Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games

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Athletics
at the 1951 Asian Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue National Stadium
Dates8–11 March
Nations11
1954  

Athletics was contested at the 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium, New Delhi, India from 8 March to 11 March.

Contents

Medalists

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Lavy Pinto
Flag of India.svg  India
10.8
= GR
Toshihiro Ohashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
11.0 Tomio Hosoda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
11.1
200 m
details
Lavy Pinto
Flag of India.svg  India
22.0
GR
Marian Gabriel
Flag of India.svg  India
22.5 Tomio Hosoda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
22.6
400 m
details
Eitaro Okano
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
50.7
GR
Amit Singh Bakshi
Flag of India.svg  India
50.8 Govind Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
51.4
800 m
details
Ranjit Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
1:59.3
GR
Kulwant Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
1:59.7 Kikuo Moriya
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2:00.6
1500 m
details
Nikka Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
4:04.1
GR
Susumu Takahashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
4:04.4 Kikuo Moriya
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
4:05.4
5000 m
details
Ali Baghbanbashi
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
15:54.2
GR
Pritam Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
15:57.8 Soichi Tamoi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
15:59.0
10,000 m
details
Soichi Tamoi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
33:49.3
GR
Ryosuke Takasugi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
34:32.0 Gurbachan Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
34:58.8
110 m hurdles
details
Ng Liang Chiang
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore
15.2
GR
Michitaka Kinami
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
15.3 Lloyd Valberg
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore
15.7
400 m hurdles
details
Eitaro Okano
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
54.2
GR
Teja Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
56.9 Ng Liang Chiang
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore
57.6
3000 m steeplechase
details
Susumu Takahashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
9:30.4
GR
Ali Baghbanbashi
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
9:31.8 Ajit Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
9:37.8
4 × 100 m relay
details
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Masaji Tajima
Toshihiro Ohashi
Tomio Hosoda
Kazuta Ikoma
42.7
GR
Flag of India.svg  India
Lavy Pinto
Marian Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
42.8Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Genaro Cabrera
Tito Almagro
Jovencio Ardina
Bernabe Lovina
43.9
4 × 400 m relay
details
Flag of India.svg  India
Amit Singh Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karan Singh
3:24.2
GR
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Yorio Mizuyoke
Ichiro Tao
Fumio Nishiuchi
Eitaro Okano
3:24.4Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Bienvenido Llaneta
Bernabe Lovina
Tomas Bennet
Genaro Cabrera
3:35.8
Marathon
details
Chhota Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
2:42:58.6
GR
Katsuo Nishida
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2:49:03.0 Surat Singh Mathur
Flag of India.svg  India
2:53:49.8
10,000 m walk
details
Mahabir Prasad
Flag of India.svg  India
52:31.4
GR
Takeo Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
52:34.8 Kesar Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
52:54.0
50 km walk
details
Bakhtawar Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
5:44:07.4
GR
B. Das
Flag of India.svg  India
5:44:14.6 Takeo Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5:54:47.4
High jump
details
Andres Franco
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
1.93
GR
Yukio Ishikawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1.91 Maram Sudarmodjo
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1.89
Pole vault
details
Bunkichi Sawada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
4.11
GR
M. A. Akbar
Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951).svg  Ceylon
3.69 Shuhei Nishida
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
3.61
Long jump
details
Masaji Tajima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
7.14
GR
Baldev Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
6.99 Takashi Aso
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
6.98
Triple jump
details
Yoshio Iimuro
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
15.18
GR
Takashi Aso
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
14.25 Hendarsin
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
14.24
Shot put
details
Madan Lal
Flag of India.svg  India
13.78
GR
Sukeo Denda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
13.40 Norimi Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12.83
Discus throw
details
Makhan Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
39.92
GR
Norimi Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
39.29 Aurelio Amante
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
38.14
Hammer throw
details
Fumio Kamamoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
46.65
GR
Somnath Chopra
Flag of India.svg  India
43.35 Kishen Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
42.32
Javelin throw
details
Haruo Nagayasu
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
63.97
GR
Parsa Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
50.38 Matulessy
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
48.99
Decathlon
details
Fumio Nishiuchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
6324
GR
Bunkichi Sawada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5860 Khurshid Ahmed
Flag of India.svg  India
5099

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Kiyoko Sugimura
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12.6 Roshan Mistry
Flag of India.svg  India
12.8 Kimiko Okamoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12.9
200 m
details
Kimiko Okamoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
26.0
GR
Laura Dowdswell
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore
27.2 Mary D'Souza
Flag of India.svg  India
28.0
80 m hurdles
details
Kyoko Yoneda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
12.8
GR
Laura Dowdswell
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore
13.2 Taeko Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
13.5
4 × 100 m relay
details
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Kimiko Okamoto
Taeko Sato
Ayako Yoshikawa
Kiyoko Sugimura
51.4
GR
Flag of India.svg  India
Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
51.9Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Triwulan
Darwati
Surjowati
Lie Djiang Nio
54.4
High jump
details
Kyoko Yoneda
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1.49
GR
Taeko Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1.44 Marie Semoes
Flag of India.svg  India
1.37
Long jump
details
Kiyoko Sugimura
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5.91
GR
Ayako Yoshikawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5.18 Sylvia Gauntlet
Flag of India.svg  India
4.52
Shot put
details
Toyoko Yoshino
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
11.90
GR
Fumi Kojima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
10.42 Barbara Webster
Flag of India.svg  India
9.02
Discus throw
details
Toyoko Yoshino
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
42.10
GR
Fumi Kojima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
35.51 Annie Salamun
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
25.43
Javelin throw
details
Toyoko Yoshino
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
36.25
GR
Miyoko Kato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
35.33 Barbara Webster
Flag of India.svg  India
26.70

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)20171148
2Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)10121234
3Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Singapore  (SIN)1225
4State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran  (IRN)1102
5Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)1034
6Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951).svg  Ceylon  (CEY)0101
7Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)0055
Totals (7 entries)33333399

Participating nations

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