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India at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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www.olympic.ind.in

India at the 1948 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Indian Olympic Association

Competitors
  
79 (all men) in 10 sports

Medals Ranked 22nd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1

India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games.

Contents

Competitors

Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.

Boxing

Men

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented India in 1948

Individual road race
  • Malcolm Havladar
  • Raj Kumar Mehra
  • Eruch Mistry
  • Homi Powri (Pavri)
  • Team road race
  • Malcolm Havladar
  • Raj Kumar Mehra
  • Eruch Mistry
  • Homi Powri (Pavri)
  • Sprint
  • Rusi Mulla Feroze
  • Time trial
  • Rohinton Noble
  • Team pursuit
  • Adi Havewala
  • Jehangoo Amin
  • Rohinton Noble
  • Piloo Sarkari (Sarkar)

  • Also represented India: Netai Chand Bysack

    Sohrab Bhoot and Nariman Saugar were administrators for the cycling team.

    Field Hockey

    The Indian field hockey team defeated the British team to win the country's only gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country's first Olympic gold medal since India became independent.

    Squad

    Leslie Claudius
    Keshav Dutt
    Walter D'Souza
    Lawrie Fernandes
    Ranganathan Francis
    Gerry Glackan
    Akhtar Hussain
    Patrick Jansen
    Amir Kumar
    Kishan Lal
    Leo Pinto
    Jaswant Singh Rajput
    Latif-ur-Rehman
    Reginald Rodrigues
    Balbir Singh Sr.
    Randhir Singh Gentle
    Grahanandan Singh
    K. D. Singh
    Trilochan Singh
    Maxie Vaz

    Group A matches
    Semi-finals
    Final

    Football

    Squad

    Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee

    First round

    Water Polo

    Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.

    Men's Team Competition

    Squad

    Gora Seal
    Samarendra Chatterjee
    Ajoy Chatterjee
    Suhas Chatterjee
    Dwarkadas Mukharji
    Durga Das
    Jamini Dass
    Sachin Nag
    Isaac Monsoor
    Jahan Ahir

    Round One
    Group C matches
    Round Two
    Group H

    Wrestling

    Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • Pt - Decision by Points.
  • Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
  • Men's freestyle

    References

    India at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wikipedia