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India at Melbourne 1956 Summer Games

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Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympic Games were the 16th edition of the Games which were hosted at Melbourne, Australia during November 22- December 8, 1956. The Olympic Games marked India’s third participation as an Independent Nation. Here, we’ll list down the participants for India at Melbourne 1956 Summer Games, followed by the medalists, if any.

Participants for India at Melbourne 1956 Summer Games

SNOlympianSportEvent
1Ajit SinghAthleticsMen’s High Jump
2Jagdev SinghAthleticsMen’s 400 M Hurdles
3Mary RaoAthleticsWomen’s 100 M
4Milkha SinghAthleticsMen’s 200 M, 400 M
5Mohinder SinghAthleticsMen’s Triple Jump
6Ram MeharAthleticsMen’s Long Jump
7Sohan SinghAthleticsMen’s 800 M
8Sri Chand RamAthleticsMen’s 110 M Hurdles
9Abdul RehmanFootballMen’s Football Tournament
10Hussain AhmedFootballMen’s Football Tournament
11Krishna KittuFootballMen’s Football Tournament
12Krishna PalFootballMen’s Football Tournament
13Mariappa KempaiahFootballMen’s Football Tournament
14Muhammad KannayanFootballMen’s Football Tournament
15Muhammad NoorFootballMen’s Football Tournament
16Muhammad SalaamFootballMen’s Football Tournament
17Neville D’SouzaFootballMen’s Football Tournament
18Nikhil NandyFootballMen’s Football Tournament
19Peter ThangarajFootballMen’s Football Tournament
20PK BanerjeeFootballMen’s Football Tournament
21Samar BanerjeeFootballMen’s Football Tournament
22Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-DinFootballMen’s Football Tournament
23Sheikh Abdul LatifFootballMen’s Football Tournament
24Subramaniam NarayanFootballMen’s Football Tournament
25Tulasidas BalaramFootballMen’s Football Tournament
26Anant RamGymnasticsMen’s Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Horse Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Rings, Pommelled Horse
27Pritam SinghGymnasticsMen’s Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Horse Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Rings, Pommelled Horse
28Sham LalGymnasticsMen’s Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Horse Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Rings, Pommelled Horse
29Amir KumarField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
30Amit Singh BakshiField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
31Bakshish SinghField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
32Balbir Singh DosanjhField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
33Balkrishan SinghField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
34Charles StephenField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
35Govind PerumalField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
36Gurdev SinghField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
37Hardyal SinghField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
38Hari Pal KaushikField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
39Leslie ClaudiusField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
40Raghbir LalField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
41Raghbir Singh BholaField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
42Randhir Singh GentleField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
43Ranganathan FrancisField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
44Shankar LaxmanField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
45Udham SinghField HockeyMen’s Field Hockey Tournament
46Haricharan ShawShootingMen’s Small-Bore Rifle 50 M 3-Positions
47Harihar BanerjeeShootingMen’s Small-Bore Rifle 50 M 3-Positions
48Shamsher KhanSwimmingMen’s 200 M Breaststroke, 200 M Butterfly
49Sri Chand BajajSwimmingMen’s 100 M Freestyle
50Dandamudi RajagopalWeightliftingMen’s Heavyweight
51Kamineni Eswara RaoWeightliftingMen’s Middle-Heavyweight
52Valli Asari MookanWeightliftingMen’s Bantamweight
53Baban DawareWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Flyweight
54Bakshish SinghWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Middleweight
55Devi SinghWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Welterweight
56Lakhshmi Kant PandeyWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Lightweight
57Lila RamWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Heavyweight
58Ram SarupWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Featherweight
59Tarashkeswar PandeyWrestlingFreestyle- Men’s Bantamweight

Medals for India at Melbourne 1956 Summer Games

India won the team gold in Men’s Field Hockey, their sixth of 8. Field Hockey won gold medal for India at Melbourne 1956 Summer Games.

SNMedalOlympianSportEventDate
1Team GoldLeslie ClaudiusField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
2Team GoldRanganathan FrancisField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
3Team GoldHaripal KaushikField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
4Team GoldAmir KumarField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
5Team GoldRaghbir LalField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
6Team GoldShankar LakshmanField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
7Team GoldGovind PerumalField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
8Team GoldAmit Singh BakshiField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
9Team GoldRaghbir Singh BholaField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
10Team GoldBalbir Singh DosanjhField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
11Team GoldHardyal Singh GarcheyField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
12Team GoldRandhir Singh GentleField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
13Team GoldBalkishan Singh GrewalField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
14Team GoldGurdev Singh KullarField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
15Team GoldUdham Singh KullarField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
16Team GoldBakshish SinghField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956
17Team GoldCharles StephenField HockeyMen’s Hockey TournamentDecember 6, 1956

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