India at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Munich
Competitors	41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	D.N. Devine Jones
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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India competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and 1 woman, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Competitors

Medalists

Bronze

• Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Michael Kindo, Ganesh Mullera Poovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Victor Philips, Harcharan singh, B. P. Govinda, Vece Paes, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Sriram Singh

• Heat — 1:47.7 (→ did not advance)

• Rajinder Kohli

• Heat —1:48.1 (→did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Edward Sequeira

• Heat — 14:01.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long jump

• Mohinder Gill Singh

• Qualification Round — 7.30(→ 30th place)

Men's High Jump

• Suresh Babu

• Qualification Round — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot put

• Jugraj Singh

• Qualification Round — 17.15(→ 26th place)

Men's Discus throw

• Praveen Kumar Sobti

• Qualification Round — 53.12(→ 26th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Chander Narayanan

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Leszek Błażyński (POL), 2:3

Hockey

Sailing

Shooting

Four male shooters represented India in 1972.

50 m rifle, prone

• Parimal Chatterjee

• Qualification Round — 572(→ 95th place)

• Roy Choudhury

• Qualification Round — 567(→ 99th place)

Trap

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round — 180(→ 34th place)

Trap

• Randhir Singh

• Qualification Round — 173(→ 44th place)

Skeet

• Karni Singh

• Qualification Round — 186(→ 36th place)

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling