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India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. [1] It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games. Indian Team in 1948
India gained its independence in 1947, it sent its first contingent as an independent country for the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London. The Indian contingent consisted of 79 athletes, who competed across ten sports and included country's first participation in arts , boxing , cycling , football , and water polo events. [ 22 ]
1948 London Olympic medals being minted at the works of John Pinches in Clapham. Lord Burghley, a gold medal winner at the 1928 Olympics, member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and president of the Amateur Athletics Association was named Chairman of the Organising and Executive Committees. [6]
Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics , Shiny Abraham-Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics.
Kishan Lal (2 February 1917 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics to gold, winning independent India's first gold medal by defeating Great Britain 4-0 in the final.
The field hockey tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. [1]In five Olympic hockey tournaments, there had only been two different winners, but Britain and India had never competed together at the Olympics.
The United States team being awarded their gold medals for the Men's coxed fours. The 1948 Summer Olympics (also known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from July 29 through August 14, 1948, in London, United Kingdom.
A bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics featuring a similar design on the obverse to that of the 1948 medals [12] This is the full table of the medal count of the 1948 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the IOC. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a nation.