India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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. This marked the second time India had competed as an independent republic.

Medalists

Gold

• Kunwar Digvijai Singh (c), Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Singh Rajput, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh, Chaman Singh Gurung and Muniswamy Rajgopal — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

Bronze

• Khashaba Jadhav — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Athletics

First Female Contingent

Athletics

• Mary Dsouza
• Nilima Ghose

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

• Sakti Mazumdar

1. First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)
2. Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of Korea (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

• Benoy Kumar Bose

1. First Round – Defeated Edson Brown of the United States (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

• Ron Norris

1. Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)
2. Third Round – Lost to Victor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Oscar Alfred Ward

1. 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)
• Prodip Bose — 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

Shooting

Template:Main article 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

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isaac Mansoor	100 m freestyle	1:10.8	7	Did not advance
Bijoy Barman	100 m backstroke	1:27.3	5	Did not advance
Khamlillal Shah		1:18.3	7	Did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dolly Nazir	100 m freestyle	1:24.6	7	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	3:37.9	7	Did not advance
Arati Saha		3:40.8	6	Did not advance

Water polo

Birendra Basak • David Sopher • Kedar Shah • Isaac Mansoor • Sambhu Saha • Sachin Nag • Khamlillal Shah • Bijoy Barman • Jehangir Naegamwalla • Ran Chandnani (source: olympedia.org)

Wrestling

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
Niranjan Das	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=6 Template:N/a	−
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav	−57 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:Bronze3
Keshav Mangave	−62 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete WalkOver	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=3 Template:N/a	4
Shrirang Jadhav	−87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	colspan=6 Template:N/a	−

References

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