# India at the 1976 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This was the first Olympics since 1928 in which the Indian Men's hockey team did not win an Olympic Medal.

## Competitors

| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 26 | 10 |

## Results by event
### Athletics

Men's 800 metres
* Sriram Singh
   * Heat — 1:45.86
   * Semi Final — 1:46.42
   * Final — 1:45.77 (→ 7th place)
Men's 10.000 metres
* Hari Chand
   * Heat — 28:48.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
* T. C. Yohannan
   * Heat — 7.67m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Shivnath Singh — 2:16:22 (→ 11th place)

### Boxing

* S. K. Rai (Featherweight) – lost first round
* C. C. Machaiah (Light Welterweight) – lost first round

### Field hockey
#### Men's team competition

* Team roster
   * ( 1.) Ajitpal Singh
   * ( 2.) Vadivelu Phillips
   * ( 3.) Baldev Singh
   * ( 4.) Ashok Diwan
   * ( 5.) Billimoga Govinda
   * ( 6.) Ashok Kumar
   * ( 7.) Varinder Singh
   * ( 8.) Harcharan Singh
   * ( 9.) Mohinder Singh
   * (10.) Aslam Sher Khan
   * (11.) Syed Ali
   * (12.) Bir Bhadur Chettri
   * (13.) Chand Singh
   * (14.) Ajit Singh
   * (15.) Surjit Singh
   * (16.) Vasudevan Baskaran
* Head coach: Gurbux Singh

#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Canada (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Australia and India finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a penalty shoot-out.
* 18 July 1976 10:00
| India | 4–0 | Argentina |
| Ajit 1', 66' Chand 17' Surjit 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
* 19 July 1976 15:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | India |
| Kruize 31' Litjens 47', 48' | Report | Philips 37' |
* Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Graham Nash (GBR)
* 21 July 1976 15:00
| Australia | 6–1 | India |
| Riley 13', 30', 50' Browning 26' Irvine 45' Smith 54' | Report | Surjit 21' |
* Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)
* 22 July 1976 10:00
| India | 3–0 | Canada |
| Ajit 10' Philips 47', 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)
* 24 July 1976 10:00
| India | 3–0 | Malaysia |
| Ashok 4', 16' Surjit 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Graham Nash (GBR) Peter Jackson (GBR)
* 26 July 1976 13:00
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | India |
| Charlesworth 33' | Report | Surjit 34' |
| Penalties |||
| Bell Haigh Walsh Smith Charlesworth | 5–4 | Surjit Ajit Pal Ashok Ajit Philips |
* Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

* 29 July 1976 17:00
| India | 2–3 | West Germany |
| Mohinder 20' Ajit Pal 66' | Report | Strödter 38', 62' Dröse 60' |
* Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Graham Nash (GBR)

#### Seventh place game

* 30 July 1976 10:00
| India | 2–0 | Malaysia |
| Aslam Sher 55', 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED) Bob Davidzon (NED)