India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

India at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	59 (58 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Balbir Singh Sr.
Medals Ranked 24th	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. Their solitary medal, a gold, came in men's field hockey.^[1][2][3]

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

Men's High Jump

• 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

• Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Mary Rao

• Heat — DNF(→ did not advance)

Squad

Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
O. P. Malhotra
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

3 December 1956 India  1–0  United Team of Germany Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Gold medal match

6 December 1956 India  1–0  Pakistan Gentle  38' Report Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

First round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze Medal match

Three athletes represented India in Gymnastics at the 1956 Olympics: Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, and Anant Ram.

Two shooters represented India in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Harihar Banerjee
• Haricharan Shaw

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Sri Chand Bajaj

• Heat — 1:01.6

Men's 200 metre butterfly

• Shamsher Khan

• Heat — 3:06.3

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	Asai (JPN) L VT	Lee J-g (KOR) W Pt	Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L VT	did not advance			−
Tarashkeswar Pandey	−57 kg	Kämmerer (EUA) L Pt	Vercouteren (BEL) W Pt	Yaghoubi (IRN) L VT	did not advance			−
Ram Sarup	−62 kg	Mewis (BEL) L Pt	Bye	Salimullin (URS) L Pt	did not advance			−
Lakhshmi Kant Pandey	−67 kg	Nizzola (ITA) L VT	Güngör (TUR) L Pt	did not advance				−
Devi Singh	−73 kg	Sorouri (IRN) L VT	Ikeda (JPN) L VT	did not advance			—	−
B. Singh	−79 kg	Davies (AUS) W Pt	van Zyl (RSA) L Pt	Lindblad (SWE) L VT	did not advance			−
Lila Ram	+87 kg	Richmond (GBR) L Pt	Kaplan (TUR) L VT	did not advance				−