India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athletics

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)

Field hockey

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

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

Football

First round

Melbourne

Quarterfinals

1 December 1956
12:00MelbourneReferee: C.H. Wensveen (IDN)

Semifinals

4 December 1956
12:00MelbourneAttendance: 16.626Referee: Latyshev (USSR)

Bronze Medal match

7 December 1956
14:15MelbourneAttendance: 21.236Referee: Latyshev (USSR)

Gymnastics

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

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