India at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
Website olympic.ind.in
in London
Competitors79 (all men) in 10 sports
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. [1] It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games. The 79 competitor Indian contingent won the country's first and only medal of the Olympics in field hockey.

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Indian Team in 1948 India-Olympic-1948-Games.jpg
Indian Team in 1948

Medalists

Medals by sport
SportGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Field hockey 1001
Total1001
MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold 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 		Field hockey Men's Field hockey

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenEvents
Athletics 8010
Boxing 707
Cycling 905
Field Hockey 2001
Football 1801
Swimming 705
Water polo 901
Weightlifting 202
Wrestling 606


Athletics

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eric Prabhakar Men's 100 metres 11.0211.266Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jim Vickers Men's 110 metres hurdles 14.7115.094Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Sadhu Singh Men's 10 kilometres walk ----Did not advance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Sadhu Singh Men's 50 kilometres walk --DNF
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Chhota Singh Men's marathon --DNF
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gurnam Singh Men's high jump 1.87NP1.8018
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Baldev Singh Men's long jump 7.00011Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Henry Rebello Men's triple jump 14.6505-NM
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Nat Singh Somnath Men's hammer throw 41.3623Did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Rabin Bhatta Flyweight ByeUS flag 48 stars.svg  Frankie Sodano  (USA)
L KO1		Did not advance
Babu Lall Bantamweight Flag of Pakistan.svg  Allan Monteiro  (PAK)
W RSC1		Puerto rico national sport flag.svg  Juan Venegas  (PUR)
L PTS		Did not advance
Benoy Bose Featherweight Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Francisco Núñez  (ARG)
L PTS		Did not advance
Gene Raymond Lightweight Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)
L PTS		Did not advance
Robert Cranston Welterweight Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Aurelio Díaz  (ESP)
L PTS		Did not advance
John Nuttall Middleweight ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Ivano Fontana  (ITA)
L PTS		Did not advance
Mac Joachim Light heavyweight Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Franciszek Szymura  (POL)
L PTS		Did not advance

Cycling

India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics.jpg
Indian Cycle Team 1948 Olympics--Mistry, Amin, Noble, Saugar, Bhoot, Malcolm, Mehra, Mullaferoze, Sarkar, Pavri, Bysack, Havewala
India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics-b.jpg
India cyclists 1948-Havewala, Bhoot, Saugar, others
India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics-c.jpg
India cyclists 1948- Bhoot, Saugar, Malcolm, Mehra, others
India-Cycle-Sporting-2-1948LondonOlympics-d.jpg
India cyclists 1948

Ten cyclists represented India in 1948

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Team pursuit


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 first 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 (c)
Leo Pinto
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Latif-ur-Rehman
Reginald Rodrigues
Balbir Singh Sr.
Randhir Singh Gentle
Grahanandan Singh
K. D. Singh (vc)
Trilochan Singh
Maxie Vaz

Group A matches
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts Flag of India.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg
1.Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)33001916X9:18:02:0
2.Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)311151231:9X1:13:2
3.Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)302121020:81:1X1:1
4.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP)30123610:22:31:1X
Semi-finals
Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)2 – 1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Final
Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)4 – 0Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)

Football

Squad

Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee

Pos.PlayerDate of BirthAgeCapsClubTournament
games		Tournament
goals		Minutes
played		Sub offSub onCards
yellow/red
MF Talimeran Ao Jan 28, 191830 ? Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan A.C. 1090---
MF A. Sattar Basheer 1924 ? Flag of India.svg Mysore1090---
FW Robi Das  ? Flag of India.svg Bhawanipore Club1090---
FW Ahmed Mohamed Khan Dec 24, 192621 ? Flag of India.svg Mysore1090---
DF Saliendra Manna Sep 1, 192423 ? Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan A.C. 1090---
FW Sahu Mewalal Jul 1, 192622 ? Flag of India.svg Eastern Railway S.C. 1090---
DF Taj Mohammed 1924 ? Flag of India.svg East Bengal 1090---
MF Mahabir Prasad 1918 ? Flag of India.svg East Bengal 1090---
FW Balaram Parab Ramchandra 1925 ? Flag of India.svg Bombay F.C. 1090---
FW Sarangapani Raman 1920 ? Flag of India.svg Mysore1190---
GK Kenchappa V. Varada Raj 1923 ? Flag of India.svg Mysore1090---
- Stand-by players -
FW K. P. Dhanraj  ? Flag of India.svg Mysore000---
MF S. M. Kaiser  ? Flag of India.svg East Bengal 000---
MF Anil Nandy  ? Flag of India.svg Eastern Railway S.C. 000---
FW Santosh Nandy 1932 ? Flag of India.svg Eastern Railway S.C. 000---
DF T. M. Varghese "Papen"  ? Flag of India.svg Bombay F.C. 000---
GK Sanjeeva Uchil  ? Flag of India.svg ICL-Bengal Club, Bombay000---
MF B. N. Vajravelu  ? Flag of India.svg Mysore000---
First round
France  Flag of France.svg2–1Flag of India.svg  India
Courbin Soccerball shade.svg30'
Persillon Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Raman Soccerball shade.svg70'
Lynn Road Stadium, Ilford
Attendance: 17.000
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (SWE)

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sachin Nag Men's 100 m freestyle 1:03.834Did not advance
Isaac Mansoor Men's 100 m freestyle 1:06.438Did not advance
Dilip Mitra Men's 100 m freestyle 1:06.939Did not advance
Bimal Chandra Men's 400 metre freestyle 5:38.6?Did not advance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle 22:52.9?Did not advance
Khamlillal Shah Men's 100 metre backstroke 1:19.9?Did not advance
Prahtip Mitra Men's 100 metre backstroke 1:24.5?Did not advance
Prafulla Mullick Men's 200 metre breaststroke 3:14.9?Did not advance

Water polo

Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.

Squad

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

Round One
Group C matches
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of India.svg Flag of Chile.svg
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)22002614X12:114:0
2.Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)210181621:12X7:4
3.Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)200242100:144:7X
Round Two
Group H
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Flag of India.svg
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)22001734X5:212:1
2.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP)210113622:5X11:1
3.Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)200222301:121:11X

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1
Result		Round 2
Result		Round 3
Result		Round 4
Result		Round 5
Result		Rank
K. D. Jadhav −52 kg Flag of Australia.svg  B. Harris  (AUS)
WPt		US flag 48 stars.svg  B. Jernigan  (USA)
WPt		State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  M. Raeisi  (IRN)
LVT		—6
Nirmal Bose −57 kg US flag 48 stars.svg  G. Leeman  (USA)
LVT		—−
S. Suryavanshi −62 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  A. Parsons  (GBR)
LPd		Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  A. Muller  (SUI)
LVT		—−
Banta Singh −67 kg Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  M. Hassan  (EGY)
LPt		Flag of Turkey.svg  C. Atik  (TUR)
LVT		—−
A. Bhargava −73 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Yaşar Doğu  (TUR)
LVT		Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  E. Estrada Ojeda  (MEX)
WPd		Flag of Australia.svg  Dick Garrard  (AUS)
LVT		—−
K. Roy −79 kg Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  M. Vachon  (CAN)
LVT		Flag of Australia.svg  R. Arthur  (AUS)
LVT		—−

See also

References

  1. ↑ "India at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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