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'''[[India]]''' participated and hosted the '''[[1951 Asian Games]]''' held in the capital city , [[New Delhi]] from 4 to 11 March 1951. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals in this edition of the [[Asian Games|Asiad]].<ref>[http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp 1st Asian Games medal tally] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024647/http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp |date=8 October 2008 }}</ref> [[Sachin Nag]] won a gold in swimming in this edition.
'''[[India]]''' participated and hosted the '''[[1951 Asian Games]]''' held in the capital city , [[New Delhi]] from 4 to 11 March 1951. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals in this edition of the [[Asian Games|Asiad]].<ref>[http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp 1st Asian Games medal tally] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024647/http://www.ocasia.org/1AG.asp |date=8 October 2008 }}</ref>  


[[Sachin Nag]]'s gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle swimming was the first ever gold for India at the Asian Games, and remains their only gold medal in Asian Games swimming events as of the conclusion of the [[2022 Asian Games]].
The [[India national football team]] won the gold medal in the [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|men's football]] competition.
==Medal table==
==Medal table==


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!Total
!Total
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]]
|[[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]]
|10
|10
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|12
|12
|34
|34
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]]
|[[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]]
|0
|0
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|2
|2
|3
|3
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]]
|[[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]]
|2
|2
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|1
|1
|4
|4
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]]
|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]]
|1
|1
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|0
|0
|1
|1
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]]
|[[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]]
|1
|1
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|4
|4
|6
|6
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Water polo]]
|[[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Water polo]]
|1
|1
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|0
|0
|1
|1
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]]
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==Medal Winner's==
==Medal winners<ref> {{cite web|url=https://newschoupal.com/asian-games-1951-indian-medal-winners|title=Asian Games 1951 Indian medal winners}}</ref>==
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
|-
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| {{gold medal}} || [[Nikka Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 1500 m]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[Nikka Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 1500 m]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[A. S. Bakshi]]<br />[[Govind Singh (athlete)|Govind Singh]]<br />[[Balwant Singh (athlete)|Balwant Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 4 × 400 m relay]]
| {{gold medal}} || A. S. Bakshi<br /> Govind Singh <br /> Balwant Singh <br /> Karan Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 4 × 400 m relay]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Chota Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's Marathon]]
| {{gold medal}} || Chota Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's marathon]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} ||[[Mahabir Singh (athlete)|Mahabir Prasad]]||[[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10000 m walk]]
| {{gold medal}} || Mahabir Prasad ||[[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10000 m walk]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Bakhtawar Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 50 km walk]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[Bakhtawar Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 50 km walk]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Madan Lal (athlete)|Madan Lal]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's Shot put]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[Madan Lal (athlete)|Madan Lal]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's shot put]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Makhan Singh (discus thrower)|Makhan Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's Discus throw]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[Makhan Singh (discus thrower)|Makhan Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's discus throw]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[K. P. Thakkar]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3 m springboard]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[K. P. Thakkar]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3 m springboard]]
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| {{gold medal}} || [[K. P. Thakkar]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10 m platform]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[K. P. Thakkar]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10 m platform]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national football team|India]] || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]] || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's Team]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national football team]] <br />[[Berland Anthony]]<br />[[Syed Khwaja Azizuddin]]<br />[[A. M. Bachan]]<br />Sunil Chatterjee<br />Abhoy Ghosh<br />[[D. N. Devine Jones]]<br />[[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]<br />G. Y. S. Laiq<br />[[Sheikh Abdul Latif]]<br />Loganathan<br />[[Sailen Manna]]<br />[[Sheoo Mewalal]]<br />[[Santosh Nandy]]<br />[[Muhammad Noor]]<br />[[Chandan Singh Rawat]]<br />[[P. B. A. Saleh]]<br />[[Mohammad Abdus Sattar]]<br />[[T. Shanmugham]]<br />[[Runu Guha Thakurta]]<br />[[Kenchappa Varadaraj]]<br />[[Thenmaddom Varghese]]<br />[[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]] || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's team]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Sachin Nag]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 100 m
| {{gold medal}} || [[Sachin Nag]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 100 m freestyle]]
freestyle]]
