India at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

India at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	IND
CGA	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Kingston, Jamaica
Flag bearers	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 10
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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This was the fifth time India participated in Commonwealth Games. India participated in most sports this time, involving, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Weightlifting and Wrestling. ^[1][2]

Athletics

India won silver in Men's Hammer Throw, where Praveen Kumar (actor) threw Hammer to a distance of 60.13m.

Badminton

Dinesh Khanna won first medal in Badminton for India in Commonwealth Games. He won Bronze medal. Gold and Silver was won by Malaysian players.

Weightlifting

India won Silver in Weightlifting too. In Men's 60 kg Combined, Mohon Lal Ghosh won silver. Arun K. Das, placed himself 5th in same event.

Wrestling

The Medal hunt in Wrestling continues for India in this games too. India won all three Gold medals this year in Wrestling only, with additional 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Muhammad Nazir	Shamrao Sable	Peter Michienzi
Bantamweight	Men	Bishambar Singh	Kevin McGrath	Muhammad Saeed
Featherweight	Men	Muhammad Akhtar	Randhawa Singh	Albert Aspen
Lightweight	Men	Mukhtiar Singh	Ray Lougheed	Tony Greig
Welterweight	Men	Muhammad Bashir	Richard Bryant	Hukum Singh
Middleweight	Men	Muhammad Faiz	Sébastien Donison	Michael Benarik
Light Heavyweight	Men	Robert Chamberot	Wallace Booth	Bishwanath Singh
Heavyweight	Men	Bhim Singh	Ikram Ilahi	Denis McNamara

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