India at the 1948 Summer Olympics
India at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 79 (all men) in 10 sports | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 22 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
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India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in 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.
Contents
Medalists
Medals by sport | ||||
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Sport | Total | |||
Field hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competitors
Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.
Sport | Men | Women | Events |
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Athletics | 8 | 0 | 10 |
Boxing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Cycling | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Field Hockey | 20 | 0 | 1 |
Football | 18 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Water polo | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Wrestling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Athletics
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Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Eric Prabhakar | Men's 100 metres | 11.0 | 2 | ? | 6 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jim Vickers | Men's 110 metres hurdles | 14.7 | 1 | ? | 4 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sadhu Singh | Men's 10 kilometres walk | -- | -- | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Sadhu Singh | Men's 50 kilometres walk | -- | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Chhota Singh | Men's marathon | -- | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Gurnam Singh | Men's high jump | 1.87 | NP | 1.80 | 18 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Baldev Singh | Men's long jump | 7.000 | 11 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Henry Rebello | Men's triple jump | 14.650 | 5 | - | NM |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Nat Singh Somnath | Men's hammer throw | 41.36 | 23 | Did not advance |
Boxing
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- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||||
Rabin Bhatta | Flyweight | Bye | Frankie Sodano (USA) L KO1 |
Did not advance | |||||
Babu Lall | Bantamweight | Alan Monterio (PAK) W RSC1 |
Juan Venegas (PUR) L PTS |
Did not advance | |||||
Benoy Bose | Featherweight | Fransisco Núñez (ARG) L PTS |
Did not advance | ||||||
Gene Raymond | Lightweight | Svend Wad (DEN) L PTS |
Did not advance | ||||||
Robert Cranston | Welterweight | 22x20px Aurelio Diaz (ESP) L PTS |
Did not advance | ||||||
John Nuttall | Middleweight | Bye | Ivano Fontana (ITA) L PTS |
Did not advance | |||||
Mac Joachim | Light heavyweight | Franciszek Szymura (POL) L PTS |
Did not advance |
Cycling
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Ten cyclists represented India in 1948
Also represented India: Netai Chand Bysack
Sohrab Bhoot and Nariman Saugar were administrators for the cycling team.
Field Hockey
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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
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | 23x15px | ||||
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1. | India (IND) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | X | 9:1 | 8:0 | 2:0 | |
2. | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1:9 | X | 1:1 | 3:2 | |
3. | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0:8 | 1:1 | X | 1:1 | |
4. | 22x20px Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0:2 | 2:3 | 1:1 | X |
- Semi-finals
India (IND) | 2 – 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
- Final
India (IND) | 4 – 0 | Great Britain (GBR) |
Football
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- Squad
Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee
Pos. | Player | Date of Birth | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games |
Tournament goals |
Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
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MF | Talimeran Ao | Jan 28, 1918 | 30 | ? | Mohun Bagan A.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
MF | A. Sattar Basheer | 1924 | ? | Mysore | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | |
FW | Robi Das | ? | Bhawanipore Club | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | ||
FW | Ahmed Mohamed Khan | Dec 24, 1926 | 21 | ? | Mysore | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
DF | Saliendra Manna | Sep 1, 1924 | 23 | ? | Mohun Bagan A.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
FW | Sahu Mewalal | Jul 1, 1926 | 22 | ? | Eastern Railway S.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
DF | Taj Mohammed | 1924 | ? | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | |
MF | Mahabir Prasad | 1918 | ? | East Bengal | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | |
FW | Balaram Parab Ramchandra | 1925 | ? | Bombay F.C. | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | |
FW | Sarangapani Raman | 1920 | ? | Mysore | 1 | 1 | 90 | - | - | - | |
GK | Kenchappa V. Varada Raj | 1923 | ? | Mysore | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | |
- Stand-by players - | |||||||||||
FW | K. P. Dhanraj | ? | Mysore | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
MF | S. M. Kaiser | ? | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
MF | Anil Nandy | ? | Eastern Railway S.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
FW | Santosh Nandy | 1932 | ? | Eastern Railway S.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | |
DF | T. M. Varghese "Papen" | ? | Bombay F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
GK | Sanjeeva Uchil | ? | ICL-Bengal Club, Bombay | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | ||
MF | B. N. Vajravelu | ? | Mysore | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
- First round
Swimming
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Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Sachin Nag | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1:03.8 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
Isaac Monsoor | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1:06.4 | 38 | Did not advance | |||
Dilip Mitra | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1:06.9 | 39 | Did 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
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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
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||||
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1. | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | X | 12:1 | 14:0 | |
2. | India (IND) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1:12 | X | 7:4 | |
3. | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0:14 | 4:7 | X |
- Round Two
- Group H
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | 23x15px | |||
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1. | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | X | 5:2 | 12:1 | |
2. | 22x20px Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2:5 | X | 11:1 | |
3. | India (IND) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1:12 | 1:11 | X |
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- Pt - Decision by Points.
- Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
- Men's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result |
Round 2 Result |
Round 3 Result |
Round 4 Result |
Round 5 Result |
Rank |
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K. D. Jadhav | −52 kg | B. Harris (AUS) W Pt |
B. Jernigan (USA) W Pt |
M. Raissi (IRN) L VT |
N/A | 6 | |
Nirmal Bose | −57 kg | G. Leeman (USA) L VT |
N/A | − | |||
S. Suryavanshi | −62 kg | A. Parsons (GBR) L Pd |
A. Muller (SUI) L VT |
N/A | − | ||
Banta Singh | −67 kg | 22x20px M. Hassan (EGY) L Pt |
C. Atik (TUR) L VT |
N/A | − | ||
A. Bhargava | −73 kg | Yaşar Doğu (TUR) L VT |
E. Estrada Ojeda (MEX) W Pd |
Dick Garrard (AUS) L VT |
N/A | − | |
K. Roy | −79 kg | 22x20px M. Vachon (CAN) L VT |
R. Arthur (AUS) L VT |
N/A | − |
References
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