As World Wor II engulfed the World, after 1936 it took 12 years to organize another Olympics. By that time, India also became Independent. Ironically, it has to send its first Olympics team to the country from which it gained Independence. But, the result was no different for the Men’s Hockey team. Without Dhyan Chand and other old players, the new Indian team won the Gold medal for the 4th consecutive Olympics. 3 new Sports were added to India’s Olympic participation list.
Indian Performance in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Olympics Statistics
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Venue: London, United Kingdom
Sports: 136 in 17 sports
Participating Nations: 59
Athletes Participating: 4,104 (3,714 men, 390 women)
Indian Statistics
- India Ranking: 22
Flag Bearer: None
Indian Team: 79 Athletes (No Female)
Sports-India: 10 (Hockey, Athletics, Water Polo, Cycling, Football, Wrestling, Boxing, Swimming, Boxing, Weightlifting and Art Competitions)
Participated in two sports: Swimming, Water Polo: Isaac Monsoor, Sachin Nag
Athletics: 8 Men, 10 Events
- Eric Prabhakar: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres
Henry Rebello: Round 2 in Men’s Triple Jump
Nat Singh Somnath: Round 1 in Men’s Hammer Throw
Baldev Singh: Round 1 in Men’s Long Jump, Men’s Decathlon
Chhota Singh: Did not finish in Men’s Marathon
Gurnam Singh: 18th in Men’s High Jump
Sadhu Singh: Men’s 10 kilometres Walk, Did not finish 50 kilometres Walk
Jim Vickers: Round 1 in Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
Art Competitions
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A. G. Chagale: Mixed Painting, Paintings
K. S. Kulkarni: Mixed Painting, Paintings
Boxing: 7 Men, 7 events
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Rabin Bhatta: Round 2 in Men’s Flyweight
Benoy Bose: Round 1 in Men’s Featherweight
Robert Cranston: Round 1 in Men’s Welterweight
Mac Joachim: Round 1 in Men’s Light-Heavyweight
Babu Lall: Round 2 in Men’s Bantamweight
John Nuttall: Round 2 in Men’s Middleweight
Gene Raymond: Round 1 in Men’s Lightweight
Cycling: 10 Athletes
- Jehangoo Amin: Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Adi Havewala: Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Malcolm Havladar: Men’s Road Race, Individual, Men’s Road Race, Team
Raj Kumar Mehra: Men’s Road Race, Individual, Men’s Road Race, Team
Eruch Mistry: Men’s Road Race, Individual, Men’s Road Race, Team
Rusi Mulla Feroze: Round 1 in Men’s Sprint
Rohinton Noble: 19th in Men’s 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Homi Powri: Men’s Road Race, Individual, Men’s Road Race, Team
Piloo Sarkari: Men’s Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
Football: Played one match and knocked out
- Squad: Talimeren Ao, Sattar Basheer, Robi Das, Ahmed Muhammad Khan, Sailen Manna, Sahu Mewalal, Taj Mohammed, Ramchandra Parab, Mahabir Prasad, Dhanraj Raman, KV Varadaraj, Sheikh Abdul Latif
In the knock-out format, India lost 1-2 to France in the 1st round.
Hockey: 4th Gold for India
Dhyan Chand refused the request to be part of this team, but Indian team still won their 4th consecutive Gold. Netherlands challenged in semifinal, otherwise rest of the matches were easy wins as they scored 25 goals in 5 matches and conceded just 3 goals.
- Squad: Leslie Claudius, Walter de Sousa, Keshav Dutt, Lawrie Fernandes, Ranganathan Francis, Gerry Glackan, Akhtar Hussain, Pat Jansen, Amir Kumar, Kishan Lal, Leo Pinto, Jaswant Rajput, Latif-ur Rehman, Reginald Rodrigues, Tarlochan Singh Bawa, Randhir Singh Gentle, Balbir Singh, Sr., G. Nandy Singh, Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Maxie Vaz
Matches
- Group A: Ind def Argentina 9-1
Def Austria 8-0
Def Spain 2-0
Semis: Def Netherlands 2-1
Final: Def Great Britain 4-0
Swimming: 7 Men
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Bimal Chandra: Round 1 in Men’s 400 metres Freestyle and Men’s 1,500 metres Freestyle
Dilip Mitra: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Freestyle
Prahtip Mitra: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Backstroke
Isaac Monsoor: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Freestyle
Prafulla Mullick: Round 1 in Men’s 200 metres Breaststroke
Sachin Nag: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Freestyle
Khamlillal Shah: Round 1 in Men’s 100 metres Backstroke
Water Polo: 9th
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Jahan Ahir, Samarandra Chatterjee, Suhas Chatterjee, Durga Das, Janini Dass, Dwarkadas Murarji, Isaac Monsoor, Sachin Nag, Gora Seal
Weightlifting
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Daniel Pon Mony: 16th (last) in Men’s Featherweight
Dandamudi Rajagopal: 16th (last) in Men’s Heavyweight
Wrestling
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Anant Bhargava: Men’s Welterweight, Freestyle
Nirmal Bhose: Men’s Bantamweight, Freestyle
Khashaba Jhadav: 6th in Men’s Flyweight, Freestyle
Keshav Roy: Men’s Middleweight, Freestyle
Sarjarao Suryavanshi: Men’s Featherweight, Freestyle
Banta Singh: Men’s Lightweight, Freestyle
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