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, Chaman Singh Gurung 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 Victor 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
Field hockey
Football
Gymnastics
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
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIsaac Mansoor100 m freestyle 1:10.8 7 Did not advanceBijoy Barman100 m backstroke 1:27.3 5 Did not advanceKhamlillal Shah 1:18.3 7 Did not advance
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDolly Nazir100 m freestyle 1:24.6 7 Did not advance200 m breaststroke 3:37.9 7 Did not advanceArati Saha 3:40.8 6 Did not advance
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)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1ResultRound 2ResultRound 3ResultRound 4ResultRound 5ResultRound 6ResultRound 7ResultRound 8ResultRankNiranjan Das−52 kgL L colspan=6 −Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav−57 kgW W W L L colspan=2 Keshav Mangave−62 kgWalkOver L W L colspan=3 4Shrirang Jadhav−87 kgL L colspan=6 −
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