India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

India at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
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
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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. This marked the first time India had competed as an independent republic.

Medalists

Gold

• Kunwar Digvijai Singh - Captain, Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Rai, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh, and Muniswamy Rajgopal — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Bronze

• Khashaba Jadhav — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

First Female Contingent

Athletics

• Mary Dsouza
• Nilima Ghose

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight:

• Sakti Mazumdar

1. First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)
2. Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of Korea (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

• Benoy Kumar Bose

1. First Round – "Defeated" Edson Brown of the United States (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

• Ron Norris

1. Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)
2. Third Round – Lost to Viktor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Oscar Alfred Ward

1. 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)
• 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

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.

300 m rifle, three positions

• Harihar Banerjee

50 m rifle, three positions

• Harihar Banerjee

50 m rifle, prone

• Harihar Banerjee
• Souren Choudhury

Swimming

• Dolly Nazir
• Aarti Saha

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

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	Round 8 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	Shohachi Ishii (JPN) L Pt	Did not Advance
Keshav Mangave	−62 kg	N/A	I. Lugo (VEN) Walk Over	Nasser Givehchi (IRN) L Pt	A. Bernard (CAN) W VT	Josiah Henson (USA) L Pt	Did not Advance			4
Shrirang Jadhav	−87 kg	J. Theron (RSA) L Pt	A. Englas (URS) L VT	Did not Advance						−