India competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

• Richard Allen, Dhyan Chand, Earnest Cullen, Ali Dara, Lionel Emmett, Peter Fernandes, Joseph Galibardy, Mohomed Hussain, Mohammed Jaffar, Ahmed Sher Khan, Ahsan Mohomed Khan, Mirza Masood, Cyril Michie, Baboo Nimal, Joseph Phillip, Shabban Shahab ud-Din, G.S. Garewal, Roop Singh, and Carlyle Tapsell — Field hockey.

Men's 100 metres

• Eric Whiteside

Men's 200 metres

• Eric Whiteside

Men's marathon

• C. S. A. Swami

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated  Japan (9–0)
• Defeated  Hungary (4–0)
• Defeated  United States (7–0)

• Semi Finals

• Defeated  France (10–0)

• Final

• Defeated  Germany (8–1) →  Gold

• Indian sports at the 1936 Summer Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database