Hakam Singh

Hakam Singh is a former Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in 20 kilometre race walk. He also won a gold in the Asian Track and Field Meeting held at Tokyo in 1979. He is a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award.

He is currently serving Punjab police.

References

Hakam Singh selected for Dhyan Chand Award

Asian Games champions in men's 20 kilometres walk

1951†: Mahabir Prasad (IND) 1954–1974: Not held 1978: Hakam Singh (IND) 1982: Chand Ram (IND) 1986: Sun Xiaoguang (CHN) 1990: Mao Xinyuan (CHN) 1994: Chen Shaoguo (CHN) 1998: Yu Guohui (CHN) 2002: Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) 2006: Han Yucheng (CHN) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN) 2014: Wang Zhen (CHN)

† = 10000 m track walk