Athletics was contested at the 1962 Asian Games at the Senayan Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 to 30 August.

Athletics
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueSenayan Main Stadium
Dates25–30 August
← 1958
1966 →

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Mohammad Sarengat
  Indonesia
10.5 Mani Jegathesan
  Malaya
10.6 Rogelio Onofre
  Philippines
10.7
200 m
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Mani Jegathesan
  Malaya
21.3
GR
Hideo Iijima
  Japan
21.5 Mohammad Sarengat
  Indonesia
21.6
400 m
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Milkha Singh
  India
46.9 Makhan Singh
  India
47.5 Kimitada Hayase
  Japan
48.3
800 m
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Mamoru Morimoto
  Japan
1:52.6 Daljit Singh
  India
1:52.6 Amrit Pal
  India
1:53.4
1500 m
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Mohinder Singh
  India
3:48.6
GR
Amrit Pal
  India
3:50.1 Satsuo Iwashita
  Japan
3:51.5
5000 m
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Mubarak Shah
  Pakistan
14:27.2
GR
Saburo Yokomizo
  Japan
14:30.2 Tarlok Singh
  India
14:31.4
10,000 m
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Tarlok Singh
  India
30:21.4
GR
Teruo Funai
  Japan
30:21.6 Gurnam Singh
  Indonesia
30:47.2
110 m hurdles
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Mohammad Sarengat
  Indonesia
14.3
GR
Ghulam Raziq
  Pakistan
14.3
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Hirokazu Yasuda
  Japan
14.4
400 m hurdles
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Keiji Ogushi
  Japan
52.2
GR
Keiki Iijima
  Japan
52.4 Karu Selvaratnam
  Malaya
53.4
3000 m steeplechase
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Mubarak Shah
  Pakistan
8:57.8
GR
Saburo Yokomizo
  Japan
8:58.8 Zenji Okuzawa
  Japan
9:09.6
4 × 100 m relay
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  Philippines
Remegio Vista
Isaac Gomez
Claro Pellosis
Rogelio Onofre
41.3   Japan
Hideo Iijima
Kiyoshi Asai
Takeo Tamura
Takayuki Okazaki
41.5   Malaya
Mani Jegathesan
V. Vijiaratnam
Shahrudin Mohd Ali
Thor Gim Soon
41.5
4 × 400 m relay
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  India
Daljit Singh
Jagdish Singh
Makhan Singh
Milkha Singh
3:10.2
GR
  Malaya
Mani Jegathesan
Karu Selvaratnam
Abdul Rahim Ahmad
Victor Asirvatham
3:13.8   Japan
Kimitada Hayase
Keiji Ogushi
Mamoru Morimoto
Keiki Iijima
3:14.6
Marathon
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Masayuki Nagata
  Japan
2:34:54.2 Muhammad Yusaf
  Pakistan
2:43:02.0 Myitung Naw
  Burma
2:49:57.1
High jump
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Kuniyoshi Sugioka
  Japan
2.08
GR
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
  Ceylon
1.98 Ciriaco Baronda
  Philippines
1.95
Pole vault
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Hisao Morita
  Japan
4.40
GR
Kuniaki Yamazaki
  Japan
4.40
=GR
Allah Ditta
  Pakistan
4.10
Long jump
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Takayuki Okazaki
  Japan
7.41 Kaihei Oda
  Japan
7.36 Awang Papilaya
  Indonesia
7.25
Triple jump
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Koji Sakurai
  Japan
15.57 Tomio Ota
  Japan
15.37 Awang Papilaya
  Indonesia
14.70
Shot put
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Teruo Itokawa
  Japan
15.57
GR
Dinshaw Irani
  India
14.99 Joginder Singh
  India
14.91
Discus throw
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Shozo Yanagawa
  Japan
47.71
GR
Parduman Singh Brar
  India
47.01 Shohei Kaneko
  Japan
46.21
Hammer throw
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Noboru Okamoto
  Japan
63.88
GR
Takeo Sugawara
  Japan
61.66 Muhammad Iqbal
  Pakistan
59.18
Javelin throw
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Takashi Miki
  Japan
74.56
GR
Muhammad Nawaz
  Pakistan
74.16 Hideta Kanai
  Japan
70.68
Decathlon
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Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
  India
6739 Shosuke Suzuki
  Japan
6195 Cyril Perera
  Malaya
5575

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
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Mona Sulaiman
  Philippines
11.8
GR
Ikuko Yoda
  Japan
12.3 Takako Inokuchi
  Japan
12.3
200 m
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Mona Sulaiman
  Philippines
24.5 Haruko Yamazaki
  Japan
25.7 Nirmala Dissanayake
  Ceylon
25.8
800 m
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Chizuko Tanaka
  Japan
2:18.2
GR
Ryuko Hirano
  Japan
2:18.4 Soewatini
  Indonesia
2:20.8
80 m hurdles
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Ikuko Yoda
  Japan
11.5 Francisca Sanopal
  Philippines
11.9 Kiyoko Shimada
  Japan
11.9
4 × 100 m relay
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  Philippines
Aida Molinos
Francisca Sanopal
Inocencia Solis
Mona Sulaiman
48.6
=GR
  Japan
Haruko Yamazaki
Takako Inokuchi
Kiyoko Shimada
Ikuko Yoda
48.6
=GR
  Indonesia
Soeratmi
Ernawati
Tomasoa
Wiewiek Machwijar
50.5
High jump
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Kinuko Tsutsumi
  Japan
1.60
GR
Myint Myint Aye
  Burma
1.50 Shared silver
Tiparpan Leenasean
  Thailand
Long jump
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Sachiko Kishimoto
  Japan
5.75 Fumiko Ito
  Japan
5.71 Maureen Ann Lee
  Malaya
5.31
Shot put
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Seiko Obonai
  Japan
14.04
GR
Yasuko Matsuda
  Japan
13.71 Mona Sulaiman
  Philippines
11.97
Discus throw
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Keiko Murase
  Japan
45.90
GR
Seiko Obonai
  Japan
40.98 Josephine de la Viña
  Philippines
37.79
Javelin throw
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Hiroko Sato
  Japan
48.15
GR
Fujie Abe
  Japan
47.34 Elizabeth Davenport
  India
44.82

Medal table

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Athletics at the 1962 Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)1819946
2  India (IND)55414
3  Philippines (PHI)4149
4  Pakistan (PAK)2327
5  Indonesia (INA)2068
6  Malaya (MAL)1247
7  Burma (BIR)0112
  Ceylon (CEY)0112
9  Thailand (THA)0101
Totals (9 entries)32333196

References

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