Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games

Athletics was contested at the 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium, New Delhi, India from March 8 to March 11.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Lavy Pinto
India (IND)
10.8
=GR
 Toshihiro Ohashi
Japan (JPN)
11.0  Tomio Hosoda
Japan (JPN)
11.1
200 m
 Lavy Pinto
India (IND)
22.0
GR
 M. Gabriel
India (IND)
22.5  Tomio Hosoda
Japan (JPN)
22.6
400 m
 Eitaro Okano
Japan (JPN)
50.7
GR
 A. S. Bakshi
India (IND)
50.8  Govind Singh
India (IND)
51.4
800 m
 Ranjit Singh
India (IND)
1:59.3
GR
 Kulwant Singh
India (IND)
1:59.7  Kikuo Moriya
Japan (JPN)
2:00.6
1500 m
 Nikka Singh
India (IND)
4:04.1
GR
 Susumu Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
4:04.4  Kikuo Moriya
Japan (JPN)
4:05.4
5000 m
 Ali Baghbanbashi
Iran (IRI)
15:54.2
GR
 Pritam Singh
India (IND)
15:57.8  Soichi Tamoi
Japan (JPN)
15:59.0
10000 m
 Soichi Tamoi
Japan (JPN)
33:49.3
GR
 Ryosuke Takasugi
Japan (JPN)
34:32.0  Gurbachan Singh
India (IND)
34:58.8
110 m hurdles
 Ng Liang Chiang
Singapore (SIN)
15.2
GR
 Michitaka Kinami
Japan (JPN)
15.3  Lloyd Valberg
Singapore (SIN)
15.7
400 m hurdles
 Eitaro Okano
Japan (JPN)
54.2
GR
 Teja Singh
India (IND)
56.9  Ng Liang Chiang
Singapore (SIN)
57.6
3000 m steeplechase
 Susumu Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
9:30.4
GR
 Ali Baghbanbashi
Iran (IRI)
9:31.8  Ajit Singh
India (IND)
9:37.8
4×100 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Masaji Tajima
Toshihiro Ohashi
Tomio Hosoda
Kazuta Ikoma
42.7
GR
 India (IND)
Lavy Pinto
M. Gabriel
Ram Swaroop
Alfred Shamin
42.8  Philippines (PHI)
Genaro Cabrera
Tito Almagro
Jovencio Ardina
Bernabe Lovina
43.9
4×400 m relay
 India (IND)
A. S. Bakshi
Govind Singh
Balwant Singh
Karnan Singh
3:24.2
GR
 Japan (JPN)
Yorio Mizuyoke
Ichiro Tao
Fumio Nishiuchi
Eitaro Okano
3:24.4  Philippines (PHI)
Bienvenido Llaneta
Bernabe Lovina
Tomas Bennet
Genaro Cabrera
3:35.8
Marathon
 Chota Singh
India (IND)
2:42:58.6
GR
 Katsuo Nishida
Japan (JPN)
2:49:03.0  Surat Singh Mathur
India (IND)
2:53:49.8
10000 m walk
 Mahabir Prasad
India (IND)
52:31.4
GR
 Takeo Sato
Japan (JPN)
52:34.8  Kesar Singh
India (IND)
52:54.0
50 km walk
 Bakhtawar Singh
India (IND)
5:44:07.4
GR
 B. Das
India (IND)
5:44:14.6  Takeo Sato
Japan (JPN)
5:54:47.4
High jump
 Andres Franco
Philippines (PHI)
1.93
GR
 Yukio Ishikawa
Japan (JPN)
1.91  Maram Sudarmodjo
Indonesia (INA)
1.89
Pole vault
 Bunkichi Sawada
Japan (JPN)
4.11
GR
 M. A. Akbar
Ceylon (CEY)
3.69  Shuhei Nishida
Japan (JPN)
3.61
Long jump
 Masaji Tajima
Japan (JPN)
7.14
GR
 Baldev Singh
India (IND)
6.99  Takashi Aso
Japan (JPN)
6.98
Triple jump
 Yoshio Iimuro
Japan (JPN)
15.18
GR
 Takashi Aso
Japan (JPN)
14.25  Hendarsin
Indonesia (INA)
14.24
Shot put
 Madan Lal
India (IND)
13.78
GR
 Sukeo Denda
Japan (JPN)
13.40  Norimi Sato
Japan (JPN)
12.83
Discus throw
 Makhan Singh
India (IND)
39.92
GR
 Norimi Sato
Japan (JPN)
39.29  Aurelio Amante
Philippines (PHI)
38.14
Hammer throw
 Fumio Kamamoto
Japan (JPN)
46.65
GR
 Somnath Chopra
India (IND)
43.35  Kishen Singh
India (IND)
42.32
Javelin throw
 Haruo Nagayasu
Japan (JPN)
63.97
GR
 Parsa Singh
India (IND)
50.38  Matulessy
Indonesia (INA)
48.99
Decathlon
 Fumio Nishiuchi
Japan (JPN)
6324
GR
 Bunkichi Sawada
Japan (JPN)
5860  Khurshid Ahmed
India (IND)
5099

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Kiyoko Sugimura
Japan (JPN)
12.6  Roshan Mistry
India (IND)
12.8  Kimiko Okamoto
Japan (JPN)
12.9
200 m
 Kimiko Okamoto
Japan (JPN)
26.0
GR
 Laura Dowdswell
Singapore (SIN)
27.2  Mary D'Souza
India (IND)
28.0
80 m hurdles
 Kyoko Yoneda
Japan (JPN)
12.8
GR
 Laura Dowdswell
Singapore (SIN)
13.2  Taeko Sato
Japan (JPN)
13.5
4×100 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Kimiko Okamoto
Taeko Sato
Ayako Yoshikawa
Kiyoko Sugimura
51.4
GR
 India (IND)
Mary D'Souza
Roshan Mistry
Banoo Gulzar
Pat Mendonca
51.9  Indonesia (INA)
Triwulan
Darwati
Surjowati
Lie Djiang Nio
54.4
High jump
 Kyoko Yoneda
Japan (JPN)
1.49
GR
 Taeko Sato
Japan (JPN)
1.44  Marie Semoes
India (IND)
1.37
Long jump
 Kiyoko Sugimura
Japan (JPN)
5.91
GR
 Ayako Yoshikawa
Japan (JPN)
5.18  Sylvia Gauntlet
India (IND)
4.52
Shot put
 Toyoko Yoshino
Japan (JPN)
11.90
GR
 Fumi Kojima
Japan (JPN)
10.42  Barbara Webster
India (IND)
9.02
Discus throw
 Toyoko Yoshino
Japan (JPN)
42.10
GR
 Fumi Kojima
Japan (JPN)
35.51  Annie Salamun
Indonesia (INA)
25.43
Javelin throw
 Toyoko Yoshino
Japan (JPN)
36.25
GR
 Miyoko Kato
Japan (JPN)
35.33  Barbara Webster
India (IND)
26.70

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan (JPN)20171148
2 India (IND)10121234
3 Singapore (SIN)1225
4 Iran (IRI)1102
5 Philippines (PHI)1034
6 Ceylon (CEY)0101
7 Indonesia (INA)0055
Total 33 33 33 99

Participating nations

References