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India men's national water polo team|India]] || [[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Water Polo]] || [[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's Team]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[India men's national water polo team]] <br /> Jahan Ahir <br /> Ganesh Das <br /> D. Daver <br /> R. Dean <br /> [[Isaac Mansoor]] <br /> G. Rattansey <br /> [[Khamlillal Shah|Kanti Shah]] || [[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Water polo]] || [[Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's team]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[M. Gabriel]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 200 m]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[M. Gabriel|Marian Gabriel]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 200 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[A.S.Bakshi]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 400 m]]
| {{silver medal}} || A.S.Bakshi || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 400 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Kulwant Singh (athlete)|Kulwant Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 800 m]]
| {{silver medal}} || Kulwant Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 800 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Pritam Singh (athlete)|Pritam Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 5000 m]]
| {{silver medal}} || Pritam Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 5000 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Teja Singh (athlete)|Teja Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|400 m Hurdles]]
| {{silver medal}} || Teja Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 400 m hurdles]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Lavy Pinto]] <br /> [[M. Gabriel]] <br /> [[Ram Swaroop]] < <br /> [[Alfred Shamin]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|4×100 m relay]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Lavy Pinto]] <br /> [[M. Gabriel|Marian Gabriel]] <br /> [[Ram Swaroop]] <br /> [[Alfred Shamin]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 4×100 m relay]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[B. Das]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|50 Km walk]]
| {{silver medal}} || B. Das || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 50 km walk]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Baldev Singh (Long Jump)|Baldev Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Long Jump]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Baldev Singh (athlete)|Baldev Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's long jump]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Somnath Chopra]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Hammer Throw]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Somnath Chopra]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's hammer throw]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Parsa Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Javelin Throw]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Parsa Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's javelin throw]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Rohan Mistry]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's 100 m]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Roshan Mistry]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's 100 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Mary D'Souza]] <br /> [[Roshan Mistry]] <br /> [[Banoo Gulzar]] <br/> [[Pat Mendonca]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's 4×100 m relay]]
| {{silver medal}} || [[Mary D'Souza]] <br /> [[Roshan Mistry]] <br /> [[Banoo Gulzar]] <br/> [[Pat Mendonca]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's 4×100 m relay]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Dhangar (cycling)|Dhangar]] <br/> [[Raj Kumar Mehra (cycling)|Raj Kumar Mehra]] <br /> [[Madan Mohan (cycling)|Madan Mohan]] <br/ > [[Gurdev Singh (cycling)|Gurdev Singh]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Team pursuit]]
| {{silver medal}} || Dhangar Lhanguard <br/> [[Raj Kumar Mehra]] <br /> Madan Mohan <br/ > Gurdev Singh || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's team pursuit]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || Ashu Dutt || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3 m springboard]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Khamlillal Shah|Kanti Shah]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 100 m backstroke]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Kamineni Eswara Rao]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Govind Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 400 m]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Gurbachan Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10000 m]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Ajit Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3000 m steeplechase]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Surat Singh Mathur || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's marathon]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Kesar Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10000 m walk]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Kishen Singh || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's hammer throw]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Khurshid Ahmed || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's decathlon]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Mary D'Souza]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's 200 m]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Ashu Dutt]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|3 m Springboard]]
| {{bronze medal}} || Marie Semoes || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's high jump]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Kanti Shah (swimming)|Kanti Shah]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|100 m backstroke]]
| {{bronze medal}} || Sylvia Gauntlet || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's long jump]]
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Kamineni Eswara Rao]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Middle Heavyweight 90 kg]]
| {{bronze medal}} || Barbara Webster || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Women's shot put]]
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Rohinton Noble]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's sprint]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Netai Chand Bysack]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 1 km time trial]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || T. T. Dand || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10 m platform]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Bimal Chandra]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 400 m freestyle]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Jehangir Naegamwalla]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 200 m breaststroke]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Isaac Mansoor]]<br /> [[Bimal Chandra]] <br /> [[Sambhu Saha]] <br /> [[Sachin Nag]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Khamlillal Shah|Kanti Shah]]<br /> [[Jehangir Naegamwalla]] <br /> [[Sachin Nag]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Dandamudi Rajagopal]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's heavyweight +90 kg]]
|}


