Athletics at the 1970 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...	Masahide Jinno Japan	10.5	Anat Ratanapol Thailand	10.5	Canagasabai Kunalan Singapore	10.5
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...	Anat Ratanapol Thailand	21.1	Masahide Jinno Japan	21.5	Canagasabai Kunalan Singapore	21.5
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...	Yoshiharu Tomonaga Japan	46.6	Wickramesinghe Wimaladase	46.7	Sucha Singh India	47.2
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...	Jimmy Crampton Myanmar	1:47.9 (NR)	Sriram Singh Sriram Singh Sriram Singh was an Indian middle distance runner.Sriram Singh joined Rajputana Rifles in 1968 where he came under the influence of the coach Ilyas Babar. Babar persuaded him to shift his focus from 400m to 800m.... India	1:48.3	Yoshitake Tsuchiya Japan	1:48.7
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...	Susumu Noro Japan	3:53.0	Muhammad Younis Pakistan	3:53.2	Jimmy Crampton Myanmar	3:53.3
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...	Lucien Rosa	14:32.2	Edward Sequeira Edward Sequeira Edward Sequeira, popularly known as Eddie, was one of India's most rhythmic middle distance runners. Essentially a half miler doing the metric mile for stamina, Sequeira also excelled in the 5,000 metres. Born on 6 February 1940 in Bombay, Eddie studied at: St. Paul's High School from where he... India	14:33.8	Yuval Wischnitzer Israel	14:34.7
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...	Lucien Rosa	29:55.6	Kenichi Otsuki Japan	29:56.9	Park Bong-Keun South Korea	31:43.0
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	2:21:03	Yoshiro Mifune Japan	2:24:21	Kang Myung-Kwang South Korea	2:26:48
3000 metre steeplechase	Nobuyoshi Miura Japan	8:48.8	Susumu Noro Japan	8:50.3	Gurmej Singh India	8:53.2
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...	Chikashi Watanabe Japan	14.7	Roderick Lee Republic of China	15.1	Bancha Ramarat Thailand	15.8
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...	Yukitaka Shigeta Japan	52.6	Roderick Lee Republic of China	52.8	Norman Brinkworth Pakistan	53.2
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....	Teymour Ghiassi Iran	2.06	Hidehiko Tomizawa Japan	2.06	Bhim Singh India	2.03
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...	Kyoichiro Inoue Japan	4.80	Masanari Araya Japan	4.60	Hong Sang-Pyo South Korea	4.30
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...	Shinji Ogura Japan	7.62	Hiroomi Yamada Japan	7.52	Labh Singh India	7.45
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...	Mohinder Singh Gill India	16.11	Labh Singh India	15.82	Tsai Teng-Long Republic of China	15.79
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	17.09	Jalal Keshmiri Iran	16.96	Masazumi Aoki Japan	16.59
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	52.32	Jalal Keshmiri Iran	51.40	Toji Hayashi Japan	48.94
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...	Shigenobu Murofushi Shigenobu Murofushi is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**... Japan	67.08	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	64.34	Yusaf Malik Pakistan	51.38
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...	Hisao Yamamoto Japan	71.24	Park Soon-Kwon South Korea	67.98	Nashatar Singh Sidhu Malaysia	67.34
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...	Junichi Onizuka Japan	7073	M.G. Shetty India	6582	Wang Ing-Shi Republic of China	6556
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...	Thailand	40.4	Japan	40.7	India	40.9
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...	India	3:10.0	India	3:11.9	Malaysia	3:13.0

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...	Chi Cheng Republic of China	11.6	Keiko Yamada Japan	12.1	Carolina Rieuwpassa Indonesia	12.4
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...	Keiko Yamada Japan	25.0	Amelita Alanes Philippines	25.2	Carolina Rieuwpassa Indonesia	25.4
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...	Kamaljeet Sandhu Kamaljeet Sandhu Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Asian Games in 400 m race.She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman to win gold medal at any Asian games. She hails from Punjab state in India. She received Padma Shri award in 1971. She... India	57.3	Aviva Balas Israel	57.3	Nobuko Kawano Japan	57.4
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	2:06.5	Nobuko Kawano Japan	2:11.7	Isabel Cruz Philippines	2:13.5
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...	Hannah Shezifi Israel	4:25.1	Miyako Inoue Japan	4:40.2	Lee Chiu-Hsia Republic of China	4:41.4
100 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...	Esther Shahamorov Israel	14.0	Ayako Natsume Japan	14.0	Lin Yet-Hsiang Republic of China	14.6
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....	Michiyo Inaoka Japan	1.70	Kumie Suzuki Japan	1.66	Lolita Lagrosas Philippines	1.56
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...	Hiroko Yamashita Japan	6.02	Esther Shahamorov Israel	5.94	Keiko Tsuchida Japan	5.75
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....	Paik Ok-Ja South Korea	14.57	Satoe Matsusaki Japan	14.07	Yoko Saito Japan	13.86
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...	Teruko Yagishita Japan	47.70	Yoko Saito Japan	44.42	Paik Ok-Ja South Korea	44.02
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...	Nobuko Morita Japan	49.84	Sakiko Hara Japan	48.12	Lee Bok-Soon South Korea	43.70
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...	Esther Shahamorov Israel	4530	Lin Soon-Yi Republic of China	4382	Lolita Lagrosas Philippines	4020
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	47.2	Singapore	48.0	Republic of China	48.1

Medal table

1	Japan	18	17	6	41
2	India	5	5	5	15
3	Israel	4	2	1	7
4	Thailand	2	1	1	4
5		2	1	0	3
6	Republic of China	1	3	5	9
7	Iran	1	2	0	3
8	South Korea	1	1	5	7
9	Myanmar	1	0	1	2
10	Philippines	0	1	3	4
11	Singapore	0	1	2	3
11	Pakistan	0	1	2	3
13	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
13	Indonesia	0	0	2	2

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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