India at the 1951 Asian Games

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.

India at the
1951 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in New Delhi
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
15
Silver
16
Bronze
20
Total
51
Asian Games appearances (overview)

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

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Medals by sport

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Medals by sport
Sport Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
  Athletics 2 10 12 12 34
  Diving 1 2 1 1 4
  Swimming 3 1 1 4 6
  Football 1 1 0 0 1
  Water polo 1 1 0 0 1
  Cycling 2 0 1 2 3
  Weightlifting 3 0 1 1 2
Total 2 15 16 20 51

Medals by day

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Medals by day
Day Date[1][2][3][4][5][6] Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 4 March 0 0 0 0
2 5 March 0 1 0 1
3 6 March 0 0 4 4
4 7 March 1 0 2 3
5 8 March 1 2 3 6
6 9 March 1 0 2 3
7 10 March 7 11 2 20
8 11 March 5 2 7 14
Total 15 16 20 51

Medals by gender

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Medals by gender
Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
  Male 15 14 15 44
  Female 0 2 5 7
Total 15 16 20 51

Medalists

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Medal Name[7] Sport Event Date
  Gold Sachin Nag Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 7 March
  Gold Mahabir Prasad Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March
  Gold Nikka Singh Athletics Men's 1500 m 9 March
  Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March
  Gold Ranjit Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March
  Gold Bakhtawar Singh Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March
  Gold Madan Lal Athletics Men's shot put 10 March
  Gold Amit Singh Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karnan Singh
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 10 March
  Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March
  Gold Football Men's team[8] 10 March
  Gold Lavy Pinto Athletics Men's 100 m 11 March
  Gold Chhota Singh Athletics Men's marathon 11 March
  Gold Makhan Singh Athletics Men's discus throw 11 March
  Gold K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March
  Gold
Water polo Men's team 11 March
  Silver Kanti Shah Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 5 March
  Silver Somnath Chopra Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March
  Silver Kamineni Eswara Rao Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg 8 March
  Silver Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 200 m 10 March
  Silver Kulwant Singh Athletics Men's 800 m 10 March
  Silver Pritam Singh Athletics Men's 5000 m 10 March
  Silver Teja Singh Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles 10 March
  Silver B. Das Athletics Men's 50 km walk 10 March
  Silver Baldev Singh Athletics Men's long jump 10 March
  Silver Parsa Singh Athletics Men's javelin throw 10 March
  Silver Roshan Mistry Athletics Women's 100 m 10 March
  Silver Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
Athletics Women's 4×100 m relay 10 March
  Silver Dhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh
Cycling Men's 4000 m team pursuit 10 March
  Silver Ashu Dutt Diving Men's 3 m springboard 10 March
  Silver Amit Singh Bakshi Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March
  Silver Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
Athletics Men's 4×100 m relay 11 March
  Bronze Netai Chand Bysack Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial 6 March
  Bronze Jehangir Naegamwalla Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 6 March
  Bronze Isaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag
Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 6 March
  Bronze Dandamudi Rajagopal Weightlifting Men's heavyweight +90 kg 6 March
  Bronze Kanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag
Swimming Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay 7 March
  Bronze Bimal Chandra Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 7 March
  Bronze Gurbachan Singh Athletics Men's 10000 m 8 March
  Bronze Kesar Singh Athletics Men's 10 km walk 8 March
  Bronze Kishen Singh Athletics Men's hammer throw 8 March
  Bronze Khurshid Ahmed Athletics Men's decathlon 9 March
  Bronze Rohinton Noble Cycling Men's 1000 m sprint 9 March
  Bronze Marie Semoes Athletics Women's high jump 10 March
  Bronze Barbara Webster Athletics Women's shot put 10 March
  Bronze Govind Singh Athletics Men's 400 m 11 March
  Bronze Ajit Singh Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 11 March
  Bronze Surat Singh Mathur Athletics Men's marathon 11 March
  Bronze Mary D'Souza Athletics Women's 200 m 11 March
  Bronze Sylvia Gauntlet Athletics Women's long jump 11 March
  Bronze Barbara Webster Athletics Women's javelin throw 11 March
  Bronze T. T. Dand Diving Men's 10 m platform 11 March

Aquatics

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Diving

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Athletes Event Final
Result Rank
K. P. Thakkar Men's 3 m springboard 371.25  
Ashu Dutt 327.20  
K. P. Thakkar Men's 10 m platform 362.05  
T. T. Dand 276.60  

