# India at the 1951 Asian Games

India hosted and participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951, the inaugural edition of the Asian Games. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals, 16 silver medals and 20 bronze medals in the overall medal table, only behind Japan.
Kanti Shah won India's first-ever Asian Games medal with a silver in men's 100 m backstroke swimming. Sachin Nag won India's first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games in men's 100 m freestyle swimming. The India national football team won the gold medal in the men's football competition.
As of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games, 1951 remains the only edition where India won gold medals in diving, swimming and water polo. It also remains the only edition where India won any medals in cycling. India's 34 medals (10G, 12S, 12B) in athletics remains its best-ever performance at the Asian Games.

## Medal summary
### Medals by sport

Medals by sport :
| Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| Diving | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Swimming | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Football | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Water polo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 51 |

### Medals by day

Medals by day :
| Day | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 4 March | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 March | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 March | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 March | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 March | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 March | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 March | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | 11 March | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| | Total | 15 | 16 | 20 | 51 |

### Medals by gender

Medals by gender :
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Male | 15 | 14 | 15 | 44 |
| Female | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Total | 15 | 16 | 20 | 51 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sachin Nag | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | 7 March |
| Gold | Mahabir Prasad | Athletics | Men's 10 km walk | 8 March |
| Gold | Nikka Singh | Athletics | Men's 1500 m | 9 March |
| Gold | Lavy Pinto | Athletics | Men's 200 m | 10 March |
| Gold | Ranjit Singh | Athletics | Men's 800 m | 10 March |
| Gold | Bakhtawar Singh | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | 10 March |
| Gold | Madan Lal | Athletics | Men's shot put | 10 March |
| Gold | Amit Singh Bakshi Govind Singh Balwant Singh Karnan Singh | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | 10 March |
| Gold | K. P. Thakkar | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | 10 March |
| Gold | India national football team Berland Anthony Syed Khwaja Azizuddin A. M. Bachan Sunil Chatterjee Abhoy Ghosh D. N. Devine Jones Ahmed Khan G. Y. S. Laiq Sheikh Abdul Latif Loganathan Sailen Manna Sheoo Mewalal Santosh Nandy Muhammad Noor Chandan Singh Rawat P. B. A. Saleh Mohammad Abdus Sattar T. Shanmugham Runu Guha Thakurta Kenchappa Varadaraj Thenmaddom Varghese Pansanttom Venkatesh | Football | Men's team | 10 March |
| Gold | Lavy Pinto | Athletics | Men's 100 m | 11 March |
| Gold | Chhota Singh | Athletics | Men's marathon | 11 March |
| Gold | Makhan Singh | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 11 March |
| Gold | K. P. Thakkar | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 11 March |
| Gold | India men's national water polo team Jahan Ahir Ganesh Das D. Daver R. Dean Isaac Mansoor G. Rattansey Kanti Shah | Water polo | Men's team | 11 March |
| Silver | Kanti Shah | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke | 5 March |
| Silver | Somnath Chopra | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 8 March |
| Silver | Kamineni Eswara Rao | Weightlifting | Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg | 8 March |
| Silver | Marian Gabriel | Athletics | Men's 200 m | 10 March |
| Silver | Kulwant Singh | Athletics | Men's 800 m | 10 March |
| Silver | Pritam Singh | Athletics | Men's 5000 m | 10 March |
| Silver | Teja Singh | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles | 10 March |
| Silver | B. Das | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | 10 March |
| Silver | Baldev Singh | Athletics | Men's long jump | 10 March |
| Silver | Parsa Singh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw | 10 March |
| Silver | Roshan Mistry | Athletics | Women's 100 m | 10 March |
| Silver | Mary D'Souza Roshan Mistry Banoo Gulzar Pat Mendonca | Athletics | Women's 4×100 m relay | 10 March |
| Silver | Dhangar Lhanguard Raj Kumar Mehra Madan Mohan Gurdev Singh | Cycling | Men's 4000 m team pursuit | 10 March |
| Silver | Ashu Dutt | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | 10 March |
| Silver | Amit Singh Bakshi | Athletics | Men's 400 m | 11 March |
| Silver | Lavy Pinto Marian Gabriel Ram Swaroop Alfred Shamin | Athletics | Men's 4×100 m relay | 11 March |
| Bronze | Netai Chand Bysack | Cycling | Men's 1000 m time trial | 6 March |
| Bronze | Jehangir Naegamwalla | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 6 March |
| Bronze | Isaac Mansoor Bimal Chandra Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | 6 March |
| Bronze | Dandamudi Rajagopal | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight +90 kg | 6 March |
| Bronze | Kanti Shah Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag | Swimming | Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay | 7 March |
| Bronze | Bimal Chandra | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | 7 March |
| Bronze | Gurbachan Singh | Athletics | Men's 10000 m | 8 March |
| Bronze | Kesar Singh | Athletics | Men's 10 km walk | 8 March |
| Bronze | Kishen Singh | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 8 March |
| Bronze | Khurshid Ahmed | Athletics | Men's decathlon | 9 March |
| Bronze | Rohinton Noble | Cycling | Men's 1000 m sprint | 9 March |
| Bronze | Marie Semoes | Athletics | Women's high jump | 10 March |
| Bronze | Barbara Webster | Athletics | Women's shot put | 10 March |
| Bronze | Govind Singh | Athletics | Men's 400 m | 11 March |
| Bronze | Ajit Singh | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 11 March |
| Bronze | Surat Singh Mathur | Athletics | Men's marathon | 11 March |
| Bronze | Mary D'Souza | Athletics | Women's 200 m | 11 March |
| Bronze | Sylvia Gauntlet | Athletics | Women's long jump | 11 March |
| Bronze | Barbara Webster | Athletics | Women's javelin throw | 11 March |
| Bronze | T. T. Dand | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 11 March |

