India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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India at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer
Balbir Singh Sr.
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

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

Medalists

Gold

Bronze

Athletics

First Female Contingent

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

  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:

  1. Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)
  2. Third Round – Lost to Viktor 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

  • Final — 1:26.0 (→ 27th and last place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Netai Bysack
    — 24th place

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1952.

300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Water polo

Birendra Basak • David Sopher • Kedar Shah •

Khamlillal Shah
• Bijoy Barman • Jehangir Naegamwalla • Ran Chandnani (source: olympedia.org)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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
Round 6
Result
Round 7
Result
Round 8
Result
Rank
Niranjan Das −52 kg  Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRN)
L VT
 H. Weber (GER)
L VT
Did not Advance
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
−57 kg  A. Poliquin (CAN)
W VT
 P. L. Basurto (MEX)
W VT
 F. Schmitz (GER)
W Pt
 Rashid Mammadbeyov (URS)
L Pt
 Shohachi Ishii (JPN)
L Pt
Did not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Keshav Mangave −62 kg  I. Lugo (VEN)
WalkOver
 Nasser Givehchi (IRN)
L Pt
 A. Bernard (CAN)
W VT
 Josiah Henson (USA)
L Pt
Did not Advance 4
Shrirang Jadhav −87 kg  J. Theron (RSA)
L Pt
 A. Englas (URS)
L VT
Did not Advance

References

  1. ^ "India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.