View source for India at the 1976 Summer Olympics

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1976
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = 
| location = [[Montreal]]
| competitors = 26 in 5 sports
| sports = 
| flagbearer = [[Ajit Pal Singh]] 
| rank = 
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}

[[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.

== Competitors ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
!Sports
!Men
!Women
!Total
!Events
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] ||4 ||0 ||4 ||4
|-
| align=left|[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] ||2 ||0 ||2 ||2
|-
| align=left|[[Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] ||16 ||0 ||16 ||1
|-
| align=left|[[Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] ||3 ||0 ||3 ||2
|-
| align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] ||1 ||0 ||1 ||1
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total
!26
!0
!26
!10
|}

==Results by event==

===[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
'''Men's 800 metres'''
* [[Sriram Singh]]
:* Heat — 1:45.86
:* Semi Final — 1:46.42
:* Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)

'''Men's 10.000 metres'''
* [[Hari Chand]]
:* Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)

'''Men's Long Jump'''
* [[T. C. Yohannan]]
:* Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)

'''Men's Marathon'''
* [[Shivnath Singh]] — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)

===[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
* [[S. K. Rai]] (Featherweight) – lost first round
* [[C. C. Machaiah]] (Light Welterweight) – lost first round

===[[Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]]===

====Men's team competition====

* '''Team roster'''<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |title=India Hockey at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307165057/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1976/HOK/ |archivedate=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
:* ( 1.) [[Ajitpal Singh]]
:* ( 2.) [[Vadivelu Phillips]] <!--V. J. Phillips-->
:* ( 3.) [[Baldev Singh (field hockey)|Baldev Singh]]
:* ( 4.) [[Ashok Diwan]]
:* ( 5.) [[Billimoga Govinda]]
:* ( 6.) [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]]
:* ( 7.) [[Varinder Singh (field hockey)|Varinder Singh]]
:* ( 8.) [[Harcharan Singh (field hockey)|Harcharan Singh]]
:* ( 9.) [[Mohinder Singh (field hockey)|Mohinder Singh]]
:* (10.) [[Aslam Sher Khan]]
:* (11.) [[Syed Ali (field hockey, born 1956)|Syed Ali]]
:* (12.) [[Bir Bhadur Chettri]]
:* (13.) [[Chand Singh]]
:* (14.) [[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit Singh]]
:* (15.) [[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit Singh]]
:* (16.) [[Vasudevan Baskaran]]
* '''Head coach''': [[Gurbux Singh (field hockey)|Gurbux Singh]]

====Preliminary round====
=====Group A=====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35957 Olympedia]
|update=complete
|team_order=NED, AUS, IND, MAS, CAN, ARG

|result1=SF |result2=SF

|win_NED=5 |draw_NED=0 |loss_NED=0 |gf_NED=11|ga_NED=3
|win_AUS=3 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=2 |gf_AUS=14|ga_AUS=6
|win_ARG=1 |draw_ARG=0 |loss_ARG=4 |gf_ARG=4 |ga_ARG=12
|win_IND=3 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=2 |gf_IND=12|ga_IND=9
|win_CAN=1 |draw_CAN=0 |loss_CAN=4 |gf_CAN=4 |ga_CAN=11|status_CAN=H
|win_MAS=2 |draw_MAS=0 |loss_MAS=3 |gf_MAS=3 |ga_MAS=7

|name_NED={{fh|NED}}
|name_AUS={{fh|AUS}}
|name_ARG={{fh|ARG}}
|name_IND={{fh|IND}}
|name_CAN={{fh|CAN}}
|name_MAS={{fh|MAS}}

|hth_AUS=[[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] and [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a [[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|penalty shoot-out]].
|hth_IND=AUS

