Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

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 (PAK)
10.6
=GR
 Genaro Cabrera
Philippines (PHI)
10.7  M. Gabriel
India (IND)
10.8
200 m
 Muhammad Sharif Butt
Pakistan (PAK)
21.9  Muhammad Aslam
Pakistan (PAK)
22.0  Stephen Xavier
Hong Kong (HKG)
22.2
400 m
 Kanji Akagi
Japan (JPN)
48.5
GR
 Joginder Singh Dhanaor
India (IND)
48.6  Chen Ying-lang
Republic of China (ROC)
48.6
800 m
 Yoshitaka Muroya
Japan (JPN)
1:54.5
GR
 Sohan Singh Dhanoa
India (IND)
1:54.6  Michio Ueki
Japan (JPN)
1:55.8
1500 m
 Choi Yun-chil
South Korea (KOR)
3:56.2
GR
 Yoshitaka Muroya
Japan (JPN)
3:58.0  Michio Ueki
Japan (JPN)
3:59.0
5000 m
 Osamu Inoue
Japan (JPN)
15:00.2
GR
 Choi Yun-chil
South Korea (KOR)
15:03.8  Dalu Ram
India (IND)
15:14.1
10000 m
 Choi Chung-sik
South Korea (KOR)
33:00.6
GR
 Jiro Yamauchi
Japan (JPN)
34:06.2  Pi Li-ming
Republic of China (ROC)
35:43.2
110 m hurdles
 Sarwan Singh
India (IND)
14.7
GR
 Yukiyoshi Kawata
Japan (JPN)
14.8  Takehiko Nakajima
Japan (JPN)
14.8
400 m hurdles
 Mirza Khan
Pakistan (PAK)
54.1
GR
 Chan Onn Leng
Singapore (SIN)
54.8  Jaime Pimental
Philippines (PHI)
55.6
3000 m steeplechase
 Susumu Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
9:15.0
GR
 Yasumasa Shirasagi
Japan (JPN)
9:35.0  Dalu Ram
India (IND)
9:36.5
4×100 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Masaji Tajima
Yoshihiro Takatani
Tomio Hosoda
Akira Kiyofuji
41.2
GR
 Pakistan (PAK)
Abdul Khaliq
Muhammad Sharif Butt
Muhammad Aslam
Abdul Aziz
41.5  Philippines (PHI)
Genaro Cabrera
Gaspar Azares
Eusebio Ensong
Pedro Subido
42.2
4×400 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Akira Matsui
Yoshitaka Muroya
Nobuaki Matsuno
Kanji Akagi
3:17.4
GR
 India (IND)
Joginder Singh Dhanaor
Ivan Jacob
Harjeet Singh
J. B. Joseph
3:18.0  Philippines (PHI)
Pablo Somblingo
Cipriano Niera
Mauricio Paubaya
Ernesto Rodriguez
3:21.6
High jump
 Ajit Singh
India (IND)
1.95
GR
 Yukio Ishikawa
Japan (JPN)
1.95
=GR
 Andres Franco
Philippines (PHI)
1.95
=GR
Pole vault
 Bunkichi Sawada
Japan (JPN)
4.06  Toyokichi Matsumoto
Japan (JPN)
3.91  Lai Yu-tao
Republic of China (ROC)
3.61
Long jump
 Noriaki Sagawa
Japan (JPN)
7.02  Yoshiro Sonoda
Japan (JPN)
6.94  Lin Te-sheng
Republic of China (ROC)
6.86
Triple jump
 Noriaki Sagawa
Japan (JPN)
15.13  Yoshio Iimura
Japan (JPN)
14.88  Choi Yong-kee
South Korea (KOR)
14.71
Shot put
 Parduman Singh Brar
India (IND)
14.14
GR
 Yoshio Kojima
Japan (JPN)
13.73  Ishar Singh
India (IND)
13.43
Discus throw
 Parduman Singh Brar
India (IND)
43.37
GR
 Chi Pei-lin
Republic of China (ROC)
41.66  Liu Ching
Republic of China (ROC)
41.18
Hammer throw
 Yoshio Kojima
Japan (JPN)
53.99
GR
 Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistan (PAK)
51.80  Song Kyo-sik
South Korea (KOR)
50.80
Javelin throw
 Muhammad Nawaz
Pakistan (PAK)
64.26
GR
 Jalal Khan
Pakistan (PAK)
63.28  Haruo Nagayasu
Japan (JPN)
56.26
Decathlon
 Yang Chuan-kwang
Republic of China (ROC)
5454  Fumio Nishiuchi
Japan (JPN)
5429  Ronnie O'Brien
India (IND)
5259

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Atsuko Nambu
Japan (JPN)
12.5
=GR
 Mary Klass
Singapore (SIN)
12.5
=GR
 Christine Brown
India (IND)
12.6
200 m
 Midori Tanaka
Japan (JPN)
26.0  Atsuko Nambu
Japan (JPN)
26.1  Inocencia Solis
Philippines (PHI)
26.5
80 m hurdles
 Michiko Iwamoto
Japan (JPN)
11.7
GR
 Miyo Miyashita
Japan (JPN)
12.0  Teng Pei Wah
Singapore (SIN)
12.1
4×100 m relay
 India (IND)
Christine Brown
Stephie D'Souza
Violet Peters
Mary D'Souza
49.5
GR
 Japan (JPN)
Kimiko Okamoto
Atsuko Nambu
Michiko Iwamoto
Midori Tanaka
49.6  Philippines (PHI)
Inocencia Solis
Rogelia Ferrer
Manolita Cinco
Roberta Anore
50.4
High jump
 Ahuva Kraus
Israel (ISR)
1.55
GR
 Miyoko Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
1.52  Meiko Muro
Japan (JPN)
1.52
Long jump
 Yoshie Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
5.68  Atsuko Nambu
Japan (JPN)
5.64  Mikiko Tazaki
Japan (JPN)
5.35
Shot put
 Toyoko Yoshino
Japan (JPN)
12.31
GR
 Motoko Yoshida
Japan (JPN)
12.27  Yuriko Mizoguchi
Japan (JPN)
11.81
Discus throw
 Toyoko Yoshino
Japan (JPN)
42.89
GR
 Taeko Nomura
Japan (JPN)
39.97  Yuriko Mizoguchi
Japan (JPN)
37.12
Javelin throw
 Akiko Kurihara
Japan (JPN)
44.07
GR
 Yasuko Inden
Japan (JPN)
42.28  Vivencia Subido
Philippines (PHI)
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
Total 30 30 30 90

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