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Bimal Chandra
Bimal Chandra
Biographical information
Roles
Competed in Olympic Games
Sex
Male
Full name
Bimal Kumar•Chandra
Used name
Bimal•Chandra
Born
19 November 1927
Died
17 February 1998 (aged 70 years 2 months 28 days)
NOC
India
IND
Results
Games
Discipline (Sport) / Event
NOC / Team
Pos
Medal
As
1948 Summer Olympics
Swimming
(
Aquatics
)
IND
Bimal Chandra
400 metres Freestyle, Men
(Olympic)
38
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men
(Olympic)
36
List mentions
Listed in
Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games
(0–0–2 1951 New Delhi SWM bronze: 400 m freestyle and 4×100 m freestyle relay)
Listed in
Olympians Who Swam the English Channel
(1948 Olympics - 400 metre freestyle, 1,500 metre freestyle; Swam English Channel - 1959 France-to-England (13:50).)