India at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Competitors
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Medalists
Bronze
Field hockey, Men's Team Competition. Team members:
- Ajit Pal Singh
- Balbir Singh I (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur)
- Balbir Singh II (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur)
- Balbir Singh III (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad)
- Gurbux Singh
- Harbinder Singh
- Harmik Singh
- Inam-ur Rahman
- Inder Singh
- Krishnamurthy Perumal
- Munir Sait
- John Victor Peter
- Prithipal Singh
- Rajendra Absolem Christy
- Tarsem Singh
Athletics
Men's Hammer Throw
- Praveen Kumar Sobti
- Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)
Field hockey
Preliminary round
Pool A
Source: Sports-Reference
(H) Hosts
1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.
Semi-finals
Bronze-medal match
Shooting
Two shooters represented India in 1968.
- Trap
- Karni Singh
- Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)
- Randhir Singh
- Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)
- Skeet
- Karni Singh
- Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- Pt - Decision by Points.
- Os - Obvious Superiority.
- Men's Freestyle
- Men's Greco-Roman
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