5 Indian athletes who narrowly missed out on Olympic medals

Milkha Singh was so close to winning India’s only medal in athletics

#2 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Randhawa (fourth from left)

Another Indian runner who missed out on Olympic glory was Gurbachan Singh Randhawa in the 110m hurdles category. Randhawa had started off as a decathlete but had to switch to hurdles because of a shoulder injury.

In 1964 (Tokyo), he finished second in the semi-finals to eventual silver medallist Anatoly Mikhailov. Randhawa qualified for the final based on being the fastest loser, but all he could manage was a fifth-place finish.

He finished with a timing of 14.07 seconds, almost half a second behind eventual winner American Hayes Jones.

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