Swimming

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Athletes Event[1][2][3] Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sachin Nag Men's 100 m freestyle 1:04.1 2 Q 1:04.7  
Isaac Mansoor UK 2 Q UK 6
Bimal Chandra Men's 400 m freestyle 5:32.5  
Santosh Bhattacharya UK 5
Bimal Chandra Men's 800 m freestyle 11:35.0 4
Santosh Bhattacharya 14:15.0 6
Bimal Chandra Men's 1500 m freestyle UK 5
Santosh Bhattacharya DNF
Kanti Shah Men's 100 m backstroke 1:17.0  
Pratap Mitra UK 5
Jehangir Naegamwalla Men's 200 m breaststroke 3:11.0  
Bhubaneswar Pandey 3:14.1 6
Isaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag
Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 4:28.8  
Kanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag
Men's 3 x 100 m medley relay 3:43.6  

Water polo

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Squad Event Final Rank
India men's national water polo team
Jahan Ahir
Ganesh Das
D. Daver
R. Dean
Isaac Mansoor
G. Rattansey
Kanti Shah

Men's team   Singapore
W 6–4
 

Gold medal match

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11 March India   6–4   Singapore National Stadium Swimming Pool, New Delhi
Scoring by half: 2–3, 4–1
Shah, Dean 2 Goals Sim 2

Athletics

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Track events

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Athletes Event[3][4][5][6][9] Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lavy Pinto 100 m 10.7 1 Q 11.0 1 Q 10.8  
Alfred Shamin 11.0 1 Q 11.2 2 Q UK 4
Lavy Pinto 200 m 22.1 1 Q 22.0  
Marian Gabriel 22.7 1 Q 22.5  
Amit Singh Bakshi 400 m 50.6 1 Q 50.8  
Govind Singh UK 2 Q 51.4  
Ranjit Singh 800 m 1:59.3  
Kulwant Singh 1:59.7  
Nikka Singh 1500 m 4:04.1  
Sadhu Singh UK 5
Pritam Singh 5000 m 15:57.8  
Jang Singh DNF
Gurbachan Singh 10000 m 34:58.8  
Gulzar Singh Mann UK 4
Bagh Singh 110 m hurdles UK 3 Q UK 5
Cleure D'Classe UK 2 Q DNF
Teja Singh 400 m hurdles 56.9  
Cleure D'Classe UK 4
Ajit Singh 3000 m steeplechase 9:37.8  
Gulzar Singh Mann DNF
Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
4 x 100 m relay 43.0 1 Q 42.8  
Amit Singh Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karnan Singh
4 x 400 m relay 3:24.2  

Field events

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Athletes Event[10] Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mehanga Singh Sidhu High jump 1.83 UK Q UK 4
K. Chatterjee DSQ
Baldev Singh Long jump 6.99  
Sohan Ram UK 5
P. S. Cheema Triple jump UK 6
P. Beck DSQ
Makhan Singh Discus throw 39.92  
Amar Singh UK 4
Somnath Chopra Hammer throw 43.35  
Kishen Singh 42.32  
Parsa Singh Javelin throw 50.38  
Surat Singh DSQ
Khurshid Ahmed Pole vault 3.61 4
S. Chakravarty DSQ
Madan Lal Shot put 13.78  
Ishar Singh UK 5

Road events

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Athletes Event[3][4][5][6][9] Final
Result Rank
Chhota Singh Marathon 2:42:58.6  
Surat Singh Mathur 2:53:49.8  
Mahabir Prasad 10 km walk 52:31.4  
Kesar Singh 52:54.0  
Bakhtawar Singh 50 km walk 5:44:07.4  
B. Das 5:44:14.6  

Combined events

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Athlete Event[10] Category 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Total Rank
Khurshid Ahmed Decathlon Result 12.0 6.11 9.07 1.47 55.2 17.4 27.95 3.36 46.93 5:17.2 5110  
Points 651 610 430 367 591 583 424 446 543 465
Gurnam Singh Result 12.5 5.66 11.46 1.62 DNP 2124 DSQ
Points 566 514 574 480

Women

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Track events

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Athletes Event[10] Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Roshan Mistry 100 m 12.9 2 Q 12.8  
Pat Mendonca 13.1 2 Q UK 4
Mary D'Souza 200 m 28.0  
Banoo Gulzar UK 4
Nilima Ghose 80 m hurdles UK 5
Violet Peters UK 6
Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
4 x 100 m relay 51.9  

Field events

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Athletes Event[10] Final
Result Rank
Marie Semoes High jump 1.37  
Marjorie Soares 1.37 4
Sylvia Gauntlet Long jump 4.52  
Veronica Game UK 4
Bhagi Thadani Discus throw UK 4
Barbara Webster UK 5
Barbara Webster Javelin throw 26.70  
Bhagi Thadani UK 5
Barbara Webster Shot put 9.02  
Usha Rajaram UK 4

