Athletics at the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games

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IX Far Eastern Championship Games
DatesMay
Host city Tokyo, Japan
Events19
Participation3 nations

1930 Far Eastern Championship Games

At the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games , the athletics events were held in Tokyo, Japan in May. [1] A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. [2]

The host nation, Japan, defended its athletics title from the 1927 edition with a dominating performance at the competition. Winning all but two of the events contested, it also had medal sweeps in nine events and provided two medallists in all but two individual events. The Philippines won the other two gold medals along with six silver medals to take a clear second place. China won only one medal in athletics – a relay medal for finishing last among the three competing teams. [2] Amid heightened tensions with Japan, China's poor results fostered anti-Japanese sentiment among its citizens, many of whom saw the performance at this edition as a national embarrassment, particularly given the comparative size of Japan compared to China. [3]

Four athletes defended their titles from the previous edition: Seiichiro Tsuda in the 1500 metres, Kosaku Sumiyoshi in the javelin throw, Simeon Toribio in the high jump and Mikio Oda in the triple jump. Oda's victory was his fourth straight Far Eastern win in the event—a feat only bettered by Fortunato Catalon, who won the 100-yard dash/100 metres titles from 1917 to 1925. Takayoshi Yoshioka (a future world record holder) was a double sprint champion on this occasion. Sumiyoshi was the only other person to win two individual titles at the competition, adding the pentathlon to his javelin defence. Oda also won silver medals in the pole vault and long jump—the only man to receive three individual medals at that year's athletics meet. [2]

Japan continued its strong tradition in the jumps with Chuhei Nambu taking the long jump title; he would win the 1932 Olympics triple jump. [4] Shuhei Nishida—pole vault and decathlon champion here—was an Olympic silver medallist at the same games. [5] This success also extended globally for Japan, as Oda and Nishida were gold medallists at the 1930 International University Games. [6] Two of the Filipino medallists in Tokyo, high jumper Toribio and Miguel White, later won Olympic medals (as of 2015, they are the only athletics medallists for the Philippines at the Olympics). [7]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takayoshi Yoshioka  (JPN)10.8Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Anselmo Gonzaga  (PHI)???Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Chuhei Nambu  (JPN)???
200 metres straightFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takayoshi Yoshioka  (JPN)21.8Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Anselmo Gonzaga  (PHI)???Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kichizo Sasaki  (JPN)???
400 metresFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Itaro Nakajima  (JPN)49.2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Teiichi Nishi  (JPN)???Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Miguel White  (PHI)???
800 metresFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Susumi Hisatomi  (JPN)1:58.8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Haruo Yashiba  (JPN)???Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Pedro Yatar  (PHI)???
1500 metresFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Seiichiro Tsuda  (JPN)4:06.0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masamichi Kitamoto  (JPN)???Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Katsujiro Nishiura  (JPN)???
10,000 metresFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yutaka Kudo  (JPN)32:42.6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Iwakichi Otsubo  (JPN)???Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kenji Mimura  (JPN)???
110 m hurdlesFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshio Miki  (JPN)15.4Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Felizardo Casia Sr  (PHI)???Only two finishers
200 m hurdles straightFlag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Felizardo Casia Sr  (PHI)25.6Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg J. Cadores (PHI)???Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masayuki Miyake  (JPN)???
4×200 m relayFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)1:29.6Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Philippines  (PHI)Only two finishers
4×400 m relayFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)3:24.2Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Philippines  (PHI)???Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)???
High jumpFlag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Simeon Toribio  (PHI)2.00 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kazuo Kimura  (JPN)1.96 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Misao Ono  (JPN)1.91 m
Pole vaultFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shuhei Nishida  (JPN)4.00 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Senichi Asai  (JPN)
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Mikio Oda  (JPN)		3.78 mNot awarded
Long jumpFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Chuhei Nambu  (JPN)7.59 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Mikio Oda  (JPN)7.46 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ichiro Tomiyama  (JPN)7.32 m
Triple jumpFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Mikio Oda  (JPN)14.74 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Zensuke Tatenaka  (JPN)14.38 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshitoshi Shibata  (JPN)13.75 m
Shot put
(light implement)		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shizuo Takada  (JPN)15.80 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Teruo Aono  (JPN)15.01 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Saburo Furukawa  (JPN)14.42 m
Discus throwFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Masae Saito  (JPN)40.27 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yasuji Kuroda  (JPN)39.54 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshio Okita  (JPN)39.01 m
Javelin throwFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kosaku Sumiyoshi  (JPN)62.19 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kintaro Ito  (JPN)60.09 mFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Noburo Suganumo  (JPN)58.40 m
PentathlonFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kosaku Sumiyoshi  (JPN)2838 ptsFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeshi Jinno  (JPN)2641 ptsFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yasuji Kuroda  (JPN)2627 pts
DecathlonFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tatsuo Toki  (JPN)5786 ptsFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shuhei Nishida  (JPN)5644 ptsFlag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Regino Portacion  (PHI)5305 pts

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN   0-7864-1026-4.
  2. 1 2 3 Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
  3. ↑ Morris, Andrew D. (2004). Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China. pp. 160–161. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520240841.
  4. ↑ Kenkichi Oshima. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-30.
  5. ↑ Shuhei Nishida. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-01.
  6. ↑ World Student Games (Pre Universiade). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-01.
  7. ↑ Philippines Athletics. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-01.
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