India at the 1951 Asian Games

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India at the
1951 Asian Games
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC Indian Olympic Association
in New Delhi
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
15
Silver
16
Bronze
20
Total
51
Asian Games appearances (overview)

India hosted and participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951, the inaugural edition of the Asian Games. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals, 16 silver medals and 20 bronze medals in the overall medal table, only behind Japan.

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Kanti Shah won India's first-ever Asian Games medal with a silver in men's 100 m backstroke swimming. Sachin Nag won India's first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games in men's 100 m freestyle swimming. The India national football team won the gold medal in the men's football competition.

As of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games, 1951 remains the only edition where India won gold medals in diving, swimming and water polo. It also remains the only edition where India won any medals in cycling. India's 34 medals (10G, 12S, 12B) in athletics remains its best-ever performance at the Asian Games.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
SportRankGold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 210121234
Diving pictogram.svg Diving 12114
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming 31146
Football pictogram.svg Football 11001
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo 11001
Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling 20123
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 30112
Total215162051

Medals by day

Medals by day
DayDate [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Gold Silver Bronze Total
14 March0000
25 March0101
36 March0044
47 March1023
58 March1236
69 March1023
710 March711220
811 March52714
Total15162051

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
GenderGold Silver Bronze Total
Male symbol (fixed width).svg Male15141544
Venus symbol (fixed width).svg Female0257
Total15162051

Medalists

MedalName [7] SportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 7 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mahabir Prasad Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nikka Singh Athletics Men's 1500 m 9 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ranjit Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bakhtawar Singh Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Madan Lal Athletics Men's shot put 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Amit Singh Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karnan Singh
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Football Men's team [8] 10 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 100 m 11 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chhota Singh Athletics Men's marathon 11 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Makhan Singh Athletics Men's discus throw 11 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March
Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Water polo Men's team 11 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kanti Shah Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 5 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Somnath Chopra Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kamineni Eswara Rao Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg 8 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverKulwant Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverPritam Singh Athletics Men's 5000 m 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverTeja Singh Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverB. Das Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Baldev Singh Athletics Men's long jump 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Parsa Singh Athletics Men's javelin throw 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roshan Mistry Athletics Women's 100 m 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
Athletics Women's 4×100 m relay 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverDhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh
Cycling Men's 4000 m team pursuit 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg SilverAshu Dutt Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amit Singh Bakshi Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
Athletics Men's 4×100 m relay 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Netai Chand Bysack Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial 6 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jehangir Naegamwalla Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 6 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Isaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag
Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 6 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dandamudi Rajagopal Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +90 kg 6 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag
Swimming Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay 7 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bimal Chandra Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 7 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeGurbachan Singh Athletics Men's 10000 m 8 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKesar Singh Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKishen Singh Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKhurshid Ahmed Athletics Men's decathlon 9 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rohinton Noble Cycling Men's 1000 m sprint 9 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marie Semoes Athletics Women's high jump 10 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Barbara Webster Athletics Women's shot put 10 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeGovind Singh Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeAjit Singh Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeSurat Singh Mathur Athletics Men's marathon 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mary D'Souza Athletics Women's 200 m 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sylvia Gauntlet Athletics Women's long jump 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Barbara Webster Athletics Women's javelin throw 11 March
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeT. T. Dand Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March

Aquatics

Diving

AthletesEventFinal
ResultRank
K. P. Thakkar Men's 3 m springboard 371.25Gold medal icon.svg
Ashu Dutt327.20Silver medal icon.svg
K. P. Thakkar Men's 10 m platform 362.05Gold medal icon.svg
T. T. Dand276.60Bronze medal icon.svg

Swimming

AthletesEvent [1] [2] [3] HeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Sachin Nag Men's 100 m freestyle 1:04.12 Q1:04.7Gold medal icon.svg
Isaac Mansoor UK2 QUK6
Bimal Chandra Men's 400 m freestyle 5:32.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Santosh BhattacharyaUK5
Bimal Chandra Men's 800 m freestyle 11:35.04
Santosh Bhattacharya14:15.06
Bimal Chandra Men's 1500 m freestyle UK5
Santosh BhattacharyaDNF
Kanti Shah Men's 100 m backstroke 1:17.0Silver medal icon.svg
Pratap MitraUK5
Jehangir Naegamwalla Men's 200 m breaststroke 3:11.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Bhubaneswar Pandey3:14.16
Isaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag
Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 4:28.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Kanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag
Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay 3:43.6Bronze medal icon.svg