## Aquatics
### Diving

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| K. P. Thakkar | Men's 3 m springboard | 371.25 | |
| Ashu Dutt | Men's 3 m springboard | 327.20 | |
| K. P. Thakkar | Men's 10 m platform | 362.05 | |
| T. T. Dand | Men's 10 m platform | 276.60 | |

### Swimming

| Athletes | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sachin Nag | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1:04.1 | 2 Q | 1:04.7 | |
| Isaac Mansoor | Men's 100 m freestyle | UK | 2 Q | UK | 6 |
| Bimal Chandra | Men's 400 m freestyle | — | — | 5:32.5 | |
| Santosh Bhattacharya | Men's 400 m freestyle | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Bimal Chandra | Men's 800 m freestyle | — | — | 11:35.0 | 4 |
| Santosh Bhattacharya | Men's 800 m freestyle | — | — | 14:15.0 | 6 |
| Bimal Chandra | Men's 1500 m freestyle | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Santosh Bhattacharya | Men's 1500 m freestyle | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Kanti Shah | Men's 100 m backstroke | — | — | 1:17.0 | |
| Pratap Mitra | Men's 100 m backstroke | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Jehangir Naegamwalla | Men's 200 m breaststroke | — | — | 3:11.0 | |
| Bhubaneswar Pandey | Men's 200 m breaststroke | — | — | 3:14.1 | 6 |
| Isaac Mansoor Bimal Chandra Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag | Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | — | — | 4:28.8 | |
| Kanti Shah Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag | Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay | — | — | 3:43.6 | |

### Water polo

| Squad | Event | Final | Rank |
| India men's national water polo team Jahan Ahir Ganesh Das D. Daver R. Dean Isaac Mansoor G. Rattansey Kanti Shah | Men's team | Singapore W 6–4 | |

#### Gold medal match

| 11 March | India | 6–4 | Singapore | National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi |
| National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi |||
| 11 March | Shah, Dean 2 | Goals | Sim 2 | National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi |

## Athletics
### Men
#### Track events

| Athletes | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lavy Pinto | 100 m | 10.7 | 1 Q | 11.0 | 1 Q | 10.8 | |
| Alfred Shamin | 100 m | 11.0 | 1 Q | 11.2 | 2 Q | UK | 4 |
| Lavy Pinto | 200 m | 22.1 | 1 Q | — | — | 22.0 | |
| Marian Gabriel | 200 m | 22.7 | 1 Q | — | — | 22.5 | |
| Amit Singh Bakshi | 400 m | 50.6 | 1 Q | — | — | 50.8 | |
| Govind Singh | 400 m | UK | 2 Q | — | — | 51.4 | |
| Ranjit Singh | 800 m | — | — | — | — | 1:59.3 | |
| Kulwant Singh | 800 m | — | — | — | — | 1:59.7 | |
| Nikka Singh | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 4:04.1 | |
| Sadhu Singh | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Pritam Singh | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | 15:57.8 | |
| Jang Singh | 5000 m | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Gurbachan Singh | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | 34:58.8 | |
| Gulzar Singh Mann | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | UK | 4 |
| Bagh Singh | 110 m hurdles | UK | 3 Q | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Cleure D'Classe | 110 m hurdles | UK | 2 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Teja Singh | 400 m hurdles | — | — | — | — | 56.9 | |
| Cleure D'Classe | 400 m hurdles | — | — | — | — | UK | 4 |
| Ajit Singh | 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | — | — | 9:37.8 | |
| Gulzar Singh Mann | 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Lavy Pinto Marian Gabriel Ram Swaroop Alfred Shamin | 4 x 100 m relay | 43.0 | 1 Q | — | — | 42.8 | |
| Amit Singh Bakshi Govind Singh Balwant Singh Karnan Singh | 4 x 400 m relay | — | — | — | — | 3:24.2 | |

