India at the 1966 Asian Games

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]

India at the
1966 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
11
Total
21
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Medals by sport

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Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
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

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Head coach:   Mohammed Hussain[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GAV Pts
  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
Teruki Myamoto   50', 53' Report Ashok Chatterjee   48'
Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 10,000

Malaysia  1–2  India
Inder Singh  [3]
Jarnail Singh   (pen.)[3]

India  1–4  Iran
Jarnail Singh  [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Asian Games – Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. ^ "India 1966 Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Indian Football. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1966 Bangkok". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.