Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Athletics was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines from May 2 to May 5.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Abdul Khaliq Pakistan	10.6 =GR	Genaro Cabrera Philippines	10.7	M. Gabriel India	10.8
200 m details	Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan	21.9	Muhammad Aslam Pakistan	22.0	Stephen Xavier Hong Kong	22.2
400 m details	Kanji Akagi Japan	48.5 GR	Joginder Singh Dhanaor India	48.6	Chen Ying-lang Republic of China	48.6
800 m details	Yoshitaka Muroya Japan	1:54.5 GR	Sohan Singh Dhanoa India	1:54.6	Michio Ueki Japan	1:55.8
1500 m details	Choi Yun-chil South Korea	3:56.2 GR	Yoshitaka Muroya Japan	3:58.0	Michio Ueki Japan	3:59.0
5000 m details	Osamu Inoue Japan	15:00.2 GR	Choi Yun-chil South Korea	15:03.8	Dalu Ram India	15:14.1
10000 m details	Choi Chung-sik South Korea	33:00.6 GR	Jiro Yamauchi Japan	34:06.2	Pi Li-ming Republic of China	35:43.2
110 m hurdles details	Sarwan Singh India	14.7 GR	Yukiyoshi Kawata Japan	14.8	Takehiko Nakajima Japan	14.8
400 m hurdles details	Mirza Khan Pakistan	54.1 GR	Chan Onn Leng Singapore	54.8	Jaime Pimental Philippines	55.6
3000 m steeplechase details	Susumu Takahashi Japan	9:15.0 GR	Yasumasa Shirasagi Japan	9:35.0	Dalu Ram India	9:36.5
4 × 100 m relay details	Japan Masaji Tajima Yoshihiro Takatani Tomio Hosoda Akira Kiyofuji	41.2 GR	Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Muhammad Sharif Butt Muhammad Aslam Abdul Aziz	41.5	Philippines Genaro Cabrera Gaspar Azares Eusebio Ensong Pedro Subido	42.2
4 × 400 m relay details	Japan Akira Matsui Yoshitaka Muroya Nobuaki Matsuno Kanji Akagi	3:17.4 GR	India Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J. B. Joseph	3:18.0	Philippines Pablo Somblingo Cipriano Niera Mauricio Paubaya Ernesto Rodriguez	3:21.6
High jump details	Ajit Singh India	1.95 GR	Yukio Ishikawa Japan	1.95 =GR	Andres Franco Philippines	1.95 =GR
Pole vault details	Bunkichi Sawada Japan	4.06	Toyokichi Matsumoto Japan	3.91	Lai Yu-tao Republic of China	3.61
Long jump details	Noriaki Sagawa Japan	7.02	Yoshiro Sonoda Japan	6.94	Lin Te-sheng Republic of China	6.86
Triple jump details	Noriaki Sagawa Japan	15.13	Yoshio Iimura Japan	14.88	Choi Yong-kee South Korea	14.71
Shot put details	Parduman Singh Brar India	14.14 GR	Yoshio Kojima Japan	13.73	Ishar Singh India	13.43
Discus throw details	Parduman Singh Brar India	43.37 GR	Chi Pei-lin Republic of China	41.66	Liu Ching Republic of China	41.18
Hammer throw details	Yoshio Kojima Japan	53.99 GR	Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan	51.80	Song Kyo-sik South Korea	50.80
Javelin throw details	Muhammad Nawaz Pakistan	64.26 GR	Jalal Khan Pakistan	63.28	Haruo Nagayasu Japan	56.26
Decathlon details	Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China	5454	Fumio Nishiuchi Japan	5429	Ronnie O'Brien India	5259

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Atsuko Nambu Japan	12.5 =GR	Mary Klass Singapore	12.5 =GR	Christine Brown India	12.6
200 m details	Midori Tanaka Japan	26.0	Atsuko Nambu Japan	26.1	Inocencia Solis Philippines	26.5
80 m hurdles details	Michiko Iwamoto Japan	11.7 GR	Miyo Miyashita Japan	12.0	Teng Pei Wah Singapore	12.1
4 × 100 m relay details	India Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza	49.5 GR	Japan Kimiko Okamoto Atsuko Nambu Michiko Iwamoto Midori Tanaka	49.6	Philippines Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Manolita Cinco Roberta Anore	50.4
High jump details	Ahuva Kraus Israel	1.55 GR	Miyoko Takahashi Japan	1.52	Meiko Muro Japan	1.52
Long jump details	Yoshie Takahashi Japan	5.68	Atsuko Nambu Japan	5.64	Mikiko Tazaki Japan	5.35
Shot put details	Toyoko Yoshino Japan	12.31 GR	Motoko Yoshida Japan	12.27	Yuriko Mizoguchi Japan	11.81
Discus throw details	Toyoko Yoshino Japan	42.89 GR	Taeko Nomura Japan	39.97	Yuriko Mizoguchi Japan	37.12
Javelin throw details	Akiko Kurihara Japan	44.07 GR	Yasuko Inden Japan	42.28	Vivencia Subido Philippines	37.56