India at the 1932 Summer Olympics

India competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The men's field hockey team won their second consecutive gold, which like the previous Olympic edition was India's solitary medal at the Games.

India at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Flag of India
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Los Angeles
Competitors	19 in 3 sport
Flag bearer	Lal Shah Bokhari
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

4 Indian athletes, all men, competed across 5 events in the 1932 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Finals
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bunoo Sutton	100 m	11.4 s	4th	Did not advance
	110 m Hurdles	15.1 s	3rd	Unknown	4th	Did not advance
Ronald Vernieux	100 m	11.0 s	4th	Did not advance
	200 m	22.8 s	4th	Did not advance
Mehar Chand Dhawan	Triple Jump	N/A				13.66m	14th
Bunoo Sutton/Ronald Vernieux/ Mehar Chand Dhawan/Dickie Carr	4 × 100 m	N/A		43.7 s	5th	Did not advance

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

One male athlete competed.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nalin Malik	400 m freestyle	5:59.0	19	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	23:52.4	15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Due to the effects of The Great Depression and the cost of travel to the United States, only 3 Field Hockey teams ended up competing at the Olympics: India, Japan and the hosts, the USA. The event then took place as a short group stage competition, with each team playing each opponent once. To finance their travel, the Indian team played exhibition matches at every stop on their long journey by sea to Los Angeles. Once there, none of the teams even came close to the ability of the Indians, as Japan were beaten 11–1 and America were thrashed 24–1 on 11 August 1932, in the deciding game. The team even rotated the entire squad between games just so that all the players would get a medal. Dickie (Richard) Carr competed in both Field Hockey and the 4 × 100 m events.

Team

Richard Allen, Muhammad Aslam, Lal Bokhari (c), Frank Brewin, Richard Carr, Dhyan Chand, Leslie Hammond, Arthur Hind, Sayed Jaffar, Masud Minhas, Broome Pinniger, Gurmit Singh Kullar, Roop Singh, William Sullivan, and Carlyle Tapsell.

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	India	2	2	0	0	35	2	+33	2
	Japan	2	1	0	1	10	13	−3	1
	United States (H)	2	0	0	2	3	33	−30	0

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

Matches

4 August 1932 India  11–1[1]  Japan Roop Singh (3) Kullar (3) Carr (1) Chand (4) Inohara (1)

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11 August 1932 India  24–1[2]  United States Roop Singh (10) Kullar (5) Pinniger (1) Chand (8) Boddington (1)

Medalists

Gold

• Richard Allen, Muhammad Aslam, Lal Bokhari, Frank Brewin, Richard Carr, Dhyan Chand, Leslie Hammond, Arthur Hind, Sayed Jaffar, Masud Minhas, Broome Pinniger, Gurmit Singh Kullar, Roop Singh, William Sullivan, and Carlyle Tapsell.

Gallery

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  Mehar Chand Dhawan, British India's athlete who participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles. -- ACME Photo
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  Lal Chand Mehra, British India's official attaché during the 1932 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles.^[3]