India at the 1972 Summer Olympics

India at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Munich
Competitors41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer D.N. Devine Jones
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and no woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.[1]

Competitors

Sports Men Women Total Events
Athletics 7 1 8 9
Boxing 3 0 3 3
Field hockey 14 0 14 1
Shooting 4 0 4 3
Sailing 3 0 3 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1 1
Wrestling 8 0 8 8
Total 40 1 41 27

Medalists

Bronze

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Rajinder Kohli
  • Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long jump

  • Qualification Round — 7.30(→ 30th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot put

  • Qualification Round — 17.15(→ 26th place)

Men's Discus throw

  • Qualification Round — 53.12(→ 26th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Team Roaster[2]

Preliminary round

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 7 5 2 0 25 8 +17 12 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 7 5 1 1 20 9 +11 11
3  Great Britain 7 4 1 2 15 10 +5 9
4  Australia 7 3 2 2 18 8 +10 8
5  New Zealand 7 2 3 2 16 11 +5 7
6  Poland 7 2 2 3 12 12 0 6
7  Kenya 7 1 1 5 8 17 −9 3
8  Mexico 7 0 0 7 1 40 −39 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
27 August 1972
15:00
India  1–1  Netherlands
Kumar  29' Report Zweerts  1'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)
28 August 1972
11:30
Great Britain  0–5  India
Report Mukhbain  15', 30', 32'
Kindo  19'
Harmik  67'
Umpires:
Jacky Manneback (BEL)
Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
30 August 1972
16:30
India  3–1  Australia
Mukhbain  7', 16', 61' Report Mason  26'
Umpires:
Francis Steurs (FRA)
Fritz Seegers (GER)
31 August 1972
10:00
Poland  2–2  India
Ziaja  36', 40' Report Harmik  7'
Billimoga  50'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
2 September 1972
10:00
India  3–2  Kenya
Mukhbain  36', 57'
Harmik  48' 		Report Davinder  25', 45'
Umpires:
Jacky Manneback (BEL)
André Schittecatte (BEL)
3 September 1972
16:00
Mexico  0–8  India
Report Harmik  6'
Kumar  9', 61'
Kulwant  22', 50', 56'
Kindo  35'
Billimoga  63'
Umpires:
Fritz Möhr (GER)
Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
4 September 1972
15:30
India  3–2  New Zealand
Kulwant  28'
Mullera  51'
Kindo  61' 		Report Maister  6'
Dayman  58'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
Horacio Servetto (ARG)

Semi-finals

8 September 1972
16:00
India  0–2  Pakistan
Report Rehman  11'
Shahnaz  34'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

Bronze-medal match

10 September 1972
10:00
Netherlands  1–2  India
Kruize  6' Report Billimoga  15'
Mukhbain  70'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
Bernard Valette (FRA)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four male shooters represented India in 1972.

50 m rifle, prone
  • Parimal Chatterjee
  • Qualification Round — 572(→ 95th place)
  • Roy Choudhury
  • Qualification Round — 567(→ 99th place)
Trap
  • Qualification Round — 180(→ 34th place)

Trap

  • Qualification Round — 173(→ 44th place)
Skeet
  • Qualification Round — 186(→ 36th place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Anil Mondal – 51.65 kg 85.0 90.0 95.0 80.0 85.0 90.0 107.5 112.5 117.5 297.5 11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "India at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "India Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.


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