Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games

Athletics was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 10 to December 15.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
  Mani Jegathesan
Malaysia (MAS) 		10.5  Canagasabai Kunalan
Singapore (SIN) 		10.5  Hideo Iijima
Japan (JPN) 		10.5
200 m
  Mani Jegathesan
Malaysia (MAS) 		21.5  Ajmer Singh
India (IND) 		21.5  Thomboo Krishnan
Malaysia (MAS) 		21.6
400 m
  Ajmer Singh
India (IND) 		47.1  Yoshinori Sakai
Japan (JPN) 		47.4  Masami Yoshida
Japan (JPN) 		47.5
800 m
  Bhogeswar Baruah
India (IND) 		1:49.4
GR		  Ramasamy Subramaniam
Malaysia (MAS) 		1:49.5  Mamoru Morimoto
Japan (JPN) 		1:49.6
1500 m
  Keisuke Sawaki
Japan (JPN) 		3:47.3
GR		  Ramasamy Subramaniam
Malaysia (MAS) 		3:48.0  Satsuo Iwashita
Japan (JPN) 		3:48.1
5000 m
  Keisuke Sawaki
Japan (JPN) 		14:22.0
GR		  Kazuo Tsuchiya
Japan (JPN) 		14:23.1  Lucien Rosa
Ceylon (CEY) 		14:56.0
10000 m
  Kazuo Tsuchiya
Japan (JPN) 		30:27.8  Sunao Shirai
Japan (JPN) 		30:36.8  Lucien Rosa
Ceylon (CEY) 		31:06.6
110 m hurdles
  Ghulam Raziq
Pakistan (PAK) 		14.4  Yoshinobu Hamada
Japan (JPN) 		14.5  Ishtiaq Mubarak
Malaysia (MAS) 		14.7
400 m hurdles
  Kiyoo Yui
Japan (JPN)		 51.7
GR		  Kazuhiko Itagaki
Japan (JPN)		 52.3  Andyappan Nathan
Malaysia (MAS)		 53.0
3000 m steeplechase
  Taketsugu Saruwatari
Japan (JPN) 		8:53.6
GR		  Ahmad Mirhosseini
Iran (IRI) 		8:56.5  Nobuyoshi Matsuda
Japan (JPN) 		9:05.2
4×100 m relay
  Malaysia (MAS)
Thomboo Krishnan
Mohd Ariffin Ahmad
Rajalingam Gunaratnam
Mani Jegathesan 		40.6
GR		  Indonesia (INA)
Soepardi
Agus Sugiri
Bambamg Wahjudi
Jootje Pesak Oroh 		41.0  Philippines (PHI)
Rogelio Onofre
Remegio Vista
Arnulfo Valles
William Moderno 		41.3
4×400 m relay
  Japan (JPN)
Toru Honda
Masami Yoshida
Yoshinori Sakai
Kiyoo Yui 		3:09.1
GR		  Malaysia (MAS)
Victor Asirvatham
Rengan Pakkri
Andyappan Nathan
Thomboo Krishnan 		3:13.1  Singapore (SIN)
Bava Natahar
Ho Mun Cheong
Gunasena Migale
Canagasabai Kunalan 		3:13.4
Marathon
  Kenji Kimihara
Japan (JPN) 		2:33:23  Morio Shigematsu
Japan (JPN) 		2:35:04  Lee Sang-hoon
South Korea (KOR) 		2:40:56
High jump
  Bhim Singh
India (IND)		 2.05  Osamu Shimizu
Japan (JPN)		2.03  Teymour Ghiasi
Iran (IRI)		 2.00
Pole vault
  Tetsuo Hirota
Japan (JPN) 		4.70
GR		  Yoshizo Uryu
Japan (JPN) 		4.60  Hong Sang-pyo
South Korea (KOR) 		4.40
Long jump
  Hiroomi Yamada
Japan (JPN)		 7.48  Takayuki Okazaki
Japan (JPN)		 7.39  Su Wen-ho
Republic of China (ROC)		 7.31
Triple jump
  Kosei Gushiken
Japan (JPN) 		15.61  Satoshi Shimo
Japan (JPN) 		15.54  Labh Singh
India (IND) 		15.49
Shot put
  Joginder Singh
India (IND) 		16.22
GR		  Yoshihisa Ishida
Japan (JPN) 		16.13  Jalal Keshmiri
Iran (IRI) 		16.02
Discus throw
  Praveen Kumar
India (IND)		 49.62
GR		  Jalal Keshmiri
Iran (IRI) 		49.30  Balkar Singh
India (IND) 		47.64
Hammer throw
  Takeo Sugawara
Japan (JPN) 		62.90  Shigenobu Murofushi
Japan (JPN)		 60.02  Praveen Kumar
India (IND)		 57.18
Javelin throw
  Nashatar Singh Sidhu
Malaysia (MAS) 		72.92  Takeshi Ikeda
Japan (JPN) 		68.24  Yumio Miyoshi
Japan (JPN) 		67.86
Decathlon
  Wu Ah-ming
Republic of China (ROC) 		7003  Yukio Nogami
Japan (JPN) 		6613  Hiroomi Yamada
Japan (JPN) 		6553

