India at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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India at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 76 (58 men, 18 women)
Medals Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
Olympic history (summary)
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India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medals

India finished in 23rd position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal.

[edit] Gold

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] 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
  • Amarnath Nagarajan
  • Jorawar Singh
  • Rathore Uman Singh
  • Harbhajan Singh

[edit] Boxing

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

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

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

Team Roster:

[edit] 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
  • Rekha Mundphan
  • Rup Kumari Saini
  • Varsha Soni
  • Eliza Nelson
  • Prem Maya Sonir
  • Nazleen Madraswalla
  • Selma d'Silva
  • Lorraine Fernandes
  • Harpreet Gill
  • Balwinder Kaur Bhatia
  • Geeta Sareen
  • Nisha Sharma
  • Hutoxi Bagli