India at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The Dominion of 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.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar Kishan Lal Leo Pinto Jaswant Singh Rajput Latif-ur-Rehman Reginald Rodrigues Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle Grahanandan Singh K. D. Singh Trilochan Singh Maxie Vaz | Field hockey | Men's Field hockey |
Competitors
Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time. Indian Standard Time = BST + 4:30hrs.| Sport | Men | Women | Events |
| Athletics | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Boxing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cycling | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Field Hockey | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Football | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Water polo | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Athletics
Boxing
;MenCycling
Ten cyclists represented India in 1948;Individual road race
;Team road race
- Malcolm Havladar
- Raj Kumar Mehra
- Eruch Mistry
- Homi Powri
;Time trial
;Team pursuit
- Adi Havewala
- Jehangoo Amin
- Rohinton Noble
- Piloo Sarkari
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'sfirst gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country's first Olympic gold medal since India became independent.
;Squad
Leslie Claudius
Keshav Dutt
Walter D'Souza
Lawrie Fernandes
Ranganathan Francis
Gerry Glackan
Akhtar Hussain
Patrick Jansen
Amir Kumar
Kishan Lal - Captain
Leo Pinto
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Latif-ur-Rehman
Reginald Rodrigues
Balbir Singh Sr.
Randhir Singh Gentle
Grahanandan Singh
K. D. Singh - Vice Captain
Trilochan Singh
Maxie Vaz
;Group A matches
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |  |  |  | |
| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | X | 9:1 | 8:0 | 2:0 | ||
| 2. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1:9 | X | 1:1 | 3:2 | ||
| 3. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0:8 | 1:1 | X | 1:1 | ||
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0:2 | 2:3 | 1:1 | X |
;Semi-finals
;Final
Football
;SquadHead coach: Balaidas Chatterjee
;First round
Swimming
Water Polo
Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament.Men's Team Competition
; SquadGora Seal
Samarendra Chatterjee
Ajoy Chatterjee
Suhas Chatterjee
Dwarkadas Mukharji
Durga Das
Jamini Dass
Sachin Nag
Isaac Mansoor
Jahan Ahir
;Round One
;Group C matches
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  | |  | |
| 1. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | X | 12:1 | 14:0 | ||
| 2. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1:12 | X | 7:4 | ||
| 3. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0:14 | 4:7 | X |
;Round Two
;Group H
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | | | |
| 1. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | X | 5:2 | 12:1 | ||
| 2. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2:5 | X | 11:1 | ||
| 3. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1:12 | 1:11 | X |