67 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shelby Wilson]]|USA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shelby Wilson]]|USA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[J. Yanez]]|CUB|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[José Yañez|J. Yanez]]|CUB|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[M. Peltoniemi]]|FIN|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Martti Peltoniemi|M. Peltoniemi]]|FIN|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|did not advance}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|15
|15
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|align=left|[[Udey Chand]]
|align=left|[[Udey Chand]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 73 kg|−73 kg]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 73 kg|−73 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[J. Feeney]]|IRL|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>  
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joe Feeney (wrestler)|J. Feeney]]|IRL|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[N. Balavadze]]|URS|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)|V. Balavadze]]|URS|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[İsmail Ogan]]|TUR|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 11s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[İsmail Ogan]]|TUR|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 11s}}</sup>
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|did not advance}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|14
|14
|-align=center
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Madho Singh]]
|align=left|[[Madho Singh (wrestler)|Madho Singh]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 79 kg|−79 kg]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 79 kg|−79 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[A. Butts]]|GBR|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 3s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alan Butts|A. Butts]]|GBR|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 3s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[G. Caraffini]]|ITA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 3s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Germano Caraffini|G. Caraffini]]|ITA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 3s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hans Antonsson]]|SWE|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hans Antonsson]]|SWE|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georgy Skhirtladze]]|URS|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georgy Skhirtladze]]|URS|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
| {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
| {{n/a|did not advance}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|5
|5
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|align=left|[[Sajjan Singh (Wrestler)|Sajjan Singh]]
|align=left|[[Sajjan Singh (Wrestler)|Sajjan Singh]]
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|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg|−87 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[A. Marcucci]]|ITA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Antonio Marcucci|A. Marcucci]]|ITA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[D. Rauchbach]]|EUA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 45s}}</sup>  
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Dieter Rauchbach|D. Rauchbach]]|EUA|1960 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 45s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[G. Gurics]]|HUN|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 37s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[György Gurics|G. Gurics]]|HUN|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 37s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[V. Palm]]|SWE|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Viking Palm|V. Palm]]|SWE|1960 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
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India at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Rome
Competitors45 (all men) in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances

India competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.[1] India's only medal in the Games was a silver in men's field hockey, when they lost to Pakistan in the final, ending the country's hockey gold-winning streak that had started in 1928 in British India. Athlete Milkha Singh finished 4th in Men's 400m.

Medalists[edit | edit source]

Medal Athlete Sports Event
Silver Joseph Antic

Leslie Claudius

Jaman Lal Sharma

Mohinder Lal

Shankar Lakshman

John Peter

Govind Sawant

Raghbir Singh Bhola

Udham Singh Kullar

Charanjit Singh

Jaswant Singh

Joginder Singh

Prithipal Singh

Field hockey Men's Tournament

Competitors[edit | edit source]

Sport Men Women Total Events
Athletics 8 0 8 6
Football 14 0 14 1
Field hockey 14 0 14 1
Shooting 3 0 3 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1 1
Wrestling 5 0 5 5
Total 45 0 45 16

Athletics[edit | edit source]

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

8 Athletes represents India in 1960 Summer Olympics. Milkha Singh 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
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Milkha Singh 400 m 47:60 NR 3 Q 46:5 2 Q 45:9 2 Q 45:6 4
Jagmohan Singh 110 m Hurdles 15:34 5 Did Not Advance
Lal Chand Marathon N/A 2:32:13.0 40
Jagmal Singh 2:35:01.0 45
Ranjit Bhatia 2:57:06.0 60
5000m 15:06.6 11 N/A Did Not Advance
Ajit Singh 20 km walk N/A DSQ
50 km walk N/A 4:47:28.4 15
Zora Singh 20 km walk N/A 1:43:19.8 20
50 km walk N/A 4:37:44.6 8

Field Events

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa High Jump 1.90m 27 Did Not Advance
B.V. Satyanarayan Long Jump 6.70m 44 Did Not Advance
Virsa Singh 7.08m 30

Field hockey[edit | edit source]

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated Great Britain 8–0 on 22 August[2] and Australia 5–2 three days later.[3] This was the first time since 1928 that the Men's team failed to achieve a gold medal in field hockey. They lost 1–0 to Pakistan by a goal Ahmad Nasir to secure the second position.

