India at the 1970 Asian Games

India at the
1970 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Bangkok
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
6
Silver
9
Bronze
10
Total
25
Asian Games appearances (overview)

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

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

Head coach: India G M H Basha

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Kuppuswami Sampath India Madras Engineering Group
1GK Bandya Kakade India Bombay
2DF Altaf Ahmed India Bengal
2DF Syed Nayeemuddin (c) India Mohun Bagan
2DF PM Shivdas India Bombay
2DF Sudhir Karmakar India East Bengal
2DF Chandreshwar Prasad India Mohun Bagan
2DF Kalyan Saha India Bengal
2DF NIrmal Sengupta India Bengal
3MF Hishey "Jerry" Basi India Bombay
3MF Abdul Latif India Bengal
3MF Doraiswamy Nataraj India Mysore
3MF Ajaib Singh India Punjab
4FW Amar Bahadur (1942-04-18)18 April 1942 (aged 28) India Mafatlal SC
4FW Subhash Bhowmick (1950-10-02)2 October 1950 (aged 20) India East Bengal
4FW Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar India Mohun Bagan
4FW Mohammed Habib (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 21) India East Bengal
4FW Magan Singh Rajvi India Rajasthan
4FW Manjit Singh India Leaders Club
4FW Shyam Thapa (1948-05-01)1 May 1948 (aged 22) India Gorkha Brigade

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
India 2–2 Thailand
Bhowmick 35', 57' Sahas 13'
Preecha 21'
India 2–0 South Vietnam
Habib 76'
Rajvi 85'

Quarterfinals

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
India 3–0 Indonesia
Nataraj 74'
Rajvi 79'
Thapa 83'
Japan 1–0 India
Kimura 88' Report

Semifinals

Burma 2–0 India
Ye Nyunt 15', 48'

Bronze medal match

Japan 0–1 India
Report Manjit Singh 36'

References

  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.