EssieYates77210 at 17:56, 23 December 2025

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>Tintin1107: /* Swimming */ Jehangir Naegamwalla is already in waterpolo

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Swimming: Jehangir Naegamwalla is already in waterpolo

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	*[[Dolly Nazir~~, Jehangir Naegamwalla\|Dolly Nazir~~]]		*[[Dolly Nazir]]
			*[[Aarti Saha]]

	==Water polo==		==Water polo==

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			*[[Nilima Ghose]]

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	*[[Netai Bysack]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)		*[[Netai Bysack]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
	*[[~~Pradip Bode~~]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)		*[[Prodip Bose]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
	*[[Suprovat Chakravarty]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)		*[[Suprovat Chakravarty]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)

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	==Swimming==		==Swimming==
			*[[Dolly Nazir, Jehangir Naegamwalla\|Dolly Nazir]]
	~~Sachin Nag (Source: Olympedia.org)~~

	==Water polo==		==Water polo==

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{{use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1952
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.olympic.ind.in }}
| location = [[Helsinki]]
| competitors = 64 (60 men, 4 women)
| sports = 11
| flagbearer = [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]
| rank = 26
| gold = 1
| silver = 0
| bronze = 1
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}

'''[[India]]''' competed at the '''[[1952 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 42 events in 11 sports.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/ |title=India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date=26 February 2015 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111160444/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/ |archive-date=11 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> This marked the first time India had competed as an independent republic.

==Medalists==

===Gold===
* [[K. D. Singh|Kunwar Digvijai Singh - Captain]], [[Leslie Claudius]], [[Keshav Dutt]], [[Chinadorai Deshmutu]], [[Randhir Singh Gentle]], [[Grahanandan Singh]], [[Ranganandhan Francis]], [[Jaswant Rai]], [[Balbir Singh Sr.]], [[Dharam Singh (field hockey)|Dharam Singh]], [[Govind Perumal]], [[Raghbir Lal]], [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]], and [[Muniswamy Rajgopal]] — [[Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Men's Team Competition.

===Bronze===
* [[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav|Khashaba Jadhav]] — [[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]], Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

First Female Contingent

Athletics
Mary Dsouza

==Boxing==
{{main article|Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's Flyweight:'''
* [[Sakti Mazumdar]]
:# First Round – Defeated [[Nguyen Van Cua]] of [[Vietnam]] (DNS)
:# Second Round – Lost to [[Han Soo-An]] of [[South Korea|Korea]] (0 - 3)

'''Men's Featherweight:'''
* [[Benoy Kumar Bose]]
:# First Round – "Defeated" [[Edson Brown]] of the [[United States]] (0 - 3)

'''Men's Welterweight:'''
* [[Ron Norris]]
:# Second Round – Defeated [[Jacob Butula]] of [[Canada]] (TKO 3R)
:# Third Round – Lost to [[Viktor Jörgensen]] of [[Denmark]] (0 - 3)

'''Men's Light Heavyweight:'''
* [[Oscar Alfred Ward]]
:# First Round – Lost to [[Karl Kistner]] of [[Germany]] (KO)

==Cycling==
{{main article|Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

=== Road Competition ===
'''Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)'''
*[[Raj Kumar Mehra]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*[[Netai Bysack]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*[[Pradip Bode]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*[[Suprovat Chakravarty]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=== Track Competition ===
'''Men's 1.000m Time Trial'''
*[[Suprovat Chakravarty]]
:* Final — 1:26.0 (→ 27th and last place)

'''Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race'''
*[[Netai Bysack]] — 24th place

==Football==
{{main article|Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

==Gymnastics==
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

==Hockey==
{{main article|Hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

==Shooting==
{{main article|Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
Two shooters represented India in 1952.

;[[Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions|300 m rifle, three positions]]
* [[Harihar Banerjee]]

;[[Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle, three positions]]
* [[Harihar Banerjee]]

;[[Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone|50 m rifle, prone]]
* [[Harihar Banerjee]]
* [[Souren Choudhury]]

==Swimming==

Sachin Nag (Source: Olympedia.org)

==Water polo==

Birendra Basak • David Sopher • Kedar Shah • Isaac Mansoor • Sambhu Saha • Sachin Nag • Khamlillal Shah • Bijoy Barman • Jehangir Naegamwalla • Ran Chandnani (source: olympedia.org)

==Weightlifting==
{{main article|Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

==Wrestling==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points}} - Decision by Points.
* {{abbr|Pd|Decision by Points (Judges Disagree)}} - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.
}}

;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Athlete
!Event
!Round 1 Result
!Round 2 Result
!Round 3 Result
!Round 4 Result
!Round 5 Result
!Round 6 Result
!Round 7 Result
!Round 8 Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Niranjan Das]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight|−52 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mahmoud Mollaghasemi]]|IRN|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 6m 32s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[H. Weber (Wrestler)|H. Weber]]|GER|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 3m 15s}}
|colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav]]'''
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight|−57 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[A. Poliquin]]|CAN|1952 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 14m 25s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[P. L. Basurto]]|MEX|1952 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 5m 20s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[F. Schmitz]]|GER|1952 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 2-1}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rashid Mammadbeyov]]|URS|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Shohachi Ishii]]|JPN|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|{{bronze3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Keshav Mangave]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight|−62 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[I. Lugo]]|VEN|1952 Summer}} '''Walk Over'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nasser Givehchi]]|IRN|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[A. Bernard]]|CAN|1952 Summer}} '''W''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 14m 5s}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Josiah Henson (wrestler)|Josiah Henson]]|USA|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 3-0}}
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|4
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shrirang Jadhav]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight|−87 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[J. Theron]]|RSA|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|Pt|Decision by Points : 2-1}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[A. Englas]]|URS|1952 Summer}} '''L''' {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall - 58s}}
|colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not Advance}}
|−
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:India At The 1952 Summer Olympics}}
[[Category:Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1952]]

{{India-sport-stub}}
{{1952-Olympic-stub}}

India at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Revision history

EssieYates77210 at 17:56, 23 December 2025

>Tintin1107: /* Swimming */ Jehangir Naegamwalla is already in waterpolo

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