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.
Medalists
Competitors
Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.
Athletics
Boxing
Men
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented India in 1948
Individual road race
Bapoo Malcolm
Raj Kumar Mehra
Eruch Mistry
Homi Powri (Pavri)
Team road race
Bapoo Malcolm
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
The Indian field hockey team defeated the British team to win the country's
first gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country's first Olympic gold medal since India became independent.
Squad
Leslie ClaudiusKeshav DuttWalter D'SouzaLawrie FernandesRanganathan FrancisGerry GlackanAkhtar HussainPatrick JansenAmir KumarKishan Lal (c)Leo PintoJaswant Singh RajputLatif-ur-RehmanReginald RodriguesBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleGrahanandan SinghK. D. Singh (vc)Trilochan SinghMaxie Vaz
Group A matches
Semi-finals
Final
Football
Squad
Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee
First round
Swimming
Water Polo
Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.
Men's Team Competition
Squad
Gora SealSamarendra ChatterjeeAjoy ChatterjeeSuhas ChatterjeeDwarkadas MukharjiDurga DasJamini DassSachin NagIsaac MansoorJahan Ahir