India at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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India
competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
in Helsinki
, Finland
.
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Boxing
Men's Flyweight:
Men's Featherweight:
Men's Welterweight:
Men's Light Heavyweight:
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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Gold
- Kunwar Digvijai SinghK. D. SinghKunwar Digvijay Singh , popularly known as "K.D.Singh 'Babu'", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Babu's artistry, craftsmanship and creative instincts saw him blossom into one of the finest inside-rights that India has produced...
, Leslie ClaudiusLeslie ClaudiusLeslie Walter Claudius was an Indian field hockey player, of Anglo-Indian descent. In 1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri...
, Keshav DuttKeshav Dutt1972 Munich Olympics Indian Olympic Hockey Team ManagerKeshav Chandra Dutt was a Indian field hockey player.-External links:*...
, Chinadorai DeshmutuChinadorai DeshmutuChinadorai Deshmutu was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as goalkeeper.-External links:*...
, Randhir Singh GentleRandhir Singh GentleRandhir Singh Gentle was an Indian field hockey player.-External links:*...
, Grahanandan SinghGrahanandan SinghGrahanandan Singh was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals, at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics respectively.-External links:*...
, Ranganandhan Francis, Jaswant RaiJaswant RaiJaswant Rai was an Indian field hockey player, who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 1952 Olympic Games.-References:...
, Balbir Singh Sr.Balbir Singh Sr.Balbir Singh Sr. is a retired field hockey player from India, who was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams, in London , Helsinki and Melbourne ....
, Dharam SinghDharam Singh (field hockey)Dharam Singh was an Indian field hockey player who played as a right back in the gold medal winning team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. He was the team coach of the Indian team that won the gold medal at Tokyo in 1964....
, Govind PerumalGovind PerumalGovind Perumal was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals with the Indian team, at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics respectively....
, Raghbir LalRaghbir LalRaghbir Lal was an Indian hockey player.-References:*...
, Udham SinghUdham Singh (field hockey)Udham Singh originally from Sansarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India had played 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki, 1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, 1960 Summer Olympics Rome and 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo as a member of Indian Hockey team and won three gold and a silver medals...
, and Muniswamy RajgopalMuniswamy RajgopalMuniswamy Rajgopal was an Indian field hockey player.-References:*...
— Field hockeyField hockey at the 1952 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the Hockey competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics:Only a men's competition occurred that year.-Medal summary:-Bracket:-Participating nations:...
, Men's Team Competition.
Bronze
- Khashaba JadavKhashaba Dadasaheb JadhavMr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav , or KD Jadhav, widely known as 'Pocket Dynamo', was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics, India had won...
— WrestlingWrestling at the 1952 Summer OlympicsAt the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling...
, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
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BoxingBoxing at the 1952 Summer OlympicsFinal results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli.-Medal table:- Flyweight :- Bantamweight :- Featherweight :- Lightweight :...
Men's Flyweight:
- Sakti Mazumdar
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- First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
(DNS) - Second Round – Lost to Han Soo-An of KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
(0 - 3)
- First Round – Defeated Nguyen Van Cua of Vietnam
Men's Featherweight:
- Benoy Kumar Bose
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- First Round – Lost to Edson Brown of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(0 - 3)
- First Round – Lost to Edson Brown of the United States
Men's Welterweight:
- Ron Norris
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- Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(TKO 3R) - Third Round – Lost to Viktor Jörgensen of DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
(0 - 3)
- Second Round – Defeated Jacob Butula of Canada
Men's Light Heavyweight:
- Oscar Alfred Ward
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- First Round – Lost to Karl Kistner of GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(KO)
- First Round – Lost to Karl Kistner of Germany
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)
- Pradip Bode — 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