Team Roster:

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
India men's Men's tournament  Denmark
W 10–0 		 Netherlands
W 4–1 		 New Zealand
W 3–0 		1  Australia
W 1–0 		 Great Britain
W 1–0 		 Pakistan
L 0–1 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Preliminary round[edit | edit source]

Group A[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 6 Quarter-finals
2  New Zealand[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
3  Netherlands[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 3 9–12th place classification
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0 13–16th place classification
Source: FIH
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Zealand and the Netherlands finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which New Zealand won 2–1.
27 August 1960
15:00
Template:Fh-rt 10–0  Denmark
P. Singh Template:Fhgoal
Bhola Template:Fhgoal
Peter Template:Fhgoal
Ja. Singh Template:Fhgoal
? ?
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
McIldowie (RSA)
Whitelaw (GBR)
30 August 1960
16:30
Template:Fh-rt 4–1  Netherlands
Ja. Singh Template:Fhgoal
Bhola Template:Fhgoal
P. Singh Template:Fhgoal 		Van Vroonhoven Template:Fhgoal
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
de Bourguignon (BEL)
Asselman (BEL)
2 September 1960
16:30
Template:Fh-rt 3–0  New Zealand
Bhola Template:Fhgoal
Peter Template:Fhgoal
Ja. Singh Template:Fhgoal
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
McIldowie (RSA)
Whitelaw (GBR)

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

5 September 1960
09:00
Template:Fh-rt 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Australia
Bhola Template:Fhgoal
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
Whitelaw (GBR)
MacIldowie (RSA)

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

7 September 1960
15:30
Template:Fh-rt 1–0  Great Britain
Kullar Template:Fhgoal
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
Elgershuizen (NED)
Schinner (GER)

Gold medal match[edit | edit source]

9 September 1960
15:30
Template:Fh-rt 1–0  India
Bunda Template:Fhgoal
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
MacDowell (AUS)
Massart (BEL)

Football[edit | edit source]

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Group D[edit | edit source]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 6
 France 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 3
 Peru 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
 India 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Hungary 2 – 1 India
Göröcs Goal 23'
Albert Goal 56'		 Report Balaraman Goal 79'
Referee: Ben Said (TUN)
France 1 – 1 India
Coinçon Goal 82' Report Banerjee Goal 71'
Referee: Morgan (CAN)
Peru 3 – 1 India
Nieri Goal 27', 53'
Iwasaki Goal 85'		 Report Balaraman Goal 88'
Referee: Imam (UAE)

Shooting[edit | edit source]

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented India in 1960.

Athlete Event Score Rank
Paul Cheema Singh Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 434 57
Karni Singh Men's Trap 183 8
Keshav Sen - AC QR

Weightlifting[edit | edit source]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Total(Kgs) Rank
Laxmi Kanta Das Men's 60 kg 315.0 12

Wrestling[edit | edit source]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • Pt - Decision by Points.
  • Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Round 7
Result 		Rank
S. Shiam −62 kg  J. Mewis (BEL)
L VT 		did not advance 25
Gian Prakash −67 kg  Shelby Wilson (USA)
L Pt 		 J. Yanez (CUB)
W Pt 		 M. Peltoniemi (FIN)
L Pt 		did not advance N/A 15
Udey Chand −73 kg  J. Feeney (IRL)
W Pt 		 V. Balavadze (URS)
L Pt 		 İsmail Ogan (TUR)
L VT 		did not advance N/A 14
Madho Singh −79 kg  A. Butts (GBR)
W VT 		 G. Caraffini (ITA)
W VT 		 Hans Antonsson (SWE)
L Pt 		 Georgy Skhirtladze (URS)
L Pt 		did not advance N/A 5
Sajjan Singh −87 kg  A. Marcucci (ITA)
W Pt 		 D. Rauchbach (EUA)
W VT 		 G. Gurics (HUN)
L VT 		 V. Palm (SWE)
L Pt 		did not advance N/A 7

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "India at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Ram, Vernon (24 August 1960). "Claudius Sees Potent Rival in Germany". The Indian Express. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Asian Hockey Teams' Impressive Play". The Indian Express. 26 August 1960. p. 10.

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