Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Athletics was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines from May 2 to May 5.

Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games
Dates	2–5 May

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-lang  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 Yun-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 Yun-chil  South Korea	15:03.8	Dalu Ram  India	15:14.1
10,000 m	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	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 Pimental  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 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	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	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	3.61
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 Kimiko Okamoto Atsuko Nambu Michiko Iwamoto Midori Tanaka	49.6	Philippines Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Manolita Cinco Roberta Anore	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 Tazaki  Japan	5.35
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

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