# Athletics at the 1958 Asian Games

The Athletics events at the 1958 Asian Games were contested at the National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan from 25 to 29 May.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Abdul Khaliq Pakistan | 10.9 | Kyohei Ushio Japan | 11.0 | Isaac Gomez Philippines | 11.1 |
| 200 m details | Milkha Singh India | 21.6 =GR | Abdul Khaliq Pakistan | 21.7 | Enrique Bautista Philippines | 22.2 |
| 400 m details | Milkha Singh India | 47.0 | Pablo Somblingo Philippines | 48.5 | Abdul Rahim Ahmad Malaya | 48.8 |
| 800 m details | Yoshitaka Muroya Japan | 1:52.1 GR | Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Iran | 1:52.2 | Sim Sang-ok South Korea | 1:52.3 |
| 1500 m details | Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Iran | 3:57.6 | Michio Okayama Japan | 3:58.2 | Sim Sang-ok South Korea | 3:59.1 |
| 5000 m details | Osamu Inoue Japan | 14:39.4 GR | Han Sung-chul South Korea | 14:41.8 | Ali Baghbanbashi Iran | 14:43.0 |
| 10,000 m details | Takashi Baba Japan | 30:48.4 GR | Mubarak Shah Pakistan | 30:49.8 | Ali Baghbanbashi Iran | 30:50.4 |
| 110 m hurdles details | Ghulam Raziq Pakistan | 14.4 GR | Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China | 14.8 | Hirokazu Yasuda Japan | 14.8 |
| 400 m hurdles details | Tsai Cheng-fu Republic of China | 52.4 GR | Keiji Ogushi Japan | 52.8 | Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China | 53.0 |
| 3000 m steeplechase details | Mubarak Shah Pakistan | 9:03.0 GR | Masayuki Nunogami Japan | 9:04.2 | Susumu Takahashi Japan | 9:05.8 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | Philippines Remegio Vista Isaac Gomez Pedro Subido Enrique Bautista | 41.4 | Japan Kyohei Ushio Masaru Kamata Yoshiaki Hara Yasuhiro Yanagi | 41.4 | Pakistan Muhammad Sharif Butt Ghulam Raziq Muhammad Ramzan Ali Abdul Khaliq | 41.5 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Japan Kanji Akagi Keiji Ogushi Takejiro Hayashi Yoshitaka Muroya | 3:13.9 GR | Republic of China Tsai Cheng-fu Chen Huey-kuen Chen Lo-chen Chen Ying-lang | 3:18.0 | Philippines Erasma Arellano Aparicio Mequi Antonio Suplido Pablo Somblingo | 3:18.2 |
| Marathon details | Lee Chang-hoon South Korea | 2:32:55 GR | Myitung Naw Burma | 2:42:46 | Nobuyoshi Sadanaga Japan | 2:43:44 |
| High jump details | Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam Ceylon | 2.03 GR | Noboru Kasamatsu Japan | 2.00 | Yukio Ishikawa Japan | 1.95 |
| Pole vault details | Noriaki Yasuda Japan | 4.20 GR | Kozo Akasaka Japan | 4.20 =GR | Allah Ditta Pakistan | 4.20 =GR |
| Long jump details | Suh Yong-joo South Korea | 7.54 GR | Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China | 7.49 | Muhammad Ramzan Ali Pakistan | 7.30 |
| Triple jump details | Mohinder Singh India | 15.62 GR | Koji Sakurai Japan | 15.41 | Tomio Ota Japan | 15.19 |
| Shot put details | Parduman Singh Brar India | 15.04 GR | Hitoshi Goto Japan | 14.80 | Uri Zohar Israel | 14.75 |
| Discus throw details | Balkar Singh India | 47.66 GR | Muhammad Ayub Pakistan | 46.01 | Parduman Singh Brar India | 45.67 |
| Hammer throw details | Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan | 60.97 GR | Masaru Urushibata Japan | 57.88 | Malik Noor Pakistan | 54.03 |
| Javelin throw details | Muhammad Nawaz Pakistan | 69.41 GR | Jalal Khan Pakistan | 66.00 | Baruch Feinberg Israel | 63.78 |
| Decathlon details | Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China | 7101 GR | Kiyoshi Katsuki Japan | 5968 | Shosuke Suzuki Japan | 5939 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Inocencia Solis Philippines | 12.5 =GR | Sakura Fukuyama Japan | 12.7 | Yuko Kobayashi Japan | 12.7 |
| 200 m details | Yuko Kobayashi Japan | 25.9 | Stephie D'Souza India | 26.2 | Hiroko Shiojiri Japan | 26.3 |
| 80 m hurdles details | Michiko Iwamoto Japan | 11.6 GR | Francisca Sanopal Philippines | 11.6 =GR | Manolita Cinco Philippines | 12.1 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | Japan Sakura Fukuyama Yoshie Fujii Ikuko Yoda Yuko Kobayashi | 48.6 GR | Philippines Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Irene Penuela Francisca Sanopal | 49.0 | India Christine Brown Violet Peters Stephie D'Souza Mary Leela Rao | 49.4 |
| High jump details | Emiko Kamiya Japan | 1.58 GR | Lolita Lagrosas Philippines | 1.56 | Yumiko Kondo Japan | 1.54 |
| Long jump details | Visitacion Badana Philippines | 5.64 | Mikiko Tazaki Japan | 5.49 | Huang Hsing Republic of China | 5.32 |
| Shot put details | Seiko Obonai Japan | 13.26 GR | Motoko Yoshida Japan | 13.07 | Wu Jin-yun Republic of China | 11.46 |
| Discus throw details | Hiroko Uchida Japan | 41.90 | Seiko Obonai Japan | 40.29 | Huang Chun-mien Republic of China | 33.65 |
| Javelin throw details | Yoriko Shida Japan | 47.15 GR | Elizabeth Davenport India | 46.07 | Karnah Soekarta Indonesia | 45.03 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | Pakistan (PAK) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Republic of China (ROC) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Iran (IRN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Ceylon (CEY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Burma (BIR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Malaya (MAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |