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competed at the

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. The Men's Field hockey team won their second consecutive gold.

Athletics

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

Field Hockey

Due to the effects of

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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 events.

Team

Richard Allen, Muhammad Aslam, Lal Bokhari (c), Frank Brewin, Richard Carr,

Dhyan Chand Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player, widely regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in a ...

, Leslie Hammond, Arthur Hind, Sayed Jaffar,

Masud Minhas Masud Ali Khan Minhas (1911 – 16 January 1936) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as halfb ...

Broome Pinniger Broome Eric Pinniger (28 December 1902 – 30 December 1996) was an Indian field hockey player. Life Pinniger competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was vice captain of the Indian field hockey team, ...

, Gurmit Singh Kullar,

Roop Singh Roop Singh Bais (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team, which won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. He was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand. ...

, William Sullivan, and Carlyle Tapsell.

Results

Matches

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Medalists

Gold

* Richard Allen, Muhammad Aslam, Lal Bokhari, Frank Brewin, Richard Carr,

, Leslie Hammond, Arthur Hind, Sayed Jaffar,

, Gurmit Singh Kullar,

, William Sullivan, and Carlyle Tapsell.

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results databaseIndian hockey team's 1932 Olympics gold no less than a Hollywood blockbuster
Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

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