India at the 1968 Summer Olympics
# India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports.

## Competitors

| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 25 | 11 |

## 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)

## 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)

## Wrestling

Key:

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* Pt - Decision by Points.
* Os - Obvious Superiority.

### Men's Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Round 7 Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudesh Kumar | −52 kg | Boris Dimovski (YUG) W $^{Os}$ | Gustavo Ramírez (GUA) W $^{VT}$ | Wanelge Castillo (PAN) L $^{Pt}$ | Bye | Richard Sanders (USA) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Bishambar Singh | −57 kg | Bye | Herbert Singerman (CAN) W $^{Os}$ | Hasan Sevnic (TUR) W $^{Pt}$ | Donald Behm (USA) L $^{Os}$ | Yojiro Uetake (JPN) L $^{Os}$ | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Udey Chand | −70 kg | Angel Aldama (GUA) W $^{VT}$ | Klaus Rost (FRG) W $^{Pt}$ | Rodger Till (GBR) W $^{VT}$ | Francisco Lebequer (CUB) L $^{VT}$ | Abdollah Movahed (IRN) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Mukhtiar Singh | −78 kg | Yury Shakhmuradov (URS) L $^{VT}$ | Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | — | - |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudesh Kumar | −52 kg | Mohamed Karmous (MAR) Draw | Imre Alker (HUN) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
