India at the 1932 Summer Olympics

India at the
1932 Summer Olympics
India at the; 1932 Summer Olympics
	Flag of British Raj 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
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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India competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The Men's Field hockey team won their second consecutive gold.

Athletics edit

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


Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bunoo Sutton	100 m	11.4 s	4th	Did not advance
Bunoo Sutton	110 m Hurdles	15.1 s	3rd	Unknown	4th	Did not advance
Ronald Vernieux	100 m	11.0 s	4th	Did not advance
Ronald Vernieux	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 edit

Swimming edit

One male athlete competed.


Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nalin Malik	400 m Freestyle	5:59:0	4th	Did not advance

Field Hockey edit

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.