#### Field events

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mehanga Singh Sidhu | High jump | 1.83 | UK Q | UK | 4 |
| K. Chatterjee | High jump | DSQ | DSQ | — | — |
| Baldev Singh | Long jump | — | — | 6.99 | |
| Sohan Ram | Long jump | — | — | UK | 5 |
| P. S. Cheema | Triple jump | — | — | UK | 6 |
| P. Beck | Triple jump | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Makhan Singh | Discus throw | — | — | 39.92 | |
| Amar Singh | Discus throw | — | — | UK | 4 |
| Somnath Chopra | Hammer throw | — | — | 43.35 | |
| Kishen Singh | Hammer throw | — | — | 42.32 | |
| Parsa Singh | Javelin throw | — | — | 50.38 | |
| Surat Singh | Javelin throw | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Khurshid Ahmed | Pole vault | — | — | 3.61 | 4 |
| S. Chakravarty | Pole vault | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Madan Lal | Shot put | — | — | 13.78 | |
| Ishar Singh | Shot put | — | — | UK | 5 |

#### Road events

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Chhota Singh | Marathon | 2:42:58.6 | |
| Surat Singh Mathur | Marathon | 2:53:49.8 | |
| Mahabir Prasad | 10 km walk | 52:31.4 | |
| Kesar Singh | 10 km walk | 52:54.0 | |
| Bakhtawar Singh | 50 km walk | 5:44:07.4 | |
| B. Das | 50 km walk | 5:44:14.6 | |

#### Combined events

| Athlete | Event | Category | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Total | Rank |
| Khurshid Ahmed | Decathlon | Result | 12.0 | 6.11 | 9.07 | 1.47 | 55.2 | 17.4 | 27.95 | 3.36 | 46.93 | 5:17.2 | 5110 | |
| Khurshid Ahmed | Decathlon | Points | 651 | 610 | 430 | 367 | 591 | 583 | 424 | 446 | 543 | 465 | 5110 | |
| Gurnam Singh | Decathlon | Result | 12.5 | 5.66 | 11.46 | 1.62 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2124 | DSQ |
| Gurnam Singh | Decathlon | Points | 566 | 514 | 574 | 480 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2124 | DSQ |

### Women
#### Track events

| Athletes | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Roshan Mistry | 100 m | 12.9 | 2 Q | 12.8 | |
| Pat Mendonca | 100 m | 13.1 | 2 Q | UK | 4 |
| Mary D'Souza | 200 m | — | — | 28.0 | |
| Banoo Gulzar | 200 m | — | — | UK | 4 |
| Nilima Ghose | 80 m hurdles | — | — | UK | 5 |
| Violet Peters | 80 m hurdles | — | — | UK | 6 |
| Mary D'Souza Roshan Mistry Banoo Gulzar Pat Mendonca | 4 x 100 m relay | — | — | 51.9 | |

#### Field events

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Marie Semoes | High jump | 1.37 | |
| Marjorie Soares | High jump | 1.37 | 4 |
| Sylvia Gauntlet | Long jump | 4.52 | |
| Veronica Game | Long jump | UK | 4 |
| Bhagi Thadani | Discus throw | UK | 4 |
| Barbara Webster | Discus throw | UK | 5 |
| Barbara Webster | Javelin throw | 26.70 | |
| Bhagi Thadani | Javelin throw | UK | 5 |
| Barbara Webster | Shot put | 9.02 | |
| Usha Rajaram | Shot put | UK | 4 |

