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	Abdul Khaliq  Pakistan	10.6 =GR	Philippines	10.7	M. Gabriel  India	10.8
200 m	Muhammad Sharif Butt  Pakistan	21.9	Khwaja Muhammad Aslam  Pakistan	22.0		22.2
400 m	Kanji Akagi  Japan	48.5 GR	Joginder Singh Dhanaor  India	48.6	Chen Ying-lang  Republic of China	48.6
800 m	Yoshitaka Muroya  Japan	1:54.5 GR	Sohan Singh Dhanoa  India	1:54.6	Japan	1:55.8
1500 m	Choi Yun-chil  South Korea	3:56.2 GR	Yoshitaka Muroya  Japan	3:58.0	Japan	3:59.0
5000 m	Osamu Inoue  Japan	15:00.2 GR	Choi Yun-chil  South Korea	15:03.8	India	15:14.1
10,000 m	Choi Chung-sik  South Korea	33:00.6 GR	Japan	34:06.2	Republic of China	35:43.2
110 m hurdles	Sarwan Singh  India	14.7 GR	Japan	14.8	Japan	14.8
400 m hurdles	Mirza Khan  Pakistan	54.1 GR		54.8	Philippines	55.6
3000 m steeplechase	Susumu Takahashi  Japan	9:15.0 GR	Japan	9:35.0	India	9:36.5
4 × 100 m relay	Japan Masaji Tajima Tomio Hosoda Akira Kiyofuji	41.2 GR	Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Muhammad Sharif Butt Khwaja Muhammad Aslam Abdul Aziz	41.5	Philippines	42.2
4 × 400 m relay	Japan Yoshitaka Muroya Kanji Akagi	3:17.4 GR	India Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob	3:18.0	Philippines 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	Japan	3.91	Republic of China	3.61
Long jump	Japan	7.02	Yoshiro Sonoda  Japan	6.94	Republic of China	6.86
Triple jump	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	India	13.43
Discus throw	Parduman Singh Brar  India	43.37 GR	Republic of China	41.66	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	Japan	56.26
Decathlon	Yang Chuan-kwang  Republic of China	5454	Japan	5429	India	5259

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Atsuko Nambu  Japan	12.5 =GR	Mary Klass	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	Japan	11.7 GR	Miyo Miyashita  Japan	12.0	Tang Pui Wah	12.1
4 × 100 m relay	India Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza	49.5 GR	Japan Kimiko Okamoto Atsuko Nambu Midori Tanaka	49.6	Philippines Inocencia Solis Manolita Cinco	50.4
High jump	Ahuva Kraus  Israel	1.55 GR	Japan	1.52	Japan	1.52
Long jump	Yoshie Takahashi  Japan	5.68	Atsuko Nambu  Japan	5.64	Japan	5.35
Shot put	Toyoko Yoshino  Japan	12.31 GR	Japan	12.27	Japan	11.81
Discus throw	Toyoko Yoshino  Japan	42.89 GR	Japan	39.97	Japan	37.12
Javelin throw	Japan	44.07 GR	Japan	42.28	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	(SIN)	0	2	1	3
8	Philippines (PHI)	0	1	7	8
9	(HKG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		30	30	30	90

References[]

• Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
• Women's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
• Men's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.