India participated in the 1970 Asian Games, held in the Bangkok, Thailand from December 9, 1970, to December 20, 1970. Indian athletes won total a 25 medals including six golds and finished at the fifth position in the medal's table.[1][2]
| India at the 1970 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) | |
Medals by sport edit
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Football | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
Football edit
Head coach: 
G M H Basha
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Kuppuswami Sampath | Madras Engineering Group
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| GK | Bandya Kakade | Bombay
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| DF | Altaf Ahmed | Bengal
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| DF | Syed Nayeemuddin (c) | Mohun Bagan
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| DF | PM Shivdas | Bombay
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| DF | Sudhir Karmakar | East Bengal
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| DF | Chandreshwar Prasad | Mohun Bagan
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| DF | Kalyan Saha | Bengal
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| DF | NIrmal Sengupta | Bengal
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| MF | Hishey "Jerry" Basi | Bombay
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| MF | Abdul Latif | Bengal
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| MF | Doraiswamy Nataraj | Mysore
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| MF | Ajaib Singh | Punjab
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| FW | Amar Bahadur | 18 April 1942 (aged 28) | Mafatlal SC
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| FW | Subhash Bhowmick | 2 October 1950 (aged 20) | East Bengal
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| FW | Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar | Mohun Bagan
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| FW | Mohammed Habib | 17 July 1949 (aged 21) | East Bengal
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| FW | Magan Singh Rajvi | Rajasthan
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| FW | Manjit Singh | Leaders Club
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| FW | Shyam Thapa | 1 May 1948 (aged 22) | Gorkha Brigade
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Preliminary round edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
 Thailand
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 South Vietnam
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| India | 2–0 | South Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
Habib  76'Rajvi 85' |
Quarterfinals edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| India
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
 Indonesia
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Semifinals edit
Bronze medal match edit
| Japan | 0–1 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Manjit Singh 36' |
References edit
- ^ "Asian Games – Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ "Overall medal standings – Bangkok 1970". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2011.