1954 Asian Games
Host city | Manila, Philippines |
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Motto | Ever Onward |
Nations | 18 |
Athletes | 970 |
Events | 77 in 8 sports |
Opening | May 1, 1954 |
Closing | May 9, 1954 |
Opened by | Ramon Magsaysay President of the Philippines |
Athlete's Oath | Martin Gison |
Judge's Oath | Antonio Delas Alas [1] |
Torch lighter | Enriquito Beech[2] |
Main venue | Rizal Memorial Stadium |
The 1954 Asian Games (
Opening ceremony
The Games were formally opened by
Sports
The 1954 Asian Games featured eight sports divided into 10 events, aquatics included three events namely diving, swimming and water polo. This version of the Asian Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as six sports and seven events were in the calendar of 1951 Asian Games. Three sports—boxing, shooting and wrestling—made their debut, while cycling was dropped out.[7]
- Athletics (30) ( )
- Basketball (1) ( )
- Boxing (7) ( )
- Diving (4) ( )
- Football (1) ( )
- Shooting (6) ( )
- Swimming (13) ( )
- Water polo (1) ( )
- Weightlifting (7) ( )
- Wrestling (7) ( )
Participating nations
National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named and arranged according to their official IOC country codes and designations at the time.
Participating National Olympic Committees |
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Non-participating National Olympic Committees |
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Only one country just sent officials. |
Calendar
In the following calendar for the 1954 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. The numeral indicates the number of event finals for each sport held that day. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right, how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
May 1954 | 1st Sat |
2nd Sun |
3rd Mon |
4th Tue |
5th Wed |
6th Thu |
7th Fri |
8th Sat |
9th Sun |
Gold medals |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||
Athletics | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||||
Basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||
Boxing | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Diving | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Football | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |
Shooting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||||
Water polo | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||
Weightlifting | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
Wrestling | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Total gold medals | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 77 | ||
May 1954 | 1st Sat |
2nd Sun |
3rd Mon |
4th Tue |
5th Wed |
6th Thu |
7th Fri |
8th Sat |
9th Sun |
Gold medals |
Medal table
Japan led the medal table, athletes from Japan won most medals, including most gold, silver and bronze. Host nation, Philippines finished second with 45 total medals (including 14 gold).[8]
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Philippines, is highlighted.
* Host nation (Philippines)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan (JPN) | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 |
2 | Philippines (PHI)* | 14 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
4 | Pakistan (PAK) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
5 | India (IND) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
6 | Republic of China (ROC) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
7 | Israel (ISR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Burma (BIR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
10 | Ceylon (CEY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11–13 | Remaining | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Totals (13 entries) | 77 | 77 | 75 | 229 |
References
- ^ Not formally named as Judge's Oath, it was a tradition then when an officiating representative (Judge) of the host nation formally approach the Head of State to read a statement from the Sport Officers and to request the Head of State to formally open the games.
- ^ As requested by the IOC, the torch relay and lighting of the cauldron were excluded from the Opening Ceremony to preserve the tradition of the Olympic Games. The torch ceremony were returned at the 1958 Asian Games. The host however gave a solution by giving a special citation to the last athlete to enter the parade. The Philippines, as host, was the last country to enter the stadium.
- ^ Manila Times May 9, 1954
- ^ Manila Times May 10, 1954
- ^ Manila Times May 2, 1954
- ^ "Asian Games – Men – High jump". gbrathletics.com. Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Report of the First Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). la84foundation.org. LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Overall medal standings – Manila 1954". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved July 11, 2011.