India hosted and participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in New Delhi from 4 to 11 March 1951, the inaugural edition of the Asian Games. India was ranked second with 15 gold medals, 16 silver medals and 20 bronze medals in the overall medal table, only behind Japan.
Kanti Shah won India's first-ever Asian Games medal with a silver in men's 100 m backstroke swimming. Sachin Nag won India's first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games in men's 100 m freestyle swimming. The India national football team won the gold medal in the men's football competition.
As of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games, 1951 remains the only edition where India won gold medals in diving, swimming and water polo. It also remains the only edition where India won any medals in cycling. India's 34 medals (10G, 12S, 12B) in athletics remains its best-ever performance at the Asian Games. Medal summary Medals by sport Medals by sportSportRankGold Silver Bronze Total Athletics210121234 Diving12114 Swimming31146 Football11001 Water polo11001 Cycling20123 Weightlifting30112Total215162051
Medals by day Medals by dayDayDateGold Silver Bronze Total14 March000025 March010136 March004447 March102358 March123669 March1023710 March711220811 March52714Total15162051
Medals by gender Medals by genderGenderGold Silver Bronze Total Male15141544 Female0257Total15162051
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 7 March Mahabir Prasad Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March Nikka Singh Athletics Men's 1500 m 9 March Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March Ranjit Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March Bakhtawar Singh Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March Madan Lal Athletics Men's shot put 10 March Amit Singh Bakshi Govind Singh Balwant Singh Karnan Singh Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 10 March K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March Football Men's team 10 March Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 100 m 11 March Chhota Singh Athletics Men's marathon 11 March Makhan Singh Athletics Men's discus throw 11 March K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March Water polo Men's team 11 March Kanti Shah Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 5 March Somnath Chopra Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March Kamineni Eswara Rao Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg 8 March Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March Kulwant Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March Pritam Singh Athletics Men's 5000 m 10 March Teja Singh Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles 10 March B. Das Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March Baldev Singh Athletics Men's long jump 10 March Parsa Singh Athletics Men's javelin throw 10 March Roshan Mistry Athletics Women's 100 m 10 March Mary D'Souza Roshan Mistry Banoo Gulzar Pat Mendonca Athletics Women's 4×100 m relay 10 March Dhangar Lhanguard Raj Kumar Mehra Madan Mohan <br/ > Gurdev Singh Cycling Men's 4000 m team pursuit 10 March Ashu Dutt Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March Amit Singh Bakshi Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March Lavy Pinto Marian Gabriel Ram Swaroop Alfred Shamin Athletics Men's 4×100 m relay 11 March Netai Chand Bysack Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial 6 March Jehangir Naegamwalla Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 6 March Isaac Mansoor Bimal Chandra Sambhu Saha Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 6 March Dandamudi Rajagopal Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +90 kg 6 March Kanti Shah Jehangir Naegamwalla Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay 7 March Bimal Chandra Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 7 March Gurbachan Singh Athletics Men's 10000 m 8 March Kesar Singh Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March Kishen Singh Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March Khurshid Ahmed Athletics Men's decathlon 9 March Rohinton Noble Cycling Men's 1000 m sprint 9 March Marie Semoes Athletics Women's high jump 10 March Barbara Webster Athletics Women's shot put 10 March Govind Singh Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March Ajit Singh Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 11 March Surat Singh Mathur Athletics Men's marathon 11 March Mary D'Souza Athletics Women's 200 m 11 March Sylvia Gauntlet Athletics Women's long jump 11 March Barbara Webster Athletics Women's javelin throw 11 March T. T. Dand Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March
Aquatics Diving
AthletesEventFinalResultRankK. P. ThakkarMen's 3 m springboard371.25Ashu Dutt327.20K. P. Thakkar Men's 10 m platform362.05T. T. Dand276.60
Swimming
AthletesEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankSachin Nag Men's 100 m freestyle1:04.12 1:04.7Isaac Mansoor2 6Bimal ChandraMen's 400 m freestylecolspan=2 5:32.5Santosh Bhattacharyacolspan=2 5Bimal Chandra Men's 800 m freestylecolspan=2 11:35.04Santosh Bhattacharyacolspan=2 14:15.06Bimal Chandra Men's 1500 m freestylecolspan=2 5Santosh Bhattacharyacolspan=2 Kanti ShahMen's 100 m backstrokecolspan=2 1:17.0Pratap Mitracolspan=2 5Jehangir NaegamwallaMen's 200 m breaststrokecolspan=2 3:11.0Bhubaneswar Pandeycolspan=2 3:14.16Isaac MansoorBimal ChandraSambhu SahaSachin NagMen's 4 x 100 m freestyle relaycolspan=2 4:28.8Kanti ShahJehangir NaegamwallaSachin NagMen's 3 x 100 m medley relaycolspan=2 3:43.6
Water polo
SquadEventFinalRankIndia men's national water polo teamJahan AhirGanesh DasD. DaverR. DeanIsaac MansoorG. RattanseyKanti ShahMen's teamW 6–4 Gold medal match
Athletics
Men Track events AthletesEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankLavy Pinto100 m10.71 11.01 10.8Alfred Shamin11.01 11.22 4Lavy Pinto200 m22.11 colspan="2" rowspan=2 22.0Marian Gabriel22.71 22.5Amit Singh Bakshi400 m50.61 colspan="2" rowspan=2 50.8Govind Singh2 51.4Ranjit Singh800 mrowspan="2" colspan="4"1:59.3Kulwant Singh1:59.7Nikka Singh1500 mcolspan="4" 4:04.1Sadhu Singhcolspan="4" 5Pritam Singh5000 mcolspan="4"15:57.8Jang Singhcolspan="4"Gurbachan Singh10000 mcolspan="4"34:58.8Gulzar Singh Manncolspan="4"4Bagh Singh110 m hurdles3 rowspan="2" colspan="2"5Cleure D'Classe2 Teja Singh400 m hurdlesrowspan="2" colspan="4"56.9Cleure D'Classe4Ajit Singh3000 m steeplechasecolspan="4" 9:37.8Gulzar Singh Manncolspan="4" Lavy PintoMarian GabrielRam SwaroopAlfred Shamin4 x 100 m relay43.01 colspan="2" 42.8Amit Singh BakshiGovind SinghBalwant SinghKarnan Singh4 x 400 m relaycolspan="4" 3:24.2
Field events AthletesEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMehanga Singh SidhuHigh jump1.83 4K. Chatterjeecolspan="2" Baldev SinghLong jumpcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 6.99Sohan Ram5P. S. CheemaTriple jumpcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 6P. BeckMakhan SinghDiscus throwcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 39.92Amar Singh4Somnath ChopraHammer throwcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 43.35Kishen Singh42.32Parsa SinghJavelin throwcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 50.38Surat SinghKhurshid AhmedPole vaultcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 3.614S. ChakravartyMadan LalShot putcolspan="2" rowspan="2" 13.78Ishar Singh5
Road events AthletesEventFinalResultRankChhota SinghMarathon2:42:58.6Surat Singh Mathur2:53:49.8Mahabir Prasad10 km walk52:31.4Kesar Singh52:54.0Bakhtawar Singh50 km walk5:44:07.4B. Das5:44:14.6
Combined events AthleteEventCategory100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mTotalRankKhurshid AhmedDecathlonResult12.06.119.071.4755.217.427.953.3646.935:17.25110Points651610430367591583424446543465Gurnam SinghResult12.55.6611.461.622124Points566514574480
Women Track events AthletesEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankRoshan Mistry100 m12.92 12.8Pat Mendonca13.12 4Mary D'Souza200 mcolspan="2" rowspan=2 28.0Banoo Gulzar4Nilima Ghose80 m hurdlesrowspan="2" colspan="2"5Violet Peters6Mary D'SouzaRoshan MistryBanoo GulzarPat Mendonca4 x 100 m relaycolspan="2" 51.9
Field events AthletesEventFinalResultRankMarie SemoesHigh jump1.37Marjorie Soares1.374Sylvia GauntletLong jump4.52Veronica Game4Bhagi ThadaniDiscus throw4Barbara Webster5Barbara WebsterJavelin throw26.70Bhagi Thadani5Barbara WebsterShot put9.02Usha Rajaram4
Basketball
SquadEventRound robinRankIndia men's national basketball teamRanbir Chopra (C)Davinder Nath BahriDharampal ChumRam PrakashAvnish Chander SoniGur PrasadLakshmiS. V. AppayyaKapoorMen's teamL 52–634L 46–70W 50–47L 38–86
Cycling
AthleteEventTimeRankNetai Chand BysackMen's 1000 m time trial1:22.2Suprovat Chakravarty1:22.94Rohinton NobleMen's 1000 m sprintBapoo Malcolm Sr.4Dhangar LhanguardRaj Kumar MehraMadan MohanGurdev SinghMen's 4000 m team pursuit
Football
Summary TeamEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIndiaMen's teamW 3–0 W 3–0W 1–0
Roster Coach: Syed Abdul Rahim
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal match
All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)
Weightlifting
AthleteEventClean & pressSnatchClean & jerkTotal (lb)RankResult (lb)RankResult (lb)RankResult (lb)RankR. DesaiMen's bantamweight 56 kg1456160621065156V. W. Phenany1257160619574807G. SethuramanMen's featherweight 60 kg1904185227016454B. N. GhoshMen's lightweight 67.5 kg1755170624545905Daniel Pon Mani21012002 -410J. D. TelangMen's light heavyweight 82.5 kg1904180425036204N. K. Nair1805170522045705Kamineni Eswara RaoMen's middle heavyweight 90 kg200220522503655Dandamudi RajagopalMen's heavyweight +90 kg220221032952725
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