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India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
IND

Flag bearer
  
Balbir Singh Sr.

Website
  
www.olympic.ind.in

India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Indian Olympic Association

Competitors
  
64 (60 men, 4 women) in 11 sports

Medals Ranked 26th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 1 2

India competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 42 events in 11 sports. This marked the first time India had competed as an independent republic.

Contents

Gold

  • Kunwar Digvijai Singh, Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Rai, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh, and Muniswamy Rajgopal — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

    • Bronze

  • Khashaba Jadhav — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

    • Athletics

    First Female Contingent

    Athletics Mary Dsouza

    Boxing

    Men's Flyweight:

  • Sakti Mazumdar
    1. First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)
    2. Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of Korea (0 - 3)

    Men's Featherweight:

  • Benoy Kumar Bose
    1. First Round – "Defeated" Edson Brown of the United States (0 - 3)

    Men's Welterweight:

  • Ron Norris
    1. Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)
    2. Third Round – Lost to Viktor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)

    Men's Light Heavyweight:

  • Oscar Alfred Ward
    1. First Round – Lost to Karl Kistner of Germany (KO)

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Raj Kumar Mehra — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Netai Bysack — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Pradip Bode — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Suprovat Chakravarty — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Track Competition

    Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Suprovat Chakravarty
  • Final — 1:26.0 (→ 27th and last place)

    • Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Netai Bysack — 24th place

    • Shooting

    Two shooters represented India in 1952.

    300 m rifle, three positions
  • Harihar Banerjee
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Harihar Banerjee
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Harihar Banerjee
  • Souren Choudhury

    • Wrestling

    Key:

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

    References

    India at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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