Japan at the 1951 Asian Games

Japan at the 1951 Asian Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in New Delhi
Competitors	65 (58 men, 7 women)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 24 Silver 21 Bronze 15 Total 60
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Japan participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India. The nation sent a total of 65 athletes to the games, 58 men and 7 women.

Japan was ranked 1st with 24 gold medals, 21 silver medals and 15 bronze medals with a total of 60 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally.^[1] Athletics was the most successful sport with 20 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 15 bronze medals. Female athletes won all nine events with Kiyoko Sugimura and Toyoko Yoshino became the most successful Japanese athletes in the games after collecting 3 gold medals each.

The cyclists collected four gold medals, three silver medals and a bronze medal. Japanese road cyclists consisting of Kihei Tomioka, Yuji Tachiiri, and Takeo Sato swept the road race medals. Tomioka, Tachiiri, and Sato, along with Ryo Ishikawa also won the team pursuit gold medal. Sato became the most successful cyclist after winning two gold medals and a bronze, including the men's sprint gold medal. In the 1 km time trial, Shoichiro Sugihara won the gold medal, making every Japanese cyclist collect at least one gold medal from the games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Kihei Tomioka Cycling Men's road race March 6  Gold Takeo Sato Cycling Men's sprint March 7  Gold Shoichiro Sugihara Cycling Men's 1 km time trial March 7  Gold Ryo Ishikawa Takeo Sato Yuji Tachiiri Kihei Tomioka Cycling Men's team pursuit March 8  Gold Fumio Kamamoto Athletics Men's hammer throw March 8  Gold Bunkichi Sawada Athletics Men's pole vault March 8  Gold Soichi Tamoi Athletics Men's 10,000 m March 8  Gold Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's discus throw March 9  Gold Fumio Nishiuchi Athletics Men's decathlon March 9  Gold Kyoko Yoneda Athletics Women's high jump March 10  Gold Haruo Nagayasu Athletics Men's javelin throw March 10  Gold Masaji Tajima Athletics Men's long jump March 10  Gold Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's shot put March 10  Gold Eitaro Okano Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles March 10  Gold Kiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's 100 m March 10  Gold Kiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's long jump March 11  Gold Yoshio Iimura Athletics Men's triple jump March 11  Gold Eitaro Okano Athletics Men's 400 m March 11  Gold Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase March 11  Gold Kyoko Yoneda Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles March 11  Gold Kimiko Okamoto Athletics Women's 200 m March 11  Gold Kimiko Okamoto Taeko Sato Ayako Yoshikawa Kiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay March 11  Gold Masaji Tajima Toshihiro Ohashi Tomio Hosoda Kazuta Ikoma Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay March 11  Gold Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's javelin throw unknown  Silver Yuji Tachiiri Cycling Men's road race March 6  Silver Shoichiro Sugihara Cycling Men's sprint March 7  Silver Ryo Ishikawa Cycling Men's 1 km time trial March 7  Silver Takeo Sato Athletics Men's 10,000 m walk March 8  Silver Ryosuke Takasugu Athletics Men's 10,000 m March 8  Silver Fumi Kojima Athletics Women's discus throw March 9  Silver Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 1500 m March 9  Silver Bunkichi Sawada Athletics Men's decathlon March 9  Silver Taeko Sato Athletics Women's high jump March 10  Silver Fumi Kojima Athletics Women's shot put March 10  Silver Sukeo Denda Athletics Men's shot put March 10  Silver Makoto Arai Mitsugu Hachiya Hiroshi Ikeda Junichi Iwao Michio Katayama Fumio Matsuoka Kasaburo Ogura Shuzo Okubo Shigeru Saito Minoru Takahashi Mitsuhide Tsuji Basketball Men's tournament March 10  Silver Norimi Sato Athletics Men's discus throw March 11  Silver Ayako Yoshikawa Athletics Women's long jump March 11  Silver Takashi Aso Athletics Men's triple jump March 11  Silver Toshihiro Ohashi Athletics Men's 100 m March 11  Silver Michitaka Kinami Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles March 11  Silver Katsuo Nishida Athletics Men's marathon March 11  Silver Yukio Ishikawa Athletics Men's high jump March 11  Silver Yorio Mizuyoke Ichiro Tao Fumio Nishiuchi Eitaro Okano Athletics Men's 4x400 m relay March 11  Silver Miyoko Kato Athletics Women's javelin throw unknown  Bronze Takeo Sato Cycling Men's road race March 6  Bronze Yukio Iguchi Weightlifting Men's 60 kg March 6  Bronze Minoru Kubota Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg March 6  Bronze Takeo Sato Athletics Men's 50 km walk March 8  Bronze Shuhei Nishida Athletics Men's pole vault March 8  Bronze Kikuo Moriya Athletics Men's 1500 m March 9  Bronze Ko Arima Toshio Iwatani Taro Kagawa Takashi Kano Nobuyuki Kato Seki Matsunaga Koji Miyata Hirokazu Ninomiya Ken Noritake Yoshio Okada Shigeo Sugimoto Megumu Tamura Masanori Tokita Yukio Tsuda Football Men's tournament March 9  Bronze Takashi Aso Athletics Men's long jump March 10  Bronze Norimi Sato Athletics Men's shot put March 10  Bronze Soichi Tamoi Athletics Men's 5000 m March 10  Bronze Kikuo Moriya Athletics Men's 800 m March 10  Bronze Tomio Hosoda Athletics Men's 200 m March 10  Bronze Kimiko Okamoto Athletics Women's 100 m March 10  Bronze Taeko Sato Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles March 11  Bronze Tomio Hosoda Athletics Men's 100 m March 11

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 20 17 11 48 Cycling 4 3 1 8 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 0 0 2 2 Football 0 0 1 1 Total 24 21 15 60

Athletics

Basketball

Cycling

Football

Weightlifting

See also

• Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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