Athletics at the 1970 Asian Games

The athletics at the 1970 Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
  Masahide Jinno
Japan (JPN) 		10.5  Anat Ratanapol
Thailand (THA) 		10.5  Canagasabai Kunalan
Singapore (SIN) 		10.5
200 m
  Anat Ratanapol
Thailand (THA) 		21.1
GR		  Masahide Jinno
Japan (JPN) 		21.5  Canagasabai Kunalan
Singapore (SIN) 		21.5
400 m
  Yoshiharu Tomonaga
Japan (JPN) 		46.6
=GR		  Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa
Ceylon (CEY) 		46.7  Sucha Singh
India (IND) 		47.2
800 m
  Jimmy Crampton
Burma (BIR) 		1:47.9
GR		  Sriram Singh
India (IND) 		1:48.3  Yoshitake Tsuchiya
Japan (JPN) 		1:48.7
1500 m
  Susumu Noro
Japan (JPN) 		3:53.0  Muhammad Younis
Pakistan (PAK) 		3:53.2  Jimmy Crampton
Burma (BIR) 		3:53.3
5000 m
  Lucien Rosa
Ceylon (CEY) 		14:32.2  Edward Sequeira
India (IND) 		14:33.8  Yuval Wischnitzer
Israel (ISR) 		14:34.7
10000 m
  Lucien Rosa
Ceylon (CEY) 		29:55.6
GR		  Kenichi Otsuki
Japan (JPN) 		29:56.9  Park Bong-keun
South Korea (KOR) 		31:43.0
110 m hurdles
  Chikashi Watanabe
Japan (JPN) 		14.7  Roddy Lee
Republic of China (ROC) 		15.1  Bancha Ramarat
Thailand (THA) 		15.8
400 m hurdles
  Yukitaka Shigeta
Japan (JPN) 		52.6  Roddy Lee
Republic of China (ROC) 		52.8  Norman Brinkworth
Pakistan (PAK) 		53.2
3000 m steeplechase
  Nobuyoshi Miura
Japan (JPN) 		8:48.8
GR		  Susumu Noro
Japan (JPN) 		8:50.3  Gurmej Singh
India (IND) 		8:53.2
4×100 m relay
  Thailand (THA)
Anat Ratanapol
Panus Ariyamongkol
Kanoksakdi Chantasanont
Somsakdi Tongsuke 		40.4
GR		  Japan (JPN)
Chiaki Miyakawa
Masahide Jinno
Kiyoshi Shimada
Hiromitsu Inomata 		40.7  India (IND)
O. L. Thomas
Kenneth Powell
A. P. Ramaswamy
Ramesh Tawde 		40.9
4×400 m relay
  Japan (JPN)
Horishi Waku
Kiyoshi Shimada
Hiromitsu Inomata
Yoshiharu Tomonaga 		3:10.0  India (IND)
Bhogeswar Baruah
P. C. Punappa
Sucha Singh
Ajmer Singh		 3:11.9  Malaysia (MAS)
Asir Victor
Hassan Osman
Thomboo Krishnan
Jayabalan Karuppiah 		3:13.0
Marathon
  Kenji Kimihara
Japan (JPN) 		2:21:03
GR		  Yoshiro Mifune
Japan (JPN) 		2:24:21  Kang Myung-kwang
South Korea (KOR) 		2:26:48
High jump
  Teymour Ghiasi
Iran (IRI) 		2.06  Hidehiko Tomizawa
Japan (JPN) 		2.06  Bhim Singh
India (IND) 		2.03
Pole vault
  Kyoichiro Inoue
Japan (JPN) 		4.80
GR		  Masanori Araya
Japan (JPN) 		4.60  Hong Sang-pyo
South Korea (KOR) 		4.30
Long jump
  Shinji Ogura
Japan (JPN) 		7.62
GR		  Hiroomi Yamada
Japan (JPN) 		7.52  Labh Singh
India (IND) 		7.45
Triple jump
  Mohinder Singh Gill
India (IND) 		16.11
GR		  Labh Singh
India (IND) 		15.82  Tsai Teng-long
Republic of China (ROC) 		15.79
Shot put
  Joginder Singh
India (IND) 		17.09
GR		  Jalal Keshmiri
Iran (IRI) 		16.96  Masazumi Aoki
Japan (JPN) 		16.59
Discus throw
  Praveen Kumar
India (IND) 		52.32  Jalal Keshmiri
Iran (IRI) 		51.40  Toji Hayashi
Japan (JPN) 		48.94
Hammer throw
  Shigenobu Murofushi
Japan (JPN) 		67.08
GR		  Yoshihisa Ishida
Japan (JPN) 		64.34  Yusaf Malik
Pakistan (PAK) 		51.38
Javelin throw
  Hisao Yamamoto
Japan (JPN) 		71.24  Park Soo-kwon
South Korea (KOR) 		67.98  Nashatar Singh Sidhu
Malaysia (MAS) 		67.34
Decathlon
  Junichi Onizuka
Japan (JPN) 		7073  M. G. Shetty
India (IND) 		6582  Wang Ying-shih
Republic of China (ROC) 		6556

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
  Chi Cheng
Republic of China (ROC) 		11.6
=GR		  Keiko Yamada
Japan (JPN) 		12.1  Carolina Rieuwpassa
Indonesia (INA) 		12.4
200 m
  Keiko Yamada
Japan (JPN) 		25.0  Amelita Alanes
Philippines (PHI) 		25.2  Carolina Rieuwpassa
Indonesia (INA) 		25.4
400 m
  Kamaljeet Sandhu
India (IND) 		57.3  Aviva Balas
Israel (ISR) 		57.3  Nobuko Kawano
Japan (JPN) 		57.4
800 m
  Hannah Shezifi
Israel (ISR) 		2:06.5
GR		  Nobuko Kawano
Japan (JPN) 		2:11.7  Isabel Cruz
Philippines (PHI) 		2:13.5
1500 m
  Hannah Shezifi
Israel (ISR) 		4:25.1
GR		  Miyako Inoue
Japan (JPN) 		4:40.2  Lee Chiu-hsia
Republic of China (ROC) 		4:41.4
100 m hurdles
  Esther Shahamorov
Israel (ISR) 		14.0
GR		  Ayako Natsume
Japan (JPN) 		14.0
=GR		  Lin Yueh-hsiang
Republic of China (ROC) 		14.6
4×100 m relay
  Japan (JPN)
Emiko Konishi
Keiko Tsuchida
Ritsuko Sato
Keiko Yamada 		47.2  Singapore (SIN)
Schushila Wadhumal
Gan Bee Wah
Maimoon Abu Bakar
Glory Barnabas 		48.0  Republic of China (ROC)
Liang Su-chiao
Hung Mei-yu
Huang Pi-yun
Lin Chun-yu 		48.1
High jump
  Michiyo Inaoka
Japan (JPN) 		1.70
GR		  Kumie Suzuki
Japan (JPN) 		1.66  Lolita Lagrosas
Philippines (PHI) 		1.56
Long jump
  Hiroko Yamashita
Japan (JPN) 		6.02
GR		  Esther Shahamorov
Israel (ISR) 		5.94  Keiko Tsuchida
Japan (JPN) 		5.75
Shot put
  Paik Ok-ja
South Korea (KOR) 		14.57
GR		  Satoe Matsuzaki
Japan (JPN) 		14.07  Yoko Saito
Japan (JPN) 		13.86
Discus throw
  Teruko Yagishita
Japan (JPN) 		47.70
GR		  Yoko Saito
Japan (JPN) 		44.42  Paik Ok-ja
South Korea (KOR) 		44.02
Javelin throw
  Nobuko Morita
Japan (JPN) 		49.84
GR		  Sakiko Hara
Japan (JPN) 		48.12  Lee Bok-soon
South Korea (KOR) 		43.70
Pentathlon
  Esther Shahamorov
Israel (ISR) 		4530
GR		  Lin Chun-yu
Republic of China (ROC) 		4382  Lolita Lagrosas
Philippines (PHI) 		4020

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan (JPN) 18 17 6 41
2  India (IND) 5 5 5 15
3  Israel (ISR) 4 2 1 7
4  Thailand (THA) 2 1 1 4
5  Ceylon (CEY) 2 1 0 3
6  Republic of China (ROC) 1 3 5 9
7  Iran (IRI) 1 2 0 3
8  South Korea (KOR) 1 1 5 7
9  Burma (BIR) 1 0 1 2
10  Philippines (PHI) 0 1 3 4
11  Pakistan (PAK) 0 1 2 3
 Singapore (SIN) 0 1 2 3
13  Indonesia (INA) 0 0 2 2
 Malaysia (MAS) 0 0 2 2
Total 35 35 35 105

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