# India at the 1964 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 53 competitors, 52 men and 1 woman, took part in 42 events in 8 sports. They were able to win a single medal, the gold, in field hockey.

## Competitors

| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| Athletics | 12 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| Total | 52 | 1 | 53 | 42 |

## Medalists
### Gold

* Charanjit Singh (captain), Shankar Lakshman, Rajendran Christie, Prithipal Singh, Dharam Singh, Gurbux Singh, Mohinder Lal, Jagjit Singh, Joginder "Gindi" Singh, Haripal Kaushik, Harbinder Singh, Bandu Patil, Victor John Peter, Udham Singh, Darshan Singh and Syed Mushtaq Ali — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

## Athletics

Men's 110 metres hurdles
* Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
   * Final — 14.09s (5th place)
Men's 200 metres
* Kenneth Powell
   * Heat — 21.19s
Men's marathon
* Balkrishan Akotkar
   * Qualification Round — 2:29:27 (33rd place)
Men's marathon
* Harbans Lal
   * Qualification Round — 2:37:05 (43rd place)
Men's Triple Jump
* Labh Singh
   * Qualification Round — 14:95 (26th place)
Men's long jump
* S. Bondada Venkata
   * Qualification Round — 6.76 (28th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Anthony Francis Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Kenneth Powell, and Rajasekaran Pichaya
   * Round 1 – 40.6
   * Semifinal – 40.5 (did not advance)

## Cycling

Five cyclists represented India in 1964.

### Team time trial

* Amar Singh Billing, Chetan Singh Hari, Dalbir Singh Gill, and Amar Singh Sokhi

### Sprint

* Suchha Singh
* Amar Singh Billing

### 1000m time trial

* Dalbir Singh Gill

### Individual pursuit

* Amar Singh Sokhi

### Team pursuit

* Amar Singh Billing, Chetan Singh Hari, Dalbir Singh Gill, and Amar Singh Sokhi

## Field hockey
### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 12 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 11 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 9 | |
| 4 | United Team of Germany | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | |
| 5 | Malaysia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 2 | |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 1 | |
* 11 October 1964 14:15
| India | 2–0 | Belgium |
| Prithipal 61' Kaushik 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: T.C. Bedelis (AUS) James McDowell (AUS)
* 12 October 1964 10:00
| United Team of Germany | 1–1 | India |
| Freiberger 21' | Report | Prithipal 54' |
* Umpires: Henry Douglas Kelly (NZL) Jan Nieulant Pelkman (GBR)
* 14 October 1964 11:40
| India | 1–1 | Spain |
| Mohinder 55' | Report | Dualde 37' |
* Umpires: Hideo Ichikawa (JPN) Takashi Matsunawa (JPN)
* 15 October 1964 14:15
| Hong Kong | 0–6 | India |
| | Report | Pritiphal 20', 42' Darshan 39', 50' Harbinder 40', 46' |
* Umpires: Kendrick Eaves (GBR) T.C. Bedelis (AUS)
* 17 October 1964 10:00
| India | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Prithipal 13', 53' Harbinder 61' | Report | Van Huizen 68' |
* Umpires: Baynard Handley (GBR) Jan Nieulant Pelkman (GBR)
* 18 October 1964 10:00
| Canada | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Harbinder 12', 66' Prithipal 50' |
* Umpires: Lyle Thomson (GBR) Jan Nieulant Pelman (GBR)
* 19 October 1964 14:15
| India | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| Prithipal 10' Peter 58' | Report | Fiolet 44' |
* Umpires: Baynard Handley (GBR) Kendrick Eaves (GBR)

### Semifinals

* 21 October 1964 13:55
| India | 3–1 | Australia |
| Prithipal 22', 25' Mohinder 23' | Report | Nilan 11' |
* Umpires: A. Fransois Lathouwers (NED) Walter Schinner (GER)

### Gold-medal match

* 23 October 1964 14:20
| Pakistan | 0–1 | India |
| | Report | Mohinder 40' |
* Umpires: Walter Schinner (GER) A. Fransois Lathouwers (NED)

## Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1964.

### Trap

* Karni Singh
   * Qualification Round — 186 (26th place)
* Devi Singh
   * Qualification Round — 168 (49th place)

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* Pt - Decision by Points.
* Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.

### Men's Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank |
| Malwa Singh | −52 kg | Paul Neff (EUA) W $^{Pt}$ | Ernest P. Fernando (CEY) W $^{Pt}$ | Elliott Gray Simons (USA) L $^{Pt}$ | Ali Aliev (URS) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Bishambar Singh | −57 kg | Rubén Leibovich (ARG) W $^{VT}$ | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar (MGL) W $^{Pt}$ | Moises Lopez Ruiz (MEX) W $^{Pt}$ | David Camillo Auble (USA) L $^{Pt}$ | Hüseyin Akbaş (TUR) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | 6 |
| Bandu Patil | −63 kg | Tauno Antero Jaskari (FIN) Draw | Bobby E. Douglas (USA) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Udey Chand | −70 kg | Arto Savolainen (FIN) W $^{Pt}$ | Enyu Valchev (BUL) L $^{VT}$ | Zarbeg Beriashvili (URS) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Madho Singh | −78 kg | Julio Ricardo Graffigna (ARG) W $^{Pt}$ | İsmail Ogan (TUR) L $^{Pt}$ | Leonard John Allen (GBR) W $^{Pt}$ | Guliko Sagaradze (URS) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Jit Singh | −87 kg | Rudolf Kobelt (SUI) W $^{VT}$ | Prodan Stoyanov Gardjev (BUL) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Maruti Mane | −97 kg | Peter Jutzeler (SUI) L $^{Pt}$ | Heinz Kiehl (EUA) W $^{Pt}$ | Imre Vígh (HUN) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Ganpat Andalkar | +97 kg | Denis Mcnamara (GBR) W $^{Pt}$ | Ştefan Stingu (ROU) L $^{VT}$ | Bohumil Kubát (TCH) L $^{VT}$ | 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 |
| Malwa Singh | −52 kg | Angel Stoyanov Kerezov (BUL) Draw | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | — | - |
| Bishambar Singh | −57 kg | Moises Lopez Ruiz (MEX) W $^{Pt}$ | Vladlen Trostyansky (URS) L $^{Pt}$ | Unver Basergil (TUR) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | — | - |
| Bandu Patil | −63 kg | Joseph Mewis (BEL) L $^{VT}$ | Kazimierz Macioch (POL) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Ganpat Andalkar | −87 kg | Richard Wayne Baughman (USA) L $^{Pt}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | - |
| Maruti Mane | −97 kg | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) L $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | — | - |