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The field hockey tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics. [1] In five Olympic hockey tournaments, there had only been two different winners, but Britain and India had never competed together at the Olympics. There was no question the UK would again be absent at their home ...
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 Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar ...
India vs Berlin XI in 1936. The World War II caused the cancellation of 1940 and 1944 Olympics, which ended the era of a team that dominated world hockey. [10] At the 1948 Olympics India was placed in group A and won all the three games, an 8–0 win over Austria, Argentina 9–1 and Spain 2–0.
The India men's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions, and is governed by Hockey India. The team was formerly under the control of Indian Hockey Federation. India was the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. [92]
Kishan Lal (2 February 1917 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics to gold, winning independent India's first gold medal by defeating Great Britain 4-0 in the final.
Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics; Tournament details; Host country Great Britain City: London: Teams: 13: Venue(s) Guinness Ground, Park Royal Lyons' Ground, Sudbury Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in field hockey. Men. Games Gold ... 1948 London details India ... Australia (AUS) Paul Dearing ...
The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in 1924 and governs the hockey events. Until the 1988 Summer Olympics , the tournaments were invitational, but a qualification system was introduced since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics .