India at the 1976 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.

India at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.ind.in
in Montreal
Competitors20 in 3 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

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

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Argentina (4-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to Australia (1-6)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Defeated Malaysia (3-0)
  • Replay: Lost to Australia (1-1, 4-5 after penalty strokes)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to West Germany (2-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Malaysia (2-0) → Seventh place

Boxing

Rai Sik (Featherweight) – lost first round.

C.C Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.


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