Athletics at the 1958 Asian Games

Athletics was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to May 29.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Abdul Khaliq
Pakistan (PAK)
10.9  Kyohei Ushio
Japan (JPN)
11.0  Isaac Gomez
Philippines (PHI)
11.1
200 m
 Milkha Singh
India (IND)
21.6
=GR
 Abdul Khaliq
Pakistan (PAK)
21.7  Enrique Bautista
Philippines (PHI)
22.2
400 m
 Milkha Singh
India (IND)
47.0  Pablo Somblingo
Philippines (PHI)
48.5  Rahim Ahmad
Malaya (MAL)
48.8
800 m
 Yoshitaka Muroya
Japan (JPN)
1:52.1
GR
 Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi
Iran (IRI)
1:52.2  Sim Sang-ok
South Korea (KOR)
1:52.3
1500 m
 Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi
Iran (IRI)
3:57.6  Michio Okayama
Japan (JPN)
3:58.2  Sim Sang-ok
South Korea (KOR)
3:59.1
5000 m
 Osamu Inoue
Japan (JPN)
14:39.4
GR
 Han Sung-chul
South Korea (KOR)
14:41.8  Ali Baghbanbashi
Iran (IRI)
14:43.0
10000 m
 Takashi Baba
Japan (JPN)
30:48.4
GR
 Mubarak Shah
Pakistan (PAK)
30:49.8  Ali Baghbanbashi
Iran (IRI)
30:50.4
110 m hurdles
 Ghulam Raziq
Pakistan (PAK)
14.4
GR
 Yang Chuan-kwang
Republic of China (ROC)
14.8  Hirokazu Yasuda
Japan (JPN)
14.8
400 m hurdles
 Tsai Cheng-fu
Republic of China (ROC)
52.4
GR
 Keiji Ogushi
Japan (JPN)
52.8  Yang Chuan-kwang
Republic of China (ROC)
53.0
3000 m steeplechase
 Mubarak Shah
Pakistan (PAK)
9:03.0
GR
 Masayaki Nunogami
Japan (JPN)
9:04.2  Susumu Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
9:05.8
4×100 m relay
 Philippines (PHI)
Remigio Vista
Isaac Gomez
Pedro Subido
Enrique Bautista
41.4  Japan (JPN)
Kyohei Ushio
Masaru Kamata
Yoshiaki Hara
Yasuhiro Yanagi
41.4  Pakistan (PAK)
Muhammad Sharif Butt
Ghulam Raziq
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
Abdul Khaliq
41.5
4×400 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Kanji Akagi
Keiji Ogushi
Takejiro Hayashi
Yoshitaka Muroya
3:13.9
GR
 Republic of China (ROC)
Tsai Cheng-fu
Chen Huey-kuen
Chen Lo-chen
Chen Ying-lang
3:18.0  Philippines (PHI)
Erasma Arellano
Aparicio Mequi
Antonio Suplido
Pablo Somblingo
3:18.2
Marathon
 Lee Chang-hoon
South Korea (KOR)
2:32:55
GR
 Myitung Naw
Burma (BIR)
2:42:46  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga
Japan (JPN)
2:43:44
High jump
 Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
Ceylon (CEY)
2.03
GR
 Noboru Kasamatsu
Japan (JPN)
2.00  Yukio Ishikawa
Japan (JPN)
1.95
Pole vault
 Noriaki Yasuda
Japan (JPN)
4.20
GR
 Kozo Akasaka
Japan (JPN)
4.20
=GR
 Allah Ditta
Pakistan (PAK)
4.20
=GR
Long jump
 Suh Yong-joo
South Korea (KOR)
7.54
GR
 Yang Chuan-kwang
Republic of China (ROC)
7.49  Muhammad Ramzan Ali
Pakistan (PAK)
7.30
Triple jump
 Mohinder Singh
India (IND)
15.62
GR
 Koji Sakurai
Japan (JPN)
15.41  Tomio Ota
Japan (JPN)
15.19
Shot put
 Parduman Singh Brar
India (IND)
15.04
GR
 Hitoshi Goto
Japan (JPN)
14.80  Uri Zohar
Israel (ISR)
14.75
Discus throw
 Balkar Singh
India (IND)
47.66
GR
 Muhammad Ayub
Pakistan (PAK)
46.01  Parduman Singh Brar
India (IND)
45.67
Hammer throw
 Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistan (PAK)
60.97
GR
 Masuru Urushibata
Japan (JPN)
57.88  Malik Noor
Pakistan (PAK)
54.03
Javelin throw
 Muhammad Nawaz
Pakistan (PAK)
69.41
GR
 Jalal Khan
Pakistan (PAK)
66.00  Baruch Feinberg
Israel (ISR)
63.78
Decathlon
 Yang Chuan-kwang
Republic of China (ROC)
7101
GR
 Kiyoshi Katsuki
Japan (JPN)
5968  Shosuke Suzuki
Japan (JPN)
5939

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
 Inocencia Solis
Philippines (PHI)
12.5
=GR
 Sakura Fukuyama
Japan (JPN)
12.7  Yuko Kobayashi
Japan (JPN)
12.7
200 m
 Yuko Kobayashi
Japan (JPN)
25.9  Stephie D'Souza
India (IND)
26.2  Hiroko Shiojiri
Japan (JPN)
26.3
80 m hurdles
 Michiko Iwamoto
Japan (JPN)
11.6
GR
 Francisca Sañopal
Philippines (PHI)
11.6
=GR
 Manolita Cinco
Philippines (PHI)
12.1
4×100 m relay
 Japan (JPN)
Sakura Fukuyama
Yoshie Fujii
Ikuko Yoda
Yuko Kobayashi
48.6
GR
 Philippines (PHI)
Inocencia Solis
Rogelia Ferrer
Irene Penuela
Francisca Sañopal
49.0  India (IND)
Christine Brown
Violet Peters
Stephie D'Souza
Mary Leela Rao
49.4
High jump
 Emiko Kamiya
Japan (JPN)
1.58
GR
 Lolita Lagrosas
Philippines (PHI)
1.56  Yumiko Kondo
Japan (JPN)
1.54
Long jump
 Visitacion Badana
Philippines (PHI)
5.64  Mikiko Tazaki
Japan (JPN)
5.49  Huang Hsing
Republic of China (ROC)
5.32
Shot put
 Seiko Obonai
Japan (JPN)
13.26
GR
 Motoko Yoshida
Japan (JPN)
13.07  Wu Chin-yun
Republic of China (ROC)
11.46
Discus throw
 Hiroko Uchida
Japan (JPN)
41.90  Seiko Obonai
Japan (JPN)
40.29  Huang Chun-mien
Republic of China (ROC)
33.65
Javelin throw
 Yoriko Shida
Japan (JPN)
47.15
GR
 Elizabeth Davenport
India (IND)
46.07  Karnah Soekarta
Indonesia (INA)
45.03

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan (JPN) 12 15 9 36
2  Pakistan (PAK) 5 4 4 13
3  India (IND) 5 2 2 9
4  Philippines (PHI) 3 4 4 11
5  Republic of China (ROC) 2 3 4 9
6  South Korea (KOR) 2 1 2 5
7  Iran (IRI) 1 1 2 4
8  Ceylon (CEY) 1 0 0 1
9  Burma (BIR) 0 1 0 1
10  Israel (ISR) 0 0 2 2
11  Indonesia (INA) 0 0 1 1
 Malaya (MAL) 0 0 1 1
Total 31 31 31 93

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