# India at the 1972 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and no woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.

## Competitors

| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| Athletics | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Field hockey | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Sailing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 40 | 1 | 41 | 27 |

## Medalists
### Bronze

* Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Michael Kindo, Ganesh Mullera Poovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Victor Philips, Harcharan singh, B. P. Govinda, Vece Paes, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

## Athletics

Men's 800 metres
* Sriram Singh
   * Heat — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)
* Rajinder Kohli
   * Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
* Edward Sequeira
   * Heat — 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long jump
* Mohinder Gill Singh
   * Qualification Round — 7.30(→ 30th place)
Men's High Jump
* Suresh Babu
   * Qualification Round — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot put
* Jugraj Singh
   * Qualification Round — 17.15(→ 26th place)
Men's Discus throw
* Praveen Kumar Sobti
   * Qualification Round — 53.12(→ 26th place)

## Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Chander Narayanan
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Leszek Błażyński (POL), 2:3

## Field hockey

Team Roaster
* Manuel Frederick
* Mukhbain Singh
* Michael Kindo
* Varinder Singh
* Ajitpal Singh
* Harmik Singh
* Ganesh Mollerapoovayya
* Harbinder Singh
* Kulwant Singh
* Ashok Kumar
* Harcharan Singh
* Charles Cornelius
* Krishnamurty Perumal
* Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy
* Victor Philips
* Vece Paes

### Preliminary round
#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 11 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | |
| 4 | Australia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 8 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | |
| 6 | Poland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Kenya | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | |
| 8 | Mexico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 0 | |
* 27 August 1972 15:00
| India | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| Kumar 29' | Report | Zweerts 1' |
* Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Aziz Iskandar (EGY)
* 28 August 1972 11:30
| Great Britain | 0–5 | India |
| | Report | Mukhbain 15', 30', 32' Kindo 19' Harmik 67' |
* Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
* 30 August 1972 16:30
| India | 3–1 | Australia |
| Mukhbain 7', 16', 61' | Report | Mason 26' |
* Umpires: Francis Steurs (FRA) Fritz Seegers (GER)
* 31 August 1972 10:00
| Poland | 2–2 | India |
| Ziaja 36', 40' | Report | Harmik 7' Billimoga 50' |
* Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
* 2 September 1972 10:00
| India | 3–2 | Kenya |
| Mukhbain 36', 57' Harmik 48' | Report | Davinder 25', 45' |
* Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) André Schittecatte (BEL)
* 3 September 1972 16:00
| Mexico | 0–8 | India |
| | Report | Harmik 6' Kumar 9', 61' Kulwant 22', 50', 56' Kindo 35' Billimoga 63' |
* Umpires: Fritz Möhr (GER) Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
* 4 September 1972 15:30
| India | 3–2 | New Zealand |
| Kulwant 28' Mullera 51' Kindo 61' | Report | Maister 6' Dayman 58' |
* Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

#### Semi-finals

* 8 September 1972 16:00
| India | 0–2 | Pakistan |
| | Report | Rehman 11' Shahnaz 34' |
* Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

#### Bronze-medal match

* 10 September 1972 10:00
| Netherlands | 1–2 | India |
| Kruize 6' | Report | Billimoga 15' Mukhbain 70' |
* Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Bernard Valette (FRA)

## Shooting

Four male shooters represented India in 1972.

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Parimal Chatterjee
   * Qualification Round — 572(→ 95th place)
* Roy Choudhury
   * Qualification Round — 567(→ 99th place)

### Trap

* Karni Singh
   * Qualification Round — 180(→ 34th place)
Trap
* Randhir Singh
   * Qualification Round — 173(→ 44th place)

### Skeet

* Karni Singh
   * Qualification Round — 186(→ 36th place)

## Weightlifting

Men
| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Anil Mondal | – 51.65 kg | 85.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 297.5 | 11 |