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'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1976 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.
[[India]] competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.
 
== Competitors ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
!Sports
!Men
!Women
!Total
!Events
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] ||4 ||0 ||4 ||4
|-
| align=left|[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] ||2 ||0 ||2 ||2
|-
| align=left|[[Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] ||16 ||0 ||16 ||1
|-
| align=left|[[Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] ||3 ||0 ||3 ||2
|-
| align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total
!26
!0
!26
!10
|}


==Results by event==
==Results by event==
===[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
===[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
'''Men's 800 metres'''
'''Men's 800 metres'''
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* [[Shivnath Singh]] — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)
* [[Shivnath Singh]] — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)


===[[Hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Hockey]]===
===[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
====Men's Team Competition====
* [[S. K. Rai]] (Featherweight) – lost first round
* '''Preliminary Round (Group A)'''
* [[C. C. Machaiah]] (Light Welterweight) – lost first round
:* Defeated Argentina (4-0)
 
:* Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
===[[Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]]===
:* Lost to Australia (1-6)
 
:* Defeated Canada (3-0)
====Men's team competition====
:* Defeated Malaysia (3-0)
 
:* '''Replay''': Lost to Australia (1-1, 4-5 after penalty strokes)
* '''Team roster'''<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |title=India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307165057/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |archivedate=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
* '''Classification Matches'''
:* '''5th/8th place''': Lost to West Germany (2-3)
:* '''7th/8th place''': Defeated Malaysia (2-0) → '''Seventh place'''
* '''Team Roster'''<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |title=India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307165057/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |archivedate=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
:* ( 1.) [[Ajitpal Singh]]
:* ( 1.) [[Ajitpal Singh]]
:* ( 2.) [[Vadivelu Phillips]] <!--V. J. Phillips-->
:* ( 2.) [[Vadivelu Phillips]] <!--V. J. Phillips-->
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:* (13.) [[Chand Singh]]
:* (13.) [[Chand Singh]]
:* (14.) [[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit Singh]]
:* (14.) [[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit Singh]]
:* (15.) [[Surjit Singh]]
:* (15.) [[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit Singh]]
:* (16.) [[Vasudevan Baskaran]]
:* (16.) [[Vasudevan Baskaran]]
* '''Head Coach''': [[Gurbux Singh]]
* '''Head coach''': [[Gurbux Singh (field hockey)|Gurbux Singh]]
 
====Preliminary round====
=====Group A=====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35957 Olympedia]
|update=complete
|team_order=NED, AUS, IND, MAS, CAN, ARG


===[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
|result1=SF |result2=SF
Rai Sik (Featherweight) – lost first round.
 
|win_NED=5 |draw_NED=0 |loss_NED=0 |gf_NED=11|ga_NED=3
|win_AUS=3 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=2 |gf_AUS=14|ga_AUS=6
|win_ARG=1 |draw_ARG=0 |loss_ARG=4 |gf_ARG=4 |ga_ARG=12
|win_IND=3 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=2 |gf_IND=12|ga_IND=9
|win_CAN=1 |draw_CAN=0 |loss_CAN=4 |gf_CAN=4 |ga_CAN=11|status_CAN=H
|win_MAS=2 |draw_MAS=0 |loss_MAS=3 |gf_MAS=3 |ga_MAS=7
 
|name_NED={{fh|NED}}
|name_AUS={{fh|AUS}}
|name_ARG={{fh|ARG}}
|name_IND={{fh|IND}}
|name_CAN={{fh|CAN}}
|name_MAS={{fh|MAS}}
 
|hth_AUS=[[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] and [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a [[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|penalty shoot-out]].
|hth_IND=AUS
 
|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Medal round|Semi-finals]]
 
|winpoints=2
}}
 
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=18 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35973 Report]
|score=4–0
|team2={{fh|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]] {{fhgoal|FG|1|FG|66}}<br />[[Chand Singh|Chand]] {{fhgoal|FG|17}}<br />[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|49}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Francis Steurs (BEL)<br />Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=19 July 1976
|time=15:00
|team1={{fh-rt|NED}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35975 Report]
|score=3–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Hans Kruize|Kruize]] {{fhgoal|FG|31}}<br />[[Paul Litjens|Litjens]] {{fhgoal|LC|47|LC|48}}
|goals2=[[Victor Philips|Philips]] {{fhgoal|PS|37}}
|umpires=Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)<br />Graham Nash (GBR)
}}
 
----
 
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=21 July 1976
|time=15:00
|team1={{fh-rt|AUS}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35979 Report]
|score=6–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Ronald Riley|Riley]] {{fhgoal|FG|13|FG|30|FG|50}}<br />[[Greg Browning|Browning]] {{fhgoal|FG|26}}<br />[[Jim Irvine (field hockey)|Irvine]] {{fhgoal|PC|45}}<br />[[Trevor Smith (field hockey)|Smith]] {{fhgoal|FG|54}}
|goals2=[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|21}}
|umpires=Alain Renaud (FRA)<br />Fritz Seegers (FRG)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=22 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35981 Report]
|score=3–0
|team2={{fh|CAN}}
|goals1=[[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]] {{fhgoal|FG|10}}<br />[[Victor Philips|Philips]] {{fhgoal|PS|47|FG|69}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Jaime Salvatella (ESP)<br />Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)
}}
 
