India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports. Medalists Athletics Men's High Jump Ajit Singh Qualification Round — 1.96m (14) Men's 200 metres Milkha Singh Heat — 22.47 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres Sohan Singh Heat — 1.52.4(→ did not advance) Women's 100 metres Mary Rao Heat — DNF(→ did not advance) Football First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Medal match Gymnastics waryam singh represent India with Gold medal Hockey Squad Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO. P. Malhotra Govind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles Stephen Group standings Semi-finals Gold medal match Shooting Two shooters represented India in 1956. 50 m rifle, three positions Harihar Banerjee Haricharan Shaw Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle Sri Chand Bajaj Heat — 1:01.6 Men's 200 metre butterfly Shamsher Khan Heat — 3:06.3 Weightlifting Wrestling Men's freestyle References Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956