Athletics at the 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games

The athletics events at the May 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games were held in Manila, Philippines.[1] A total of 19 men's athletics events were contested at the competition. It was the first time that track events at this competition were conducted over the international standard metric distances, changing from the imperial distances that previously featured at the competition.[2]

VII Far Eastern Championship Games
DatesMay
Host cityManila, Philippines
Events19
Participation3 nations


The Philippines returned to the top of the medal table in the athletics programme. The hosts won all but six of the nineteen events, placed in the top two in 16 of them, and completed medal sweeps in seven events. Japan was the next most successful nation, with five gold medals and medal sweeps in the triple jump and 1500 metres. China again performed poorly, matching their previous haul of two athletics medals of one gold and one bronze medal.[2]

Fortunato Catalon aimed for a fifth straight sprint double, but teammate David Nepomuceno—who became the first Filipino Olympian a year earlier—defeated Catalon in the 200 metres title. Two other Filipinos defended their titles from 1923: Regino Birtulfo in the discus and Juan Taduran in the decathlon. Mikio Oda of Japan was the only other athlete to repeat as champion, retaining his triple jump crown. Chūhei Nambu followed in his compatriot's footsteps by taking medals in high, long and triple jump at one games.[2] Both Oda and Nambu would go on to win Olympic triple jump titles (in 1928 and 1932, respectively).[3][4] Wu Topan was China's only winner in the pentathlon.

Generoso Rabaya of the Philippines was the only athlete to claim two titles in the athletics and did so with an unusual combination of 110 metres hurdles and shot put (taking advantage of the lighter Asian implements in use).[2]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Fortunato Catalon (PHI) 11.1   David Nepomuceno (PHI) ???   Sasago Tani (JPN) ???
200 metres straight   David Nepomuceno (PHI) 22.5   Fortunato Catalon (PHI) ???   Cirilo Perez (PHI) ???
400 metres   Francisco Danao (PHI) 51.2   Crispin Garcia (PHI) ???   Roger Paredes (PHI) ???
800 metres   Yukiyoshi Kuwata (JPN) 2:01.7   Tokushige Noto (JPN) ???   Juan Taduran (PHI) ???
1500 metres   Shomon Nawada (JPN) 4:07.8   Hidesuburo Sato (JPN) ???   Takaharu Yoneda (JPN) ???
10,000 metres   Julian Musne (PHI) 36:07.5   Ramon Soriano (PHI) ???   Zhu Yaoxie (CHN) ???
110 m hurdles   Generoso Rabaya (PHI) 15.9   Paulino Fernandez (PHI) ???   Pedro Abiera (PHI) ???
200 m hurdles straight   Pedro Abiera (PHI) 25.7   Sotero Binongcal (PHI) ???   Antonio Nicanor (PHI) ???
4 × 200 m relay   Japan (JPN) 1:30.3   Philippines (PHI) ??? Only two finishers
4 × 400 m relay   Japan (JPN) 3:25.8   Philippines (PHI) ??? Only two finishers
High jump   Eliseo Razo (PHI) 1.835 m   Chūhei Nambu (JPN) 1.81 m   Rufino Ico (PHI) 1.785 m
Pole vault   Antonio Alo (PHI)
  Numeriano Tagavilla (PHI)
3.415 m Not awarded   Carlos Mejillano (PHI)
  Miguel Sujeco (PHI)
3.35 m
Long jump   Generoso Rivera (PHI) 6.89 m   Silvestre Driz (PHI) 6.83 m   Chūhei Nambu (JPN) 6.69 m
Triple jump   Mikio Oda (JPN) 14.08 m   Chūhei Nambu (JPN) 14.00 m   Takeo Kobayashi (JPN) 13.97 m
Shot put   Generoso Rabaya (PHI) 14.23 m   Yasuyuki Fujita (JPN) 14.02 m   Arturo Roa (PHI) 13.68 m
Discus throw   Regino Birtulfo (PHI) 37.40 m   Yasuyuki Fujita (JPN) 36.93 m   Yoshio Okita (JPN) 34.97 m
Javelin throw   Rufino Ico (PHI) 51.71 m   Arturo Roa (PHI) 51.60 m   Agripino Sevilla (PHI) 51.12 m
Pentathlon   Wu Topan (CHN) 2430 pts   Francisco Danao (PHI) 2428 pts   Rufino Ico (PHI) 2325 pts
Decathlon   Juan Taduran (PHI) 5042 pts   Paulino Fernandez (PHI) 4959 pts   John Tatom (PHI) 4741 pts

References

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  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ a b c d Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
  3. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2010-04-26). Interview with Mikio Oda, first Japanese Olympic gold medallist. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-12-24.
  4. ^ Chuhei Nanbu. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-24.
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