Japan at the 1954 Asian Games

Japan participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the capital city of Manila, Philippines. This country was ranked 1st with 38 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 24 bronze medals with a total of 98 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally.[1] Japan sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 121 men and 30 women.

Japan at the
1954 Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Manila
Competitors151 (121 men, 30 women)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
38
Silver
36
Bronze
24
Total
98
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Kanji Akagi   Athletics Men's 400m
  Gold Yoshitaka Muroya   Athletics Men's 800m
  Gold Osamu Inoue   Athletics Men's 5000m
  Gold Susumu Takahashi   Athletics Men's 3000m steeplechase
  Gold Masaji Tajima
Yoshihiro Takatani
Tomio Hosoda
Akira Kiyofuji
  Athletics Men's 4×100m relay
  Gold Akira Matsui
Yoshitaka Muroya
Nobuaki Matsuno
Kanji Akagi
  Athletics Men's 4×400m relay
  Gold Bunkichi Sawada   Athletics Men's Pole vault
  Gold Noriaki Sagawa   Athletics Men's Long jump
  Gold Noriaki Sagawa   Athletics Men's Triple jump
  Gold Yoshio Kojima   Athletics Men's Hammer throw
  Gold Atsuko Nambu   Athletics Women's 100m
  Gold Midori Tanaka   Athletics Women's 200m
  Gold Yoshie Takahashi   Athletics Women's 80m hurdles
  Gold Atsuko Nambu   Athletics Women's Long jump
  Gold Toyoko Yoshino   Athletics Women's Shot put
  Gold Toyoko Yoshino   Athletics Women's Discus throw
  Gold Akiko Kurihara   Athletics Women's Javelin throw
  Gold Kazuma Fujimoto   Boxing Men's Welterweight 67 kg
  Gold Katsuichi Mori   Diving Men's 10 m platform
  Gold Masami Miyamoto   Diving Women's 3 m springboard
  Gold Masami Miyamoto   Diving Women's 10 m platform
  Gold Choji Hosaka   Shooting Men's 50 m pistol
  Gold Masao Fujita   Shooting Men's Trap
  Gold Hiroshi Suzuki   Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
  Gold Yoshihiro Shoji   Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
  Gold Yukiyoshi Aoki   Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
  Gold Keiji Hase   Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
  Gold Mamoru Tanaka   Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
  Gold Kenzo Yoshimura
Teijiro Tanikawa
Yukiyoshi Aoki
Hiroshi Suzuki
  Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
  Gold Misako Tamura   Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
  Gold Masayo Aoki   Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke
  Gold Sadako Yamashita
Shizue Miyabe
Misako Tamura
Tomiko Atarashi
  Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  Gold Minoru Iizuka   Wrestling Men's Bantamweight 57kg
  Gold Shigeru Kasahara   Wrestling Men's Featherweight 62kg
  Gold Takeo Shimotori   Wrestling Men's Lightweight 67kg
  Gold Yutaka Kaneko   Wrestling Men's Welterweight 73kg
  Gold Kazua Katsuramoto   Wrestling Men's Middleweight 79kg
  Gold Kenzo Fukuda   Wrestling Men's Heavyweight +87kg
  Silver Yoshitaka Muroya   Athletics Men's 1500m
  Silver Jiro Yamauchi   Athletics Men's 10,000m
  Silver Yukiyoshi Kawata   Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
  Silver Yukio Ishikawa   Athletics Men's High jump
  Silver Toyokichi Matsumoto   Athletics Men's Pole vault
  Silver Yoshiro Sonoda   Athletics Men's Long jump
  Silver Yoshio Iimuro   Athletics Men's Triple jump
  Silver Yoshio Kojima   Athletics Men's Shot put
  Silver Fumio Nishiuchi   Athletics Men's Decathlon
  Silver Atsuko Nambu   Athletics Women's 200m
  Silver Miyo Miyashita   Athletics Women's 80m hurdles
  Silver Yoshio Iimuro   Athletics Women's Triple jump
  Silver Kimiko Okamoto
