View source for India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1968
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}
| location = [[Mexico City]]
| competitors = 25
| sports = 5
| flagbearer = 
| rank = 42
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 1
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}

'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1968 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1968/ |title=India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games |access-date=1 January 2016 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305121305/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1968/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Medalists==

=== Bronze===

[[Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Men's Team Competition. Team members:

* [[Ajit Pal Singh]]
* [[Balbir Singh Kullar|Balbir Singh I]] (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur)
* [[Balbir Singh Kular|Balbir Singh II]] (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur)
* [[Balbir Singh (b. 21 September 1945)|Balbir Singh III]] (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad)
* [[Gurbux Singh]]
* [[Harbinder Singh]]
* [[Harmik Singh]]
* [[Inam-ur Rehaman]]
* [[Inder Singh (field hockey)|Inder Singh]]
* [[Krishnamurthy Perumal]]
* [[Munir Sait]]
* [[John Victor Peter]]
* [[Prithipal Singh]]
* [[Rajendran Christie|Rajendra Absolem Christy]]
* [[Tarsem Singh (field hockey)|Tarsem Singh]]

==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

''' Men's Hammer Throw'''
*[[Praveen Kumar Sobti]]
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 60.84(→ 20th place)

==Hockey==
{{main article|Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

==Shooting==
{{main article|Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}
Two shooters represented India in 1968.

;[[Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap|Trap]]
*[[Karni Singh]]
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 194(→ 10th place)

*[[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)|Randhir Singh]]
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 192(→ 17th place)

;[[Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Skeet]]
*[[Karni Singh]]
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 187(→ 28th place)

==Weightlifting==
{{main article|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

==Wrestling==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points}} - Decision by Points.
* {{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}} - Obvious Superiority.
}}

;Men's Freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!Round 1<br />Result
!Round 2<br />Result
!Round 3<br />Result
!Round 4<br />Result
!Round 5<br />Result
!Round 6<br />Result
!Round 7<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sudesh Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg|−52 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boris Dimovski]]|YUG|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gustavo Ramírez (wrestler)|Gustavo Ramírez]]|GUA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 5m 32s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wanelge Castillo]]|PAN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup>
|{{Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rick Sanders (wrestler)|Richard Sanders]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 34s}}</sup>
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
| 6
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Bishamber Singh]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|−57 kg]]
|{{Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Herbert Singerman]]|CAN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hasan Sevnic]]|TUR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Donald Behm]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yojiro Uetake]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup>
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
| -
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Udey Chand]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight|−70 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Angel Aldama]]|GUA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 55s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Klaus Rost]]|FRG|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rodger Till]]|GBR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 7s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Francisco Lebequer]]|CUB|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 6m 49s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Abdollah Movahed]]|IRN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup>
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
| 6
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mukhtiar Singh]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight|−78 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yury Shakhmuradov]]|URS|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 37s}}</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tatsuo Sasaki (wrestler)|Tatsuo Sasaki]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 10m 10s}}</sup>
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|{{n/a}}
| -
|}

;Men's Greco-Roman
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!Round 1<br />Result
!Round 2<br />Result
!Round 3<br />Result
!Round 4<br />Result
!Round 5<br />Result
!Round 6<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sudesh Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg|−52 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Karmous]]|MAR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''Draw'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Imre Alker]]|HUN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 57s}}</sup>
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
| -
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2000.html Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

{{Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1968]]


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