Water polo

SquadEventFinalRank
India men's national water polo team
Jahan Ahir
Ganesh Das
D. Daver
R. Dean
Isaac Mansoor
G. Rattansey
Kanti Shah

Men's team Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg  Singapore
W 6–4
Gold medal icon.svg

Gold medal match

11 March India  Flag of India.svg64Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg  Singapore National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi
Scoring by half: 2–3, 4–1
Shah, Dean 2GoalsSim 2

Athletics

Men

Track events

AthletesEvent [3] [4] [5] [6] [9] HeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Lavy Pinto 100 m 10.71 Q11.01 Q10.8Gold medal icon.svg
Alfred Shamin 11.01 Q11.22 QUK4
Lavy Pinto 200 m 22.11 Q22.0Gold medal icon.svg
Marian Gabriel 22.71 Q22.5Silver medal icon.svg
Amit Singh Bakshi 400 m 50.61 Q50.8Silver medal icon.svg
Govind SinghUK2 Q51.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Ranjit Singh 800 m 1:59.3Gold medal icon.svg
Kulwant Singh1:59.7Silver medal icon.svg
Nikka Singh 1500 m 4:04.1Gold medal icon.svg
Sadhu SinghUK5
Pritam Singh 5000 m 15:57.8Silver medal icon.svg
Jang SinghDNF
Gurbachan Singh 10000 m 34:58.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Gulzar Singh MannUK4
Bagh Singh 110 m hurdles UK3 QUK5
Cleure D'ClasseUK2 QDNF
Teja Singh 400 m hurdles 56.9Silver medal icon.svg
Cleure D'ClasseUK4
Ajit Singh 3000 m steeplechase 9:37.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Gulzar Singh MannDNF
Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
4 x 100 m relay 43.01 Q42.8Silver medal icon.svg
Amit Singh Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karnan Singh
4 x 400 m relay 3:24.2Gold medal icon.svg

Field events

AthletesEvent [10] QualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Mehanga Singh Sidhu High jump 1.83UKQUK4
K. ChatterjeeDSQ
Baldev Singh Long jump 6.99Silver medal icon.svg
Sohan RamUK5
P. S. Cheema Triple jump UK6
P. BeckDSQ
Makhan Singh Discus throw 39.92Gold medal icon.svg
Amar SinghUK4
Somnath Chopra Hammer throw 43.35Silver medal icon.svg
Kishen Singh42.32Bronze medal icon.svg
Parsa Singh Javelin throw 50.38Silver medal icon.svg
Surat SinghDSQ
Khurshid Ahmed Pole vault 3.614
S. ChakravartyDSQ
Madan Lal Shot put 13.78Gold medal icon.svg
Ishar SinghUK5

Road events

AthletesEvent [3] [4] [5] [6] [9] Final
ResultRank
Chhota Singh Marathon 2:42:58.6Gold medal icon.svg
Surat Singh Mathur2:53:49.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Mahabir Prasad 10 km walk 52:31.4Gold medal icon.svg
Kesar Singh52:54.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Bakhtawar Singh 50 km walk 5:44:07.4Gold medal icon.svg
B. Das5:44:14.6Silver medal icon.svg

Combined events

AthleteEvent [10] Category100 mLJSPHJ400 m110HDTPVJT1500 mTotalRank
Khurshid Ahmed Decathlon Result12.06.119.071.4755.217.427.953.3646.935:17.25110Bronze medal icon.svg
Points651610430367591583424446543465
Gurnam SinghResult12.55.6611.461.62DNP2124DSQ
Points566514574480

Women

Track events

AthletesEvent [10] HeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Roshan Mistry 100 m 12.92 Q12.8Silver medal icon.svg
Pat Mendonca 13.12 QUK4
Mary D'Souza 200 m 28.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Banoo Gulzar UK4
Nilima Ghose 80 m hurdles UK5
Violet Peters UK6
Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
4 x 100 m relay 51.9Silver medal icon.svg

Field events

AthletesEvent [10] Final
ResultRank
Marie Semoes High jump 1.37Bronze medal icon.svg
Marjorie Soares1.374
Sylvia Gauntlet Long jump 4.52Bronze medal icon.svg
Veronica GameUK4
Bhagi Thadani Discus throw UK4
Barbara Webster UK5
Barbara Webster Javelin throw 26.70Bronze medal icon.svg
Bhagi ThadaniUK5
Barbara Webster Shot put 9.02Bronze medal icon.svg
Usha RajaramUK4