Atsuko Nambu
Michiko Iwamoto
Midori Tanaka
  Athletics Women's 4×100m relay
  Silver Miyoko Takahashi   Athletics Women's High jump
  Silver Atsuko Nambu   Athletics Women's Long jump
  Silver Motoko Yoshida   Athletics Women's Shot put
  Silver Taeko Nomura   Athletics Women's Discus throw
  Silver Yasuko Inden   Athletics Women's Javelin throw
  Silver Yutaka Kobashi   Boxing Men's Light middleweight 71 kg
  Silver Katsuichi Mori   Diving Men's 3 m springboard
  Silver Shuko Sakaguchi   Diving Women's 3 m springboard
  Silver Shuko Sakaguchi   Diving Women's 10 m platform
  Silver Tsurukichi Kawaoka   Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
  Silver Tokusaburo Iwata   Shooting Men's Trap
  Silver Teijiro Tanikawa   Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
  Silver Katsuji Yamashita   Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
  Silver Shichiro Shintaku   Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
  Silver Norihiko Kurahashi   Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
  Silver Masaru Furakawa   Swimming Men's 200 m breastroke
  Silver Tomiko Atarashi   Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
  Silver Akiko Miyazaki   Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
  Silver Keiko Sadamori   Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke
  Silver Kazuko Sakamoto   Swimming Women's 200 breaststroke
  Silver Minoru Kubota   Weightlifting Men's Lightweight 67.5 kg
  Silver Yushu Kitano   Wrestling Men's Flyweight 52kg
  Silver Hachiro Arakawa
Hirobumi Chige
Shunichi Hiroshiga
Teruyoshi Kanda
Shinichiro Koga
Takayoshi Matsufuji
Osamu Miyabe
Takanao Sado
Haosue Tajina
Nisei Tashiro
  Water polo Men's Team
  Bronze Michio Ueki   Athletics Men's 800m
  Bronze Michio Ueki   Athletics Men's 1500m
  Bronze Takehiko Nakajima   Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
  Bronze Haruo Nagayasu   Athletics Men's Javelin throw
  Bronze Mieko Muro   Athletics Women's High jump
  Bronze Mikiko Tazaki   Athletics Women's Long jump
  Bronze Yuriko Mizoguchi   Athletics Women's Shot put
  Bronze Yuriko Mizoguchi   Athletics Women's Discus throw
  Bronze Hirokazu Arai
Jyunya Arai
Riichi Arai
Takashi Itoyama
Takeshi Kinoshita
Hitoshi Konno
Hisashi Nagashima
Shozo Noguchi
Hiroshi Saito
Shigeuji Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Takeo Sugiyama
  Basketball Men's Team
  Bronze Kichio Miyake   Swimming Men's Bantamweight 54 kg
  Bronze Hiroshi Iwabuchi   Boxing Men's Lightweight 60 kg
  Bronze Hisao Inoue   Boxing Men's Light welterweight 63.5 kg
  Bronze Yutaka Baba   Diving Men's 3 m springboard
  Bronze Kanoko Tsutani   Diving Women's 3 m springboard
  Bronze Kanoko Tsutani   Diving Women's 10 m platform
  Bronze Tsutomu Nagashima   Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
  Bronze Takuro Ashida   Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
  Bronze Masao Togami   Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
  Bronze Shizue Miyabe   Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
  Bronze Yoshiko Sato   Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle
  Bronze Midori Morimae   Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke
  Bronze Chizuko Urahata   Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke
  Bronze Yoshio Nanbu   Weightlifting Bantamweight 56 kg
  Bronze Hachiro Fujiwara   Weightlifting Middleweight 75 kg

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics1718843
  Swimming99725
  Wrestling6107
  Diving3339
  Shooting2204
  Boxing1135
  Weightlifting0123
  Water polo0101
  Basketball0011
Totals (9 entries)38362498

Athletics edit

References edit

  1. ^ "History of Asian Games".