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 Competitors Note: All times mentioned on this page are in British Summer Time (BST). Indian Standard Time (IST) = BST + 4:30hrs. Athletics 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. Squad Leslie ClaudiusKeshav DuttWalter D'SouzaLawrie FernandesRanganathan FrancisGerry GlackanAkhtar HussainPatrick JansenAmir KumarKishan Lal (c)Leo PintoJaswant Singh RajputLatif-ur-RehmanReginald RodriguesBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleGrahanandan SinghK. D. Singh (vc)Trilochan SinghMaxie Vaz Group A matches Semi-finals Final Football Squad Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee First round Swimming Water Polo Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament. Men's Team Competition Squad Gora SealSamarendra ChatterjeeAjoy ChatterjeeSuhas ChatterjeeDwarkadas MukharjiDurga DasJamini DassSachin NagIsaac MansoorJahan Ahir Round One Group C matches Round Two Group H Weightlifting Wrestling Men's freestyle See also Gold (2018 film), about India's national hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics References External links sports-reference.com Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1948