India at the 1954 Asian Games

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India at the
1954 Asian Games
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Manila
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
17
Asian Games appearances (overview)

India participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the city of Manila, Philippines from 1 May 1954 to 9 May 1954. India ranked 5th with 4 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

Medal table[edit]

Medals by discipline
Discipline Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 5 3 6 14
Wrestling 0 1 1 2
Diving 0 0 1 1
Total 5 4 8 17

Medal winners[2][edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Sarwan Singh Athletics Men's 110m hurdles
 Gold Ajit Singh Balla Athletics Men's high jump
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's shot put
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's discus throw
 Gold Christine Brown
Stephie D'Souza
Violet Peters
Mary D'Souza
Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay
 Silver Joginder Singh Dhanaor Athletics Men's 400m
 Silver Sohan Singh Dhanoa Athletics Men's 800m
 Silver Joginder Singh Dhanaor
Ivan Jacob
Harjeet Singh
J. B. Joseph
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 Silver B. G. Kashid Wrestling Men's lightweight 67 kg
 Bronze Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 100 m
 Bronze Dalu Ram Athletics Men's 5000 m
 Bronze Dalu Ram Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
 Bronze Ishar Singh Athletics Men's shot put
 Bronze Ronnie O'Brien Athletics Men's decathlon
 Bronze Christine Brown Athletics Women's 100 m
 Bronze K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Bronze Sohan Singh Wrestling Men's middleweight 79 kg

Football[edit]

Head coach: India Balaidas Chatterjee[3]

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Preliminary round[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 4
 India 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 2
 Japan 2 0 0 2 5 8 −3 0

India 0–4 Indonesia
Report Dhalhar Goal 28' (pen.)80'
Ramang Goal 51'69'

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 2nd Asian Games medal tally Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners".
  3. Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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