Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	2–5 May 1954
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Athletics was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines from May 2 to May 5.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Abdul Khaliq   Pakistan	10.6 = GR	Genaro Cabrera   Philippines	10.7	Marian Gabriel   India	10.8
200 m	Muhammad Sharif Butt   Pakistan	21.9	Khwaja Muhammad Aslam   Pakistan	22.0	Stephen Xavier   Hong Kong	22.2
400 m	Kanji Akagi   Japan	48.5 GR	Joginder Singh Dhanaor   India	48.6	Chen Ying-long   Republic of China	48.6
800 m	Yoshitaka Muroya   Japan	1:54.5 GR	Sohan Singh Dhanoa   India	1:54.6	Michio Ueki   Japan	1:55.8
1500 m	Choi Yoon-chil   South Korea	3:56.2 GR	Yoshitaka Muroya   Japan	3:58.0	Michio Ueki   Japan	3:59.0
5000 m	Osamu Inoue   Japan	15:00.2 GR	Choi Yoon-chil   South Korea	15:03.8	Dalu Ram   India	15:14.1
10,000 m	Choi Chung-sik   South Korea	33:06.0 GR	Jiro Yamauchi   Japan	34:06.2	Pi Li-ming   Republic of China	35:43.2
110 m hurdles	Sarwan Singh   India	14.7 GR	Yukiyoshi Kawata   Japan	14.8	Takehiko Nakajima   Japan	14.8
400 m hurdles	Mirza Khan   Pakistan	54.1 GR	Chan Onn Leng   Singapore	54.8	Jaime Pimentel   Philippines	55.6
3000 m steeplechase	Susumu Takahashi   Japan	9:15.0 GR	Yasumasa Shirasagi   Japan	9:35.0	Dalu Ram   India	9:36.5
4 × 100 m relay	Japan Masaji Tajima Yoshihiro Takatani Tomio Hosoda Akira Kiyofuji	41.2 GR	Pakistan Muhammad Sharif Butt Abdul Aziz Abdul Khaliq Khwaja Muhammad Aslam	41.5	Philippines Gaspar Azares Eusebio Ensong Pedro Subido Genaro Cabrera	42.2
4 × 400 m relay	Japan Akira Matsui Yoshitaka Muroya Nobuaki Matsuno Kanji Akagi	3:17.4 GR	India J. B. Joseph Ivan Jacob Joginder Singh Dhanaor Harjeet Singh	3:18.0	Philippines Mauricio Paubaya Ernesto Rodriguez Cipriano Niera Pablo Somblingo	3:21.6
High jump	Ajit Singh Balla   India	1.95 GR	Yukio Ishikawa   Japan	1.95 = GR	Andres Franco   Philippines	1.95 = GR
Pole vault	Bunkichi Sawada   Japan	4.06	Toyokichi Matsumoto   Japan	3.91	Lai Yu-tao   Republic of China	3.60
Long jump	Noriaki Sagawa   Japan	7.02	Yoshiro Sonoda   Japan	6.94	Lin Te-sheng   Republic of China	6.86
Triple jump	Noriaki Sagawa   Japan	15.13	Yoshio Iimuro   Japan	14.88	Choi Yong-kee   South Korea	14.71
Shot put	Parduman Singh Brar   India	14.14 GR	Yoshio Kojima   Japan	13.73	Ishar Singh   India	13.43
Discus throw	Parduman Singh Brar   India	43.37 GR	Chi Pei-lin   Republic of China	41.66	Liu Ching   Republic of China	41.18
Hammer throw	Yoshio Kojima   Japan	53.99 GR	Muhammad Iqbal   Pakistan	51.80	Song Kyo-sik   South Korea	50.80
Javelin throw	Muhammad Nawaz   Pakistan	64.26 GR	Jalal Khan   Pakistan	63.28	Haruo Nagayasu   Japan	56.26
Decathlon	Yang Chuan-kwang   Republic of China	5454	Fumio Nishiuchi   Japan	5429	Ronnie O'Brien   India	5259

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	12.5 = GR	Mary Klass   Singapore	12.5 = GR	Christine Brown   India	12.6
200 m	Midori Tanaka   Japan	26.0	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	26.1	Inocencia Solis   Philippines	26.5
80 m hurdles	Michiko Iwamoto   Japan	11.7 GR	Miyo Miyashita   Japan	12.0	Tang Pui Wah   Singapore	12.1
4 × 100 m relay	India Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza	49.5 GR	Japan Michiko Iwamoto Kimiko Okamoto Midori Tanaka Atsuko Nambu	49.6	Philippines Rogelia Ferrer Manolita Cinco Roberta Anore Inocencia Solis	50.4
High jump	Ahuva Kraus   Israel	1.55 GR	Miyoko Takahashi   Japan	1.52	Mieko Muro   Japan	1.52
Long jump	Yoshie Takahashi   Japan	5.68	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	5.64	Mikiko Tozaki   Japan	5.36
Shot put	Toyoko Yoshino   Japan	12.31 GR	Motoko Yoshida   Japan	12.27	Yuriko Mizoguchi   Japan	11.81
Discus throw	Toyoko Yoshino   Japan	42.89 GR	Taeko Nomura   Japan	39.97	Yuriko Mizoguchi   Japan	37.12
Javelin throw	Akiko Kurihara   Japan	44.07 GR	Yasuko Inden   Japan	42.28	Vivencia Subido   Philippines	37.56

Medal table

Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games on a stamp of the Philippines

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan  (JPN)	17	18	8	43
2	India  (IND)	5	3	6	14
3	Pakistan  (PAK)	4	4	0	8
4	South Korea  (KOR)	2	1	2	5
5	Republic of China  (ROC)	1	1	5	7
6	Israel  (ISR)	1	0	0	1
7	Singapore  (SIN)	0	2	1	3
8	Philippines  (PHI)	0	1	7	8
9	Hong Kong  (HKG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		30	30	30	90

References

• Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
• Women's relay medallists ^{[ usurped ]}. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
• Men's relay medallists ^{[ usurped ]}. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.