# 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. They won one bronze medal.

## 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)

## Field hockey
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | West Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | |
| 4 | Spain | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Belgium | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | |
| 6 | East Germany | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Japan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |
| 8 | Mexico (H) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | |
* 13 October 1968
| New Zealand | 2–1 | India |
* 14 October 1968
| India | 2–1 | West Germany |
* 15 October 1968
| India | 8–0 | Mexico |
* 17 October 1968
| India | 1–0 | Spain |
* 18 October 1968
| India | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Prithipal 44' Harbinder 52' | Report | Gilles 12' |
* 20 October 1968
| India | 5–0 $^1$ | Japan |
$^1$ The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.
* 21 October 1968
| India | 1–0 | East Germany |

### Semi-finals

* 24 October 1968
| India | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
| Balbir Singh | Report | Glencross 17', 84' |

### Bronze-medal match

* 26 October 1968
| India | 2–1 | West Germany |
| ? Balbir Singh | Report | |

## 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 Sevinç (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 $^{Pt}$ | Roger Till (GBR) W $^{VT}$ | Francisco Lebeque (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 | - |