Athletics was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 10 to December 15.

Athletics
at the 1966 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium
Dates10–15 December
← 1962
1970 →

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Mani Jegathesan
  Malaysia
10.5 C. Kunalan
  Singapore
10.5 Hideo Iijima
  Japan
10.5
200 m
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Mani Jegathesan
  Malaysia
21.5 Ajmer Singh
  India
21.5 Thambu Krishnan
  Malaysia
21.6
400 m
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Ajmer Singh
  India
47.1 Yoshinori Sakai
  Japan
47.4 Masami Yoshida
  Japan
47.5
800 m
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Bhogeswar Baruah
  India
1:49.4
GR
Subramaniam Ramasamy
  Malaysia
1:49.5 Mamoru Morimoto
  Japan
1:49.6
1500 m
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Keisuke Sawaki
  Japan
3:47.3
GR
Subramaniam Ramasamy
  Malaysia
3:48.0 Satsuo Iwashita
  Japan
3:48.1
5000 m
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Keisuke Sawaki
  Japan
14:22.0
GR
Kazuo Tsuchiya
  Japan
14:23.1 Lucien Rosa
  Ceylon
14:56.0
10,000 m
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Kazuo Tsuchiya
  Japan
30:27.8 Sunao Shirai
  Japan
30:36.8 Lucien Rosa
  Ceylon
31:06.6
110 m hurdles
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Ghulam Raziq
  Pakistan
14.4 Yoshinobu Hamada
  Japan
14.5 Ishtiaq Mubarak
  Malaysia
14.7
400 m hurdles
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Kiyoo Yui
  Japan
51.7
GR
Kazuhiko Itagaki
  Japan
52.3 Nathan Andyappan
  Malaysia
53.0
3000 m steeplechase
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Taketsugu Saruwatari
  Japan
8:53.6
GR
Ahmad Mirhosseini
  Iran
8:56.5 Nobuyoshi Matsuda
  Japan
9:05.2
4 × 100 m relay
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  Malaysia
Thambu Krishnan
Mohd Ariffin Ahmad
Rajalingam Gunaratnam
Mani Jegathesan
40.6
GR
  Indonesia
Soepardi
Agus Sugiri
Bambamg Wahjudi
Jootje Pesak Oroh
41.0   Philippines
Rogelio Onofre
Remegio Vista
Arnulfo Valles
William Mordeno
41.3
4 × 400 m relay
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  Japan
Toru Honda
Masami Yoshida
Yoshinori Sakai
Kiyoo Yui
3:09.1
GR
  Malaysia
Victor Asirvatham
Rengan Pakkri
Nathan Andyappan
Thambu Krishnan
3:13.1   Singapore
Bava Natahar
Ho Mun Cheong
Gunasena Migale
C. Kunalan
3:13.4
Marathon
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Kenji Kimihara
  Japan
2:33:23 Morio Shigematsu
  Japan
2:35:04 Lee Sang-hoon
  South Korea
2:40:56
High jump
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Bhim Singh
  India
2.05 Osamu Shimizu
  Japan
2.03 Teymour Ghiasi
  Iran
2.00
Pole vault
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Tetsuo Hirota
  Japan
4.70
GR
Yoshizo Uryu
  Japan
4.60 Hong Sang-pyo
  South Korea
4.40
Long jump
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Hiroomi Yamada
  Japan
7.48 Takayuki Okazaki
  Japan
7.39 Su Wen-ho
  Republic of China
7.31
Triple jump
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Kosei Gushiken
  Japan
15.61 Satoshi Shimo
  Japan
15.54 Labh Singh
  India
15.49
Shot put
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Joginder Singh
  India
16.22
GR
Yoshihisa Ishida
  Japan
16.13 Jalal Keshmiri
  Iran
16.02
Discus throw
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Praveen Kumar
  India
49.62
GR
Jalal Keshmiri
  Iran
49.30 Balkar Singh
  India
47.64
Hammer throw
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Takeo Sugawara
  Japan
62.90 Shigenobu Murofushi
  Japan
60.02 Praveen Kumar
  India
57.18
Javelin throw
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Nashatar Singh Sidhu
  Malaysia
72.92 Takeshi Ikeda
  Japan
68.24 Yumio Miyoshi
  Japan
67.86
Decathlon
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Wu Ah-min
  Republic of China
7003 Yukio Nogami
  Japan
6613 Hiroomi Yamada
  Japan
6553

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Miho Sato
  Japan
12.3 Ritsuko Sukegawa
  Japan
12.4 Debra Marcus
  Israel
12.5
200 m
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Debra Marcus
  Israel
25.3 Miyoko Tsujishita
  Japan
25.3 Kishiko Ikeda
  Japan
25.7
400 m
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Mary Rajamani
  Malaysia
56.3
GR
Han Myung-hee
  South Korea
57.5 Yasuyo Mishima
  Japan
57.7
800 m
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Hana Shezifi
  Israel
2:10.5
GR
Yoko Miyamoto
  Japan
2:12.7 Yasuyo Mishima
  Japan
2:13.6
80 m hurdles
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Ritsuko Sukegawa
  Japan
11.2
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Takako Abe
  Japan
11.4 Manjit Walia
  India
11.4
4 × 100 m relay
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  Japan
Ritsuko Sukegawa
Miho Sato
Kishiko Ikeda
Miyoko Tsujishita
47.1
GR
  Republic of China
Chi Cheng
Yeh Chu-mei
Tien Ah-mei
Huang Pi-yun
47.8   Malaysia
Mary Rajamani
Cheryl Dorall
Jacqueline Kleinman
Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad
48.8
High jump
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Mami Takeda
  Japan
1.60
=GR
Lolita Lagrosas
  Philippines
1.58 Cheong Wai Hing
  Singapore
1.55
Long jump
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Chi Cheng
  Republic of China
5.95
=GR
Emiko Komaru
  Japan
5.83 Christine Forage
  India
5.69
Shot put
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Ryoko Sugiyama
  Japan
14.48
GR
Yuko Sawada
  Japan
13.92 Wu Jin-yun
  Republic of China
12.83
Discus throw
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Josephine de la Viña
  Philippines
47.58
GR
Yuko Tsunoda
  Japan
42.34 Han Dong-si
  South Korea
41.08
Javelin throw
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Misako Katayama
  Japan
49.44
GR
Sachiko Senzaki
  Japan
42.50 Marcelina Alonso
  Philippines
40.90
Pentathlon
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Michiko Okamoto
  Japan
4468
GR
Yeh Chu-mei
  Republic of China
3951 Lolita Lagrosas
  Philippines
3889

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)18221050
2  Malaysia (MAL)53412
3  India (IND)51511
4  Republic of China (ROC)2226
5  Israel (ISR)2013
6  Philippines (PHI)1135
7  Pakistan (PAK)1001
8  Iran (IRN)0224
9  South Korea (KOR)0134
10  Singapore (SIN)0123
11  Indonesia (INA)0101
12  Ceylon (CEY)0022
Totals (12 entries)343434102

References

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