India at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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| NOC = IND
| NOCname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1920
| flagcaption = Flag of [[British Raj|India]]
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|https://olympic.ind.in }}
| location = [[Antwerp]]
| competitors = 5 in 2 sports
| sports =
| flagbearer = [[Purma Bannerjee]]
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1900
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}

[[British Raj|India]] sent its first Olympic team to the '''[[1920 Summer Olympics]]''' in Antwerp, Belgium, some twenty years after a single athlete ([[Norman Pritchard]]) competed for India in 1900 (see [[India at the 1900 Summer Olympics]]).

==Background, team selection, and logistics==
In his opening remarks during a 1919 sports meet at the Deccan Gymkhana, Poona, the Gymkhana President Sir [[Dorabji Tata]] expressed a desire for India to take part in the forthcoming 1920 Olympics. He requested Governor of Bombay Lloyd George, who presided over and distributed prizes at this sports meet, to secure representation for India at the Olympics through the British Olympic Committee. As a result, in February 1920, the International Olympic Committee granted India affiliation to participate in the Olympic Games. Thereafter, a committee comprising Dorab Tata, A S Bhagwat, Dr. A H A Fyzee, Prof Modak, S Bhoot, and three other Deccan Gymkhana members met in March 1920 to discuss India’s Olympic participation, and they decided to hold a trial meet in Poona in April 1920.

At this trial meet, the committee selected the following team to represent India at the Olympics: [[Purma Bannerjee|P.C. Bannerjee]] (Bengal) for sprints; [[Phadeppa_Dareppa_Chaugule| P. D. Chaugule]] (Belgaum, Mysore) for the 10,000 m and marathon; Sadashiv Datar (Satara, Maharashtra) for the 10,000 m and marathon; K. Kaikadi (Hubali) for the 5,000m and 10,000m; R. Shindes (Kolhapur) for bantamweight wrestling; and K. Nawale (Bombay) for lightweight wrestling. [[Sohrab bhoot|Sohrab H. Bhoot]] was manager and Dr. A H A Fyzee was medical officer and adviser for the team.<ref>Dr. A H A Fyzee was administrator for the 1920 Olympic team; [http://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Ali-Azhar-Fyzee/6000000013368431565 Dr.Ali Azhar Fyzee (AHA Fyzee) ] and his brother [http://www.geni.com/people/Ali-Athar-Fyzee/6000000011559007819 Ali Athar Fyzee] also represented India in tennis events such as the [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fy/athar-ali-fyzee-1.html 1924 Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306200213/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fy/athar-ali-fyzee-1.html |date=2016-03-06 }} and the Davis Cup and Wimbledon</ref>

Funding for the Olympic team came from Dorabji Tata (Rs.6,000 + Rs.2,000); the Government of India (Rs. 6,000); and donations from sportsminded residents of Bombay (Rs.7,000).

The team left Bombay on June 5 aboard the SS Mantua; it trained in London for six weeks at Stamford Bridge stadium, under English coach H. Parry; and proceeded to Antwerp. Chaugule in the marathon and Shinde in wrestling put up a fairly good performance at the Games.

After the Games, Bhoot submitted a report mentioning that India could have future Olympic success in hockey and wrestling and made recommendations concerning technical, organisational, and training issues for future Olympic teams. Further, the committee sending the team met again, and on the advice of Dorabji Tata, invited Dr. Noehren (Physical Director of YMCA India) to be secretary, along with A. S. Bhagwat, of the provisional Indian Olympic Committee; Dorabji Tata would serve as its president. This provisional committee sent an Indian team to the 1924 Olympics, and became the Indian Olympic Association in 1927.

[[File:Indian-Olympic-Team-1920.jpg|thumb|alt=text|Indian Olympic delegation 1920: (top row, l-to-r:) Shindes, Bannerjee, Navale, Chaugule; (middle:) Bhoot, Fyzee; (seated:) Datar, Kaikadi]]

==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics}}

<small>''Ranks given are within the heat.''</small>

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Quarterfinals
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Purma Bannerjee]]
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|align=center| Unknown
|align=center| 5
|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
|align=center| 53.1
|align=center| 4
|align=center colspan=6| Did not advance
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule|Phadeppa Chaugule]]
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]
|align=center colspan=4| N/A
|align=center colspan=2| Did not finish
|align=center colspan=2| Did not advance
|-
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|align=center colspan=6| N/A
|align=center| 2:50:45.4
|align=center| 19
|-
| [[Sadashiv Datar]]
| [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|align=center colspan=6| N/A
|align=center colspan=2| Did not finish
|}

==Wrestling==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics}}

Two wrestlers competed for India in 1920. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Navale was defeated in his first match, but Shinde won in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals before losing twice to finish in fourth.

===Freestyle===

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Wrestler
!Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Finals / Bronze match
!Rank
|-
| [[Kumar Navale]]
| [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight|Middleweight]]
|align=center| Bye
|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Charley Johnson (sport wrestler)|Johnson]]|USA|1920 Summer}} ('''L''')
|align=center colspan=3| Did not advance
|align=center| 9
|-
| [[Dinkarrao Shindes]]
| [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight|Featherweight]]
|align=center| N/A
|align=center| Bye
|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Henry Inman (wrestler)|Inman]]|GBR|1920 Summer}} ('''W''')
|align=center| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Sam Gerson|Gerson]]|USA|1920 Summer}} ('''L''')
|align=center| ''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bernard_Bernard_(wrestler)]]|GBR|1920 Summer}} ('''L''')''
|align=center| 4
|}

{{col-start}}
{{col-1-of-2}}
{| class=wikitable
! Opponent nation || Wins || Losses || Percent
|- align=center
|align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1920 Summer}} || 1 || 1 || .500
|- align=center
|align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1920 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || .000
|-
|colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgray|
|-
! Total || 1 || 3 || .250
|}
{{col-2-of-2}}
{| class=wikitable
! Round || Wins || Losses || Percent
|- align=center
|align=left| Round of 32 || 0 || 0 || –
|- align=center
|align=left| Round of 16 || 0 || 1 || .000
|- align=center
|align=left| Quarterfinals || 1 || 0 || 1.000
|- align=center
|align=left| Semifinals || 0 || 1 || .000
|- align=center
|align=left| Final || 0 || 0 || –
|- align=center
|align=left| Bronze match || 0 || 1 || .000
|-
|colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgray|
|-
! Total || 1 || 3 || .250
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/08/india-and-the-olympic-games.html India at the 1920 Olympics], also showing picture of India's six participants
* {{cite book | author = Belgium Olympic Committee | year = 1957 | title = Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report|language=fr}}
* {{cite web|last=Wudarski |first=Pawel |year=1999 |url=http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ |title=Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich |access-date=16 August 2007 |language=pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ |archive-date=February 16, 2009 }}
* Fyzee Brothers [https://web.archive.org/web/20151228204242/http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003500 Hassan-Ali] (also listed as Dr. Ali Azhar Fyzee and A H A Fyzee) and [http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003501 Athar Ali] played for India in the Davis Cup and at [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Wimbledon-Woes/articleshow/2142380.cms Wimbledon].

{{Nations at the 1920 Summer Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1920 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:India at the Summer Olympics by year|1920]]
[[Category:1920 in Indian sport|Olympics]]

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