India at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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.

Competitors
Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs.

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.

Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal (c) Leo Pinto Jaswant Singh Rajput Latif-ur-Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle Grahanandan Singh K. D. Singh (vc) Trilochan Singh Maxie Vaz
 * Squad


 * Group A matches


 * Semi-finals


 * Final

Football
Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee
 * Squad


 * First round

Water Polo
Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.

Men's Team Competition
Gora Seal Samarendra Chatterjee Ajoy Chatterjee Suhas Chatterjee Dwarkadas Mukharji Durga Das Jamini Dass Sachin Nag Isaac Mansoor Jahan Ahir
 * Squad


 * Round One


 * Group C matches


 * Round Two


 * Group H

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * Pt - Decision by Points.
 * Pd - Decision by Points but Judges disagree.


 * Men's freestyle