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.1951 Asian Games medal tally 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
| width="56%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEventDate Kihei Tomioka Cycling Men's road race Takeo Sato Cycling Men's sprint Shoichiro Sugihara Cycling Men's 1 km time trial Ryo IshikawaTakeo SatoYuji TachiiriKihei Tomioka Cycling Men's team pursuit Fumio Kamamoto Athletics Men's hammer throw Bunkichi Sawada Athletics Men's pole vault Soichi Tamoi Athletics Men's 10,000 m Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's discus throw Fumio Nishiuchi Athletics Men's decathlon Kyoko Yoneda Athletics Women's high jump Haruo Nagayasu Athletics Men's javelin throw Masaji Tajima Athletics Men's long jump Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's shot put Eitaro Okano Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles Kiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's 100 m Kiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's long jump Yoshio Iimura Athletics Men's triple jump Eitaro Okano Athletics Men's 400 m Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase Kyoko Yoneda Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles Kimiko Okamoto Athletics Women's 200 m Kimiko OkamotoTaeko SatoAyako YoshikawaKiyoko Sugimura Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay Masaji TajimaToshihiro OhashiTomio HosodaKazuta Ikoma Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's javelin throw unknown Yuji Tachiiri Cycling Men's road race Shoichiro Sugihara Cycling Men's sprint Ryo Ishikawa Cycling Men's 1 km time trial Takeo Sato Athletics Men's 10,000 m walk Ryosuke Takasugu Athletics Men's 10,000 m Fumi Kojima Athletics Women's discus throw Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 1500 m Bunkichi Sawada Athletics Men's decathlon Taeko Sato Athletics Women's high jump Fumi Kojima Athletics Women's shot put Sukeo Denda Athletics Men's shot put Makoto AraiMitsugu HachiyaHiroshi IkedaJunichi IwaoMichio KatayamaFumio MatsuokaKasaburo OguraShuzo OkuboShigeru SaitoMinoru TakahashiMitsuhide Tsuji Basketball Men's tournament Norimi Sato Athletics Men's discus throw Ayako Yoshikawa Athletics Women's long jump Takashi Aso Athletics Men's triple jump Toshihiro Ohashi Athletics Men's 100 m Michitaka Kinami Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Katsuo Nishida Athletics Men's marathon Yukio Ishikawa Athletics Men's high jump Yorio MizuyokeIchiro TaoFumio NishiuchiEitaro Okano Athletics Men's 4x400 m relay Miyoko Kato Athletics Women's javelin throw unknown Takeo Sato Cycling Men's road race Yukio Iguchi Weightlifting Men's 60 kg Minoru Kubota Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Takeo Sato Athletics Men's 50 km walk Shuhei Nishida Athletics Men's pole vault Kikuo Moriya Athletics Men's 1500 m Ko ArimaToshio IwataniTaro KagawaTakashi KanoNobuyuki KatoSeki MatsunagaKoji MiyataHirokazu NinomiyaKen NoritakeYoshio OkadaShigeo SugimotoMegumu TamuraMasanori TokitaYukio Tsuda Football Men's tournament Takashi Aso Athletics Men's long jump Norimi Sato Athletics Men's shot put Soichi Tamoi Athletics Men's 5000 m Kikuo Moriya Athletics Men's 800 m Tomio Hosoda Athletics Men's 200 m Kimiko Okamoto Athletics Women's 100 m Taeko Sato Athletics Women's 80 m hurdles Tomio Hosoda Athletics Men's 100 m
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics20171148Cycling4318Basketball0101Weightlifting0022Football0011 Total 24 21 15 60
Athletics
Basketball
Cycling
Football
Weightlifting
See also Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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