## Basketball

| Squad | Event | Round robin | Rank |
| India men's national basketball team Ranbir Chopra (C) Davinder Nath Bahri Dharampal Chum Ram Prakash Avnish Chander Soni Gur Prasad Lakshmi S. V. Appayya Kapoor | Men's team | Iran L 52–63 | 4 |
| India men's national basketball team Ranbir Chopra (C) Davinder Nath Bahri Dharampal Chum Ram Prakash Avnish Chander Soni Gur Prasad Lakshmi S. V. Appayya Kapoor | Men's team | Japan L 46–70 | 4 |
| India men's national basketball team Ranbir Chopra (C) Davinder Nath Bahri Dharampal Chum Ram Prakash Avnish Chander Soni Gur Prasad Lakshmi S. V. Appayya Kapoor | Men's team | Burma W 50–47 | 4 |
| India men's national basketball team Ranbir Chopra (C) Davinder Nath Bahri Dharampal Chum Ram Prakash Avnish Chander Soni Gur Prasad Lakshmi S. V. Appayya Kapoor | Men's team | Philippines L 38–86 | 4 |

## Cycling

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Netai Chand Bysack | Men's 1000 m time trial | 1:22.2 | |
| Suprovat Chakravarty | Men's 1000 m time trial | 1:22.9 | 4 |
| Rohinton Noble | Men's 1000 m sprint | UK | |
| Bapoo Malcolm Sr. | Men's 1000 m sprint | UK | 4 |
| Dhangar Lhanguard Raj Kumar Mehra Madan Mohan Gurdev Singh | Men's 4000 m team pursuit | UK | |

## Football
### Summary

| Team | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| India | Men's team | Indonesia W 3–0 | Afghanistan W 3–0 | Iran W 1–0 | |

### Roster

Coach: Syed Abdul Rahim
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Berland Anthony | | Bengal |
| 2DF | Thenmaddom Varghese | | Bombay |
| 2DF | Sailen Manna (c) | (1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 26) | Mohun Bagan |
| 3MF | Sheikh Abdul Latif | (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22) | Mohammedan Sporting |
| 2DF | Chandan Singh Rawat | (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 22) | Services |
| 3MF | Noor Mohammed | | Hyderabad City Police |
| 4FW | Pansanttom Venkatesh | | East Bengal |
| 4FW | Sahu Mewalal | (1926-07-01)1 July 1926 (aged 24) | Eastern Railway |
| 4FW | Ahmed Khan | (1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 24) | Bengal |
| 4FW | P. B. A. Saleh | (1928-11-28)28 November 1928 (aged 22) | Bengal |
| 1GK | Kenchappa Varadaraj | (1924-05-07)7 May 1924 (aged 26) | Mysore |
| 3MF | Thulukhanam Shanmugham | (1920-06-19)19 June 1920 (aged 30) | Mysore |
| 4FW | Santosh Nandy | | Bengal |
| 2DF | Syed Khwaja Azizuddin | (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 20) | Hyderabad City Police |
| 2DF | Sunil Chatterjee | | Bengal |
| 3MF | Abhoy Ghosh | | Bengal |
| 3MF | Desmond Neville Devine-Jones | (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22) | Services |
| 4FW | G. Y. S. Laiq | | Hyderabad City Police |
| 4FW | Loganathan | | Madras |
| 4FW | Madar Abdus Sattar | | Bengal |
| 4FW | Runu Guha Thakurta | | Bengal |
| 4FW | Abdul Majid Bachan | | Orissa |

### Gold medal match

All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Clean & press | Clean & press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total (lb) | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result (lb) | Rank | Result (lb) | Rank | Result (lb) | Rank | Total (lb) | Rank |
| R. Desai | Men's bantamweight 56 kg | 145 | 6 | 160 | 6 | 210 | 6 | 515 | 6 |
| V. W. Phenany | Men's bantamweight 56 kg | 125 | 7 | 160 | 6 | 195 | 7 | 480 | 7 |
| G. Sethuraman | Men's featherweight 60 kg | 190 | 4 | 185 | 2 | 270 | 1 | 645 | 4 |
| B. N. Ghosh | Men's lightweight 67.5 kg | 175 | 5 | 170 | 6 | 245 | 4 | 590 | 5 |
| Daniel Pon Mani | Men's lightweight 67.5 kg | 210 | 1 | 200 | 2 | - | DNF | 410 | DNF |
| J. D. Telang | Men's light heavyweight 82.5 kg | 190 | 4 | 180 | 4 | 250 | 3 | 620 | 4 |
| N. K. Nair | Men's light heavyweight 82.5 kg | 180 | 5 | 170 | 5 | 220 | 4 | 570 | 5 |
| Kamineni Eswara Rao | Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg | 200 | 2 | 205 | 2 | 250 | 3 | 655 | |
| Dandamudi Rajagopal | Men's heavyweight +90 kg | 220 | 2 | 210 | 3 | 295 | 2 | 725 | |