Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games
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Athletics
was contested at the 1951 Asian Games
in New Delhi
, India
from March 8 to March 11.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
was contested at the 1951 Asian Games
1951 Asian Games
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad by the president of the organising committee Anthony de Mello...
in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
from March 8 to March 11.
Medal table
| 1 | align=left | |20 | 17 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | align=left | |10 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | align=left | |1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men
| 100 m | |10.8 | |11.0 | |11.1 | |||
| 200 m | |22.0 | |22.5 | |22.6 | |||
| 400 m | |50.7 | |50.8 | |51.4 | |||
| 800 m | |1:59.3 | |1:59.7 | |2:00.6 | |||
| 1500 m | |4:04.1 | |4:04.4 | |4:05.4 | |||
| 5000 m | |15:54.2 | |15:57.8 | |15:59.0 | |||
| 10000 m | |33:49.3 | |34:32.0 | |34:58.8 | |||
| 110 m hurdles | |15.2 | |15.3 | |15.7 | |||
| 400 m hurdles | |54.2 | |56.9 | |57.6 | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
|9:30.4 | |9:31.8 | |9:37.8 | |||
| 4×100 m relay | valign="top" | |42.7 | Alfred Shamin Ram Swaroop M. Gabriel Lavy Pinto |
42.8 | valign="top" | |43.9 |
| 4×400 m relay | A. S. Bakshi Govind Singh |
3:24.2 | Eitaro Okano |
3:24.4 | valign="top" | |3:35.8 |
| Marathon | |2:42:58.6 | |2:49:03.0 | |2:53:49.8 | |||
| 10000 m walk | |52:31.4 | |52:34.8 | |52:54.0 | |||
| 50 km walk | |5:44:07.4 | |5:44:14.6 | |5:54:47.4 | |||
| High jump | |1.93 m | |1.91 m | |1.89 m | |||
| Pole vault | |4.11 m | 3.69 m | |3.61 m | |||
| Long jump | |7.14 m | |6.99 m | |6.98 m | |||
| Triple jump | |15.18 m | |14.25 m | |14.24 m | |||
| Shot put | |13.78 m | |13.40 m | |12.83 m | |||
| Discus throw | |39.92 m | |39.29 m | |38.14 m | |||
| Hammer throw | |46.65 m | |43.35 m | |42.32 m | |||
| Javelin throw | |63.97 m | |50.38 m | |48.99 m | |||
| Decathlon | |6324 pts | |5860 pts | |5099 pts |
Women
| 100 m | |12.6 | |12.8 | |12.9 | |||
| 200 m | |26.0 | |27.2 | |28.0 | |||
| 80 m hurdles | |12.8 | |13.2 | |13.5 | |||
| 4×100 m relay | Kimiko Okamoto Kiyoko Sugimura |
51.4 | Roshan Mistry Pat Mendonca |
51.9 | valign="top" | |54.4 |
| High jump | |1.49 m | |1.44 m | |1.37 m | |||
| Long jump | |5.91 m | |5.18 m | |4.52 m | |||
| Shot put | |11.90 m | |10.42 m | |9.02 m | |||
| Discus throw | |42.10 m | |35.51 m | |25.43 m | |||
| Javelin throw | |36.25 m | |35.33 m | |26.70 m |
External links
- Results - GBR Athletics