India at the 1970 Asian Games

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]

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)

Medals by sport

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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

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Head coach:   G M H Basha

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

Preliminary round

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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

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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

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Burma  2–0  India
Ye Nyunt   15', 48'

Bronze medal match

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Japan  0–1  India
Report Manjit Singh   36'

References

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  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.