India at the 1962 Asian Games

Sporting event delegatiisb

Sporting event delegation
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)

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]

Medals by sport

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

Head coach: India Syed Abdul Rahim

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

Preliminary round

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

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

Gold medal match

India 2–1 South Korea
P. K. Banerjee 17'
J. Singh 20'		 Report Cha Tae-sung 85'
Attendance: 100,000[3]
Referee: J. Ferguson (Singapore)[3]

References

  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

  • Media Team, AIFF (12 May 2023). "Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
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