India at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
in Tokyo
Competitors53 (52 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 53 competitors, 52 men and 1 woman, took part in 42 events in 8 sports. They were able to win a single medal, the gold, in field hockey. [1]

Contents

Competitors

SportsMenWomenTotalEvents
Athletics 1211310
Cycling 5055
Diving 2022
Field hockey 150151
Gymnastics 6068
Shooting 2021
Weightlifting 2022
Wrestling 80813
Total5215342

Medalists

Gold

Athletics

Men's 110 metres hurdles

  • Final 14.09s (5th place)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat 21.19s

Men's marathon

  • Qualification Round 2:29:27 (33rd place)

Men's marathon

  • Qualification Round 2:37:05 (43rd place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification Round 14:95 (26th place)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification Round 6.76 (28th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Round 1 – 40.6
  • Semifinal – 40.5 (did not advance)

Cycling

Five cyclists represented India in 1964.

Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
Ansuya Prasad 3 m springboard 69.0425Did not advance
Sohan Singh 10 m platform 74.1830Did not advance

Gymnastics

Field hockey

Pool B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of India.svg  India 7520184+1412Advanced to Semi-finals
2Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 7430163+1311
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7412204+169
4German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 725094+59
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 7223111326
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7223101336
7Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 7106525202
8Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 7016326231
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result. [3]






Semifinals

Gold-medal match

Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1964.

Trap
  • Qualification Round 186 (26th place)
  • Qualification Round 168 (49th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Key:

Men's Freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Rank
Malwa Singh −52 kg Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Paul Neff  (EUA)
WPt
Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ernest P. Fernando  (CEY)
WPt
Flag of the United States.svg  Elliott Gray Simons  (USA)
LPt
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ali Aliev  (URS)
LVT
did not advance-
Bishambar Singh −57 kg Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Rubén Leibovich  (ARG)
WVT
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Bazaryn Sükhbaatar  (MGL)
WPt
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Moises Lopez Ruiz  (MEX)
WPt
Flag of the United States.svg  David Camillo Auble  (USA)
LPt
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hüseyin Akbaş  (TUR)
LPt
did not advance6
Bandu Patil −63 kg Flag of Finland.svg  Tauno Antero Jaskari  (FIN)
Draw
Flag of the United States.svg  Bobby E. Douglas  (USA)
LVT
did not advance-
Udey Chand −70 kg Flag of Finland.svg  Arto Savolainen  (FIN)
WPt
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Enyu Valchev  (BUL)
LVT
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Zarbeg Beriashvili  (URS)
LPt
did not advance-
Madho Singh −78 kg Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Julio Ricardo Graffigna  (ARG)
WPt
Flag of Turkey.svg  İsmail Ogan  (TUR)
LPt
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Leonard John Allen  (GBR)
WPt
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Guliko Sagaradze  (URS)
LPt
did not advance-
Jit Singh −87 kg Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Rudolf Kobelt  (SUI)
WVT
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Prodan Stoyanov Gardjev  (BUL)
LVT
did not advance-
Maruti Mane −97 kg Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Peter Jutzeler  (SUI)
LPt
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Heinz Kiehl  (EUA)
WPt
Flag of Hungary.svg  Imre Vígh  (HUN)
LPt
did not advance-
Ganpat Andalkar +97 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Denis Mcnamara  (GBR)
WPt
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Ştefan Stingu  (ROU)
LVT
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Bohumil Kubát  (TCH)
LVT
did not advanceN/a-
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Rank
Malwa Singh −52 kg Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Angel Stoyanov Kerezov  (BUL)
Draw
did not advanceN/a-
Bishambar Singh −57 kg Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Moises Lopez Ruiz  (MEX)
WPt
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladlen Trostyansky  (URS)
LPt
Flag of Turkey.svg  Unver Basergil  (TUR)
LPt
did not advanceN/a-
Bandu Patil −63 kg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Mewis  (BEL)
LVT
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Kazimierz Macioch  (POL)
LPt
did not advance-
Ganpat Andalkar −87 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Richard Wayne Baughman  (USA)
LPt
did not advance-
Maruti Mane −97 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Kiss  (HUN)
LVT
did not advanceN/a-

References

  1. "India at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. India Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Sports Reference
  3. Regulations