India at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

in Moscow
Moscow
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, USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

.

Gold

  • Allan Schofield
    Allan Schofield
    Allan Schofield is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow.- References :...

    , Bir Bhadur Chettri
    Bir Bhadur Chettri
    Bir Bhadur Chettri was an indian hockey player. Chettri played for the National Indian Hockey Team at the 1980 Olympics, which was held in Moscow.- 1980 Olympics :...

    , Sylvanus Dung Dung
    Sylvanus Dung Dung
    Sylvanus Dung Dung is a former field hockey player from India.-References:**...

    , Rajinder Singh, Davinder Singh
    Davinder Singh (field hockey)
    Davinder Singh is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics.- References :...

    , Gurmail Singh
    Gurmail Singh
    Gurmail Singh is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow. He is currently an officer in the Punjab Police. He is an Arjuna Award winner. He is married to Rajbir Kaur, a former captain of women's Indian hockey...

    , Ravinder Pal Singh
    Ravinder Pal Singh
    Ravinder Pal Singh is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow.-References:...

    , Vasudevan Baskaran
    Vasudevan Baskaran
    Vasudevan Baskaran is a former hockey player from India. He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.-Career:...

    , Sommayya Maneypande
    Sommayya Maneypande
    Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya is a former Indian field hockey player from Coorg, Karnataka. He was a member of Indian squad in many international games, including the team that won the Gold medal at the Moscow Olympic Games...

    , Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
    Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
    Maharaj Krishan Kaushik is a former member of the India national field hockey team and is former coach of the Indian women's national field hockey team. He was a member of the team when it won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.In 1998, he received the Arjuna Award...

    , Charanjit Kumar
    Charanjit Kumar
    Charanjit Kumar is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow.-References:...

    , Merwyn Fernandes
    Merwyn Fernandes
    Merwyn Fernandes is a former Indian hockey player.Merwyn played for the famous Indian Airlines hockey team in the 70s. His name become synonymous with Indian hockey. He was a consistent performer for the Indian team. Merwyn wth his body-serve and excellent finish was an exceptionalforward...

    , Amarjit Singh Rana
    Amarjit Singh Rana
    Amarjit Singh Rana is a former field hockey player from India. He was part of the Indian hockey team which won the gold medal in hockey in the 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow.-References:...

    , Mohamed Shahid, Zafar Iqbal
    Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)
    Zafar Iqbal is an Indian field hockey player. He wore Indian blue jersey number 11.-Professional career:Iqbal was a member of the 1980 Summer Olympics field hockey team that won the last Olympic Gold Medal for India...

    , and Surinder Singh Sodhi
    Surinder Singh Sodhi
    Surinder Singh Sodhi is a former field hockey player from India. He is famous for playing a major role in getting India the Gold medal in 1980 Olympic games after a gap of 16 years. He played in the center forward position....

     — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Athletics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

Men's 200 metres
  • Subramanian Perumal
  • Heat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)


Men's 800 metres
  • Sriram Singh
    Sriram Singh
    Sriram Singh was an Indian middle distance runner.Sriram Singh joined Rajputana Rifles in 1968 where he came under the influence of the coach Ilyas Babar. Babar persuaded him to shift his focus from 400m to 800m....

  • Heat — 1:49.8
  • Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)


Men's 1,500 metres
  • Sant Kumar
  • Heat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)


Men's 10,000 metres
  • Hari Chand
    Hari Chand
    Hari Chand is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came 8th in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the...

  • Heat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)


Men's Marathon
  • Hari Chand
    Hari Chand
    Hari Chand is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came 8th in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the...

  • Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)

  • Shivnath Singh
    Shivnath Singh
    Shivnath Singh was one of the few great long-distance runners that India has produced. Singh represented India in the Asian games and twice at the Summer Olympics . Born in Manjoria, Buxar, Bihar he placed 11th in the 1976 Olympic Men's Marathon...

  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Men's Shot Put
  • Bahadur Singh Chauhan
  • Qualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Ranjit Singh
  • Final — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)


Women's 100 metres
  • P. T. Usha
  • Heat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)


Women's 800 metres
  • Geeta Zutshi
    Geeta Zutshi
    Geeta Zutshi is a former Indian athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in 800 m and 1500 m track events....

  • Heat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)


Women's 1,500 metres
  • Geeta Zutshi
    Geeta Zutshi
    Geeta Zutshi is a former Indian athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in 800 m and 1500 m track events....

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (65-121)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (65-133)
  • Lost to Brazil (64-137)
  • Semi Final Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Poland (67-113)
  • Lost to Senegal (59-81)
  • Lost to Sweden (63-119)
  • Lost to Australia (75-93) → 12th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Parvez Irani Diniar
  • Chopra Ajmer Singh
  • Tarlok Sandhu Singh
  • Paramdip Singh
  • Shyam Radhey
  • Baldev Singh
  • Dilip Gurumurthy
  • Paramjit Singh
    Paramjit Singh (basketball)
    Paramjit Singh is an Indian basketball player who competed in the 1980 Olympics. he is known as the first and the last olympic basketball captain of the Indian basketball.-References:...

  • Amarnath Nagarajan
  • Jorawar Singh
  • Rathore Uman Singh
  • Harbhajan Singh

Boxing
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Thapa Birender Singh
    1. First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
  • Amala Dass
    1. First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
  • Ganapathy Manoharan
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • India defeated Tanzania 18-0
  • India defeated Poland 2-2
  • India defeated Spain 2-2
  • India defeated Cuba 13-0
  • India defeated Soviet Union 4-2
  • Final
  • India defeated Spain 4-3 → Gold Medal

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Austria (2-0)
  • Defeated Poland (4-0)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-2)
  • Drew with Zimbabwe (1-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → 4th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Margaret Toscano
  • Sudha Chaudhry
  • Gangotri Bhandari
    Gangotri Bhandari
    Gangotri Bhandari is a former player for the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and hails from Jaipur in Rajasthan.- External links :**...

  • Rekha Mundphan
  • Rup Kumari Saini
  • Varsha Soni
    Varsha Soni
    Varsha Soni was a member of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics Games and the 1982 Asian Games. She hails from Jaipur, Rajasthan and is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award.Varsha, was the youngest of 8 siblings, 7 sister and 1 brother...

  • Eliza Nelson
  • Prem Maya Sonir
    Prem Maya Sonir
    Prem Maya Bachchan Sonir is currently serving as Assistant Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquarters Gorakhpur. She was a member of the women's hockey team of India which won the gold medal in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.She also serves as the coach of the Indian Railways...

  • Nazleen Madraswalla
  • Selma d'Silva
  • Lorraine Fernandes
  • Harpreet Gill
  • Balwinder Kaur Bhatia
  • Geeta Sareen
  • Nisha Sharma
  • Hutoxi Bagli
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