Japan at the 1958 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
1958 Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
24 May 1958 - 1 June 1958
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
67
Silver
41
Bronze
30
Total
138
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Japan participated and hosted the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo. This country was ranked 1st with 67 gold medals, 41 silver medals and 30 bronze medals with a total of 138 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Yoshitaka Muroya Athletics Men's 800 m
 Gold Osamu Inoue Athletics Men's 5000 m
 Gold Takashi Baba Athletics Men's 10,000 m
 Gold Kanji Akagi
Keiji Ogushi
Takejiro Hayashi
Yoshitaka Muroya
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 Gold Noriaki Yasuda Athletics Men's pole vault
 Silver Kyohei Ushio Athletics Men's 100 m
 Silver Michio Okayama Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Silver Keiji Ogushi Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles
 Silver Masayuki Nunogami Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
 Silver Kyohei Ushio
Masaru Kamata
Yoshiaki Hara
Yasuhiro Yanagi
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay
 Silver Noboru Kasamatsu Athletics Men's high jump
 Silver Kozo Akasaka Athletics Men's pole vault
 Bronze Hirokazu Yasuda Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles
 Bronze Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
 Bronze Nobuyoshi Sadanaga Athletics Men's marathon
 Bronze Yukio Ishikawa Athletics Men's high jump
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics 12 15 9 36
Total 67 41 30 138

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Diving

Field hockey

Football

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ 1958 Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine


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