Magician and Indian Hockey ( Part II )

Yesterday I had written related to Mr. Dhyan Chand and his contribution to Indian Hockey and today as I hint will write India’s performances’ in the Olympics Games, Asian Games and it’s present ranking.
Olympics Games –
• 1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands--Hockey team under Captaincy of Mr. Jaipal Singh till semifinals , under Vice Captain Mr. Eric Pinniger in the finals. The team included Mr. Dhyan Chand who scored three goals in the last four minutes of the finals to sweep the Indian team to victory. Won Gold Medal by beating Holland 3 - 0 (India's first ever Olympic gold medal and victory in a world tournament.

• 1932 Los Angeles, United States--Hockey team represent Olympic Games under Captaincy of Mr. Lal Shah Bokhari. Mr. Dhyan Chand (12) and Roop Singh (13) scored the maximum goals during the two games played against Japan (11-1) and USA (24-1).Won Gold Medal by beating USA 24-1.

• 1936 Berlin, Germany--Hockey team led by Mr. Dhyan Chand and it was also the last time that Mr. Dhyan Chand played in Olympics Games. Won Gold Medal by beating Germany 8-1 in the finals held on August 15 1936.

• 1948 London, Great Britain-- Hockey team under Captain Mr. Kishan Lal represent at Games and Won Gold Medal by beating Britain 4-0 in the finals (India's first gold medal as an Independent country).

• 1952 Helsinki, Finland-- Hockey team led by Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu and Mr. Balbir Singh scored the maximum goals 9 out of the total goals scored in the three games played. Won Gold Medal by beating Holland 6-1 in the finals.

• 1956 Melbourne, Australia-- Hockey team under Captaincy of Mr. Balbir Singh, Udham Singh scored a total of 15 goals, the highest tally by an Indian at an Olympics till that date. Gold Medal beating Pakistan 1-0 in the finals (India’s sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal, a record for any country in any team sport in the Olympics.

• 1960 Rome, Italy-- Hockey team under Captain Mr. Leslie Claudius played matches and in the final Pakistan beat India 0-1 thus first time in the history of Indian Hockey India was at second place and won Silver Medal.

• 1964 Tokyo, Japan-- Hockey team led by Captain Charanjit Singh and Mr. Shankar Lakshman Indian goalkeeper who saved India from defeat was justifiably awarded 'Man of the match' and won Gold Medal in a narrow win beating Pakistan 1-0 in the finals.

• 1968 Mexico city, Mexico-- Hockey team under Captains Prithipal & Gurbux Singh played Hockey Games and won Bronze Medal while Pakistan won the Gold and Australia the Silver medal.

• 1972 Munich, West Germany-- Harmeek Singh was Captain of Indian Hockey Team and won Bronze Medal with Germany winning the Gold and Pakistan the Silver medal.

• 1980 Moscow, USSR-- Hockey team under Captaincy of Mr. Vasudevan Bhaskaran and won Gold Medal after 16 years by beating Spain 4-3 in the finals.

India was without any Medals in the Hockey Game of 1976, 1984,1988,2002,2004 and 2008Olympics Games infect in some Olympics unable to qualify for the Hockey event.
Although Asian Games started in the year 1951 but Hockey included in the Asian Games from 1958 in Tokyo, Japan, below is detail of Indian standing in Asian Games–

Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal
1. 1958 Pakistan India Korea
2. 1962 Pakistan India Malaysia
3. 1966 India Pakistan Japan
4. 1970 Pakistan India Japan
5. 1974 Pakistan India Malaysia
6. 1978 Pakistan India Malaysia
7. 1982 Pakistan India Malaysia
8. 1986 Korea Pakistan India
9. 1990 Pakistan India Malaysia
10. 1994 Korea India Pakistan
11. 1998 India Korea Pakistan
12. 2002 Korea India Malaysia
13. 2006 Korea China Pakistan

and in the last below is present world ranking of Men’s Hockey ---

Rank Country Continent Points
1 GERMANY EUR 2530
2 AUSTRALIA OCE 2365
3 SPAIN EUR 2295
4 NETHERLANDS EUR 2158
5 KOREA ASI 2003
6 PAKISTAN ASI 1710
7 ENGLAND EUR 1565
8 NEW ZEALAND OCE 1488
9 BELGIUM EUR 1363
10 ARGENTINA PAN 1147
11 CANADA PAN 1076
12 INDIA ASI 1075
13 CHINA ASI 1070
14 JAPAN ASI 1030
15 SOUTH AFRICA AFR 1010
16 MALAYSIA ASI 965.0
17 FRANCE EUR 812.5
18 IRELAND EUR 692.5
19 UNITED STATES PAN 619.5
20 POLAND EUR 530.0
21 EGYPT AFR 510.0
22 AUSTRIA EUR 455.0
23 SCOTLAND EUR 452.3
24 CZECH REP. EUR 375.0
25 RUSSIA EUR 360.0
26 ITALY EUR 350.0
27 CHILE PAN 346.0
28 SWITZERLAND EUR 345.0
29 TRI. & TOBAGO PAN 325.5
30 WALES EUR 300.0
31 MEXICO PAN 275.0
32 PORTUGAL EUR 225.0