India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Total	1	0	0	1

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Template:Gold medal	Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Lakshman Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Raghbir Singh Bhola Balbir Singh Dosanjh Hardyal Singh Garchey Randhir Singh Gentle Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Udham Singh Kullar Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen	Field hockey	Men's Field hockey

Athletics

Men's High Jump

• Ajit Singh

• Qualification Round — 1.96m (14)

Men's 200 metres

• Milkha Singh

• Heat — 22.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Sohan Singh

• Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Mary Rao

• Heat — DNF(→ did not advance)

Football

First round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze Medal match

Gymnastics

Template:Main waryam singh represent India with Gold medal

Hockey

Squad

Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
O. P. Malhotra
Govind Perumal
Amit Singh Bakshi
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Hardyal Singh Garchey
Randhir Singh Gentle
Balkishan Singh Grewal
Gurdev Singh Kullar
Udham Singh Kullar
Bakshish Singh
Charles Stephen

Group standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts		Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon
1.	Template:Fh	3	3	0	0	36	0	6		X	6:0	14:0	16:0
2.	Template:Fh	3	2	0	1	11	7	4		0:6	X	5:0	6:1
3.	Template:Fh	3	1	0	2	5	20	2		0:14	0:5	X	5:1
4.	Template:Fh	3	0	0	3	2	27	0		0:16	1:6	1:5	X

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

Shooting

Template:Main Two shooters represented India in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Harihar Banerjee
• Haricharan Shaw

Swimming

Template:Main Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Sri Chand Bajaj

• Heat — 1:01.6

Men's 200 metre butterfly

• Shamsher Khan

• Heat — 3:06.3

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank
Baban Daware	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	−
Tarashkeswar Pandey	−57 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	−
Ram Sarup	−62 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	−
Lakhshmi Kant Pandey	−67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=4 Template:N/a	−
Devi Singh	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	Template:N/a	−
B. Singh	−79 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	−
Lila Ram	+87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=4 Template:N/a	−