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. 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 is also the only edition where India won any medals in cycling. India's 34 medals (10G, 12S, 12B) in athletics at this edition remains its best-ever performance at the Asian Games.

The India national football team won the gold medal in the men's football competition.

Medal summary

Medals by sport
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
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
Medals by gender
Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Male15141544
Female0257
Total 15 16 20 51

Medalists
Medal Name[7] Sport Event Date
 GoldSachin NagSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle7 March
 GoldMahabir PrasadAthleticsMen's 10 km walk8 March
 GoldNikka SinghAthleticsMen's 1500 m9 March
 GoldLavy PintoAthleticsMen's 200 m10 March
 GoldRanjit SinghAthleticsMen's 800 m10 March
 GoldBakhtawar SinghAthleticsMen's 50 km walk10 March
 GoldMadan LalAthleticsMen's shot put10 March
 GoldA. S. Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karan Singh		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 m relay10 March
 GoldK. P. ThakkarDivingMen's 3 m springboard10 March
 GoldIndia national football team
Berland Anthony
Syed Khwaja Azizuddin
A. M. Bachan
Sunil Chatterjee
Abhoy Ghosh
D. N. Devine Jones
Ahmed Khan
G. Y. S. Laiq
Sheikh Abdul Latif
Loganathan
Sailen Manna
Sheoo Mewalal
Santosh Nandy
Muhammad Noor
Chandan Singh Rawat
P. B. A. Saleh
Mohammad Abdus Sattar
T. Shanmugham
Runu Guha Thakurta
Kenchappa Varadaraj
Thenmaddom Varghese
Pansanttom Venkatesh		FootballMen's team[8]10 March
 GoldLavy PintoAthleticsMen's 100 m11 March
 GoldChhota SinghAthleticsMen's marathon11 March
 GoldMakhan SinghAthleticsMen's discus throw11 March
 GoldK. P. ThakkarDivingMen's 10 m platform11 March
 GoldIndia men's national water polo team
Jahan Ahir
Ganesh Das
D. Daver
R. Dean
Isaac Mansoor
G. Rattansey
Kanti Shah		Water poloMen's team11 March
 SilverKanti ShahSwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke5 March
 SilverSomnath ChopraAthleticsMen's hammer throw8 March
 SilverKamineni Eswara RaoWeightliftingMen's middle heavyweight 90 kg8 March
 SilverMarian GabrielAthleticsMen's 200 m10 March
 SilverKulwant SinghAthleticsMen's 800 m10 March
 SilverPritam SinghAthleticsMen's 5000 m10 March
 SilverTeja SinghAthleticsMen's 400 m hurdles10 March
 SilverB. DasAthleticsMen's 50 km walk10 March
 SilverBaldev SinghAthleticsMen's long jump10 March
 SilverParsa SinghAthleticsMen's javelin throw10 March
 SilverRoshan MistryAthleticsWomen's 100 m10 March
 SilverMary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca		AthleticsWomen's 4×100 m relay10 March
 SilverDhangar Lhanguard
Raj Kumar Mehra
Madan Mohan
Gurdev Singh		CyclingMen's 4000 m team pursuit10 March
 SilverAshu DuttDivingMen's 3 m springboard10 March
 SilverA.S.BakshiAthleticsMen's 400 m11 March
 SilverLavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin		AthleticsMen's 4×100 m relay11 March
 BronzeNetai Chand BysackCyclingMen's 1000 m time trial6 March
 BronzeJehangir NaegamwallaSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke6 March
 BronzeIsaac Mansoor
Bimal Chandra
Sambhu Saha
Sachin Nag		SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay6 March
 BronzeDandamudi RajagopalWeightliftingMen's heavyweight +90 kg6 March
 BronzeKanti Shah
Jehangir Naegamwalla
Sachin Nag		SwimmingMen's 3 x 100 m medley relay7 March
 BronzeBimal ChandraSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle7 March
 BronzeGurbachan SinghAthleticsMen's 10000 m8 March
 BronzeKesar SinghAthleticsMen's 10 km walk8 March
 BronzeKishen SinghAthleticsMen's hammer throw8 March
 BronzeKhurshid AhmedAthleticsMen's decathlon9 March
 BronzeRohinton NobleCyclingMen's 1000 m sprint9 March
 BronzeMarie SemoesAthleticsWomen's high jump10 March
 BronzeBarbara WebsterAthleticsWomen's shot put10 March
 BronzeGovind SinghAthleticsMen's 400 m11 March
 BronzeAjit SinghAthleticsMen's 3000 m steeplechase11 March
 BronzeSurat Singh MathurAthleticsMen's marathon11 March
 BronzeMary D'SouzaAthleticsWomen's 200 m11 March
 BronzeSylvia GauntletAthleticsWomen's long jump11 March
 BronzeBarbara WebsterAthleticsWomen's javelin throw11 March
 BronzeT. T. DandDivingMen's 10 m platform11 March

Aquatics

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1951 Asian Games
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
Main article: Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games
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
Main article: Water polo at the 1951 Asian Games
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
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
Main article: Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games

Track events
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
A. S. 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
A. S. Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karan Singh		 4 x 400 m relay — 3:24.2

Field events
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
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
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

Track events
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
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
Main article: Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games
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
Appaiah
Kapoor		 Men's team  Iran
L 52–63		 4
 Japan
L 46–70
 Burma
W 50–47
 Philippines
L 38–86

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games
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
Main article: Football at the 1951 Asian Games

Summary
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

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

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

Gold medal match
 India1–0Iran 
Mewalal 34' Report

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

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games
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

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  2. "The Indian Express (8 March 1951)".
  3. "The Indian Express (9 March 1951)".
  4. "The Indian Express (10 March 1951)".
  5. "The Indian Express (11 March 1951)".
  6. "The Indian Express (12 March 1951)".
  7. "Asian Games 1951 Indian medal winners".
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  11. "International Players (Senior) from Punjab Basketball Association".
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