SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES

ROME, ITALY

Aug 1960 - 11 Sep, 1960

India: Ranked 32

1 Medals - Gold: 0,Silver: 1, Bronze: 0


Name Medal Sports Discipline
Indian Men’s Hockey Team Silver  Silver Hockey Men’s Hockey

A contingent of 45 athletes represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, competing in over 20 events. Legendary athlete Milkha Singh set the tracks ablaze with his improved qualification timing on each run in the 400 meters event; Singh finished 4th with a timing of 45.6, an Indian record that was unbroken till the 1984 Games. Since their first appearance in the 1928 Games, this was the first time the men's hockey team had to settle for Silver. The 1960 Olympians also include

Name Sports Discipline
Bahadur Chettri Ram Football Men’s Football
Dharmalingam Kannan Football Men’s Football
Dhillon Singh Jarnail Football Men’s Football
Menon Chandrasekhar Football Men’s Football
Peter Thangaraj Football Men’s Football
PK Banerjee Football Men’s Football
Sheikh Abdul Latif Football Men’s Football
Simon Sunder Raj Football Men’s Football
Subimal Goswami Football Men’s Football
Tulasidas Balaram Football Men’s Football
Youssef Khan Football Men’s Football
Mariappa Kempaiah Football Men’s Football
Milkha Singh Athletics Men’s 400M
B.V. Satyanarayan Athletics Men's High Jump
B.V. Satyanarayan Athletics Men's Long Jump
Virsa Singh Athletics Men's High Jump
Virsa Singh Athletics Men's Long Jump
Lal Chand Athletics Men's Marathon
Jagmal Singh Athletics Men's Marathon
Ranjit Bhatia Athletics Men's Marathon
Ranjit Bhatia Athletics Men's 5000M
Jagmohan Singh Athletics Men's 110M Hurdles
Paul Cheema Singh Shooting Men’s 25M Pistol
Karni Singh Shooting Men’s Trap
Sen Keshav Shooting Men’s Trap
Laxmi Kanta Das Weightlifting Men’s Weightlifting
S. Shiam Wrestling Men’s Under 62KG Freestyle
Gian Prakash Wrestling Men’s Under 67KG Freestyle
Udey Chand Wrestling Men’s Under 73KG Freestyle
Madho Singh Wrestling Men’s Under 79KG Freestyle
Sajjan Singh Wrestling Men’s Under 87KG Freestyle

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