Basketball

Squad [4] [11] EventRound robinRank
India men's national basketball team
Ranbir Chopra (C)
Davinder Nath Bahri
Dharampal Chum
Ram Prakash
Avnish Chander Soni
Gur Prasad
Lakshmi
S. V. Appayya
Kapoor
Men's team State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
L 52–63
4
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
L 46–70
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma
W50–47
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
L 38–86

Cycling

AthleteEvent [2] [5] TimeRank
Netai Chand Bysack Men's 1000 m time trial 1:22.2Bronze medal icon.svg
Suprovat Chakravarty 1:22.94
Rohinton Noble Men's 1000 m sprint UKBronze medal icon.svg
Bapoo Malcolm Sr. UK4
Dhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh
Men's 4000 m team pursuit UKSilver medal icon.svg

Football

Summary

TeamEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
India Men's team Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
W 3–0
Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan
W 3–0
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
W 1–0
Gold medal icon.svg

Roster

Coach: Flag of India.svg Syed Abdul Rahim

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)Club
1 GK Berland Anthony Flag of India.svg Bengal
2 DF Thenmaddom Varghese Flag of India.svg Bombay
2 DF Sailen Manna (c) (1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 26) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
3 MF Sheikh Abdul Latif (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22) Flag of India.svg Mohammedan Sporting
2 DF Chandan Singh Rawat (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 22) Flag of India.svg Services
3 MF Noor Mohammed Flag of India.svg Hyderabad City Police
4 FW Pansanttom Venkatesh Flag of India.svg East Bengal
4 FW Sahu Mewalal (1926-07-01)1 July 1926 (aged 24) Flag of India.svg Eastern Railway
4 FW Ahmed Khan (1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 24) Flag of India.svg Bengal
4 FW P. B. A. Saleh (1928-11-28)28 November 1928 (aged 22) Flag of India.svg Bengal
1 GK Kenchappa Varadaraj (1924-05-07)7 May 1924 (aged 26) Flag of India.svg Mysore
3 MF Thulukhanam Shanmugham (1920-06-19)19 June 1920 (aged 30) Flag of India.svg Mysore
4 FW Santosh Nandy Flag of India.svg Bengal
2 DF Syed Khwaja Azizuddin (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 20) Flag of India.svg Hyderabad City Police
2 DF Sunil Chatterjee Flag of India.svg Bengal
3 MF Abhoy Ghosh Flag of India.svg Bengal
3 MF Desmond Neville Devine-Jones (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22) Flag of India.svg Services
4 FW G. Y. S. Laiq Flag of India.svg Hyderabad City Police
4 FW Loganathan Flag of India.svg Madras
4 FW Madar Abdus Sattar Flag of India.svg Bengal
4 FW Runu Guha Thakurta Flag of India.svg Bengal
4 FW Abdul Majid Bachan Flag of India.svg Orissa

Quarterfinals

India  Flag of India.svg3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Mewalal Soccerball shade.svg27'
Siregar Soccerball shade.svg42' (o.g.)
Venkatesh Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report

Semifinals

India  Flag of India.svg3–0Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan
Venkatesh Soccerball shade.svg10'
Mewalal Soccerball shade.svg16'
Nandy Soccerball shade.svg55'
Report

Gold medal match

Flag of India.svg  India 1–0 Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg
Mewalal Soccerball shade.svg34' Report

All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

Weightlifting

AthleteEvent [1] [2] [3] [4] Clean & pressSnatchClean & jerkTotal (lb)Rank
Result (lb)RankResult (lb)RankResult (lb)Rank
R. Desai Men's bantamweight 56 kg 1456160621065156
V. W. Phenany1257160619574807
G. Sethuraman Men's featherweight 60 kg 1904185227016454
B. N. Ghosh Men's lightweight 67.5 kg 1755170624545905
Daniel Pon Mani21012002-DNF410DNF
J. D. Telang Men's light heavyweight 82.5 kg 1904180425036204
N. K. Nair1805170522045705
Kamineni Eswara Rao Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg 200220522503655Silver medal icon.svg
Dandamudi Rajagopal Men's heavyweight +90 kg 220221032952725Bronze medal icon.svg

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