India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

India at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	www.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 (overview)
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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 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

First Female Contingent

Athletics Mary Dsouza

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 Viktor 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)
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

Gymnastics

Hockey

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

Harihar Banerjee
Souren Choudhury

Swimming

Water polo

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	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					−

References

^ "India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[sports-reference-1] "India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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