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{{infobox country at games<br />
| NOC = IND<br />
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Summer Olympics<br />
| year = 1964<br />
| flagcaption = <br />
| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Tokyo]]<br />
| competitors = 53 (52 men, 1 woman)<br />
| sports = 8<br />
| flagbearer = [[Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]]<br />
| rank = 24<br />
| gold = 1<br />
| silver = 0<br />
| bronze = 0<br />
| officials = <br />
| appearances = auto<br />
| app_begin_year = 1900<br />
| app_end_year = <br />
| summerappearances = <br />
| winterappearances = <br />
| seealso = <br />
}}<br />
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'''[[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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/ |title=India at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213171100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/ |archive-date=13 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
<br />
==Medalists==<br />
<br />
=== Gold===<br />
* [[Charanjit Singh]] (captain), [[Shankar Lakshman]], [[Rajendran Christie]], [[Prithipal Singh]], [[Dharam Singh (field hockey, born 1937)|Dharam Singh]], [[Gurbux Singh]], [[Mohinder Lal]], [[Jagjit Singh (field hockey)|Jagjit Singh]], [[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder "Gindi" Singh]], [[Haripal Kaushik]], [[Harbinder Singh]], [[Bandu Patil]], [[Victor John Peter]], [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]], [[Darshan Singh (field hockey)|Darshan Singh]] and [[Syed Ali (field hockey, born 1942)|Syed Mushtaq Ali]] &mdash; [[Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Men's Team Competition.<ref><br />
[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/HOK/ India Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419002913/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/HOK/ |date=19 April 2012 }}, Sports Reference</ref><br />
<br />
==Athletics==<br />
{{main|Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
'''Men's 110 metres hurdles'''<br />
* [[Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]]<br />
:* Final &mdash; 14.09s (5th place)<br />
<br />
'''Men's 200 metres'''<br />
* [[Kenneth Powell (sprinter)|Kenneth Powell]]<br />
:* Heat &mdash; 21.19s<br />
<br />
''' Men's marathon'''<br />
*[[Balkrishan Akotkar]] <br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 2:29:27 (33rd place)<br />
<br />
''' Men's marathon'''<br />
*[[Harbans Lal]] <br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 2:37:05 (43rd place)<br />
<br />
'''Men's Triple Jump'''<br />
* [[Labh Singh (athlete)|Labh Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 14:95 (26th place)<br />
<br />
'''Men's long jump'''<br />
* [[S. Bondada Venkata]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 6.76 (28th place)<br />
<br />
'''Men's 4 × 100 m Relay''' <br />
* [[Anthony Francis Coutinho]], [[Makhan Singh (sprinter)|Makhan Singh]], [[Kenneth Powell (sprinter)|Kenneth Powell]], and [[Rajasekaran Pichaya]]<br />
:* Round 1&nbsp;– 40.6<br />
:* Semifinal&nbsp;– 40.5 (did not advance)<br />
<br />
==Cycling==<br />
{{main|Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
Five cyclists represented India in 1964.<br />
<br />
;[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]<br />
* [[Amar Singh Billing]], [[Chetan Singh Hari]], [[Dalbir Singh Gill]], and [[Amar Singh Sokhi]]<br />
<br />
;[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Sprint]]<br />
* [[Suchha Singh]]<br />
* [[Amar Singh Billing]]<br />
<br />
;[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial|1000m time trial]]<br />
* [[Dalbir Singh Gill]]<br />
<br />
;[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]<br />
* [[Amar Singh Sokhi]]<br />
<br />
;[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]<br />
* [[Amar Singh Billing]], [[Chetan Singh Hari]], [[Dalbir Singh Gill]], and [[Amar Singh Sokhi]]<br />
<br />
==Diving==<br />
{{main|Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
<br />
==Gymnastics==<br />
{{main|Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
<br />
==Hockey==<br />
{{main|Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
<br />
===Group B===<br />
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"<br />
! Place || Team || Wins || Ties || Losses || Points<br />
|-<br />
|width=30|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|IND|1964 Summer}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || '''12''' '''QS'''<br />
|-<br />
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|ESP|1964 Summer}} || 4 || 3 || 0 || '''11''' '''QS'''<br />
|-<br />
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|EUA|1964 Summer}} || 2 || 5 || 0 || '''9''' ''QC''<br />
|-<br />
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|NED|1964 Summer}} || 4 || 1 || 2 || '''9''' ''QC''<br />
|-<br />
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|MAS|1964 Summer}} || 2 || 2 || 3 || '''6'''<br />
|-<br />
|6.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|BEL|1964 Summer}} || 2 || 2 || 3 || '''6'''<br />
|-<br />
|7.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|CAN|1964 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 6 || '''2'''<br />
