| India at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| inBangkok | |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
India participated in the1966 Asian Games—The Fifth Asian Games, held in theBangkok,Thailand from 9 to 20 December 1966. Indian athletes won total 21 medals with 7 golds and ranked fifth in a medal table.[1]
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
Head coach:
Mohammed Hussain[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Peter Thangaraj | (1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 30) | East Bengal | |||
| 1GK | C Mustafa | Mohammedan Sporting | ||||
| 2DF | Jarnail Singh (c) | (1936-02-20)20 February 1936 (aged 30) | Mohun Bagan | |||
| 2DF | Chandreswar Prasad | Bengal | ||||
| 2DF | Syed Nayeemuddin | Bengal | ||||
| 2DF | Arun Ghosh | (1941-07-07)7 July 1941 (aged 25) | Bengal | |||
| 2DF | Altaf Ahmed | East Bengal | ||||
| 3MF | Kajal Mukherjee | Bengal | ||||
| 3MF | Yousuf Khan | (1937-08-05)5 August 1937 (aged 29) | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| 3MF | Prasanta Sinha | Bengal | ||||
| 3MF | Krisnaji Rao | Mysore | ||||
| 4FW | Ashok Chatterjee | Bengal | ||||
| 4FW | Pradip Kumar Banerjee | (1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 30) | Railways | |||
| 4FW | Inder Singh | (1943-12-23)23 December 1943 (aged 22) | Leaders Club | |||
| 4FW | Arumai Nayagam | Mohun Bagan | ||||
| 4FW | Parimal Dey | (1941-05-04)4 May 1941 (aged 25) | East Bengal | |||
| 4FW | P. Kannan | Bengal |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAV | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 6 |
 Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 2 |
 Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 0 |
| Japan | 2–1 | India |
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Teruki Myamoto 50',53' | Report | Ashok Chatterjee 48' |