India at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 (60 men, 4 women) in 11 sports | |||||||||||
Flag bearer | Balbir Singh Sr. | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 26 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 2 |
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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.
Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Kunwar Digvijai Singh, 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
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Boxing
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Men's Flyweight:
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- First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)
- Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of Korea (0 - 3)
Men's Featherweight:
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- First Round – Lost to Edson Brown of the United States (0 - 3)
Men's Welterweight:
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- Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)
- Third Round – Lost to Viktor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)
Men's Light Heavyweight:
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- First Round – Lost to Karl Kistner of Germany (KO)
Cycling
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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
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- Final — 1:26.0 (→ 27th and last place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Netai Bysack — 24th place
Football
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Gymnastics
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Hockey
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Shooting
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Two shooters represented India in 1952.
Swimming
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Water polo
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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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 |
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Niranjan Das | −52 kg | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRN) L VT |
H. Weber (GER) L VT |
Did not Advance | − | |||||
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | −57 kg | 22x20px A. Poliquin (CAN) W VT |
P. L. Basurto (MEX) W VT |
F. Schmitz (GER) W Pt |
N/A | 22x20px Rashid Mammadbeyov (URS) L Pt |
Shohachi Ishii (JPN) L Pt |
Did not Advance | ||
Keshav Mangave | −62 kg | N/A | 22x20px I. Lugo (VEN) Walk Over |
Nasser Givehchi (IRN) L Pt |
22x20px A. Bernard (CAN) W VT |
Josiah Henson (USA) L Pt |
Did not Advance | 4 | ||
S. Jadav | −87 kg | 22x20px J. Theron (RSA) L Pt |
22x20px A. Englas (URS) L VT |
Did not Advance | − |
References
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