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Medal round|Semi-finals]]

|winpoints=2
}}

{{fieldhockeybox
|date=18 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35973 Report]
|score=4–0
|team2={{fh|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]] {{fhgoal|FG|1|FG|66}}<br />[[Chand Singh|Chand]] {{fhgoal|FG|17}}<br />[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|49}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Francis Steurs (BEL)<br />Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=19 July 1976
|time=15:00
|team1={{fh-rt|NED}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35975 Report]
|score=3–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Hans Kruize|Kruize]] {{fhgoal|FG|31}}<br />[[Paul Litjens|Litjens]] {{fhgoal|LC|47|LC|48}}
|goals2=[[Victor Philips|Philips]] {{fhgoal|PS|37}}
|umpires=Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)<br />Graham Nash (GBR)
}}

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{{fieldhockeybox
|date=21 July 1976
|time=15:00
|team1={{fh-rt|AUS}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35979 Report]
|score=6–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Ronald Riley|Riley]] {{fhgoal|FG|13|FG|30|FG|50}}<br />[[Greg Browning|Browning]] {{fhgoal|FG|26}}<br />[[Jim Irvine (field hockey)|Irvine]] {{fhgoal|PC|45}}<br />[[Trevor Smith (field hockey)|Smith]] {{fhgoal|FG|54}}
|goals2=[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|21}}
|umpires=Alain Renaud (FRA)<br />Fritz Seegers (FRG)
}}
----
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=22 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35981 Report]
|score=3–0
|team2={{fh|CAN}}
|goals1=[[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]] {{fhgoal|FG|10}}<br />[[Victor Philips|Philips]] {{fhgoal|PS|47|FG|69}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Jaime Salvatella (ESP)<br />Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)
}}

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{{fieldhockeybox
|date=24 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35985 Report]
|score=3–0
|team2={{fh|MAS}}
|goals1=[[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok]] {{fhgoal|FG|4|LC|16}}<br />[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|60}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Graham Nash (GBR)<br />Peter Jackson (GBR)
}}

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{{fieldhockeybox
|date=26 July 1976
|time=13:00
|team1={{fh-rt|AUS}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35988 Report]
|score=1–1
|team2={{fh|IND}}
|goals1=[[Ric Charlesworth|Charlesworth]] {{fhgoal|FG|33}}
|goals2=[[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]] {{fhgoal|PC|34}}
|umpires=Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA)<br />Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)
|aet=yes
|penalties1=[[David Bell (field hockey)|Bell]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Robert Haigh (field hockey)|Haigh]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Terry Walsh (field hockey)|Walsh]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Trevor Smith (field hockey)|Smith]] {{fhps|g}}<br />[[Ric Charlesworth|Charlesworth]] {{fhps|g}}
|penaltyscore=5–4
|penalties2={{fhps|g}} [[Surjit Singh Randhawa|Surjit]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Ajit Pal Singh|Ajit Pal]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok]]<br />{{fhps|m}} [[Ajit Singh (field hockey)|Ajit]]<br />{{fhps|g}} [[Victor Philips|Philips]]
}}

===Fifth to eighth place classification===

{{fieldhockeybox
|date=29 July 1976
|time=17:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35969 Report]
|score=2–3
|team2={{fh|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Mohinder Singh (field hockey)|Mohinder]] {{fhgoal|PS|20}}<br />[[Ajit Pal Singh|Ajit Pal]] {{fhgoal|FG|66}}
|goals2=[[Wolfgang Strödter|Strödter]] {{fhgoal|PC|38|PC|62}}<br />[[Horst Dröse|Dröse]] {{fhgoal|FG|60}}
|umpires=Richard Jewell (AUS)<br />Graham Nash (GBR)
}}

====Seventh place game====
{{fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 1976
|time=10:00
|team1={{fh-rt|IND}}
|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35962 Report]
|score=2–0
|team2={{fh|MAS}}
|goals1=[[Aslam Sher Khan|Aslam Sher]] {{fhgoal|PC|55|FG|59}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)<br />Bob Davidzon (NED)
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2000.html Official Olympic Reports]

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[[Category:Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
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