Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	2–5 May
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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 details	Abdul Khaliq   Pakistan	10.6 = GR	Genaro Cabrera   Philippines	10.7	Marian Gabriel   India	10.8
200 m details	Muhammad Sharif Butt   Pakistan	21.9	Khwaja Muhammad Aslam   Pakistan	22.0	Stephen Xavier   Hong Kong	22.2
400 m details	Kanji Akagi   Japan	48.5 GR	Joginder Singh Dhanaor   India	48.6	Chen Ying-lang   Republic of China	48.6
800 m details	Yoshitaka Muroya   Japan	1:54.5 GR	Sohan Singh Dhanoa   India	1:54.6	Michio Ueki   Japan	1:55.8
1500 m details	Choi Yun-chil   South Korea	3:56.2 GR	Yoshitaka Muroya   Japan	3:58.0	Michio Ueki   Japan	3:59.0
5000 m details	Osamu Inoue   Japan	15:00.2 GR	Choi Yun-chil   South Korea	15:03.8	Dalu Ram   India	15:14.1
10,000 m details	Choi Chung-sik   South Korea	33:00.6 GR	Jiro Yamauchi   Japan	34:06.2	Pi Li-ming   Republic of China	35:43.2
110 m hurdles details	Sarwan Singh   India	14.7 GR	Yukiyoshi Kawata   Japan	14.8	Takehiko Nakajima   Japan	14.8
400 m hurdles details	Mirza Khan   Pakistan	54.1 GR	Chan Onn Leng   Singapore	54.8	Jaime Pimental   Philippines	55.6
3000 m steeplechase details	Susumu Takahashi   Japan	9:15.0 GR	Yasumasa Shirasagi   Japan	9:35.0	Dalu Ram   India	9:36.5
4 × 100 m relay details	Japan Masaji Tajima Yoshihiro Takatani Tomio Hosoda Akira Kiyofuji	41.2 GR	Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Muhammad Sharif Butt Khwaja Muhammad Aslam Abdul Aziz	41.5	Philippines Genaro Cabrera Gaspar Azares Eusebio Ensong Pedro Subido	42.2
4 × 400 m relay details	Japan Akira Matsui Yoshitaka Muroya Nobuaki Matsuno Kanji Akagi	3:17.4 GR	India Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J. B. Joseph	3:18.0	Philippines Pablo Somblingo Cipriano Niera Mauricio Paubaya Ernesto Rodriguez	3:21.6
High jump details	Ajit Singh Balla   India	1.95 GR	Yukio Ishikawa   Japan	1.95 = GR	Andres Franco   Philippines	1.95 = GR
Pole vault details	Bunkichi Sawada   Japan	4.06	Toyokichi Matsumoto   Japan	3.91	Lai Yu-tao   Republic of China	3.61
Long jump details	Noriaki Sagawa   Japan	7.02	Yoshiro Sonoda   Japan	6.94	Lin Te-sheng   Republic of China	6.86
Triple jump details	Noriaki Sagawa   Japan	15.13	Yoshio Iimuro   Japan	14.88	Choi Yong-kee   South Korea	14.71
Shot put details	Parduman Singh Brar   India	14.14 GR	Yoshio Kojima   Japan	13.73	Ishar Singh   India	13.43
Discus throw details	Parduman Singh Brar   India	43.37 GR	Chi Pei-lin   Republic of China	41.66	Liu Ching   Republic of China	41.18
Hammer throw details	Yoshio Kojima   Japan	53.99 GR	Muhammad Iqbal   Pakistan	51.80	Song Kyo-sik   South Korea	50.80
Javelin throw details	Muhammad Nawaz   Pakistan	64.26 GR	Jalal Khan   Pakistan	63.28	Haruo Nagayasu   Japan	56.26
Decathlon details	Yang Chuan-kwang   Republic of China	5454	Fumio Nishiuchi   Japan	5429	Ronnie O'Brien   India	5259

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	12.5 = GR	Mary Klass   Singapore	12.5 = GR	Christine Brown   India	12.6
200 m details	Midori Tanaka   Japan	26.0	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	26.1	Inocencia Solis   Philippines	26.5
80 m hurdles details	Michiko Iwamoto   Japan	11.7 GR	Miyo Miyashita   Japan	12.0	Tang Pui Wah   Singapore	12.1
4 × 100 m relay details	India Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza	49.5 GR	Japan Kimiko Okamoto Atsuko Nambu Michiko Iwamoto Midori Tanaka	49.6	Philippines Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Manolita Cinco Roberta Anore	50.4
High jump details	Ahuva Kraus   Israel	1.55 GR	Miyoko Takahashi   Japan	1.52	Mieko Muro   Japan	1.52
Long jump details	Yoshie Takahashi   Japan	5.68	Atsuko Nambu   Japan	5.64	Mikiko Tazaki   Japan	5.35
Shot put details	Toyoko Yoshino   Japan	12.31 GR	Motoko Yoshida   Japan	12.27	Yuriko Mizoguchi   Japan	11.81
Discus throw details	Toyoko Yoshino   Japan	42.89 GR	Taeko Nomura   Japan	39.97	Yuriko Mizoguchi   Japan	37.12
Javelin throw details	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.