India at the 1962 Asian Games

India participated in the 1962 Asian Games held in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia from 24 August 1962 to 4 September 1962. India ranked 3rd with 12 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

India at the
1962 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Jakarta
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
10
Silver
13
Bronze
10
Total
33
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Medals by sport

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Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 5 5 4 14
Boxing 1 0 2 3
Hockey 0 1 0 1
Football 1 0 0 1
Wrestling 3 6 3 12
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Total 10 13 10 33

Football

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Head coach:   Syed Abdul Rahim

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Pradyut Barman   Railways
1GK Peter Thangaraj (1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 26)   Mohammedan Sporting
2DF Menon Chandrashekar (1935-07-10)10 July 1935 (aged 27)   Bombay
2DF Tarlok Singh   Services
3MF Fortunato Franco   Bombay
2DF Jarnail Singh (1936-02-20)20 February 1936 (aged 26)   Mohun Bagan
3MF Ram Bahadur Chhetri (1937-02-15)15 February 1937 (aged 25)   East Bengal
4FW Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 26)   Railways
4FW Mohammed Yousuf Khan (1937-08-05)5 August 1937 (aged 25)   Hyderabad City Police
4FW D.M.K. Afzal   Hyderabad City Police
4FW Chuni Goswami (c) (1938-01-15)15 January 1938 (aged 24)   Mohun Bagan
4FW Tulsidas Balaram (1936-10-04)4 October 1936 (aged 25)   East Bengal
3MF Prasanta Sinha   Bengal
4FW D. Ethiraj (1934-07-01)1 July 1934 (aged 28)   Services
4FW Arumai Nayagam   Mohun Bagan
2DF Arun Ghosh (1941-07-07)7 July 1941 (aged 21)   East Bengal

Preliminary round

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 6 2 3.000 6
  India 3 2 0 1 6 3 2.000 4
  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.750 2
  Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 10 0.400 0
Source: RSSSF
India  0–2  South Korea
Chung Soon-choon   30'
Cha Tae-sung  
Attendance: 95,000[2]

Thailand  1–4  India
Report Banerjee    
Goswami  
Balaram  

India  2–0  Japan
Banerjee   54'
Balaram   70'
Report

Semifinals

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South Vietnam  2–3  India
Phan Duong Cam   52' (pen.)
Do Thol Vinh   64'
Report Goswami   13', 75'
J. Singh   41'

Gold medal match

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India  2–1  South Korea
P. K. Banerjee   74'
J. Singh   87'
Report Cha Tae-sung   45'
Attendance: 100,000[3]
Referee: J. Ferguson (Singapore)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Overall Medal Standings – Jakarta 1962". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Though Beaten In Soccer, India Can Still Make In Last 4". The Indian Express. 28 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "India Emerge Asian Games Football Champions". The Indian Express. 5 September 1962.

Further reading

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