India at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

• Sriram Singh

• Heat — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)

• Rajinder Kohli

• Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Edward Sequeira

• Heat — 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long jump

• Mohinder Gill Singh

• Qualification Round — 7.30(→ 30th place)

Men's High Jump

• Suresh Babu

• Qualification Round — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot put

• Jugraj Singh

• Qualification Round — 17.15(→ 26th place)

Men's Discus throw

• Praveen Kumar Sobti

• Qualification Round — 53.12(→ 26th place)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Chander Narayanan

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Leszek Błażyński (POL), 2:3

Team Roaster^[2]

• Manuel Frederick
• Mukhbain Singh
• Michael Kindo
• Varinder Singh
• Ajitpal Singh
• Harmik Singh
• Ganesh Mollerapoovayya
• Harbinder Singh
• Kulwant Singh
• Ashok Kumar
• Harcharan Singh
• Charles Cornelius
• Krishnamurty Perumal
• Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy
• Victor Philips
• Vece Paes

Preliminary round

Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	7	5	2	0	25	8	+17	12	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	7	5	1	1	20	9	+11	11
3	Great Britain	7	4	1	2	15	10	+5	9
4	Australia	7	3	2	2	18	8	+10	8
5	New Zealand	7	2	3	2	16	11	+5	7
6	Poland	7	2	2	3	12	12	0	6
7	Kenya	7	1	1	5	8	17	−9	3
8	Mexico	7	0	0	7	1	40	−39	0

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.

More information 1–1, Netherlands ...

27 August 1972 15:00 India  1–1  Netherlands Kumar  29' Report Zweerts  1' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

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More information Great Britain, 0–5 ...

28 August 1972 11:30 Great Britain  0–5  India Report Mukhbain  15', 30', 32' Kindo  19' Harmik  67' Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)

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More information 3–1, Australia ...

30 August 1972 16:30 India  3–1  Australia Mukhbain  7', 16', 61' Report Mason  26' Umpires: Francis Steurs (FRA) Fritz Seegers (GER)

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More information Poland, 2–2 ...

31 August 1972 10:00 Poland  2–2  India Ziaja  36', 40' Report Harmik  7' Billimoga  50' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

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More information 3–2, Kenya ...

2 September 1972 10:00 India  3–2  Kenya Mukhbain  36', 57' Harmik  48' Report Davinder  25', 45' Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) André Schittecatte (BEL)

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More information Mexico, 0–8 ...

3 September 1972 16:00 Mexico  0–8  India Report Harmik  6' Kumar  9', 61' Kulwant  22', 50', 56' Kindo  35' Billimoga  63' Umpires: Fritz Möhr (GER) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)

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More information 3–2, New Zealand ...

4 September 1972 15:30 India  3–2  New Zealand Kulwant  28' Mullera  51' Kindo  61' Report Maister  6' Dayman  58' Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

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Semi-finals

More information 0–2, Pakistan ...

8 September 1972 16:00 India  0–2  Pakistan Report Rehman  11' Shahnaz  34' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

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Bronze-medal match

More information Netherlands, 1–2 ...

10 September 1972 10:00 Netherlands  1–2  India Kruize  6' Report Billimoga  15' Mukhbain  70' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Bernard Valette (FRA)

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Four male shooters represented India in 1972.

50 m rifle, prone

• Parimal Chatterjee

• Qualification Round — 572(→ 95th place)

• Roy Choudhury

• Qualification Round — 567(→ 99th place)

Trap

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round — 180(→ 34th place)

Trap

• Randhir Singh

• Qualification Round — 173(→ 44th place)

Skeet

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round — 186(→ 36th place)

Men