Athletics was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to May 29.

Athletics
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium
Dates25–29 May
← 1954
1962 →

Medalists

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

Women

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)1215936
2  Pakistan (PAK)54413
3  India (IND)5229
4  Philippines (PHI)34411
5  Republic of China (ROC)2349
6  South Korea (KOR)2125
7  Iran (IRN)1124
8  Ceylon (CEY)1001
9  Burma (BIR)0101
10  Israel (ISR)0022
11  Indonesia (INA)0011
  Malaya (MAL)0011
Totals (12 entries)31313193

References

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