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{{infobox country at games<br />
| NOC = IND<br />
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Summer Olympics<br />
| year = 1972<br />
| flagcaption = <br />
| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Munich]]<br />
| competitors = 41 (40 men, 1 woman)<br />
| sports = 7<br />
| flagbearer = D.N. Devine Jones<br />
| rank = 43<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 />
'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1972 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]. 41 competitors, 40 men and 1 woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/ |title=India at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=14 February 2016 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Medalists==<br />
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===Bronze===<br />
* [[Charles Cornelius]], [[Manuel Frederick]], [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]], [[Michael Kindo]], [[Galesh Mollerapoovayya|Ganesh Mullera Poovayya]], [[Krishnamurty Perumal]], [[Victor Philips]], [[Harcharan Singh (field hockey)|Harcharan singh]], [[B. P. Govinda]], [[Vece Paes]], [[Ajitpal Singh]], [[Harbinder Singh]], [[Harmik Singh]], [[Kulwant Singh (hockey player)|Kulwant Singh]], [[Mukhbain Singh]], and [[Virinder Singh]] &mdash; [[Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Men's Team Competition.<br />
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==Athletics==<br />
{{main|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
'''Men's 800 metres'''<br />
*[[Sriram Singh]]<br />
:* Heat &mdash; 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)<br />
*[[Rajinder Kohli]]<br />
:*Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)<br />
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'''Men's 5000 metres'''<br />
*[[Edward Sequeira]]<br />
:* Heat &mdash; 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)<br />
'''Men's Long jump'''<br />
*[[Mohinder Gill Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 7.30(→ 30th place)<br />
'''Men's High Jump'''<br />
*[[Suresh Babu]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 1.90m (→ did not advance)<br />
'''Men's Shot put'''<br />
*[[Jugraj Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 17.15(→ 26th place)<br />
'''Men's Discus throw'''<br />
*[[Praveen Kumar Sobti]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 53.12(→ 26th place)<br />
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==Boxing==<br />
{{main|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
'''Men's Flyweight (&ndash; 51&nbsp;kg)'''<br />
* [[Chander Narayanan]]<br />
:* First Round &mdash; Bye<br />
:* Second Round &mdash; Lost to [[Leszek Błażyński]] (POL), 2:3<br />
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==Hockey==<br />
{{main|Hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==Sailing==<br />
{{main|Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==Shooting==<br />
{{main|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
Four male shooters represented India in 1972.<br />
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;[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone|50 m rifle, prone]]<br />
* [[Parimal Chatterjee]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 572(→ 95th place)<br />
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* [[Roy Choudhury]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 567(→ 99th place)<br />
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;[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap|Trap]]<br />
* [[Karni Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 180(→ 34th place)<br />
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'''Trap'''<br />
* [[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)|Randhir Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 173(→ 44th place)<br />
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;[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Skeet]]<br />
* [[Karni Singh]]<br />
:* Qualification Round &mdash; 186(→ 36th place)<br />
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==Weightlifting==<br />
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
'''Men'''<br />
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|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<br />
!rowspan="2"|Event<br />
!colspan="3"|Military press<br />
!colspan="3"|Snatch<br />
!colspan="3"|Clean & Jerk<br />
!rowspan="2"|Total<br />
!rowspan="2"|Rank<br />
|-<br />
!1<br />
!2<br />
!3<br />
!1<br />
!2<br />
!3<br />
!1<br />
!2<br />
!3<br />
|-<br />
|width=30%|[[Anil Mondal]]<br />
|align=center|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg|&ndash; 51.65&nbsp;kg]]<br />
|align=center|85.0<br />
|align=center|90.0<br />
|align=center|95.0<br />
|align=center|80.0<br />
|align=center|85.0<br />
|align=center|<s>90.0</s><br />
|align=center|107.5<br />
|align=center|112.5<br />
|align=center|117.5<br />
|align=center|297.5<br />
|align=center|11<br />
|}<br />
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==Wrestling==<br />
{{main|Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061031061743/http://www.databaseolympics.com/country/countryyear.htm?g=18&cty=IND databaseOlympics.com]<br />
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1972 International Olympic Committee]<br />
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{{Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1972 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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