Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Abdul Khaliq Pakistan	10.6	Genaro Cabrera Philippines	10.7	M. Gabriel India	10.8
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan	21.9	Muhammad Aslam Muhammad Aslam (Sprinter) Muhammad Aslam represented Pakistan in 1954 Asian Games in 200m. He won silver madel with the time of 22sec. Gold medal winner was also a Pakistani athlete Muhammad Sharif Butt with the time of 21.9sec.-References:... Pakistan	22.0	Stephen Xavier Hong Kong	22.2
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Kanji Akagi Japan	48.5	Joginder Singh Dhanaor India	48.6	Chen Ying-Lang	48.6
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Yoshitaka Muroya Japan	1:54.5	Sohan Singh Dhanoa India	1:54.6	Michio Ueki Japan	1:55.8
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Choi Yun-Chil Choi Yun-chil Choi Yun-chil is a former South Korean long-distance runner who was a two-time Olympian and a two-time national champion in the marathon.... South Korea	3:56.2	Yoshitaka Muroya Japan	3:58.0	Michio Ueki Japan	3:59.0
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Osamu Inoue Japan	15:00.2	Choi Yoon-Chil South Korea	15:03.8	Dalu Ram India	15:14.1
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Choi Chung-Sik South Korea	33:06.0	Jiro Yamauchi Japan	34:06.2	Pi Li-Ming	35:43.2
3000 metre steeplechase	Susumu Takahashi Japan	9:14.9	Yasumasa Shirasagi Japan	9:35.0	Dalu Ram India	9:36.5
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Sarwan Singh India	14.7	Yukiyoshi Kawata Japan	14.8	Takehiko Nakajima Japan	14.8
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Mirza Khan Pakistan	54.1	Chang Ong Leng Singapore	54.8	Jaime Pimental Philippines	55.6
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Ajit Singh India	1.95	Yukio Ishikawa Japan	1.95	Andres Franco Philippines	1.95
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Bunkichi Sawada Japan	4.06	Toyokichi Matsumoto Japan	3.91	Lai Yu-Tao	3.60
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Noriaki Sagawa Japan	7.02	Yoshiro Sonoda Japan	6.94	Lin Te-Sheng	6.86
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Noriaki Sagawa Japan	15.13	Yoshio Iimura Japan	14.88	Choi Yong-Kee South Korea	14.71
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Parduman Singh Brar India	14.14	Yoshio Kojima Japan	13.73	Ishar Singh India	13.43
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Parduman Singh Brar India	43.37	Chi Pei-Lin	41.66	Liu Ching	41.18
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Yoshio Kojima Japan	53.99	Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan	51.80	Song Kyo-Sik South Korea	50.80
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Muhammad Nawaz Pakistan	64.26	Jalal Khan Pakistan	63.28	Haruo Nagayasu Japan	56.26
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Yang Chuan-Kwang Yang Chuan-Kwang Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang , was an Olympic decathlete from the Republic of China.... Republic of China	5454	Fumio Nishiuchi Japan	5430	Ronnie O'Brien Ronnie O'Brien Ronnie O'Brien is a retired Irish footballer who last played for the San Jose Earthquakes.-Playing career:... India	5268
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Japan	41.2	Pakistan	41.5	Philippines	42.2
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Japan	3:17.4	Indonesia	3:18.4	Philippines	3:21.6

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Atsuko Nambu Japan	12.5	Mary Klass Singapore	12.5	Christine Brown Christine Brown Christine Brown is a politician and current municipal councillor in St. Albert, Alberta. She holds a Master's in Economics and teaches the subject at Grant MacEwan College. She also runs an economic consultancy, CMB Consulting.... India	12.6
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Midori Tanaka Japan	26.0	Atsuko Nambu Japan	26.1	Inocencia Solis Philippines	26.5
80 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Machiko Iwamoto Japan	11.7	Miyo Miyashita Japan	12.0	Tang Pei Wah Singapore	12.1
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Ahuva Kraus Israel	1.55	Miyoko Takahashi Japan	1.52	Meiko Muro Japan	1.52
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Yoshie Takahashi Japan	5.68	Atsuko Nambu Japan	5.64	Mikiko Tazaki Japan	5.35
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Tayoko Yoshino Japan	12.31	Motoko Yoshida Japan	12.27	Yuriko Mizoguchi Japan	11.81
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Tayoko Yoshino Japan	42.89	Taeko Nomura Japan	39.97	Yuriko Mizoguchi Japan	37.12
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Akiko Kurihara Japan	44.07	Yasuko Inden Japan	42.28	Vivencia Subido Philippines	37.56
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	India	49.5	Japan	49.6	Philippines	50.4

Medal table

1	Japan	17	18	8	43
2	India	5	2	6	13
3	Pakistan	4	4	0	8
4	South Korea	2	1	2	5
5		1	1	5	7
6	Israel	1	0	0	1
7	Singapore	0	2	1	3
8	Philippines	0	1	7	8
9	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
10	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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