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1948 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals – both silver – in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 35 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, the Indian Men's Field Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980. The run included eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Kunwar Digvijay Singh, popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his mesmerising passing ability and is considered by many to be the greatest dribbler of the game comparable only to Dhyan Chand.
Ranganathan Francis, also known as Aranganathan, was an Indian field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper. He was member of the Indian team that won gold medals at three consecutive Olympic games: 1948, 1952, and 1956.
Kishan Lal was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Great Britain in the final, 4–0.
Ramchandra Parab was a footballer who represented India in the 1948 London Olympics.
Sarangapani Raman was an Indian footballer who played for the Mysore State Police football team. He also represented India at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
K. V. Varadaraj was an Indian footballer. He competed for India at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Ahmed Mohammed Khan was an Indian footballer who played as a forward. He participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was also vice-captain of India from 1949 to 1954.
Thenmadom Mathew Varghese was an Indian professional footballer who played as a defender and was also known as Thiruvalla Pappan and Tata Pappan.
Sanjeeva Uchil was an Indian football goalkeeper who represented India at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Raoul Courbin was a French footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Football was first introduced as an Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games held in France in 1900. It was played by only three club teams from three nations as an exhibition sport and played again at the 1904 Games. National sides played for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics. India did not send a football side to the Olympics until the 1948 Games; it participated in the next three Games. An Indian team last participated in the 1960 Games. India's best appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics where its team reached the semi-finals. Beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics, the rules were changed so that only under-23 national teams are allowed to compete in the Games. India's U-23 national team has yet to qualify for the Olympic football competition.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
S. M. Kaiser was a former Indian association football player who played for Calcutta Football League side East Bengal. He was part of the India national squad that competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London against France. He captained East Bengal in 1949–50.
Anil Nandy was a former Indian football player. He was part of the team that played for India at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He with his brothers Nikhil Nandy and Santosh Nandy are the only three brothers to have played for India.
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- ↑ "Vajravelu no more" . Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ "India 1948 Olympic team" . Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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