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. Their solitary medal, a gold, came in men's field hockey.
Medalists Medals by sportSportTotalField hockey 1 0 0 1Total 1 0 0 1
Medal Name Sport Event Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanGovind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles 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)
Field hockey
Squad Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO. P. Malhotra Govind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles Stephen
Group standings Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1. 33003606X6:014:016:02. 320111740:6X5:06:13. 310252020:140:5X5:14. 300322700:161:61:5X
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Football
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Gymnastics Three athletes represented India in Gymnastics at the 1956 Olympics: Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, and Anant Ram.
Shooting
Two shooters represented India in 1956.
50 m rifle, three positions Harihar Banerjee Haricharan Shaw
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSri Chand Bajaj100 m freestyle 1:01.6 34 Did not advanceShamsher Khan200 m breaststroke 3:17.0 15 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m butterfly 3:06.3 19 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultRankBaban Daware−52 kgL W L colspan=3 −Tarashkeswar Pandey−57 kgL W L colspan=3 −Ram Sarup−62 kgL L colspan=3 −Lakhshmi Kant Pandey−67 kgL L colspan=4 −Devi Singh−73 kgL L colspan=3 −B. Singh−79 kgW L L colspan=3 −Lila Ram+87 kgL L colspan=4 −
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