Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games
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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...

Manikavasagam Jegathesan
 Malaysia
10.49 Canagasabai Kunalan
 Singapore
10.50 Hideo Iijima
 Japan
10.52
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...

Manikavasagam Jegathesan
 Malaysia
21.5 Ajmer Singh
 India
21.5 Thomboo Krishnan
 Malaysia
21.6
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...

Ajmer Singh
 India
47.1 Yoshinori Sakai
Yoshinori Sakai
was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace...


 Japan
47.4 Masami Yoshida
 Japan
47.5
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...

Bhugeswar S. Barua
 India
1:49.4 Ramasamy Subramaniam
 Malaysia
1:49.5 Mamoru Morimoto
 Japan
1:49.6
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...

Keisuke Sawaki
 Japan
3:47.3 Ramasamy Subramaniam
 Malaysia
3:48.0 Satsuo Iwashita
 Japan
3:48.1
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...

Keisuke Sawaki
 Japan
14:22.0 Kazuo Tsuchiya
 Japan
14:23.1 Lucien Rosa
14:56.1
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...

Kazuo Tsuchiya
 Japan
30:27.8 Sunao Shirai
 Japan
30:36.8 Lucien Rosa
31:06.6
Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

Kenji Kimihara
Kenji Kimihara
is a former Japanese long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. Four years later he finished in fifth place in the same event...


 Japan
2:33:23 Morio Shigematsu
Morio Shigematsu
is a former Japanese long-distance runner who on June 12, 1965 set a world's best in the marathon with a time of 2:12:00 at the Polytechnic Marathon. Less than two months earlier, Shigematsu set a course record at the 1965 Boston Marathon .-Achievements:...


 Japan
2:35:05 Lee Sang-Hoon
 South Korea
2:40:56
3000 metre steeplechase Taketsugu Saruwatari
 Japan
8:53.6 Ahmad Mirhosseini
 Iran
8:56.5 Nobuyoshi Miura
 Japan
9:05.2
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...

Ghulam Raziq
 Pakistan
14.4 Yoshinobu Hamada
 Japan
14.5 Ahmad Ishtiaq Mubarak
 Malaysia
14.7
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...

Kiyoo Yui
 Japan
51.7 Kazuhiko Itagaki
 Japan
52.3 Andyappan Nathan
 Malaysia
53.0
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....

Bhim Singh
 India
2.05 Osamu Shimizu
 Japan
2.05 Teymour Ghiassi
 Iran
2.00
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...

Tetsuo Hirota
 Japan
4.70 Yoshizo Uryu
 Japan
4.60 Hong Sang-Pyo
 South Korea
4.40
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...

Hiroomi Yamada
 Japan
7.48 Takayuki Okazaki
 Japan
7.39 Soo Wen-Ho
 Republic of China
7.31
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...

Kosei Gushiken
 Japan
15.61 Satoshi Shimo
 Japan
15.54 Labh Singh
 India
15.49
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....

Joginder Singh
 India
16.22 Yoshihisa Ishida
Yoshihisa Ishida
is a retired male shot putter and hammer thrower from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the hammer throw event on 5 August 1972 in Sapporo....


 Japan
16.13 Jalal Keshmiri
 Iran
16.02
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...

Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar is an Indian swing bowler who bowls medium pace. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat...


 India
49.62 Jalal Keshmiri
 Iran
49.30 Balkar Singh
 India
47.64
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...

Takeo Sugawara
 Japan
62.90 Shigenobu Murofushi
Shigenobu Murofushi
is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**...


 Japan
60.02 Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar is an Indian swing bowler who bowls medium pace. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat...


 India
57.18
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...

Nashatar Singh Sidhu
 Malaysia
72.92 Tsuyoshi Ikeda
Tsuyoshi Ikeda
is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His success include four top eights at the Pro Tour level, and six on the Grand Prix level, including one win. He is ranked 12th on lifetime pro points.-Career:...


 Japan
68.24 Yumio Miyoshi
 Japan
67.86
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...

Wu Ah-Ming
 Republic of China
7003 Yukio Nogami
 Japan
6613 Hiroomi Yamada
 Japan
6553
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...

 Malaysia 40.6  Indonesia 41.0  Philippines 41.3
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 3:09.1  Malaysia 3:13.1  Singapore 3:13.4

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...

Miho Sato
 Japan
12.3 Ritsuko Sukegawa
 Japan
12.4 Debra Marcus
 Israel
12.5
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...

Debra Marcus
 Israel
25.3 Miyoko Tsujishita
 Japan
25.3 Kishiko Ikeda
 Japan
25.7
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...

Mailvaganam Rajamani
 Malaysia
56.3 Myung Hee-Han
 South Korea
57.5 Yasuyo Mishima
 Japan
57.7
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...

Hannah Shezifi
 Israel
2:10.5 Yoko Miyamoto
 Japan
2:12.7 Yasuyo Mishima
 Japan
2:14.8
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...

Ritsuko Sukegawa
 Japan
11.2 Takako Abe
 Japan
11.4 Manjit Walia
 India
11.4
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....

Mami Takeda
 Japan
1.60 Lolita Lagrosas
 Philippines
1.58 Cheong Wai Hing
 Singapore
1.55
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...

Chi Cheng
 Republic of China
5.95 Emiko Komaru
 Japan
5.83 Christine Forage
 India
5.69
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....

Ryoko Sugiyama
 Japan
14.48 Yuko Sawada
 Japan
13.92 Wu Chin-Yun
 Republic of China
12.83
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...

Josephine de la Viña
 Philippines
47.58 Yuko Tsunoda
 Japan
42.34 Dong Si-Han
 South Korea
41.08
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...

Masako Katayama
 Japan
49.44 Sachiko Senzaki
 Japan
42.50 Marcelina Alonso
 Philippines
40.90
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...

Michiko Okamoto
 Japan
4468 Yeh Chi-Mei
 Republic of China
3951 Lolita Lagrosas
 Philippines
3889
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 47.1  Republic of China 47.8  Malaysia 48.8

Medal table

1  Japan 18 22 10 50
2  India 5 3 5 13
3  Malaysia 5 1 4 10
4  Republic of China 2 2 2 6
5  Israel 2 0 1 3
6  Philippines 1 1 3 5
7  Pakistan 1 0 0 1
8  Iran 0 2 2 4
9  South Korea 0 1 3 4
10  Singapore 0 1 2 3
11  Indonesia 0 1 0 1
12 0 0 2 2

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