1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (India)

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India took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 64 athletes, four women and 60 men, in 42 competitions in eleven sports.

It was the eighth time an Indian team had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1900 . The youngest athlete was the athlete Nilima Ghose at 17 years and 37 days , and the oldest athlete at 40 years and 176 days was the water polo player Birendra Basak .

Flag bearer

Hockey player Balbir Singh carried the flag of India during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

Each with a gold and bronze medal won the Indian team was ranked 26 in the medal count .

gold

The hockey team with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Surname	sport	competition
Leslie Claudius	hockey	Men's
Meldric Daluz	hockey	Men's
Keshav Datt	hockey	Men's
Chinadori Deshmutu	hockey	Men's
Ranganathan Francis	hockey	Men's
Raghbir Lal	hockey	Men's
Govind Perumal	hockey	Men's
Muniswamy Rajgopal	hockey	Men's
Balbir Singh	hockey	Men's
Dharam Singh	hockey	Men's
Grahanandan Singh	hockey	Men's
Kunwar Singh	hockey	Men's
Randhir Singh Gentle	hockey	Men's
Udham Singh	hockey	Men's

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Khashaba Jadhav	Wrestling	Bantamweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Men's

• Benoy Bose
  • Featherweight

  Round 1: Eliminated by Edson Brown from the United States of America by a judge's decision (0: 3)

  Rank 17

• Sakti Mazumda
  • Flyweight

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: eliminated against Han Su-An from South Korea by a judge's decision (0: 3)

  Rank 9

• Ron Norris
  • Welterweight

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: won against Jacob Butula from Canada by technical knockout in the third round

  Quarter-finals: eliminated by Viktor Jørgensen from Denmark by a judge's decision (0: 3)

  Rank 5

• Oscar Ward
  • Light heavyweight

  Round 1: Eliminated against Karl Kistner from Germany by knockout in the second round

  Rank 17

Soccer

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• Team: Berland Anthony (TW), Joseph Anthony , Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din , Ahmed Muhammad Khan , Sheikh Abdul Latif , Sailen Manna , Sayed Moinuddin , Mohammad Sattar , Thulukhanam Shunmugham , Chandan Singh Rawat , Padamttom Vankatesh and Kenchappa Varadaraj (TW )

  Preliminary round, July 15, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä), 10,000 spectators

  1:10 (0: 5) defeat against Yugoslavia ; Goalscorer: Ahmed Muhammad Khan at 1:10 (89th min.); did not qualify for the round of 16 

Weightlifting

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• Kamineni Eswara Rao
  • Middle heavyweight

  Final: 212.5 kg, 18th place

  Military press: 107.5 kg, rank 11

  Snatch: 105.0 kg, 17th place

  Push: not a valid attempt

• Daniel Pon Mony
  • Featherweight

  Final: 300.0 kg, rank 12

  Military press: 95.0 kg, rank 4

  Snatch: 90.0 kg, rank 14

  Push: 115.0 kg, 15th place

hockey

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• Team: 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 and Udham Singh

  Preliminary round: BYE

  Quarter-finals: 4-0 win against Austria 

  Goals: Raghbir Lal, Balbir Singh, Kunwar Singh, Randhir Singh Gentle

  Semi-finals: 3-1 win over Great Britain

  Goals: Balbir Singh (3)

  Final: 6-1 win against the Netherlands ; Rank 1 

  Goals: Balbir Singh (5), Kunwar Singh

athletics

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Men

• Ivan Jacob
  • 400 meter run

  Round 1: eliminated in run 4 (rank 6), 51.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.48 (automatically stopped)

• Surat Mathur
  • marathon

  Final: 2-58: 09.2 hours, rank 52

• Lavy Pinto
  • 100 meter run

  Round 1: in run 11 (rank 2) qualified for the quarter-finals, 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.00 (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 2 (3rd place), 10.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.98 (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run 1 (4th place), 10.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.94 (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round 1: in run 18 (rank 2) qualified for the quarter-finals, 21.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.83 (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: Qualified for the semi-finals in run 1 (rank 2), 21.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.80 (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run 2 (rank 5), 21.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.01 (automatically stopped)

• Gulzara Singh man
  • 3000 meters obstacle course

  Round 1: eliminated in run 1 (rank 12), 9: 48.6 minutes (hand-stopped)

• Mehnga Singh
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 1.70 meters, ranked 16, overall rank 34, not qualified for the final

  1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.80 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Sohan Singh Dhanoa
  • 800 meter run

  Round 1: qualified for the semifinals in run 6 (rank 2), 1: 52.0 minutes (hand-stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run 3 (rank 6), 1: 54.9 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 54.84 minutes (automatically stopped)

Women

• Mary D'Souza
  • 100 meter run

  Round 1: Eliminated in run 9 (rank 5), 13.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 13.40 (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round 1: eliminated in run 3 (rank 7), 26.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 26.80 (automatically stopped)

• Nilima Ghose
  • 80 meter hurdles

  Round 1: eliminated in run 2 (rank 5), 12.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 13.07 (automatically stopped)

  • 100 meter run

  Round 1: eliminated in run 2 (rank 5), 13.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 13.80 (automatically stopped)

Cycling

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4000 meters team pursuit

• Results

  Qualifying round: eliminated, 6: 06.1 minutes, 22nd place

• team

  Netai Bysack

  Suprovat Chakravarty

  Raj Kumar Mehra

  Tarit Kumar Sett

Team driving (190.4 km)

