India at the Games

Post-IndependenceLONDON, 1948

Hockey: Gold. Athletics: Eric Philip Prabhakar, 100m, second-round heats; Jim Vickers, 110m hurdles, semifinals; Gurnam Singh, high jump, 18th in final; Baldev Singh, long jump, qualified for final but did not compete; Henry Rebello, triple jump final, no mark (injured); Som Nath, hammer, qualification, 23rd. Weightlifting: Daniel Pon Mani, featherweight, 12th. Wrestling: K. D. Jadhav, bantamweight, 6th.

HELSINKI, 1952

Hockey: Gold. Wrestling: K. D. Jadhav, Bronze, bantamweight; Mangwe, 4th, featherweight. Boxing: Ron Norris, welterweight, 3rd round loss. Athletics: Lavy Pinto, 100m and 200m, semifinals; Ivan Jacob, 400m, 6th in heats; Sohan Singh, 800m, semifinals; Surath Mathur, marathon, 52nd; Gulazara Mann, 3000m steeplechase, 12th in heats; Mehenga Singh, high jump, qualification, 34th; Nilima Ghosh, 100m, 5th in heats, 80m hurdles, 5th in heats; Mary D’Souza, 100m, 5th in heats, 200m, 7th in heats.

MELBOURNE, 1956

Hockey: Gold. Athletics: Milkha Singh, 200m, 4th in heats, 400m, 4th in heats; Sohan Singh, 800m, 4th in heats; Srichand Ram, 110m hurdles, 6th in heats; Jagdev Singh, 400m hurdles, 5th in heats; Ajit Singh, high jump, 14th in final; Ram Mehar, long jump, no mark; Mohinder Singh Gill, hop, step and jump, 15th in final; Mary Leela Rao, 100m, DNF. Football: 4th.

ROME, 1960

Hockey: Silver. Athletics: Milkha Singh, 400m, 4th in final, 45.6s; Ranjit Bhatia, 5000m, 11th in heats, marathon, 60th; Lal Chand, marathon, 40th; Jagmal Singh, marathon, 45th; Jagmohan Singh, 110m hurdles, 5th in heats; B. Satyanarayan, long jump, qualification, 8th in group; Virsa Singh, long jump, 6.70m, 14th in group; Zora Singh, 20km walk, 20th, 50km walk, 8th; Ajit Singh, 50km walk, 15th; Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, high jump, qualification, 29th; decathlon, 4106 pts (stopped after six events). Weightlifting: L. K. Das, 12th. Wrestling: Madho Singh, 6th.

TOKYO, 1964

Hockey: Gold. Athletics: Kenneth Powell, 100m, 4th in heats, 200m, 6th in heats; Balkrishan Akotkar, marathon, 33rd; Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, 110m hurdles, 5th in final; Amritpal Singh, 400m hurdles, 7th in heats; Bondada Venkata, long jump, qualification, 29th; Labh Singh, triple jump, qualification, 26th; Stephie D’Souza, 400m, 6th in heats, men’s 4x100m relay, 7th in semifinal, 4x400m relay, 4th in heats. Weightlifting: M. L. Ghose, 14th in bantamweight ahead of Mohd Nassiri of Iran, who went on to win gold in next Olympics. Wrestling: Bishamber Singh, 6th in bantamweight, Indian team 9th among 47 countries. Shooting: Karni Singh, trap, 8th.

MEXICO CITY, 1968

Hockey: Bronze. Athletics: Bhim Singh, high jump, qualification, 6th in group; Praveen Kumar, hammer, qualification, 6th in group; Wrestling: Sudesh Kumar, 6th; Uday Chand, 7th. Shooting: Karni Singh, 10th.

MUNICH, 1972

Hockey: Bronze. Athletics: Sriram Singh, 800m, 4th in heats; Edward Sequeira, 5000m, 11th in heats; Suresh Babu, high jump, qualification, 18th in group; Mohinder Singh Gill, long jump, qualification, 19th in group; Jagraj Singh, shot put, qualification, 12th in group; Praveen Kumar, discus, qualification, 12th in group; V. S. Chauhan, decathlon, 7378, 17th, Kamljit Sandhu, 400m, 8th in heats. Weightlifting: Anil Mondal, flyweight, 11th. Wrestling: Sudesh Kumar, 4th; Premnath, 4th.

MONTREAL, 1976

Hockey: 7th. Athletics: Sriram Singh, 800m, 7th in final, 1:45.77; Hari Chand, 10,000m, 8th in heats, 28:48.72; Shivnath Singh, marathon, 11th; T. C. Yohannan, long jump, qualification. Shooting: Randhir Singh, trap, 21st.

MOSCOW, 1980

Hockey: Men: Gold; Women: 4th. Boxing: Ganapathy Manoharan, 54 kg, 3rd round loss. Athletics: Adille Sumariwala, 100m, 7th in heats; P. Subramanian, 200m, 5th in heats; Sriram Singh, 800m, 8th in second-round heats; Sant Kumar, 1500m, 8th in heats, Gopal Saini, 5000m, 9th in heats, Hari Chand, 10000m, 10th in heats, marathon, 22nd; Bahadur Singh, shot put, qualification 15th; Ranjit Singh, 20km walk, 18th; P. T. Usha, 100m, 6th in heats, 200m, 7th in heats; Geeta Zusthi, 800m, 6th in heats. Wrestling: Jagminder Singh, 4th; Mahabir Singh, 5th; Rajinder Singh, 6th. Shooting: Karni Singh, trap, 14th; Randhir Singh, 21st.

LOS ANGELES, 1984

Hockey: 5th. Athletics: Gurtej Singh, javelin, qualification, 14th in group; Chand Ram, 20km walk, 22nd; Shiny Abraham, 800m, 8th in semifinal; Geeta Zusthi, 3000m, 8th in heats; P. T. Usha, 400m hurdles, 4th in final; women’s 4x400m relay, 7th in final.

SEOUL, 1988

Tennis: Zeeshan Ali, 2nd round loss. Archery: men’s team (preliminary round) 20th. Hockey: 6th. Athletics: Mercy Kuttan, 400m, heats, 2nd round (6th), Shiny Abraham, 800m, heats (6th); P. T. Usha, 400m hurdles, heats (7th).

BARCELONA, 1992

Hockey: 7th. Tennis: Men’s doubles (Ramesh Krishnan-Leander Paes) QF loss. Archery: Limba Ram, Round of 32, Team, Round of 16.

ATLANTA, 1996

Tennis: Leander Peas, Men’s singles, Bronze. Hockey: 8th. Archery: Lalremsanga Chhangle, Round of 32 (25th), Team, Rd of 16 (14th); Athletics: Bahadur Prasad, 1500m, heats (8th); Shakti Singh, discus, qualification, 13th in group.

SYDNEY, 2000

Weightlifting: K. Malleswari (69 kg) bronze. Athletics: Paramjeet Singh, 400m, heats (6th); Shakti Singh, shot put, qualification, 17th in group; Bahadur Singh, shot put, qualification, 13th in group; Jagdish Bishnoi, javelin, qualification, 15th in group; K. M. Beenamol, 400m semifinal (8th); Neelam J. Singh, discus, qualification, 14th in group; Gurmeet Kaur, javelin, qualification, 17th in group; Pramila Ganapathy, heptathlon, 24th; Soma Biswas, heptathlon, 25th; women 4x100m relay, 6th in heats; 4x400m relay, 5th in heats; men 4x100m relay, 7th in heats, 4x400m relay, 5th in heats. Hockey: 7th. Boxing: Gurcharan Singh (81 kg) QF loss. Badminton: P. Gopi Chand (Round of 16).

ATHENS, 2004

Shooting: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, double trap, Silver. Archery: Satyadev Prasad,10th; women’s team 8th, men’s team 11th. Athletics: K. M. Binu, 400m, second round (semifinal), 6th; Bahadur Singh, shot put, qualification, no mark; Anil Kumar, discus, qualification, no mark; Vikas Gowda, discus, qualification, 8th in group; Saraswati Saha, 200m, 5th in heats; Bobby Aloysius, high jump, qualification, 13th in group; Anju Bobby George, long jump, 6.69, qualification, 6.83, sixth in final; Harwant Kaur, discus, qualification, 7th in group; Seema Antil, discus, qualification, 7th in group; Neelam J. Singh, discus, qualification, 9th in group; J. J. Shobha, heptathlon, 11th, 6172 points; Soma Biswas, 24th, 5965 points; women 4x400m relay, 7th in final. Hockey: 7th. Tennis: Leander Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi, 4th. Badminton: Nikhil Kanetkar, Round of 16, Aparna Popat, Round of 16. Boxing: Diwakar Prasad, Round of 16.

Compiled by Y. B. Sarangi