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

Sport GoldSilverBronze Total
Athletics51511
Boxing1102
Hockey1001
Tennis0011
Wrestling0156
Total731121

Football

Head coach: India Mohammed Hussain[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Peter Thangaraj (1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 30) India East Bengal
1GK C Mustafa India Mohammedan Sporting
2DF Jarnail Singh (c) (1936-02-20)20 February 1936 (aged 30) India Mohun Bagan
2DF Chandreswar Prasad India Bengal
2DF Syed Nayeemuddin India Bengal
2DF Arun Ghosh (1941-07-07)7 July 1941 (aged 25) India Bengal
2DF Altaf Ahmed India East Bengal
3MF Kajal Mukherjee India Bengal
3MF Yousuf Khan (1937-08-05)5 August 1937 (aged 29) India Andhra Pradesh
3MF Prasanta Sinha India Bengal
3MF Krisnaji Rao India Mysore
4FW Ashok Chatterjee India Bengal
4FW Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 30) India Railways
4FW Inder Singh (1943-12-23)23 December 1943 (aged 22) India Leaders Club
4FW Arumai Nayagam India Mohun Bagan
4FW Parimal Dey (1941-05-04)4 May 1941 (aged 25) India East Bengal
4FW P. Kannan India Bengal

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAV Pts
 Japan 3300623.0006
 Iran 3201741.7504
 India 3102470.5712
 Malaysia 3003150.2000
Japan 2–1 India
Teruki Myamoto 50', 53' Report Ashok Chatterjee 48'
Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 10,000


India 1–4 Iran
Jarnail Singh [3]

References

  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. Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1966 Bangkok". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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