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. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games. India-Olympic-1948-Games

Medalists

Competitors

Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.

Athletics

Boxing

;Men

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented India in 1948 ; Individual road race * Bapoo Malcolm * Raj Kumar Mehra * Eruch Mistry *

Homi Powri Homi Powri (born 1922) was an Indian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an in ...

(Pavri) ; Team road race * Bapoo Malcolm * Raj Kumar Mehra * Eruch Mistry *

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* Rohinton Noble ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Adi Havewala * Jehangoo Amin * Rohinton Noble * Piloo Sarkari (Sarkar)
Also represented India: Netai Chand Bysack

Sohrab Bhoot Sohrab H. Bhoot (or Sorabji Bhoot or Sorab Bhoot) (1891 – 9 January 1984) was an Indian Olympian administrator and sports administrator in the early and middle 20th century. Biography Bhoot's major accomplishments were to serve as: * Manage ...

and Nariman Saugar were administrators for the cycling team.

Field Hockey

The Indian field hockey team defeated the British team to win the country's first gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country's first Olympic gold medal since India became

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Leslie Claudius Leslie Walter Claudius (25 March 1927 – 20 December 2012) was an Indian field hockey player from Bilaspur. He studied in South Eastern Railway (Now SECR) English Medium School Bilaspur which has produced many national sportsmen. Leslie Clau ...

Keshav Dutt Keshav Chandra Dutt, also spelt as Keshav Datt (29 December 1925 – 7 July 2021), was an Indian field hockey player and played as a halfback. He was a part of the team that won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He made 22 internation ...

Walter D'Souza
Lawrie Fernandes

Ranganathan Francis Ranganathan Francis, also known as Aranganathan (15 March 1920 – 1 December 1975), was an Indian field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper. He was member of the Indian team that won gold medals at three consecutive Olympic games: 19 ...

Gerry Glackan
Akhtar Hussain
Patrick Jansen
Amir Kumar

Kishan Lal Kishan Lal (2 February 1917 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Great Britain in the final, 4–0. ...

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Leo Pinto Leo Pinto (11 April 1914 – 10 August 2010) was a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who won the gold medal with the Indian national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. During the peak of his playing days, he was rated among the ...

Jaswant Singh Rajput

Latif-ur-Rehman Latif-ur Rehman (1 January 1929 – 27 February 1987), also known as Latifur Rehman, was a field hockey player who competed internationally for India and Pakistan. He won a gold medal as a member of India's team at the 1948 Summer Olympics and ...

Reginald Rodrigues
Balbir Singh Sr.

Randhir Singh Gentle Randhir Singh Gentle (September 22, 1922 – September 25, 1981) was an Indian field hockey player and coach. He was a part of the Indian team that won three consecutive gold medals in the Summer Olympics, from 1948 to 1956. Gentle is one am ...

Grahanandan Singh Grahanandan Singh (18 February 1926 in Faisalabad, Lyallpur, British India – 7 December 2014 in New Delhi, India) was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals, at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Th ...

K. D. Singh Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 – 27 March 1978), popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his mesmerising passing ability and is considered by ...

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Trilochan Singh Tarlochan Singh Bawa (12 February 1923 – 24 April 2008) was an Indian field hockey player who competed (and won gold) in the 1948 London Olympics. His grandson Raj Bawa Raj Angad Bawa (born 12 November 2002) is an Indian cricketer. ...

Maxie Vaz Maximiano "Maxie" Vaz (1923 – 21 July 1991) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an intern ...

;Group A matches ;Semi-finals ;Final

Football

;Squad Head coach:

Balaidas Chatterjee Balaidas Chatterjee (10 March 1900 – 1974) was a former Indian football player and was the first head coach the India national football team during the 1948 Summer Olympics. During his playing days, Chatterjee played for Mohun Bagan in various ...

;First round

Swimming

Water Polo

Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.

Men's Team Competition

; Squad Gora Seal
Samarendra Chatterjee
Ajoy Chatterjee
Suhas Chatterjee
Dwarkadas Mukharji
Durga Das
Jamini Dass
Sachin Nag

Isaac Mansoor Isaac Mansoor (30 May 1929 – July 2006) was an Indian swimmer. He competed in men's 100 metre freestyle and the water polo tournaments at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympia ...

Jahan Ahir ;Round One ;Group C matches ;Round Two ;Group H

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle

References

External links

sports-reference.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:India At The 1948 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...