India's best athletic performances at Olympics

3. Sri Ram Singh’s 800m run in the finals – 1976 Montreal Olympics

At the Olympic Games of Montreal 1976, India’s Sri Ram Singh became the first male athlete to reach 800m finals. He finished in the seventh position. Cuban Alberto Juantorena won the 800 meters in 1:43:50, setting a new world record at that time.

Classification:

1 Alberto Juantorena 1:43.50

2 Ivo van Damme 1:43.86

3 Rick Wohlhuter 1:44.12

4 Willi Wülbeck 1:45.26

5 Steve Ovett 1:45.44

6 Luciano Sušanj 1:45.75

7 Sri Ram Singh 1:45.77

8 Carlo Grippo 1:48.39