India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

India at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	59 (58 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Balbir Singh Sr.
Medals Rank: 24	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Lakshman Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Raghbir Singh Bhola Balbir Singh Dosanjh Hardyal Singh Garchey Randhir Singh Gentle Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Udham Singh Kullar Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen	Field hockey	Men's Field hockey

Athletics

Men's High Jump

• Ajit singh

• Qualification Round — 1.96m (14)

• Gusti puti okamona

• Qualification Round — (DNQ)

Men's 200 metres

• Milkha Singh

• Heat — 22.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Sohan singh

• Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance

Football

First round

India  v  Hungary

India	w/o ^1	Hungary

Melbourne Referee: Attendance:

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Quarterfinals

Australia  v  India

December 1, 1956 12:00

Australia	2–4	India
Morrow  17'  41'	Report	D'Souza  9'  33'  50' Kittu  80'

Melbourne Referee: C.H. Wensveen (IDN) Attendance:

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Semifinals

Yugoslavia  v  India

December 4, 1956 12:00

Yugoslavia	4–1	India
Papec  54'  65' Veselinović  57' Salam  78' (o.g.)	Report	D'Souza  52'

Melbourne Referee: Latyshev (USSR) Attendance: 16.626

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Bronze Medal match

Bulgaria  v  India

December 7, 1956 14:15

Bulgaria	3–0	India
Diev  37'  60' Milanov  42'	Report

Melbourne Referee: Latyshev (USSR) Attendance: 21.236

Gymnastics

Hockey

Squad

Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
Govind Perumal
Amit Singh Bakshi
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Hardyal Singh Garchey
Randhir Singh Gentle
Balkishan Singh Grewal
Gurdev Singh Kullar
Udham Singh Kullar
Bakshish Singh
Charles Stephen

Group standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	India	3	3	0	0	36	0	6		X	6:0	14:0	16:0
2.	Singapore	3	2	0	1	11	7	4		0:6	X	5:0	6:1
3.	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	5	20	2		0:14	0:5	X	5:1
4.	United States	3	0	0	3	2	27	0		0:16	1:6	1:5	X

Semi-finals

December 3, 14:30 India  1–0 (0–0)  Germany

Gold medal match

December 6, 16:00 India  1–0 (0–0)  Pakistan

Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Harihar Banerjee
• Haricharan Shaw

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Sri Chand Bajaj

• Heat — 1:01.6

Men's 200 metre butterfly

• Shamsher Khan

• Heat — 3:06.3

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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	Rank
Baban Daware	−52 kg	T. Asai (JPN) L ^VT	J. K. Lee (KOR) W ^Pt	Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L ^VT	Did not Advance			−
Tarashkeswar Pandey	−57 kg	F. Kämmerer (GER) L ^Pt	O. Vercauteren (BEL) W ^Pt	Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRN) L ^VT	Did not Advance			−
Ram Sarup	−62 kg	J. Mewis (VEN) L ^Pt	Bye	L. Salimoulline (URS) L ^Pt	Did not Advance			−
Lakhshmi Kant Pandey	−67 kg	G. Nizzola (ITA) L ^VT	R. Güngör (TUR) L ^Pt	Did not Advance				−
D. Singh	−73 kg	N. Sorouri (IRN) L ^VT	Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN) L ^VT	Did not Advance			N/A	−
B. Singh	−79 kg	W. M. Davies (AUS) W ^Pt	H. J. P. van Zyl (RSA) L ^Pt	B. O. Lindblad (SWE) L ^VT	Did not Advance			−
Lila Ram	+87 kg	K. Richmond (GBR) L ^Pt	Hamit Kaplan (TUR) L ^VT	Did not Advance				−

References

1. "India at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.