Team India wins tri-series in style -
If the Los Angeles Games saw the rise of Japanese swimming, it also saw the supremacy of Indian hockey as well. Having won a gold medal on debut in Amsterdam, Team India were all set to win another gold medal in Los Angeles.
This time though, the equations were slightly different. Most of the teams had withdrawn from their squads, either due to the Great Depression, or due to other reasons. For Great Britain, the lesser said the better.
As a result, the Los Angeles were the first and the last Olympics, where none of the hockey teams returned empty handed.
Only three teams participated at the Olympics - India, Japan and the hosts, USA. Though Japan was not as bright as India, they still proved to be a competent team. Though they were thrashed by India by 11-1, they defeated USA by 9-2 to secure at least a silver medal for themselves.
However, the thrashing for the hosts was not enough. They were further thrashed 24-1 by India. Major Dhyan Chand scored 8 out of those 24 goals. Meanwhile, his younger brother, Roop Singh, scored 10 out of 24 goals. The rest were shared between Broome Pinniger and Gurmit Singh Kullar.
Fun fact: the lone goal by USA happened only because India's goalkeeper, Richard Allen, was busy signing autographs behind the goalpost! We are seriously not making this up!