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
  Miho Sato
Japan (JPN) 		12.3  Ritsuko Sukegawa
Japan (JPN) 		12.4  Debra Marcus
Israel (ISR) 		12.5
200 m
  Debra Marcus
Israel (ISR) 		25.3  Miyoko Tsujishita
Japan (JPN) 		25.3  Kishiko Ikeda
Japan (JPN) 		25.7
400 m
  Mary Rajamani
Malaysia (MAS) 		56.3
GR		  Han Myung-hee
South Korea (KOR) 		57.5  Yasuyo Mishima
Japan (JPN) 		57.7
800 m
  Hannah Shezifi
Israel (ISR) 		2:10.5
GR		  Yoko Miyamoto
Japan (JPN) 		2:12.7  Yasuyo Mishima
Japan (JPN) 		2:13.6
80 m hurdles
  Ritsuko Sukegawa
Japan (JPN) 		11.2
=GR		  Takako Abe
Japan (JPN) 		11.4  Manjit Walia
India (IND) 		11.4
4×100 m relay
  Japan (JPN)
Ritsuko Sukegawa
Miho Sato
Kishiko Ikeda
Miyoko Tsujishita 		47.1
GR		  Republic of China (ROC)
Chi Cheng
Yeh Chu-mei
Tien A-mei
Huang Pi-yun 		47.8  Malaysia (MAS)
Mary Rajamani
Cheryl Dorall
Jacqueline Kleinman
Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad 		48.8
High jump
  Mami Takeda
Japan (JPN) 		1.60
=GR		  Lolita Lagrosas
Philippines (PHI) 		1.58  Cheong Wai Hing
Singapore (SIN) 		1.55
Long jump
  Chi Cheng
Republic of China (ROC)		 5.95
=GR		  Emiko Komaru
Japan (JPN)		 5.83  Christine Forage
India (IND)		 5.69
Shot put
  Ryoko Sugiyama
Japan (JPN) 		14.48
GR		  Yuko Sawada
Japan (JPN) 		13.92  Wu Chin-yun
Republic of China (ROC) 		12.83
Discus throw
  Josephine de la Viña
Philippines (PHI)		 47.58
GR		  Yuko Tsunoda
Japan (JPN)		42.34  Han Dong-si
South Korea (KOR)		41.08
Javelin throw
  Masako Katayama
Japan (JPN) 		49.44
GR		  Sachiko Senzaki
Japan (JPN) 		42.50  Marcelina Alonso
Philippines (PHI) 		40.90
Pentathlon
  Michiko Okamoto
Japan (JPN) 		4468
GR		  Yeh Chu-mei
Republic of China (ROC) 		3951  Lolita Lagrosas
Philippines (PHI) 		3889

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan (JPN) 18 22 10 50
2  Malaysia (MAS) 5 3 4 12
3  India (IND) 5 1 5 11
4  Republic of China (ROC) 2 2 2 6
5  Israel (ISR) 2 0 1 3
6  Philippines (PHI) 1 1 3 5
7  Pakistan (PAK) 1 0 0 1
8  Iran (IRI) 0 2 2 4
9  South Korea (KOR) 0 1 3 4
10  Singapore (SIN) 0 1 2 3
11  Indonesia (INA) 0 1 0 1
12  Ceylon (CEY) 0 0 2 2
Total 34 34 34 102

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