# 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Abdul Khaliq Pakistan | 10.6 =GR | Genaro Cabrera Philippines | 10.7 | Marian Gabriel India | 10.8 |
| 200 m details | Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan | 21.9 | Khwaja 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 |
| 10,000 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 Khwaja 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 Balla 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 Iimuro 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Tang Pui 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 | Mieko 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 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 17 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Republic of China (ROC) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |