India at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sports	Men	Women	Total	Events
Athletics	4	0	4	4
Boxing	2	0	2	2
Field hockey	16	0	16	1
Shooting	3	0	3	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1	1
Total	26	0	26	10

Men's 800 metres

• Sriram Singh

• Heat — 1:45.86
• Semi Final — 1:46.42
• Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Hari Chand

• Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• T. C. Yohannan

• Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)

• S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
• C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round

• Team roster^[1]

• ( 1.) Ajitpal Singh
• ( 2.) Vadivelu Phillips
• ( 3.) Baldev Singh
• ( 4.) Ashok Diwan
• ( 5.) Billimoga Govinda
• ( 6.) Ashok Kumar
• ( 7.) Varinder Singh
• ( 8.) Harcharan Singh
• ( 9.) Mohinder Singh
• (10.) Aslam Sher Khan
• (11.) Syed Ali
• (12.) Bir Bhadur Chettri
• (13.) Chand Singh
• (14.) Ajit Singh
• (15.) Surjit Singh
• (16.) Vasudevan Baskaran

• Head coach: Gurbux Singh

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8	6[a]
3	India	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	6[a]
4	Malaysia	5	2	0	3	3	7	−4	4
5	Canada (H)	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	2
6	Argentina	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	2

18 July 1976 10:00 India  4–0  Argentina Ajit  1', 66' Chand  17' Surjit  49' Report Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

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19 July 1976 15:00 Netherlands  3–1  India Kruize  31' Litjens  47', 48' Report Philips  37' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Graham Nash (GBR)

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21 July 1976 15:00 Australia  6–1  India Riley  13', 30', 50' Browning  26' Irvine  45' Smith  54' Report Surjit  21' Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)

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22 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Canada Ajit  10' Philips  47', 69' Report Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)

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24 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Malaysia Ashok  4', 16' Surjit  60' Report Umpires: Graham Nash (GBR) Peter Jackson (GBR)

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26 July 1976 13:00 Australia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India Charlesworth  33' Report Surjit  34' Penalties Bell Haigh Walsh Smith Charlesworth 5–4 Surjit Ajit Pal Ashok Ajit Philips Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

29 July 1976 17:00 India  2–3  West Germany Mohinder  20' Ajit Pal  66' Report Strödter  38', 62' Dröse  60' Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Graham Nash (GBR)

30 July 1976 10:00 India  2–0  Malaysia Aslam Sher  55', 59' Report Umpires: Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED) Bob Davidzon (NED)

• Official Olympic Reports