India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

India at the
1956 Summer Olympics
India at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
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
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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IOC codeIND

NOCIndian Olympic Association

Competitors59 (58 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports

FlagbearerBalbir Singh Sr.

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]

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	India	3	3	0	36	0	6	X	6:0	14:0	16:0
2.	Singapore	3	2	1	11	7	4	0:6	X	5:0	6:1
3.	Afghanistan	3	1	2	5	20	2	0:14	0:5	X	5:1
4.	United States	3	0	3	2	27	0	0:16	1:6	1:5	X

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sri Chand Bajaj	100 m freestyle	1:01.6	34	Did not advance
Shamsher Khan	200 m breaststroke	3:17.0	15	N/a		Did not advance
Shamsher Khan	200 m butterfly	3:06.3	19	N/a		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 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		N/a	−
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			−

v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)

India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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