Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Manikavasagam Jegathesan Malaysia	10.49	Canagasabai Kunalan Singapore	10.50	Hideo Iijima Japan	10.52
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Manikavasagam Jegathesan Malaysia	21.5	Ajmer Singh India	21.5	Thomboo Krishnan Malaysia	21.6
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Ajmer Singh India	47.1	Yoshinori Sakai Yoshinori Sakai was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace... Japan	47.4	Masami Yoshida Japan	47.5
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Bhugeswar S. Barua India	1:49.4	Ramasamy Subramaniam Malaysia	1:49.5	Mamoru Morimoto Japan	1:49.6
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Keisuke Sawaki Japan	3:47.3	Ramasamy Subramaniam Malaysia	3:48.0	Satsuo Iwashita Japan	3:48.1
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Keisuke Sawaki Japan	14:22.0	Kazuo Tsuchiya Japan	14:23.1	Lucien Rosa	14:56.1
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Kazuo Tsuchiya Japan	30:27.8	Sunao Shirai Japan	30:36.8	Lucien Rosa	31:06.6
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Kenji Kimihara Kenji Kimihara is a former Japanese long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. Four years later he finished in fifth place in the same event... Japan	2:33:23	Morio Shigematsu Morio Shigematsu is a former Japanese long-distance runner who on June 12, 1965 set a world's best in the marathon with a time of 2:12:00 at the Polytechnic Marathon. Less than two months earlier, Shigematsu set a course record at the 1965 Boston Marathon .-Achievements:... Japan	2:35:05	Lee Sang-Hoon South Korea	2:40:56
3000 metre steeplechase	Taketsugu Saruwatari Japan	8:53.6	Ahmad Mirhosseini Iran	8:56.5	Nobuyoshi Miura Japan	9:05.2
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Ghulam Raziq Pakistan	14.4	Yoshinobu Hamada Japan	14.5	Ahmad Ishtiaq Mubarak Malaysia	14.7
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Kiyoo Yui Japan	51.7	Kazuhiko Itagaki Japan	52.3	Andyappan Nathan Malaysia	53.0
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Bhim Singh India	2.05	Osamu Shimizu Japan	2.05	Teymour Ghiassi Iran	2.00
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Tetsuo Hirota Japan	4.70	Yoshizo Uryu Japan	4.60	Hong Sang-Pyo South Korea	4.40
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Hiroomi Yamada Japan	7.48	Takayuki Okazaki Japan	7.39	Soo Wen-Ho Republic of China	7.31
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Kosei Gushiken Japan	15.61	Satoshi Shimo Japan	15.54	Labh Singh India	15.49
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Joginder Singh India	16.22	Yoshihisa Ishida Yoshihisa Ishida is a retired male shot putter and hammer thrower from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the hammer throw event on 5 August 1972 in Sapporo.... Japan	16.13	Jalal Keshmiri Iran	16.02
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Praveen Kumar Praveen Kumar Praveen Kumar is an Indian swing bowler who bowls medium pace. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat... India	49.62	Jalal Keshmiri Iran	49.30	Balkar Singh India	47.64
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Takeo Sugawara Japan	62.90	Shigenobu Murofushi Shigenobu Murofushi is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**... Japan	60.02	Praveen Kumar Praveen Kumar Praveen Kumar is an Indian swing bowler who bowls medium pace. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat... India	57.18
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Nashatar Singh Sidhu Malaysia	72.92	Tsuyoshi Ikeda Tsuyoshi Ikeda is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His success include four top eights at the Pro Tour level, and six on the Grand Prix level, including one win. He is ranked 12th on lifetime pro points.-Career:... Japan	68.24	Yumio Miyoshi Japan	67.86
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Wu Ah-Ming Republic of China	7003	Yukio Nogami Japan	6613	Hiroomi Yamada Japan	6553
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Malaysia	40.6	Indonesia	41.0	Philippines	41.3
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Japan	3:09.1	Malaysia	3:13.1	Singapore	3:13.4

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Miho Sato Japan	12.3	Ritsuko Sukegawa Japan	12.4	Debra Marcus Israel	12.5
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Debra Marcus Israel	25.3	Miyoko Tsujishita Japan	25.3	Kishiko Ikeda Japan	25.7
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Mailvaganam Rajamani Malaysia	56.3	Myung Hee-Han South Korea	57.5	Yasuyo Mishima Japan	57.7
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Hannah Shezifi Israel	2:10.5	Yoko Miyamoto Japan	2:12.7	Yasuyo Mishima Japan	2:14.8
80 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Ritsuko Sukegawa Japan	11.2	Takako Abe Japan	11.4	Manjit Walia India	11.4
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Mami Takeda Japan	1.60	Lolita Lagrosas Philippines	1.58	Cheong Wai Hing Singapore	1.55
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Chi Cheng Republic of China	5.95	Emiko Komaru Japan	5.83	Christine Forage India	5.69
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Ryoko Sugiyama Japan	14.48	Yuko Sawada Japan	13.92	Wu Chin-Yun Republic of China	12.83
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Josephine de la Viña Philippines	47.58	Yuko Tsunoda Japan	42.34	Dong Si-Han South Korea	41.08
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Masako Katayama Japan	49.44	Sachiko Senzaki Japan	42.50	Marcelina Alonso Philippines	40.90
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Michiko Okamoto Japan	4468	Yeh Chi-Mei Republic of China	3951	Lolita Lagrosas Philippines	3889
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Japan	47.1	Republic of China	47.8	Malaysia	48.8

Medal table

1	Japan	18	22	10	50
2	India	5	3	5	13
3	Malaysia	5	1	4	10
4	Republic of China	2	2	2	6
5	Israel	2	0	1	3
6	Philippines	1	1	3	5
7	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
8	Iran	0	2	2	4
9	South Korea	0	1	3	4
10	Singapore	0	1	2	3
11	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
12		0	0	2	2

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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