Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Athletics
at the 1954 Asian Games
Athletics ; at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	2–5 May 1954

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


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. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
Men's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.