India at the 1962 Asian Games

India at the 1962 Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Jakarta
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 10 Silver 13 Bronze 10 Total 33
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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India participated in the 1962 Asian Games held in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 August 1962 to 4 September 1962. India ranked 3rd with 12 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. ^[1]

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	5	5	4	14
Boxing	1	0	2	3
Hockey	0	1	0	1
Football	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	3	6	3	12
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Total	10	13	10	33

Football

Head coach: Syed Abdul Rahim

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Pradyut Barman				Railways
	1 GK	Peter Thangaraj	(1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 26)			Mohammedan Sporting
	2 DF	Menon Chandrashekar	(1935-07-10)10 July 1935 (aged 27)			Bombay
	2 DF	Tarlok Singh				Services
	3 MF	Fortunato Franco				Bombay
	2 DF	Jarnail Singh	(1936-02-20)20 February 1936 (aged 26)			Mohun Bagan
	3 MF	Ram Bahadur Chhetri	(1937-02-15)15 February 1937 (aged 25)			East Bengal
	4 FW	Pradip Kumar Banerjee	(1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 26)			Railways
	4 FW	Mohammed Yousuf Khan	(1937-08-05)5 August 1937 (aged 25)			Hyderabad City Police
	4 FW	D.M.K. Afzal				Hyderabad City Police
	4 FW	Chuni Goswami (c)	(1938-01-15)15 January 1938 (aged 24)			Mohun Bagan
	4 FW	Tulsidas Balaram	(1936-10-04)4 October 1936 (aged 25)			East Bengal
	3 MF	Prasanta Sinha				Bengal
	4 FW	D. Ethiraj	(1934-07-01)1 July 1934 (aged 28)			Services
	4 FW	Arumai Nayagam				Mohun Bagan
	2 DF	Arun Ghosh	(1941-07-07)7 July 1941 (aged 21)			East Bengal

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	6	2	3.000	6
India	3	2	0	1	6	3	2.000	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	3	4	0.750	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	4	10	0.400	0

Source: RSSSF

26 August 1962

India	0–2	South Korea
		Chung Soon-choon 30' Cha Tae-sung

Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 95,000 ^[2]

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28 August 1962

Thailand	1–4	India
	Report	Banerjee Goswami Balaram

Jakarta

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29 August 1962

India	2–0	Japan
Banerjee 54' Balaram 70'	Report

Jakarta

Semifinals

1 September 1962

South Vietnam	2–3	India
Phan Duong Cam 52' (pen.) Do Thol Vinh 64'	Report	Goswami 13', 75' J. Singh 41'

Jakarta

Gold medal match

4 September 1962

India	2–1	South Korea
Banerjee 74' J. Singh 87'	Report	Cha Tae-sung 45'

Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 100,000 ^[3]

Referee: J. Ferguson (Singapore) ^[3]

References

1. "Overall Medal Standings – Jakarta 1962". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
2. "Though Beaten In Soccer, India Can Still Make In Last 4". The Indian Express. 28 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3. "India Emerge Asian Games Football Champions". The Indian Express . 5 September 1962.

Further reading

• Media Team, AIFF (12 May 2023). "Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.