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India at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Munich
Competitors	41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	D.N. Devine Jones
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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India competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and no woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.

Competitors

Medalists

Bronze

• Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Michael Kindo, Ganesh Mullera Poovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Victor Philips, Harcharan singh, B. P. Govinda, Vece Paes, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Athletics

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)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Chander Narayanan

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

Field hockey

Team Roaster

• 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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

Semi-finals

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

Bronze-medal match

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

Sailing

Shooting

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)

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

References

1. "India at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
2. "India Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

External links

• databaseOlympics.com
• International Olympic Committee

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