|-<br />
|8.||align=left|{{flagIOCteam|HKG|1964 Summer}} || 0 || 1 || 6 || '''1'''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
* India tied Spain 1-1<br />
* India tied United Team of Germany 1-1<br />
* India def. Netherlands 2-1<br />
* India def. Malaysia 3-1<br />
* India def. Belgium 2-0<br />
* India def. Canada 3-0<br />
* India def. Hong Kong 6-0<br />
* Spain tied United Team of Germany 1-1<br />
* Spain tied Netherlands 1-1<br />
* Spain def. Malaysia 3-0<br />
* Spain def. Belgium 3-0<br />
* Spain def. Canada 3-0<br />
* Spain def. Hong Kong 4-0<br />
* United Team of Germany def. Netherlands 1-0<br />
* United Team of Germany tied Malaysia 0-0<br />
* United Team of Germany tied Belgium 0-0<br />
* United Team of Germany def. Canada 5-1<br />
* United Team of Germany tied Hong Kong 1-1<br />
* Netherlands def. Malaysia 2-0<br />
* Netherlands def. Belgium 4-0<br />
* Netherlands def. Canada 5-0<br />
* Netherlands def. Hong Kong 7-0<br />
* Malaysia tied Belgium 3-3<br />
* Malaysia def. Canada 3-1<br />
* Malaysia def. Hong Kong 4-1<br />
* Belgium def. Canada 5-1<br />
* Belgium def. Hong Kong 2-0<br />
* Canada def. Hong Kong 2-1<br />
<br />
====Semifinals====<br />
The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the consolation semifinals<br />
<br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
|-<br />
! Round || Winner || Score || Loser<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2| Consolation<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|KEN|1964 Summer}}<br />
| 3-1<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|NED|1964 Summer}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|EUA|1964 Summer}}<br />
| 5-1 <br />
| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|1964 Summer}}<br />
<br />
|- bgcolor=lightgray<br />
| || || ||<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2| Semifinals<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|PAK|1964 Summer}}<br />
| 3-0<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|ESP|1964 Summer}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|IND|1964 Summer}}<br />
| 3-1<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|1964 Summer}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
====Finals====<br />
The winners of the semifinals played for the gold and silver medals, while the losers played for the bronze medal and 4th place. The winners of the consolation semifinals played for 5th and 6th places.<br />
<br />
{| class=wikitable<br />
|-<br />
! Game || Winner || Score || Loser<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| 5th/6th<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|EUA|1964 Summer}}<br />
| 3-0<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|KEN|1964 Summer}}<br />
<br />
|- bgcolor=lightgray<br />
| || || ||<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Bronze medal<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|1964 Summer}} [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
| 3-2<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|ESP|1964 Summer}}<br />
<br />
|- bgcolor=lightgray<br />
| || || ||<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Gold medal<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|IND|1964 Summer}} [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
| 1-0<br />
| {{flagIOCteam|PAK|1964 Summer}} [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Shooting==<br />
{{main|Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
Two shooters represented India in 1964.<br />
<br />
;[[Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's trap|Trap]]<br />
*[[Karni Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 186 (26th place)<br />
<br />
*[[Devi Singh (sport shooter)|Devi Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 168 (49th place)<br />
<br />
==Weightlifting==<br />
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
<br />
==Wrestling==<br />
{{main|Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/><br />
'''Key''':<br />
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].<br />
* {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points}} - Decision by Points.<br />
* {{abbr|Pd|Decision by Points (Judges Disagree)}} - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
;Men's Freestyle<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"<br />
!Athlete<br />
!Event<br />
!Round 1<br />Result<br />
!Round 2<br />Result<br />
!Round 3<br />Result<br />
!Round 4<br />Result<br />
!Round 5<br />Result<br />
!Round 6<br />Result<br />
!Rank<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Malwa (wrestler)|Malwa]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg|−52 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Paul Neff]]|EUA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ernest P. B. Fernando]]|CEY|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 4-0}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Elliott Gray Simons]]|USA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ali Aliyev (wrestler)|Ali Aliev]]|URS|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Bishambar Singh]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|−57 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ruben Leibovich]]|ARG|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 16s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sukhbaatar Bazar]]|MGL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Moises Lopez Ruiz]]|MEX|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[David Camillo Auble]]|USA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Huseyin Akbas]]|TUR|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
