Japan at the 1954 Asian Games

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Japan at the
1954 Asian Games
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
in Manila
Competitors151 (121 men, 30 women)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
38
Silver
36
Bronze
24
Total
98
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Japan participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the capital city of Manila, Philippines. This country was ranked 1st with 38 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 24 bronze medals with a total of 98 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally. [1] Japan sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 121 men and 30 women.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kanji Akagi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yoshitaka Muroya Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 800m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Osamu Inoue Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Susumu Takahashi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 3000m steeplechase
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Masaji Tajima
Yoshihiro Takatani
Tomio Hosoda
Akira Kiyofuji
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×100m relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Akira Matsui
Yoshitaka Muroya
Nobuaki Matsuno
Kanji Akagi
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×400m relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bunkichi Sawada Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Pole vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noriaki Sagawa Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noriaki Sagawa Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Triple jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yoshio Kojima Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Hammer throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Atsuko Nambu Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Midori Tanaka Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yoshie Takahashi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 80m hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Atsuko Nambu Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Toyoko Yoshino Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Shot put
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Toyoko Yoshino Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Discus throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Akiko Kurihara Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Javelin throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kazuma Fujimoto Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's Welterweight 67 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Katsuichi Mori Diving pictogram.svg Diving Men's 10 m platform
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Masami Miyamoto Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 3 m springboard
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Masami Miyamoto Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 10 m platform
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Choji Hosaka Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 50 m pistol
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Masao Fujita Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's Trap
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hiroshi Suzuki Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yoshihiro Shoji Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yukiyoshi Aoki Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Keiji Hase Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mamoru Tanaka Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kenzo Yoshimura
Teijiro Tanikawa
Yukiyoshi Aoki
Hiroshi Suzuki
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Misako Tamura Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Masayo Aoki Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sadako Yamashita
Shizue Miyabe
Misako Tamura
Tomiko Atarashi
Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Minoru Iizuka Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Bantamweight 57kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shigeru Kasahara Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Featherweight 62kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Takeo Shimotori Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Lightweight 67kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yutaka Kaneko Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Welterweight 73kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kazua Katsuramoto Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Middleweight 79kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kenzo Fukuda Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Heavyweight +87kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoshitaka Muroya Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jiro Yamauchi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 10,000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yukiyoshi Kawata Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yukio Ishikawa Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's High jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Toyokichi Matsumoto Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Pole vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoshiro Sonoda Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Long jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoshio Iimuro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoshio Kojima Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Shot put
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fumio Nishiuchi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Decathlon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Atsuko Nambu Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Miyo Miyashita Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 80m hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoshio Iimuro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kimiko Okamoto
Atsuko Nambu
Michiko Iwamoto
Midori Tanaka
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×100m relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Miyoko Takahashi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's High jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Atsuko Nambu Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Long jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Motoko Yoshida Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Shot put
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Taeko Nomura Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Discus throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yasuko Inden Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yutaka Kobashi Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's Light middleweight 71 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Katsuichi Mori Diving pictogram.svg Diving Men's 3 m springboard
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shuko Sakaguchi Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 3 m springboard
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shuko Sakaguchi Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 10 m platform
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tsurukichi Kawaoka Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tokusaburo Iwata Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's Trap
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Teijiro Tanikawa Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Katsuji Yamashita Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shichiro Shintaku Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Norihiko Kurahashi Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Masaru Furakawa Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tomiko Atarashi Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Akiko Miyazaki Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Keiko Sadamori Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kazuko Sakamoto Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 200 breaststroke
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Minoru Kubota Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's Lightweight 67.5 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yushu Kitano Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Flyweight 52kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hachiro Arakawa
Hirobumi Chige
Shunichi Hiroshiga
Teruyoshi Kanda
Shinichiro Koga
Takayoshi Matsufuji
Osamu Miyabe
Takanao Sado
Haosue Tajina
Nisei Tashiro
Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's Team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michio Ueki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 800m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michio Ueki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Takehiko Nakajima Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Haruo Nagayasu Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's Javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mieko Muro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's High jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mikiko Tazaki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Long jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yuriko Mizoguchi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Shot put
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yuriko Mizoguchi Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's Discus throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hirokazu Arai
Jyunya Arai
Riichi Arai
Takashi Itoyama
Takeshi Kinoshita
Hitoshi Konno
Hisashi Nagashima
Shozo Noguchi
Hiroshi Saito
Shigeuji Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Takeo Sugiyama
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's Team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kichio Miyake Boxing pictogram.svg Swimming Men's Bantamweight 54 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hiroshi Iwabuchi Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's Lightweight 60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hisao Inoue Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's Light welterweight 63.5 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yutaka Baba Diving pictogram.svg Diving Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kanoko Tsutani Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kanoko Tsutani Diving pictogram.svg Diving Women's 10 m platform
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tsutomu Nagashima Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Takuro Ashida Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Masao Togami Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shizue Miyabe Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yoshiko Sato Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Midori Morimae Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chizuko Urahata Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yoshio Nanbu Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Bantamweight 56 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hachiro Fujiwara Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Middleweight 75 kg

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 1718843
Swimming pictogram.svg  Swimming 99725
Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 6107
Diving pictogram.svg  Diving 3339
Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 2204
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 1135
Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 0123
Water polo pictogram.svg  Water polo 0101
Basketball pictogram.svg  Basketball 0011
Totals (9 entries)38362498

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  1. "History of Asian Games".