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=24 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35985 Report]
|score=3–0
|team2={{fh|MAS}}
|goals1=[[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok]] {{fhgoal|FG|4|LC|16}}<br />[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|60}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Graham Nash (GBR)<br />Peter Jackson (GBR)
}}
 
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 July 1976
|time=13:00
|team1={{fh-rt|AUS}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35988 Report]
|score=1–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Ric Charlesworth|Charlesworth]] {{fhgoal|FG|33}}
|goals2=[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|34}}
|umpires=Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)<br />Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)
|aet=yes
|penalties1=[[David Bell (field hockey)|Bell]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Robert Haigh (field hockey)|Haigh]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Terry Walsh (field hockey)|Walsh]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Trevor Smith (field hockey)|Smith]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Ric Charlesworth|Charlesworth]] {{fhps|g}}
|penaltyscore=5–4
|penalties2={{fhps|g}} [[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Ajit Pal Singh|Ajit Pal]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok]]<br />{{fhps|m}} [[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Victor Philips|Philips]]
}}
 
===Fifth to eighth place classification===
 
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=29 July 1976
|time=17:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35969 Report]
|score=2–3
|team2={{fh|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Mohinder Singh (field hockey)|Mohinder]] {{fhgoal|PS|20}}<br />[[Ajit Pal Singh|Ajit Pal]] {{fhgoal|FG|66}}
|goals2=[[Wolfgang Strödter|Strödter]] {{fhgoal|PC|38|PC|62}}<br />[[Horst Dröse|Dröse]] {{fhgoal|FG|60}}
|umpires=Richard Jewell (AUS)<br />Graham Nash (GBR)
}}


C.C Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round.
====Seventh place game====
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35962 Report]
|score=2–0
|team2={{fh|MAS}}
|goals1=[[Aslam Sher Khan|Aslam Sher]] {{fhgoal|PC|55|FG|59}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)<br />Bob Davidzon (NED)
}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}
{{Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 23 December 2025

India at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Montreal
Competitors26 in 5 sports
Flag bearerAjit Pal Singh
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances

India competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.

Competitors[edit | edit source]

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 4 0 4 4
Boxing 2 0 2 2
Field hockey 16 0 16 1
Shooting 3 0 3 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1 1
Total 26 0 26 10

Results by event[edit | edit source]

Athletics[edit | edit source]

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:45.86
  • Semi Final — 1:46.42
  • Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Boxing[edit | edit source]

Field hockey[edit | edit source]

Men's team competition[edit | edit source]

Preliminary round[edit | edit source]

Group A[edit | edit source]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 11 3 +8 10 Semi-finals
2  Australia 5 3 0 2 14 6 +8 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  India 5 3 0 2 12 9 +3 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  Malaysia 5 2 0 3 3 7 −4 4
5  Canada (H) 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 2
6  Argentina 5 1 0 4 4 12 −8 2
Source: Olympedia
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australia and India finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a penalty shoot-out.
18 July 1976
10:00
Template:Fh-rt 4–0  Argentina
Ajit Template:Fhgoal
Chand Template:Fhgoal
Surjit Template:Fhgoal 		Report
Umpires:
Francis Steurs (BEL)
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
19 July 1976
15:00
Template:Fh-rt 3–1  India
Kruize Template:Fhgoal
Litjens Template:Fhgoal 		Report Philips Template:Fhgoal
Umpires:
Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)
Graham Nash (GBR)
21 July 1976
15:00
Template:Fh-rt 6–1  India
Riley Template:Fhgoal
Browning Template:Fhgoal
Irvine Template:Fhgoal
Smith Template:Fhgoal 		Report Surjit Template:Fhgoal
Umpires:
Alain Renaud (FRA)
Fritz Seegers (FRG)
22 July 1976
10:00
Template:Fh-rt 3–0  Canada
Ajit Template:Fhgoal
Philips Template:Fhgoal 		Report
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)
24 July 1976
10:00
Template:Fh-rt 3–0  Malaysia
Ashok Template:Fhgoal
Surjit Template:Fhgoal 		Report
Umpires:
Graham Nash (GBR)
Peter Jackson (GBR)
26 July 1976
13:00
Template:Fh-rt 1–1 (a.e.t.)  India
Charlesworth Template:Fhgoal Report Surjit Template:Fhgoal
Penalties
Bell Template:Fhps
Haigh Template:Fhps
Walsh Template:Fhps
Smith Template:Fhps
Charlesworth Template:Fhps 		5–4 Template:Fhps Surjit
Template:Fhps Ajit Pal
Template:Fhps Ashok
Template:Fhps Ajit
Template:Fhps Philips
Umpires:
Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)
Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification[edit | edit source]

29 July 1976
17:00
Template:Fh-rt 2–3  West Germany
Mohinder Template:Fhgoal
Ajit Pal Template:Fhgoal 		Report Strödter Template:Fhgoal
Dröse Template:Fhgoal
Umpires:
Richard Jewell (AUS)
Graham Nash (GBR)

Seventh place game[edit | edit source]

30 July 1976
10:00
Template:Fh-rt 2–0  Malaysia
Aslam Sher Template:Fhgoal Report
Umpires:
Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)
Bob Davidzon (NED)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.

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