India at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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India
competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, USSR
.
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's Marathon
Men's Shot Put
Men's 20 km Walk
Women's 100 metres
Women's 800 metres
Women's 1,500 metres
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
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
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 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....
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- Allan SchofieldAllan SchofieldAllan 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 ChettriBir Bhadur ChettriBir 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 DungSylvanus Dung DungSylvanus Dung Dung is a former field hockey player from India.-References:**...
, Rajinder Singh, Davinder SinghDavinder 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 SinghGurmail SinghGurmail 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 SinghRavinder Pal SinghRavinder 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 BaskaranVasudevan BaskaranVasudevan 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 ManeypandeSommayya ManeypandeManeyapanda 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 KaushikMaharaj Krishan KaushikMaharaj 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 KumarCharanjit KumarCharanjit 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 FernandesMerwyn FernandesMerwyn 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 RanaAmarjit Singh RanaAmarjit 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 IqbalZafar 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 SodhiSurinder Singh SodhiSurinder 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.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1980 Summer OlympicsAthletics 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 SinghSriram SinghSriram 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 ChandHari ChandHari 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 ChandHari ChandHari 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 SinghShivnath SinghShivnath 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 ZutshiGeeta ZutshiGeeta 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 ZutshiGeeta ZutshiGeeta 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 SinghParamjit 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
BoxingBoxing at the 1980 Summer OlympicsBoxing 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
- First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
- Amala Dass
- First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- Ganapathy Manoharan
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
- 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 BhandariGangotri BhandariGangotri 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 SoniVarsha SoniVarsha 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 SonirPrem Maya SonirPrem 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