1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (British India)

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British India participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , with a delegation of five athletes (all men) in six competitions in two sports. No medals could be won. It wasthe country'ssecond Summer Olympics participationafter the 1900 Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

athletics

• Purma Bannerjee
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place)

  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run eight (fourth place), 53.1 s, one meter behind the third-placed

• Phadeppa Chaugule
  • 10,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in race one, competition not finished (DNF), abandoned at kilometer three

  • marathon

  Final: 2: 50: 45.4 h, 19th place

• Sadashir Datar
  • marathon

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

Wrestling

Freestyle

• Kumar Navale
  • medium weight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Losing shoulders to Charles Johnson of the United States of America

• Randhir Shindes
  • Featherweight

  Fourth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: BYE

  Quarterfinals: points victory against George Inman from Great Britain

  Semi-finals: loss to Samuel Gerson from the United States of America

  Final round: loss to Peter Bernard from Great Britain

Web links

• Olympic Team of British India 1920 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )