India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. 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.
Medalists Medals by sportSportTotalField hockey 1 0 0 1Total 1 0 0 1
Medal Name Sport Event Leslie ClaudiusKeshav DuttWalter D'SouzaLawrie FernandesRanganathan FrancisGerry GlackanAkhtar HussainPatrick JansenAmir KumarKishan LalLeo PintoJaswant Singh RajputLatif-ur-RehmanReginald RodriguesBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleGrahanandan SinghK. D. SinghTrilochan SinghMaxie 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. SportMenWomenEventsAthletics 8 0 10Boxing 7 0 7Cycling 9 0 5Field Hockey 20 0 1Football 18 0 1Swimming 7 0 5Water polo 9 0 1Weightlifting 2 0 2Wrestling 6 0 6
Athletics
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Eric Prabhakar Men's 100 metres 11.0 2 11.26 6Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinal TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Jim Vickers Men's 110 metres hurdles 14.7 1 15.09 4Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal TimeRankTimeRank Sadhu Singh Men's 10 kilometres walk -- --Did not advance
AthleteEventFinalTimeRank Sadhu Singh Men's 50 kilometres walk -- DNF
AthleteEventFinalTimeRank Chhota Singh Men's marathon -- DNF
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal ScoreRankScoreRank Gurnam Singh Men's high jump 1.87 NP 1.80 18
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal ScoreRankScoreRank Baldev Singh Men's long jump 7.000 11Did not advance
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalScoreRankScoreRank Henry Rebello Men's triple jump 14.650 5 - NM
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal ScoreRankScoreRank Nat Singh Somnath Men's hammer throw 41.36 23Did not advance
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRabin BhattaFlyweight colspan=1 align=center L KO1 Did not advanceBabu LallBantamweight W RSC1 L PTS Did not advanceBenoy BoseFeatherweight L PTS Did not advanceGene RaymondLightweight L PTS Did not advanceRobert CranstonWelterweight L PTS Did not advanceJohn NuttallMiddleweight colspan=1 align=center L PTS Did not advanceMac JoachimLight heavyweight L PTS Did not advance
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented India in 1948 Individual road race Bapoo Malcolm Raj Kumar Mehra Eruch Mistry Homi Powri (Pavri)
Team road race Bapoo Malcolm Raj Kumar Mehra Eruch Mistry Homi Powri (Pavri)
Sprint Rusi Mulla Feroze
Time trial Rohinton Noble
Team pursuit Adi Havewala Jehangoo Amin Rohinton Noble Piloo Sarkari (Sarkar)
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 ClaudiusKeshav DuttWalter D'SouzaLawrie FernandesRanganathan FrancisGerry GlackanAkhtar HussainPatrick JansenAmir KumarKishan Lal (c)Leo PintoJaswant Singh RajputLatif-ur-RehmanReginald RodriguesBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleGrahanandan SinghK. D. Singh (vc)Trilochan SinghMaxie Vaz
Group A matches
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.33001916 X9:18:02:02.31115123 1:9X1:13:23.30212102 0:81:1X1:14.3012361 0:22:31:1X
Semi-finals 2 – 1
Final 4 – 0
Football
Squad Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee Pos.PlayerDate of birthAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red 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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSachin NagMen's 100 m freestyle1:03.834Did not advanceIsaac MansoorMen's 100 m freestyle1:06.438Did not advanceDilip MitraMen's 100 m freestyle1:06.939Did not advanceBimal ChandraMen's 400 metre freestyle5:38.6?Did not advanceMen's 1500 metre freestyle22:52.9?Did not advanceKhamlillal ShahMen's 100 metre backstroke1:19.9?Did not advancePrahtip MitraMen's 100 metre backstroke1:24.5?Did not advancePrafulla MullickMen's 200 metre breaststroke3:14.9?Did not advance
Water polo
Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.
Squad Gora SealSamarendra ChatterjeeAjoy ChatterjeeSuhas ChatterjeeDwarkadas MukharjiDurga DasJamini DassSachin NagIsaac MansoorJahan Ahir
Round One
Group C matches
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22002614 X12:114:02.21018162 1:12X7:43.20024210 0:144:7X
Round Two
Group H
RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.22001734 X5:212:12.21011362 2:5X11:13.20022230 1:121:11X
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRankK. D. Jadhav−52 kgW W L colspan=2 6Nirmal Bose−57 kgL colspan=4 −S. Suryavanshi−62 kgL L colspan=3 −Banta Singh−67 kgL L colspan=3 −A. Bhargava−73 kgL W L colspan=2 −K. Roy−79 kgL L colspan=3 −
See also Gold (2018 film), about India's national hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics
References
External links sports-reference.com