==Aquatics==
===Diving===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athletes
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Final
|-
!Result
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[K. P. Thakkar]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 3 m springboard]]
|371.25
|{{gold1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ashu Dutta]]
|327.20
|{{silver2}}
|-
|align=left|[[K. P. Thakkar]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Men's 10 m platform]]
|362.05
|{{gold1}}
|-
|align=left|[[TT Dand]]
|276.60
|{{bronze3}}
|-
|}
|}
===Water Polo===
Two teams entered the event - India and Singapore
====Team====
[[Jahan Ahir]]<br />[[Ganesh Das]]<br />[[D. Daver]]<br />[[R. Dean]]<br />[[Isaac Mansoor]]<br />[[G. Rattansey]]<br />[[Kanti Shah (swimmer)|Kanti Shah]]
'''Gold medal match'''
{{waterpolobox
|date=11 March
|team1={{gold1}} '''{{wp-rt|IND}}'''
|score1='''6'''
|score2=4
|team2={{wp|SIN|colonial}}
|H1= 2–3 |H2= 4–1
|goals1= [[Kanti Shah (swimmer)|Shah]], [[R. Dean|Dean]] 2
|goals2= [[Sim Boon Hoon|Sim B.H.]] 2
|location=[[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium Swimming Pool]], [[New Delhi]] }}
== Football ==
Coach: [[Syed Abdul Rahim]]
{{National football squad start (no caps)}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Berland Anthony]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Thenmaddom Varghese|T.M. Varghese]]|age= |club=[[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sailen Manna]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1924|9|1}} |club=[[Mohun Bagan]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Sheikh Abdul Latif]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1928|8|15}} |club=[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Chandan Singh Rawat]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1928|7|26}} |club=[[Services football team|Services]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Muhammad Noor|Noor Mohammed]]|age= |club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]|age= |club=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Sahu Mewalal]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1926|7|1}} |club=[[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1926|12|24}} |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[P. B. A. Saleh]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1928|11|28}} |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Kenchappa Varadaraj]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1924|5|7}} |club=[[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[T. Shanmugham]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1920|6|19}} |club=[[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Santosh Nandy]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Syed Khwaja Azizuddin]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1930|7|12}} |club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sunil Chatterjee]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Abhoy Ghosh]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[D. N. Devine Jones|D.N. Devine Jones]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1951|3|5|1928|8|15}} |club=[[Services football team|Services]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[G.Y.S. Laiq]]|age= |club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Loganathan (footballer)|Loganathan]]|age= |club=[[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Madar Abdus Sattar]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Runu Guha Thakurta]]|age= |club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[A. M. Bachan]]|age= |club=[[Odisha football team|Orissa]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad end}}
===Quarterfinals===
{{footballbox
|date= 5 March
|time = 16:15
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score= 3–0
|report=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames51.html
|team2={{fb|INA}}
|goals1= [[Sheoo Mewalal|Mewalal]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Chairuddin Siregar|Siregar]] {{goal|42|o.g.}}<br />[[Pansanttom Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|referee= }}
===Semifinals===
{{footballbox
|date= 7 March
|time = 16:15
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score= 3–0
|report=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames51.html
|team2={{fb|AFG|1930}}
|goals1= [[Pansanttom Venkatesh|Venkatesh]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Sheoo Mewalal|Mewalal]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Santosh Nandy|Nandy]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|referee= }}
===Gold medal match===
{{footballbox
|date= 10 March
|time = 17:00
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN|1925}}
|score= 0–1
|report = [https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=15 Report]
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Sheoo Mewalal|Mewalal]] {{goal|34}}
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 1 October 2023

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

India participated and hosted the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city , New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

Sachin Nag's gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle swimming was the first ever gold for India at the Asian Games, and remains their only gold medal in Asian Games swimming events as of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games.

The India national football team won the gold medal in the men's football competition.

