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{{infobox country at games<br />
| NOC = IND<br />
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Summer Olympics<br />
| year = 1968<br />
| flagcaption = <br />
| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Mexico City]]<br />
| competitors = 25<br />
| sports = 5<br />
| flagbearer = <br />
| rank = 42<br />
| gold = 0<br />
| silver = 0<br />
| bronze = 1<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 '''[[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><br />
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==Medalists==<br />
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=== Bronze===<br />
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[[Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Men's Team Competition. Team members:<br />
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* [[Ajit Pal Singh]]<br />
* [[Balbir Singh Kullar|Balbir Singh I]] (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur)<br />
* [[Balbir Singh Kular|Balbir Singh II]] (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur)<br />
* [[Balbir Singh (b. 21 September 1945)|Balbir Singh III]] (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad)<br />
* [[Gurbux Singh]]<br />
* [[Harbinder Singh]]<br />
* [[Harmik Singh]]<br />
* [[Inam-ur Rehaman]]<br />
* [[Inder Singh (field hockey)|Inder Singh]]<br />
* [[Krishnamurthy Perumal]]<br />
* [[Munir Sait]]<br />
* [[John Victor Peter]]<br />
* [[Prithipal Singh]]<br />
* [[Rajendran Christie|Rajendra Absolem Christy]]<br />
* [[Tarsem Singh (field hockey)|Tarsem Singh]]<br />
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==Athletics==<br />
{{main article|Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
<br />
''' Men's Hammer Throw'''<br />
*[[Praveen Kumar Sobti]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 60.84(→ 20th place)<br />
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==Hockey==<br />
{{main article|Hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==Shooting==<br />
{{main article|Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
Two shooters represented India in 1968.<br />
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;[[Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap|Trap]]<br />
*[[Karni Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 194(→ 10th place)<br />
<br />
*[[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)|Randhir Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 192(→ 17th place)<br />
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;[[Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Skeet]]<br />
*[[Karni Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 187(→ 28th place)<br />
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==Weightlifting==<br />
{{main article|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==Wrestling==<br />
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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{{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|Os|Obvious Superiority}} - Obvious Superiority.<br />
}}<br />
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;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 />
!Round 7<br />Result<br />
!Rank<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Sudesh Kumar]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg|−52 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boris Dimovski]]|YUG|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gustavo Ramírez (wrestler)|Gustavo Ramírez]]|GUA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 5m 32s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wanelge Castillo]]|PAN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 1-3}}</sup><br />
|{{Bye}}<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rick Sanders (wrestler)|Richard Sanders]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 34s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| 6<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Bishamber Singh]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|−57 kg]]<br />
|{{Bye}}<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Herbert Singerman]]|CAN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hasan Sevnic]]|TUR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Donald Behm]]|USA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yojiro Uetake]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Os|Obvious Superiority}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Udey Chand]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight|−70 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Angel Aldama]]|GUA|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 1m 55s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Klaus Rost]]|FRG|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rodger Till]]|GBR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''W''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 7s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Francisco Lebequer]]|CUB|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 6m 49s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Abdollah Movahed]]|IRN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-1}}</sup><br />
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| 6<br />
|-align=center<br />
|align=left|[[Mukhtiar Singh]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight|−78 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yury Shakhmuradov]]|URS|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 37s}}</sup><br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tatsuo Sasaki (wrestler)|Tatsuo Sasaki]]|JPN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 10m 10s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{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|[[Sudesh Kumar]]<br />
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg|−52 kg]]<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Karmous]]|MAR|1968 Summer}}<br />'''Draw'''<br />
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Imre Alker]]|HUN|1968 Summer}}<br />'''L''' <sup>{{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 2m 57s}}</sup><br />
|colspan=4 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}<br />
| -<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2000.html Official Olympic Reports]<br />
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]<br />
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{{Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1968]]<br />
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{{India-sport-stub}}<br />
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