India competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports. They won one bronze medal.
Competitors +SportsMenWomenTotalEventsAthletics 2 0 2 2Field hockey 15 0 15 1Shooting 2 0 2 2Weightlifting 1 0 1 1Wrestling 5 0 5 5Total2502511
Medalists
Bronze
Field hockey, Men's Team Competition. Team members:
Ajit Pal Singh Balbir Singh I (b. 5 April 1945 in Sansarpur) Balbir Singh II (b. 27 February 1941 in Sansarpur) Balbir Singh III (b. 21 September 1945 in Faisalabad) Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inam-ur Rahman Inder Singh Krishnamurthy Perumal Munir Sait John Victor Peter Prithipal Singh Rajendra Absolem Christy Tarsem Singh
Athletics
Men's Hammer Throw Praveen Kumar Sobti Qualification Round — 60.84(→ 20th place)
Field hockey
Preliminary round
Pool A
1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.
Semi-finals
Bronze-medal match
Shooting
Two shooters represented India in 1968.
Trap Karni Singh Qualification Round — 194(→ 10th place)
Randhir Singh Qualification Round — 192(→ 17th place)
Skeet Karni Singh Qualification Round — 187(→ 28th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle AthleteEventRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultRound 7ResultRankSudesh Kumar−52 kgW W L L colspan=2 6Bishambar Singh−57 kgW W L L colspan=2 -Udey Chand−70 kgW W W L L colspan=2 6Mukhtiar Singh−78 kgL L colspan=4 -
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultRankSudesh Kumar−52 kgDrawL colspan=4 -
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database