India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

India at the
1952 Summer Olympics
India at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Helsinki
Competitors	64 (60 men, 4 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Balbir Singh Sr.
Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances
	1900; 1904–1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

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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.^[1] This marked the second time India had competed as an independent republic.

Medalists

Gold

Kunwar Digvijai Singh (c), Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Singh Rajput, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh, Chaman Singh Gurung and Muniswamy Rajgopal — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Bronze

Khashaba Jadhav — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Athletics

First Female Contingent

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

Sakti Mazumdar

First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)
Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of 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 Victor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

Oscar Alfred Ward

First Round – Lost to Karl Kistner of Germany (KO)

Cycling

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)
Prodip Bose — 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

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1952.

300 m rifle, three positions

Harihar Banerjee

50 m rifle, three positions

Harihar Banerjee

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isaac Mansoor	100 m freestyle	1:10.8	7	Did not advance
Bijoy Barman	100 m backstroke	1:27.3	5	Did not advance
Khamlillal Shah	100 m backstroke	1:18.3	7	Did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dolly Nazir	100 m freestyle	1:24.6	7	Did not advance
Dolly Nazir	200 m breaststroke	3:37.9	7	Did not advance
Arati Saha	200 m breaststroke	3:40.8	6	Did not advance

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

Wrestling

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	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Rank
Niranjan Das	−52 kg	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRN) L ^VT	H. Weber (GER) L ^VT	Did not Advance					−
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav	−57 kg	A. Poliquin (CAN) W ^VT	P. L. Basurto (MEX) W ^VT	F. Schmitz (GER) W ^Pt	N/A	Rashid Mammadbeyov (URS) L ^Pt	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shohachi Ishii (JPN) L ^Pt	Did not Advance
Keshav Mangave	−62 kg	N/A	I. Lugo (VEN) WalkOver	Nasser Givehchi (IRN) L ^Pt	A. Bernard (CAN) W ^VT	Josiah Henson (USA) L ^Pt	Did not Advance		4
Shrirang Jadhav	−87 kg	File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg J. Theron (RSA) L ^Pt	A. Englas (URS) L ^VT	Did not Advance					−