India at the 1920 Summer Olympics

India at the Olympic Games
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Competitors	5 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Purma Bannerjee
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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India competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had sent a team to the Olympic Games since a single athlete (Norman Pritchard) competed for India twenty years earlier (see India at the 1900 Summer Olympics).

Ahead of the 1920 Olympics, Sir Dorab Tata and Governor of Bombay George Lloyd had helped India secure representation at the International Olympic Council and participate in the Olympic Games, and S R Bhagwat of the Deccan Gymkhana also helped with this effort. Some three months prior to the team leaving India, the Olympic Committee of Bombay, led by Dorab Tata, coordinated the effort to send a team to the Olympics. They secured funds, and held a trial Games at Poona in April 1920 to select the Olympic delegates. Ultimately, Chogale, Datar, Kaikadi, P.C. Bannerji, Navale, and Shinde were selected, and Sohrab Bhoot and A H A Fyzee^[1] served as Managers for the team.

The Indian delegates then left Bombay for London aboard the s.s. Mantua on June 5, 1920, where they had eight weeks of training under coach Perry, after which they left for Antwerp. India would not miss a further edition of the Summer Games.

Indian Olympic delegation 1920: (top row, l-to-r:) Shindes, Bannerjee, Navale, Chaugule; (middle:) Bhoot, Fyzee; (seated:) Datar, Kaikadi

Athletics

Three athletes represented India in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in athletics, and first since 1900.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Purma Bannerjee	100 m	Unknown	5	Did not advance
	400 m	53.1	4	Did not advance
Phadeppa Chaugule	10000 m	N/A				Did not finish		Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A						2:50:45.4	19
Sadashiv Datar	Marathon	N/A						Did not finish

Wrestling

Two wrestlers competed for India in 1920. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Navale was defeated in his first match, but Shinde won in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals before losing twice to finish in fourth.

Freestyle

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Kumar Navale	Middleweight	Bye	Johnson (USA) (L)	Did not advance			9
Randhir Shindes	Featherweight	N/A	Bye	Inman (GBR) (W)	Gerson (USA) (L)	Bernard (GBR) (L)	4

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Great Britain 1 1 .500 United States 0 2 .000 Total 1 3 .250

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 0 – Round of 16 0 1 .000 Quarterfinals 1 0 1.000 Semifinals 0 1 .000 Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 1 .000 Total 1 3 .250

References

1. Dr. A H A Fyzee was administrator for the 1920 Olympic team; Dr.Ali Azhar Fyzee (AHA Fyzee) and his brother Ali Athar Fyzee also represented India in tennis events such as the 1924 Olympics and the Davis Cup and Wimbledon

• India at the 1920 Olympics, also showing picture of India's six participants
• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
• Fyzee Brothers Hassan-Ali (also listed as Dr. Ali Azhar Fyzee and A H A Fyzee) and Athar Ali played for India in the Davis Cup and at Wimbledon.