He was the only Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth
Games until Krishna Poonia won the discus throw gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth
Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. He represented India
in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and
the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-
highest civilian honour, in recognition of his sports achievements.
The race for which Singh is best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the 400
meters final at the 1960 Olympic Games, which he had entered as one of the favourites. He
led the race till the 200m mark before easing off, allowing others to pass him. Various
records were broken in the race, which required a photo finish and saw American Otis
Davis being declared the winner by one-hundredth of a second over German Carl Kaufmann.
Singh's fourth-place time of 45.73 seconds was the Indian national record for almost 40
years.
From beginnings that saw him orphaned and displaced during the Partition of India, Singh
has become a sporting icon in his country. In 2008, journalist Rohit Brijnath described Singh
as "the finest athlete India has ever produced". In July 2012. The Independent said that
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Milkha Singh is the person.
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