• Results

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• team

  Pradip Bode

  Netai Bysack

  Suprovat Chakravarty

  Raj Kumar Mehra

singles

• Pradip Bode
  • Road Race (190.4 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Netai Bysack
  • sprint

  Round one: eliminated in run 2 (3rd place)

  • Road Race (190.4 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Suprovat Chakravarty
  • 1000 meter time trial

  Final: 1: 26.0 minutes, rank 27

  • Road Race (190.4 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Raj Kumar Mehra
  • Road Race (190.4 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

Wrestling

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Freestyle

• Niranjan Das
  • Flyweight

  eliminated after round 2 with six minus points

  Round 1: lost to Mahmoud Mollaghassemi from Iran (opponent wins over the shoulders)

  Round 2: lost to Heinrich Weber from Germany (opponent wins over the shoulders)

• Shirang Jadav
  • Light heavyweight

  eliminated after round 2 with six minus points

  Round 1: lost to Jacob Theron from South Africa (1: 2)

  Round 2: lost to August Englas from the Soviet Union (opponent wins over the shoulders)

• Khashaba Jadhav
  • Bantamweight

  3rd place after the final round

  Round 1: victory over Adrien Poliquin from Canada

  Round 2: victory against Leonardo Basurto from Mexico

  Round 3: won against Ferdinand Schmitz from Germany (2: 1)

  Round 4: won without a fight

  Round 5: loss to Rəşid Məmmədbəyov from the Soviet Union (0-3)

  Round 6: loss to Shohachi Ishii from Japan (0-3)

  Final round: Won without a fight

• Keshav Mangave
  • Featherweight

  eliminated after round 5 with six minus points

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: Victory against Ignacio Lugo from Venezuela because the opponent gave up due to injury

  Round 3: defeat to Nasser Givehchi from Iran (0-3)

  Round 4: Shoulder win against Armand Bernard from Canada

  Round 5: lost to Josiah Henson from the United States of America (0-3)

  Rank 4

shoot

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• Harihar Banerjee
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1095 points, 28 direct hits, 36th place

  Kneeling: 376 points, rank 26

  Prone: 394 points, rank 25

  Standing: 325 points, 43rd place

  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 394 points, 19 hits, rank 29

  Round 1: 97 points, 39th place

  Round 2: 100 points, rank 14

  Round 3: 99 points, 20th place

  Round 4: 98 points, 33rd place

  • Free rifle three position fight

  Final: 994 points, rank 24

  Kneeling: 336 points, 23rd place

  Prone: 359 points, 28th place

  Standing: 299 points, rank 24

• Souren Choudhury
  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 391 points, 17 direct hits, 39th place

  Round 1: 96 points, 46th place

  Round 2: 98 points, 34th place

  Round 3: 98 points, 41st place

  Round 4: 99 points, rank 26

swim

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Men

• Bijoy barman
  • 100 meters back

  Round 1: eliminated in run 4 (5th place), 1: 27.3 minutes

• Isaac Monsoor
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round 1: eliminated in run 4 (7th place), 1: 10.8 minutes

• Khamlillal Shah
  • 100 meters back

  Round 1: eliminated in run 1 (7th place), 1: 18.3 minutes

Women

• Dolly Nazir
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round 1: eliminated in run 2 (7th place), 1: 24.6 minutes

  • 200 meters freestyle

  Round 1: eliminated in run 4 (rank 7), 3: 37.9 minutes

• Arati Saha
  • 200 meters back

  Round 1: eliminated in run 3 (rank 6), 3: 40.8 minutes

do gymnastics

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• Khushi Ram
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 29.75 points (7.25 points compulsory - 22.50 points freestyle), rank 185

  Floor exercise: 6.50 points (3.00 points compulsory - 3.50 points freestyle), rank 184

  Horse jump: 5.50 points (5.50 points freestyle), rank 185

  Bars: 4.00 points (4.00 points freestyle), rank 185

  Horizontal bar: 5.75 points (1.25 points compulsory - 4.50 points freestyle), ranked 183

  Rings: 5.00 points (2.00 points compulsory - 3.00 points freestyle), rank 185

  Pommel horse: 3.00 points (1.00 points compulsory - 2.00 points freestyle), rank 185

• Vir Singh
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 45.50 points (17.50 points compulsory - 28.00 points freestyle), rank 184

  Floor exercise: 9.00 points (4.50 points compulsory - 4.50 points freestyle), rank 178

  Horse jump: 14.00 points (6.50 points compulsory - 7.50 points freestyle), rank 175

  Bars: 6.25 points (2.25 points compulsory - 4.00 points freestyle), rank 184

  Horizontal bar: 7.75 points (2.00 points compulsory - 5.75 points freestyle), rank 179

  Rings: 5.25 points (1.25 points compulsory - 4.00 points freestyle), rank 184

  Pommel horse: 3.25 points (1.00 points compulsory - 2.25 points freestyle), rank 184

Water polo

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Water polo

• Team: Bijoy Barman , Birendra Basak , Ran Chandnani , Isaac Monsoor , Jehangir Naegamwalla , Sachin Nag , Sambhu Saha , Kedar Shah , Khamlillal Shah and David Sopher

  1st qualifying round, July 25: 1:16 (0: 4) defeat against Italy 

  2nd qualifying round, July 26: 0:12 (0: 5) defeat to the Soviet Union ; not qualified for the preliminary round 

Web links

• Indian Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .