India at the 1948 Summer Olympics - wikipedia India at the 1948 Summer Olympics India at the 1948 Summer Olympics IOC code IND NOC Indian Olympic Association Website www.olympic.ind.in in London Competitors 79 ( all men ) in 10 sports Medals Ranked 22nd Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 Summer Olympics appearances ( overview ) 1900 1904 -- 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 2000 2008 2012 2016 India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 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. Indian Team in 1948 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Competitors 3 Athletics 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Field Hockey 7 Football 8 Swimming 9 Water Polo 9.1 Men 's Team Competition 10 Weightlifting 11 Wrestling 12 References 13 External links Medalists Medals by sport Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Field hockey 0 0 Total 0 0 0 Medal Name Sport Event 01 ! Gold Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal Leo Pinto Jaswant Singh Rajput Latif - ur - Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle Grahanandan Singh K.D. Singh Trilochan Singh Maxie Vaz Field hockey Men 's Field hockey Competitors Note : All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time ( BST ). Indian Standard Time ( IST ) = BST + 4 : 30hrs. Sport Men Women Events Athletics 8 0 10 Boxing 7 0 7 Cycling 9 0 5 Field Hockey 20 0 Football 18 0 Swimming 7 0 5 Water polo 9 0 Weightlifting 0 Wrestling 6 0 6 Athletics Main article : Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Eric Prabhakar Men 's 100 metres 11.0 ? 6 Did not advance Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Jim Vickers Men 's 110 metres hurdles 14.7 ? Did not advance Athlete Event Qualifying Final Time Rank Time Rank Sadhu Singh Men 's 10 kilometres walk -- -- Did not advance Athlete Event Final Time Rank Sadhu Singh Men 's 50 kilometres walk -- DNF Athlete Event Final Time Rank Chhota Singh Men 's marathon -- DNF Athlete Event Qualifying Final Score Rank Score Rank Gurnam Singh Men 's high jump 1.87 NP 1.80 18 Athlete Event Qualifying Final Score Rank Score Rank Baldev Singh Men 's long jump 7.000 11 Did not advance Athlete Event Qualifying Final Score Rank Score Rank Henry Rebello Men 's triple jump 14.650 5 - NM Athlete Event Qualifying Final Score Rank Score Rank Nat Singh Somnath Men 's hammer throw 41.36 23 Did not advance Boxing Main article : Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Rabin Bhatta Flyweight Bye Frankie Sodano ( USA ) L KO1 Did not advance Babu Lall Bantamweight Alan Monterio ( PAK ) W RSC1 Juan Venegas ( PUR ) L PTS Did not advance Benoy Bose Featherweight Fransisco Núñez ( ARG ) L PTS Did not advance Gene Raymond Lightweight Svend Wad ( DEN ) L PTS Did not advance Robert Cranston Welterweight Aurelio Díaz ( ESP ) L PTS Did not advance John Nuttall Middleweight Bye Ivano Fontana ( ITA ) L PTS Did not advance Mac Joachim Light heavyweight Franciszek Szymura ( POL ) L PTS Did not advance Cycling Main article : Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics Indian Cycle Team 1948 Olympics -- Mistry, Amin, Noble, Saugar, Bhoot, Malcolm, Mehra, Mullaferoze, Sarkar, Pavri, Bysack, Havewala India cyclists 1948 - Havewala, Bhoot, Saugar, others India cyclists 1948 - Bhoot, Saugar, Malcolm, Mehra, others India cyclists 1948 Ten cyclists represented India in 1948 Individual road race Malcolm Havladar Raj Kumar Mehra Eruch Mistry Homi Powri ( Pavri ) Team road race Malcolm Havladar Raj Kumar Mehra Eruch Mistry Homi Powri ( Pavri ) Sprint Rusi Mulla Feroze Time trial Rohinton Noble Team pursuit Adi Havewala Jehangoo Amin Rohinton Noble Piloo Sarkari ( Sarkar ) Also represented India : Netai Chand Bysack Sohrab Bhoot and Nariman Saugar were administrators for the cycling team. Field hockey Main article : Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics The Indian field hockey team defeated the British team to win the country 's only gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country 's first Olympic gold medal since India became independent. Squad Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal Leo Pinto Jaswant Singh Rajput Latif - ur - Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle Grahanandan Singh K.D. Singh Trilochan Singh Maxie Vaz Group A matches Rank Team Pld GF GA Pts 1. India ( IND ) 0 0 19 6 X 9 : 1 8 : 0 2 : 0 2. Argentina ( ARG ) 5 12 1 : 9 X 1 : 1 3 : 2 3. Austria ( AUT ) 0 10 0 : 8 1 : 1 X 1 : 1 4. Spain ( ESP ) 0 6 0 : 2 2 : 3 1 : 1 X Semi-finals India ( IND ) 2 -- 1 Netherlands ( NED ) Final India ( IND ) 4 -- 0 Great Britain ( GBR ) Football Main article : Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics Squad Head coach : Balaidas Chatterjee Pos. Player Date of Birth Age Caps Club Tournament games Tournament goals Minutes played Sub off Sub on Cards yellow / red MF Talimeran Ao Jan 28, 1918 30 ? Mohun Bagan A.C. 0 90 - - - MF A. Sattar Basheer 1924 ? Mysore 0 90 - - - FW Robi Das ? Bhawanipore Club 0 90 - - - FW Ahmed Mohamed Khan Dec 24, 1926 21 ? Mysore 0 90 - - - DF Saliendra Manna Sep 1, 1924 23 ? Mohun Bagan A.C. 0 90 - - - FW Sahu Mewalal Jul 1, 1926 22 ? Eastern Railway S.C. 0 90 - - - DF Taj Mohammed 1924 ? East Bengal 0 90 - - - MF Mahabir Prasad 1918 ? East Bengal 0 90 - - - FW Balaram Parab Ramchandra 1925 ? Bombay F.C. 0 90 - - - FW Sarangapani Raman 1920 ? Mysore 90 - - - GK Kenchappa V. Varada Raj 1923 ? Mysore 0 90 - - - - Stand - by players - FW K.P. Dhanraj ? Mysore 0 0 0 - - - MF S.M. Kaiser ? East Bengal 0 0 0 - - - MF Anil Nandy ? Eastern Railway S.C. 0 0 0 - - - FW Santosh Nandy 1932 ? Eastern Railway S.C. 0 0 0 - - - DF T.M. Varghese `` Papen '' ? Bombay F.C. 0 0 0 - - - GK Sanjeeva Uchil ? ICL - Bengal Club, Bombay 0 0 0 - - - MF B.N. Vajravelu ? Mysore 0 0 0 - - - First round France v India 31 July 1948 18 : 30 France 2 -- 1 India Courbin 30 ' Persillon 89 ' Report Raman 70 ' Lynn Road Stadium, Ilford Referee : Gunnar Dahlner ( SWE ) Attendance : 17.000 Swimming Main article : Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Sachin Nag Men 's 100 m freestyle 1 : 03.8 34 Did not advance Isaac Monsoor Men 's 100 m freestyle 1 : 06.4 38 Did not advance Dilip Mitra Men 's 100 m freestyle 1 : 06.9 39 Did not advance Bimal Chandra Men 's 400 metre freestyle 5 : 38.6 ? Did not advance Men 's 1500 metre freestyle 22 : 52.9 ? Did not advance Khamlillal Shah Men 's 100 metre backstroke 1 : 19.9 ? Did not advance Prahtip Mitra Men 's 100 metre backstroke 1 : 24.5 ? Did not advance Prafulla Mullick Men 's 200 metre breaststroke 3 : 14.9 ? Did not advance Water polo Main article : Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics 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 Monsoor Jahan Ahir Round One Group C matches Rank Team Pld GF GA Pts 1. Netherlands ( NED ) 0 0 26 X 12 : 1 14 : 0 2. India ( IND ) 0 8 16 1 : 12 X 7 : 4 3. Chile ( CHI ) 0 0 21 0 0 : 14 4 : 7 X Round Two Group H Rank Team Pld GF GA Pts 1. Netherlands ( NED ) 0 0 17 X 5 : 2 12 : 1 2. Spain ( ESP ) 0 13 6 2 : 5 X 11 : 1 3. India ( IND ) 0 0 23 0 1 : 12 1 : 11 X Weightlifting Main article : Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestling Main article : Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics Key : VT - Victory by Fall. Pt - Decision by Points. Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree. Men 's freestyle Athlete Event Round 1 Result Round 2 Result Round 3 Result Round 4 Result Round 5 Result Rank K.D. Jadhav − 52 kg B. Harris ( AUS ) B. Jernigan ( USA ) M. Raissi ( IRN ) N / A 6 Nirmal Bose − 57 kg G. Leeman ( USA ) N / A − S. Suryavanshi − 62 kg A. Parsons ( GBR ) A. Muller ( SUI ) N / A − Banta Singh − 67 kg M. Hassan ( EGY ) C. Atik ( TUR ) N / A − A. Bhargava − 73 kg Yaşar Doğu ( TUR ) E. Estrada Ojeda ( MEX ) Dick Garrard ( AUS ) N / A − K. Roy − 79 kg M. Vachon ( CAN ) R. Arthur ( AUS ) N / A − References Jump up ^ `` India at the 1948 London Summer Games ''. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014. 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Question: india's first olympic medal win as a free nation
Answer: 1948 Summer Olympics