India at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# India at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

## Medalists

### Gold

* Kunwar Digvijai Singh (c), Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt, Chinadorai Deshmutu, Randhir Singh Gentle, Grahanandan Singh, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant Singh Rajput, Balbir Singh Sr., Dharam Singh, Govind Perumal, Raghbir Lal, Udham Singh, and Muniswamy Rajgopal — Field hockey, Men's Team Competition.

### Bronze

* Khashaba Jadhav — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

## Athletics

First Female Contingent

Athletics

* Mary Dsouza
* Nilima Ghose

## Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

* Sakti Mazumdar

   * First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam (DNS)

   * Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of Korea (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

* Benoy Kumar Bose

   * First Round – Defeated Edson Brown of the United States (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

* Ron Norris

   * Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada (TKO 3R)

   * Third Round – Lost to Viktor Jörgensen of Denmark (0 - 3)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

* Oscar Alfred Ward

   * 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

* Suprovat Chakravarty

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

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

* Netai Bysack — 24th place

## Shooting

Two shooters represented India in 1952.

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Harihar Banerjee

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Harihar Banerjee

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Harihar Banerjee
* Souren Choudhury

## Swimming

* Dolly Nazir
* Aarti Saha

## Water polo

Birendra Basak • David Sopher • Kedar Shah • Isaac Mansoor • Sambhu Saha • Sachin Nag • Khamlillal Shah • Bijoy Barman • Jehangir Naegamwalla • Ran Chandnani (source: olympedia.org)

## 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 | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | 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 | Did not Advance | |
| 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 | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | 4 |
| Shrirang Jadhav | −87 kg | J. Theron (RSA) L $^{Pt}$ | A. Englas (URS) L $^{VT}$ | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | − |
