India at the 1956 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports. Their solitary medal, a gold, came in men's field hockey.

Athletics
Men's High Jump
 * Ajit Singh
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 1.96m (14)

Men's 200 metres
 * Milkha Singh
 * Heat &mdash; 22.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Sohan Singh
 * Heat &mdash; 1.52.4(→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres
 * Mary Rao
 * Heat &mdash; DNF(→ did not advance)

Football

 * First round


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze Medal match

Gymnastics
Three athletes represented India in Gymnastics at the 1956 Olympics: Pritam Singh, Sham Lal, and Anant Ram.

Hockey
Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Lakshman O. P. Malhotra Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Raghbir Singh Bhola Balbir Singh Dosanjh Hardyal Singh Garchey Randhir Singh Gentle Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Udham Singh Kullar Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen
 * Squad


 * Group standings


 * Semi-finals


 * Gold medal match

Shooting
Two shooters represented India in 1956.


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Harihar Banerjee
 * Haricharan Shaw

Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
 * Sri Chand Bajaj
 * Heat &mdash; 1:01.6

Men's 200 metre butterfly
 * Shamsher Khan
 * Heat &mdash; 3:06.3

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


 * Men's freestyle