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India at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Rome
Competitors	45 (all men) in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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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. India's only medal in the Games was a silver in men's field hockey, when they lost to Pakistan in the final. Athlete Milkha Singh finished 4th in Men's 400m.

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

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

Field Events

Field hockey

India played a few practice matches leading into the group stage games. They defeated Great Britain 8–0 on 22 August and Australia 5–2 three days later. 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
• Govind Sawant
• Raghbir Singh Bhola
• Udham Singh Kullar
• Charanjit Singh
• Jaswant Singh
• Joginder Singh
• Prithipal Singh

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Netherlands	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

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 India  10–0  Denmark P. Singh  1', 15', 16' Bhola  22', 31', 67' Peter  41' Ja. Singh  64' ? ? Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: McIldowie (RSA) Whitelaw (GBR)

30 August 1960 16:30 India  4–1  Netherlands Ja. Singh  26' Bhola  63' P. Singh  66', 69' Van Vroonhoven  9' Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: de Bourguignon (BEL) Asselman (BEL)

2 September 1960 16:30 India  3–0  New Zealand Bhola  8' Peter  57' Ja. Singh  70' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: McIldowie (RSA) Whitelaw (GBR)

Quarter-finals

5 September 1960 09:00 India  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Australia Bhola  84' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Whitelaw (GBR) MacIldowie (RSA)

Semi-finals

7 September 1960 15:30 India  1–0  Great Britain Kullar  16' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Elgershuizen (NED) Schinner (GER)

Gold medal match

9 September 1960 15:30 Pakistan  1–0  India Bunda  6' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

Football

Group D

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 23' Albert 56'	Report	Balaraman 79'

France	1 – 1	India
Coinçon 82'	Report	Banerjee 71'

Peru	3 – 1	India
Nieri 27', 53' Iwasaki 85'	Report	Balaraman 88'

Shooting

Three shooters represented India in 1960.

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	Round 7 Result	Rank
S. Shiam	−62 kg	J. Mewis (BEL) L	did not advance						25
Gian Prakash	−67 kg	Shelby Wilson (USA) L	J. Yanez (CUB) W	M. Peltoniemi (FIN) L	did not advance			—	15
Udey Chand	−73 kg	J. Feeney (IRL) W	V. Balavadze (URS) L	İsmail Ogan (TUR) L	did not advance			—	14
Madho Singh	−79 kg	A. Butts (GBR) W	G. Caraffini (ITA) W	Hans Antonsson (SWE) L	Georgy Skhirtladze (URS) L	did not advance	—		5
Sajjan Singh	−87 kg	A. Marcucci (ITA) W	D. Rauchbach (EUA) W	G. Gurics (HUN) L	V. Palm (SWE) L	did not advance		—	7

References

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.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

• Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• India at the Summer Olympics by year