India at the 1952 Summer Olympics
India participated in the Summer Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland in part with a delegation of 64 athletes (60 men and four women ) in 42 competitions in eleven sports. There were two medals ( one gold and bronze each ) to be won. The youngest athlete was the athlete Nilima Ghose (17 years and 37 days), the oldest athlete was the water polo players Birendra Basak (40 years and 176 days). It was the eighth part of the country at the Olympic Summer Games. Flag bearer was Balbir Singh.
- 2.1 boxes
- 2.2 Football
- 2.3 weightlifting
- 2.4 Hockey
- 2.5 Athletics
- 2.6 Cycling
- 2.7 rings
- 2.8 shooting
- 2.9 Swimming
- 2:10 Gymnastics
- 2:11 Water Polo
Medalist
Gold
Bronze
Participants by sport
Boxing
Gentlemen
- Sakti Mazumda flyweight
- Ron Norris welterweight
- Oscar Ward Light Heavyweight
Football
Gentlemen
- Results Round: excreted, at 1:10 defeat against Yugoslavia Goals: Ahmed Muhammad Khan Rank 17
- Squad Berland Anthony Joseph Anthony Sayed Khwaja Aziz -ud -Din Ahmed Muhammad Khan Sheikh Abdul Latif Sailen Manna Sayed Moinuddin Mohammad Sattar Thulukhanam Shanmugam Chandan Singh Rawat Padamttom Vankatesh
Weightlifting
Gentlemen
- Kamineni Eswara Rao Medium weight
- Daniel Pon Mony feather-weight
Hockey
Gentlemen
- Results Preliminary round: bye Quarter-finals: 4-0 win over Austria Goals: Raghbir Lal, Balbir Singh, Kunwar Singh, Randhir Singh Gentle Semi-finals: 3-1 win over Great Britain Goals: (3x) Balbir Singh Final: 6-1 win against the Netherlands, 1st place Goals: (5x) Balbir Singh, Kunwar Singh
- Squad Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Datt Chinadori Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Kunwar Singh Randhir Singh Gentle Udham Singh
Athletics
Ladies
- Mary D' Souza 100 Meter Dash
- 200 Meter Dash
- Nilima Ghose 80 meter hurdles
Gentlemen
- Ivan Jacob 400 Meter Dash
- Surat Mathur marathon
- Lavy Pinto 100 Meter Dash
- 200 Meter Dash
- Gulzara Singh Mann 3,000 meters steeplechase
- Mehnga Singh high Jump
- Sohan Singh 800 Meter Dash
Cycling
Gentlemen 4.000 meters team pursuit
- Results Qualifying round: Ret, 6:06,1 minutes, Rank 22
- Team Netai Bysack Suprovat Chakravarty Raj Kumar Mehra Tarit Kumar Sett
Team driving ( 190.4 km )
- Results Finale: not finished the race ( DNF )
- Team Pradip Bode Netai Bysack Suprovat Chakravarty Raj Kumar Mehra
Singles
- Pradip Bode Road race ( 190.4 km )
- Netai Bysack sprint
- Road race ( 190.4 km )
- Suprovat Chakravarty 1,000 meters time trial
- Road race ( 190.4 km )
- Raj Kumar Mehra Road race ( 190.4 km )
Wrestling
Gentlemen freestyle
- Niranjan The flyweight
- Shirang Jadav Light Heavyweight
- Khashaba Jadhav bantamweight
- Keshav Mangave feather-weight
Gentlemen
- Harihar Banerjee Small Bore Three Positions
- Small caliber lying
- Free Rifle Three Positions
- Souren Choudhury Small caliber lying
Swimming
Ladies
- Dolly Nazir 100 meter freestyle
- 200 meter freestyle
- Arati Saha 200 meter backstroke
Gentlemen
- Bijoy Barman 100m backstroke
- Isaac Monsoor 100 meter freestyle
- Khamlillal Shah 100m backstroke
Gymnastics
Gentlemen
- Vir Singh Individual all-around
Water polo
Gentlemen
- Results 1st qualifying round: 1:16 defeat against Italy 2nd qualifying round: 0:12 defeat against the Soviet Union Rank 17
- Squad Bijoy Barman Birendra Basak Ran Chandnani Isaac Monsoor Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag Sambhu Saha Kedar Shah Khamlillal Shah David Sopher