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
Competitors
Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST 4:30hrs.
Athletics
Boxing
- Men
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 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
- Semi-finals
- Final
Football
- Squad
Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee
- First round
Swimming
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
- Round Two
- Group H
Weightlifting
Wrestling
- Men's freestyle
See also
- Gold (2018 film), about India's national hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics
References
External links
- sports-reference.com
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