India at the 1970 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

India at the
1970 Asian Games

IOC code| IND
NOC| Indian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals
Ranked 5th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Asian Games appearances (overview)

* 1951
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* 1966
* 1970
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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]

## Medals by sport

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Sport  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total

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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

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Head coach:  G M H Basha

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

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| 1GK | Kuppuswami Sampath |  |  |  |  Madras Engineering Group
| 1GK | Bandya Kakade |  |  |  |  Bombay
| 2DF | Altaf Ahmed |  |  |  |  Bengal
| 2DF | Syed Nayeemuddin (c)  |  |  |  |  Mohun Bagan
| 2DF | PM Shivdas |  |  |  |  Bombay
| 2DF | Sudhir Karmakar |  |  |  |  East Bengal
| 2DF | Chandreshwar Prasad |  |  |  |  Mohun Bagan
| 2DF | Kalyan Saha |  |  |  |  Bengal
| 2DF | NIrmal Sengupta |  |  |  |  Bengal
| 3MF | Hishey "Jerry" Basi |  |  |  |  Bombay
| 3MF | Abdul Latif |  |  |  |  Bengal
| 3MF | Doraiswamy Nataraj |  |  |  |  Mysore
| 3MF | Ajaib Singh |  |  |  |  Punjab
| 4FW | Amar Bahadur |  (1942-04-18)18 April 1942 (aged 28)  |  |  |  Mafatlal SC
| 4FW | Subhash Bhowmick |  (1950-10-02)2 October 1950 (aged 20)  |  |  |  East Bengal
| 4FW | Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar |  |  |  |  Mohun Bagan
| 4FW | Mohammed Habib |  (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 21)  |  |  |  East Bengal
| 4FW | Magan Singh Rajvi |  |  |  |  Rajasthan
| 4FW | Manjit Singh |  |  |  |  Leaders Club
| 4FW | Shyam Thapa |  (1948-05-01)1 May 1948 (aged 22)  |  |  |  Gorkha Brigade

### Preliminary round

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3
Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3
South Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0

10 December

India | 2–2|  Thailand

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Bhowmick 35', 57' |  | Sahas 13'
Preecha 21'

Bangkok

* * *

11 December

India | 2–0|  South Vietnam

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Habib 76'
Rajvi 85' |  |

Bangkok

### Quarterfinals

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4
India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 2
Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0

15 December

India | 3–0|  Indonesia

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Nataraj 74'
Rajvi 79'
Thapa 83' |  |

Bangkok

* * *

17 December

Japan | 1–0|  India

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Kimura 88' | Report |

Bangkok

### Semifinals

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18 December

Burma | 2–0|  India

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Ye Nyunt 15', 48' |  |

Bangkok

### Bronze medal match

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19 December

Japan | 0–1|  India

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| Report | Manjit Singh 36'

Bangkok

## References

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1. ^ "Asian Games - Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
2. ^ "Overall medal standings - Bangkok 1970". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2011.

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