| {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
|6<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Bandu Patil (wrestler)|Bandu Patil]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 kg|−63 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tauno Antero Jaskari]]|FIN|1964 Summer}}<br />'''Draw'''<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bobby E. Douglas]]|USA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 8m 07s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Udey Chand]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 70 kg|−70 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Arto Savolainen]]|FIN|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Enio Valtchev Dimov]]|BUL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 9s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zarbegi Beriashvili]]|URS|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Madho Singh]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 78 kg|−78 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Julio Ricardo Graffigna]]|ARG|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ismail Ogan]]|TUR|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leonard John Allen]]|GBR|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Guliko Sagaradze]]|URS|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Jit Singh]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 87 kg|−87 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rudolf Kobelt]]|SUI|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 41s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Prodan Stoyanov Gardjev]]|BUL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 5m 54s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Maruti Mane]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg|−97 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Peter Jutzeler]]|SUI|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Heinz Kiehl]]|EUA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Imre Vigh]]|HUN|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Ganpat Andalkar]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle + 97 kg|+97 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Denis Mcnamara]]|GBR|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Stefan Stingu]]|ROU|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 8m 47s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bohumil Kubat]]|TCH|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 4m 58s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
|{{n/a}}<br />
| -<br />
|}<br />
<br />
;Men's Greco-Roman<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"<br />
!Athlete<br />
!Event<br />
!Round 1<br />Result<br />
!Round 2<br />Result<br />
!Round 3<br />Result<br />
!Round 4<br />Result<br />
!Round 5<br />Result<br />
!Round 6<br />Result<br />
!Rank<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Malwa (wrestler)|Malwa]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg|−52 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Angel Stoyanov Kerezov]]|BUL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''Draw'''<br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| {{n/a}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Bishambhar]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg|−57 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Moises Lopez Ruiz]]|MEX|1964 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladlen Trostiansky]]|URS|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Unver Basergil]]|TUR|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| {{n/a}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Bandu Patil (wrestler)|Bandu Patil]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg|−63 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joseph Mewis]]|BEL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 10s}}</sup> <br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kazimierz Macioch]]|POL|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 0-4}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Ganpat Andalkar]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg|−87 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Richard Wayne Baughman]]|USA|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|colspan=5 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Maruti Mane]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg|−97 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ferenc Kiss (wrestler)|Ferenc Kiss]]|HUN|1964 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 59s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| {{n/a}}<br />
| -<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:India At The 1964 Summer Olympics}}<br />
[[Category:Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1964]]<br />
[[Category:1964 in Indian sport]]</div>
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