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India at the 1972 Summer Olympics; IOC code: IND: NOC: Indian Olympic Association: Website: olympic.ind.in: in Munich; Competitors: 41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports: Flag bearer : D.N. Devine Jones: Medals Ranked 43rd: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
India and Pakistan first participated at the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively. [3] [4] [5] India has outranked Pakistan in all editions of the Olympic Games, except on seven occasions (1960, 1968, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2024), when Pakistan finished higher in the medal tally.
Pakistan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The men's hockey team won a silver medal. The men's hockey team won a silver medal. Medalists
Arshad Nadeem made history for Pakistan as the first ever individual gold medalist for the country with an Olympic record throw in javelin:
India did not participate in the four subsequent Winter Olympic Games from 1972 to 1984. [42] In the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, 41 Indian athletes competed across seven sports including two competitors in the badminton for the first time. [44]
Arshad Nadeem took the top spot in javelin last week in the Paris Games, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in the country’s history.
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad (German: Spiele der XX. Olympiade) and officially branded as Munich 1972 (German: München 1972; Bavarian: Minga 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
In the Olympic Games up until 1936, athletes from modern-day Pakistan participated as part of the team from British India.Several gold medalists for India in field hockey were born in what became Pakistan, including Muhammad Aslam (), Lal Shah Bokhari (1932), Sayed Jaffar (1932 and 1936), Ali Dara (1936) and Peter Paul Fernandes (1936).