Medal table[edit]

Medals by discipline
Discipline Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 10 12 12 34
Cycling 0 1 2 3
Diving 2 1 1 4
Football 1 0 0 1
Swimming 1 1 4 6
Water polo 1 0 0 1
Weightlifting 0 1 1 2
Total 15 16 20 51

Medal winners[2][edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 100 m
 Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 200 m
 Gold Ranjit Singh Athletics Men's 800 m
 Gold Nikka Singh Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Gold A. S. Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karan Singh		 Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 Gold Chota Singh Athletics Men's marathon
 Gold Mahabir Prasad Athletics Men's 10000 m walk
 Gold Bakhtawar Singh Athletics Men's 50 km walk
 Gold Madan Lal Athletics Men's shot put
 Gold Makhan Singh Athletics Men's discus throw
 Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 3 m springboard
 Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Gold India national football team
Berland Anthony
Syed Khwaja Azizuddin
A. M. Bachan
Sunil Chatterjee
Abhoy Ghosh
D. N. Devine Jones
Ahmed Khan
G. Y. S. Laiq
Sheikh Abdul Latif
Loganathan
Sailen Manna
Sheoo Mewalal
Santosh Nandy
Muhammad Noor
Chandan Singh Rawat
P. B. A. Saleh
Mohammad Abdus Sattar
T. Shanmugham
Runu Guha Thakurta
Kenchappa Varadaraj
Thenmaddom Varghese
Pansanttom Venkatesh		 Football Men's team[3]
 Gold Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
 Gold India men's national water polo team
Jahan Ahir
Ganesh Das
D. Daver
R. Dean
Isaac Mansoor
G. Rattansey
Kanti Shah		 Water polo Men's team
 Silver Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 200 m
 Silver A.S.Bakshi Athletics Men's 400 m
 Silver Kulwant Singh Athletics Men's 800 m
 Silver Pritam Singh Athletics Men's 5000 m
 Silver Teja Singh Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles
 Silver Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin		 Athletics Men's 4×100 m relay
 Silver B. Das Athletics Men's 50 km walk
 Silver Baldev Singh Athletics Men's long jump
 Silver Somnath Chopra Athletics Men's hammer throw
 Silver Parsa Singh Athletics Men's javelin throw
 Silver Roshan Mistry Athletics Women's 100 m
 Silver Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca		 Athletics Women's 4×100 m relay
 Silver Dhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh		 Cycling Men's team pursuit
 Silver Ashu Dutt Diving Men's 3 m springboard
 Silver Kanti Shah Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
 Silver Kamineni Eswara Rao Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg
 Bronze Govind Singh Athletics Men's 400 m
 Bronze Gurbachan Singh Athletics Men's 10000 m
 Bronze Ajit Singh Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
 Bronze Surat Singh Mathur Athletics Men's marathon
 Bronze Kesar Singh Athletics Men's 10000 m walk
 Bronze Kishen Singh Athletics Men's hammer throw
 Bronze Khurshid Ahmed Athletics Men's decathlon
 Bronze Mary D'Souza Athletics Women's 200 m
 Bronze Marie Semoes Athletics Women's high jump
 Bronze Sylvia Gauntlet Athletics Women's long jump
 Bronze Barbara Webster Athletics Women's shot put
 Bronze Rohinton Noble Cycling Men's sprint
 Bronze Netai Chand Bysack Cycling Men's 1 km time trial
 Bronze T. T. Dand Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Bronze Bimal Chandra Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
 Bronze Jehangir Naegamwalla Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
 Bronze Isaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag		 Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay
 Bronze Kanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag		 Swimming Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay
 Bronze Dandamudi Rajagopal Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +90 kg

Aquatics[edit]

Diving[edit]

Athletes Event Final
Result Rank
K. P. Thakkar Men's 3 m springboard 371.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ashu Dutta 327.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
K. P. Thakkar Men's 10 m platform 362.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
TT Dand 276.60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Water Polo[edit]

Two teams entered the event - India and Singapore

Team[edit]

Jahan Ahir
Ganesh Das
D. Daver
R. Dean
Isaac Mansoor
G. Rattansey
Kanti Shah

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Football[edit]

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Quarterfinals[edit]

India 3–0 Indonesia
Mewalal Goal 27'
Siregar Goal 42' (o.g.)
Venkatesh Goal 45'		 Report

Semifinals[edit]

India 3–0 Afghanistan
Venkatesh Goal 10'
Mewalal Goal 16'
Nandy Goal 55'		 Report

Gold medal match[edit]

Iran 0–1 India
Report Mewalal Goal 34'

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

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1st Asian Games medal tally Archived 8 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Asian Games 1951 Indian medal winners".
  3. ↑ Majumdar, Rounak (22 April 2019). "The Golden Years of Indian Football". www.chaseyoursport.com. Kolkata: Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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