1951 Asian Games

Host City New Delhi
Country IND
Held 4 – 11 March 1951
Competitors 383
Countries 11

Note: Some detailed results are incomplete/unavailable.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 9 – 11 March 1951 Medal 12 8
200 m Men 8 – 10 March 1951 Medal 12 8
400 m Men 9 – 11 March 1951 Medal 6 4
800 m Men 10 March 1951 Medal 6 4
1,500 m Men 9 March 1951 Medal 8 6
5,000 m Men 10 March 1951 Medal 7 5
10,000 m Men 8 March 1951 Medal 6 4
Marathon Men 11 March 1951 Medal 9 5
110 m Hurdles Men 9 – 11 March 1951 Medal 7 5
400 m Hurdles Men 10 March 1951 Medal 4 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men 11 March 1951 Medal 5 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men 8 – 11 March 1951 Medal 16 6
4 x 400 m Relay Men 11 March 1951 Medal 12 3
10 km Walk Men 8 March 1951 Medal 5 3
50 km Walk Men 8 March 1951 Medal 5 3
High Jump Men 9 – 11 March 1951 Medal 7 6
Pole Vault Men 8 March 1951 Medal 7 4
Long Jump Men 10 March 1951 Medal 6 4
Triple Jump Men 11 March 1951 Medal 8 6
Shot Put Men 10 March 1951 Medal 6 4
Discus Throw Men 11 March 1951 Medal 6 3
Hammer Throw Men 8 March 1951 Medal 4 2
Javelin Throw Men 10 March 1951 Medal 5 4
Decathlon Men 8 – 9 March 1951 Medal 4 2
100 m Women 8 – 10 March 1951 Medal 8 4
200 m Women 11 March 1951 Medal 4 3
80 m Hurdles Women 11 March 1951 Medal 6 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women 11 March 1951 Medal 12 3
High Jump Women 10 March 1951 Medal 5 3
Long Jump Women 11 March 1951 Medal 6 3
Shot Put Women 10 March 1951 Medal 4 2
Discus Throw Women 9 March 1951 Medal 6 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men 5 – 10 March 1951 Medal 61 5
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Road Race Individual Men 11 March 1951 Medal 3 1
Sprint Men 8 – 9 March 1951 Medal 4 2
Team Pursuit Men 10 March 1951 Medal 8 2
1 km Time Trial Men 6 March 1951 Medal 4 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Football Men 5 – 10 March 1951 Medal 91 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men 6 – 7 March 1951 Medal 6 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 7 4
800 m Freestyle Men — Medal 6 4
1,500 m Freestyle Men 6 March 1951 Medal 7 4
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 16 4
100 m Backstroke Men 5 – 6 March 1951 Medal 7 4
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 8 5
3 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 9 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 16 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Japan JPN 24 21 15 60
2 India IND 15 16 20 51
3 Iran IRI 8 6 2 16
4 Singapore SGP 5 7 2 14
5 Philippines PHI 5 6 8 19
6 Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
7 Indonesia INA 0 0 5 5
8 Myanmar MYA 0 0 3 3