Basketball

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Squad[4][11] Event Round robin Rank
India men's national basketball team
Ranbir Chopra (C)
Davinder Nath Bahri
Dharampal Chum
Ram Prakash
Avnish Chander Soni
Gur Prasad
Lakshmi
S. V. Appayya
Kapoor
Men's team   Iran
L 52–63
4
  Japan
L 46–70
  Burma
W 50–47
  Philippines
L 38–86

Cycling

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Athlete Event[2][5] Time Rank
Netai Chand Bysack Men's 1000 m time trial 1:22.2  
Suprovat Chakravarty 1:22.9 4
Rohinton Noble Men's 1000 m sprint UK  
Bapoo Malcolm Sr. UK 4
Dhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh
Men's 4000 m team pursuit UK  

Football

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Summary

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Team Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
India Men's team   Indonesia
W 3–0
  Afghanistan
W 3–0
  Iran
W 1–0
 

Roster

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Coach:   Syed Abdul Rahim

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Berland Anthony   Bengal
2DF Thenmaddom Varghese   Bombay
2DF Sailen Manna (c) (1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 26)   Mohun Bagan
3MF Sheikh Abdul Latif (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22)   Mohammedan Sporting
2DF Chandan Singh Rawat (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 22)   Services
3MF Noor Mohammed   Hyderabad City Police
4FW Pansanttom Venkatesh   East Bengal
4FW Sahu Mewalal (1926-07-01)1 July 1926 (aged 24)   Eastern Railway
4FW Ahmed Khan (1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 24)   Bengal
4FW P. B. A. Saleh (1928-11-28)28 November 1928 (aged 22)   Bengal
1GK Kenchappa Varadaraj (1924-05-07)7 May 1924 (aged 26)   Mysore
3MF Thulukhanam Shanmugham (1920-06-19)19 June 1920 (aged 30)   Mysore
4FW Santosh Nandy   Bengal
2DF Syed Khwaja Azizuddin (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 20)   Hyderabad City Police
2DF Sunil Chatterjee   Bengal
3MF Abhoy Ghosh   Bengal
3MF Desmond Neville Devine-Jones (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 22)   Services
4FW G. Y. S. Laiq   Hyderabad City Police
4FW Loganathan   Madras
4FW Madar Abdus Sattar   Bengal
4FW Runu Guha Thakurta   Bengal
4FW Abdul Majid Bachan   Orissa

Quarterfinals

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India  3–0  Indonesia
Mewalal   27'
Siregar   42' (o.g.)
Venkatesh   45'
Report

Semifinals

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India  3–0  Afghanistan
Venkatesh   10'
Mewalal   16'
Nandy   55'
Report

Gold medal match

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  India1–0Iran  
Mewalal   34' Report

All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event[1][2][3][4] Clean & press Snatch Clean & jerk Total (lb) Rank
Result (lb) Rank Result (lb) Rank Result (lb) Rank
R. Desai Men's bantamweight 56 kg 145 6 160 6 210 6 515 6
V. W. Phenany 125 7 160 6 195 7 480 7
G. Sethuraman Men's featherweight 60 kg 190 4 185 2 270 1 645 4
B. N. Ghosh Men's lightweight 67.5 kg 175 5 170 6 245 4 590 5
Daniel Pon Mani 210 1 200 2 - DNF 410 DNF
J. D. Telang Men's light heavyweight 82.5 kg 190 4 180 4 250 3 620 4
N. K. Nair 180 5 170 5 220 4 570 5
Kamineni Eswara Rao Men's middle heavyweight 90 kg 200 2 205 2 250 3 655  
Dandamudi Rajagopal Men's heavyweight +90 kg 220 2 210 3 295 2 725  

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Indian Express (7 March 1951)".
  2. ^ a b c d "The Indian Express (8 March 1951)".
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Indian Express (9 March 1951)".
  4. ^ a b c d e "The Indian Express (10 March 1951)".
  5. ^ a b c d "The Indian Express (11 March 1951)".
  6. ^ a b c "The Indian Express (12 March 1951)".
  7. ^ "Asian Games 1951 Indian medal winners".
  8. ^ Majumdar, Rounak (22 April 2019). "The Golden Years of Indian Football". www.chaseyoursport.com. Kolkata: Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b "The Indian Express (13 March 1951)".
  10. ^ a b c d "Athletics Results - 1951 Asian Games" (PDF).
  11. ^ "International Players (Senior) from Punjab Basketball Association".