India at the 1966 Asian Games
Sporting event delegation
India at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | IND |
NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
in Bangkok | |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
India participated in the 1966 Asian Games—The Fifth Asian Games, held in the Bangkok, Thailand from 9 to 20 December 1966. Indian athletes won total 21 medals with 7 golds and ranked fifth in a medal table.[1]
Medals by sport
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Athletics | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
Boxing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Total | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
Football
Head coach: Mohammed Hussain[2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1GK | Peter Thangaraj | (1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 30) | East Bengal | |||
1GK | C Mustafa | Mohammedan Sporting | ||||
2DF | Jarnail Singh (c) | (1936-02-20)20 February 1936 (aged 30) | Mohun Bagan | |||
2DF | Chandreswar Prasad | Bengal | ||||
2DF | Syed Nayeemuddin | Bengal | ||||
2DF | Arun Ghosh | (1941-07-07)7 July 1941 (aged 25) | Bengal | |||
2DF | Altaf Ahmed | East Bengal | ||||
3MF | Kajal Mukherjee | Bengal | ||||
3MF | Yousuf Khan | (1937-08-05)5 August 1937 (aged 29) | Andhra Pradesh | |||
3MF | Prasanta Sinha | Bengal | ||||
3MF | Krisnaji Rao | Mysore | ||||
4FW | Ashok Chatterjee | Bengal | ||||
4FW | Pradip Kumar Banerjee | (1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 30) | Railways | |||
4FW | Inder Singh | (1943-12-23)23 December 1943 (aged 22) | Leaders Club | |||
4FW | Arumai Nayagam | Mohun Bagan | ||||
4FW | Parimal Dey | (1941-05-04)4 May 1941 (aged 25) | East Bengal | |||
4FW | P. Kannan | Bengal |
Preliminary round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAV | Pts |
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Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 6 |
Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 4 |
India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 2 |
Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 0 |
Japan | 2–1 | India |
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Teruki Myamoto 50', 53' | Report | Ashok Chatterjee 48' |
Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 10,000
References
- ^ "Asian Games – Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "India 1966 Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Indian Football. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1966 Bangkok". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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