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Lavy Pinto IND Toshihiro Ohashi JPN Tomio Hosoda JPN
200 m, Men Lavy Pinto IND Marian Gabriel IND Tomio Hosoda JPN
400 m, Men Eitaro Okano JPN Amit Singh Bakshi IND Govind Singh IND
800 m, Men Ranjit Singh IND Kulwant Singh IND Kikuo Moriya JPN
1,500 m, Men Nikka Singh IND Susumu Takahashi JPN Kikuo Moriya JPN
5,000 m, Men Ali Baghbanbashi IRI Pritam Singh IND Soichi Tamoi JPN
10,000 m, Men Soichi Tamoi JPN Ryosuke Takasugi JPN Kesar Singh IND
Marathon, Men Chhota Singh IND Katsuo Nishida JPN Surat Singh IND
110 m Hurdles, Men Huang Liangzheng SGP Michitaka Kinami JPN Lloyd Valberg SGP
400 m Hurdles, Men Eitaro Okano JPN Teja Singh IND Huang Liangzheng SGP
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Susumu Takahashi JPN Ali Baghbanbashi IRI Ajit Singh IND
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Japan JPN India IND Philippines PHI
4 x 400 m Relay, Men India IND Japan JPN Philippines PHI
10 km Walk, Men Mahabir Prasad IND Takeo Sato JPN Kesar Singh IND
50 km Walk, Men Bakhtawar Singh IND B Das IND Takeo Sato JPN
High Jump, Men Andrés Franco PHI Yukio Ishikawa JPN Maram Sudarmodjo INA
Pole Vault, Men Bunkichi Sawada JPN MA Akbar SRI Shuhei Nishida JPN
Long Jump, Men Masaji Tajima JPN Baldev Singh IND Takashi Aso JPN
Triple Jump, Men Yoshio Iimuro JPN Takashi Aso JPN Hendarsin INA
Shot Put, Men Madan Lal IND Sukeo Denda JPN Norimi Sato JPN
Discus Throw, Men Makhan Singh IND Norimi Sato JPN Aurelio Amante PHI
Hammer Throw, Men Fumio Kamamoto JPN Somnath IND Kishen Singh IND
Javelin Throw, Men Haruo Nagayasu JPN Parsa Singh IND Matulessy INA
Decathlon, Men Fumio Nishiuchi JPN Bunkichi Sawada JPN Khurshid Ahmed IND
100 m, Women Kiyoko Sugimura JPN Roshan Mistry IND Kimiko Okamoto JPN
200 m, Women Kimiko Okamoto JPN Lorenza Dowdeswell SGP Mary D'Souza IND
80 m Hurdles, Women Kyoko Yoneda JPN Lorenza Dowdeswell SGP Taeko Sato JPN
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Japan JPN India IND Indonesia INA
High Jump, Women Kyoko Yoneda JPN Taeko Sato JPN Marie Semoes IND
Long Jump, Women Kiyoko Sugimura JPN Ayako Yoshikawa JPN Sylvia Gauntlet IND
Shot Put, Women Toyoko Yoshino JPN Fumi Kojima JPN Barbara Webster IND
Discus Throw, Women Toyoko Yoshino JPN Fumi Kojima JPN Annie Salamun INA
Javelin Throw, Women Toyoko Yoshino JPN Miyoko Kato JPN Barbara Webster IND
Basketball, Men Philippines PHI Japan JPN Iran IRI
Road Race Individual, Men Kihei Tomioka JPN Yuji Tachiiri JPN Takeo Sato JPN
Sprint, Men Takeo Sato JPN Shoichiro Sugihara JPN R. R. Noble IND
Team Pursuit, Men Japan JPN India IND
1 km Time Trial, Men Shoichiro Sugihara JPN Ryo Ishikawa JPN Netai Bysack IND
3 m Springboard, Men K. P. Thakkar IND Ashu Dutt IND Taghi Askari IRI
10 m Platform, Men K. P. Thakkar IND Taghi Askari IRI T. T. Dand IND
Football, Men India IND Iran IRI Japan JPN
100 m Freestyle, Men Sachin Nag IND Wiebe Wolters SGP Sotero Alcantara PHI
400 m Freestyle, Men Neo Chwee Kok SGP Mohammad Mala PHI Bimal Chandra IND
800 m Freestyle, Men Neo Chwee Kok SGP Serafin Villanueva PHI Mohammad Mala PHI
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Neo Chwee Kok SGP Mohammad Mala PHI Serafin Villanueva PHI
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Singapore SGP Philippines PHI India IND
100 m Backstroke, Men Artemio Salamat PHI Kanti Shah IND Edilberto Bonus PHI
200 m Breaststroke, Men Jack Cayco PHI René Amabuyok PHI Jehangir Naigamwalla IND
3 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Philippines PHI Singapore SGP India IND
Water Polo, Men India IND Singapore SGP
bantamweight -123.5 lbs (-56 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Mahmoud Namdjou IRI Ali Mirzai IRI Pedro Landero PHI
featherweight -132.25 lbs (-60 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Jafar Salmasi IRI Rodrigo del Rosario PHI Yukio Iguchi JPN
lightweight -148.75 lbs (-67.5 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Hassan Ferdous IRI Peter Ho SGP Minoru Kubota JPN
middleweight -165.375 lbs (-75 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Firouz Pojhan IRI Jalal Mansouri IRI Ba Thein MYA
light-heavyweight -181.875 lbs (-82.5 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Hassan Rahnavardi IRI Cheong Kok Cheong SGP Thein Han MYA
middle-heavyweight -198.375 lbs (-90 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Rasoul Raisi IRI Kamineni Eswara Rao IND Maung Maung Lwin MYA
heavyweight +198.375 lbs (+90 kg) Total (three lifts), Men Leon Kurukchian IRI Ahmad Ordoubadi IRI Dandamudi Rajagopal IND