Fill in the blanks: At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Milkha Singh set an Indian record by finishing Fourth in the men's 400 metres with…

Question

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At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Milkha Singh set an Indian record by finishing Fourth in the men's 400 metres with a timing of a record that stood until 1984.

1. A. 43.2 seconds
2. B. 46.2 seconds
3. C. 44.8 seconds
4. D. 45.6 seconds (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — 45.6 seconds

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is 45.6 seconds.

Key Points

• At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Milkha Singh finished fourth in the men's 400 metres, missing a bronze by a fraction of a second.
• His timing of about 45.6 seconds stood as the national record for close to four decades, and the race remains the closest an Indian had then come to an Olympic athletics medal.

Additional Information

• Milkha Singh was known as the "Flying Sikh", a name attributed to Pakistan's President Ayub Khan after a race in Lahore.
• He won gold at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and at the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games, and received the Padma Shri in 1959.
• India's Olympic athletics drought ended when Neeraj Chopra won javelin gold at Tokyo 2020, India's first-ever Olympic gold in track and field, followed by silver at Paris 2024.
• P. T. Usha also finished fourth, in the 400 m hurdles at Los Angeles 1984, losing bronze by 1/100th of a second.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

रिक्त स्थान भरें:

1960 के रोम ओलंपिक में, मिल्खा सिंह ने के समय के साथ पुरुषों की 400 मीटर दौड़ में चौथा स्थान प्राप्त करके भारतीय रिकॉर्ड बनाया, यह रिकॉर्ड 1984 तक कायम रहा।

1. A. 43.2 सेकंड
2. B. 46.2 सेकंड
3. C. 44.8 सेकंड
4. D. 45.6 सेकंड