Japan participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the capital city of Manila, Philippines. This country was ranked 1st with 38 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 24 bronze medals with a total of 98 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally. Japan sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 121 men and 30 women.

Medal summary Medal table

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Kanji Akagi Athletics Men's 400m Yoshitaka Muroya Athletics Men's 800m Osamu Inoue Athletics Men's 5000m Susumu Takahashi Athletics Men's 3000m steeplechase Masaji TajimaYoshihiro TakataniTomio HosodaAkira Kiyofuji Athletics Men's 4×100m relay Akira MatsuiYoshitaka MuroyaNobuaki MatsunoKanji Akagi Athletics Men's 4×400m relay Bunkichi Sawada Athletics Men's Pole vault Noriaki Sagawa Athletics Men's Long jump Noriaki Sagawa Athletics Men's Triple jump Yoshio Kojima Athletics Men's Hammer throw Atsuko Nambu Athletics Women's 100m Midori Tanaka Athletics Women's 200m Yoshie Takahashi Athletics Women's 80m hurdles Atsuko Nambu Athletics Women's Long jump Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's Shot put Toyoko Yoshino Athletics Women's Discus throw Akiko Kurihara Athletics Women's Javelin throw Kazuma Fujimoto Boxing Men's Welterweight 67 kg Katsuichi Mori Diving Men's 10 m platform Masami Miyamoto Diving Women's 3 m springboard Masami Miyamoto Diving Women's 10 m platform Choji Hosaka Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Masao Fujita Shooting Men's Trap Hiroshi Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Yoshihiro Shoji Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Yukiyoshi Aoki Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Keiji Hase Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Mamoru Tanaka Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke Kenzo YoshimuraTeijiro TanikawaYukiyoshi AokiHiroshi Suzuki Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Misako Tamura Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle Masayo Aoki Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Sadako YamashitaShizue MiyabeMisako TamuraTomiko Atarashi Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Minoru Iizuka Wrestling Men's Bantamweight 57kg Shigeru Kasahara Wrestling Men's Featherweight 62kg Takeo Shimotori Wrestling Men's Lightweight 67kg Yutaka Kaneko Wrestling Men's Welterweight 73kg Kazua Katsuramoto Wrestling Men's Middleweight 79kg Kenzo Fukuda Wrestling Men's Heavyweight +87kg Yoshitaka Muroya Athletics Men's 1500m Jiro Yamauchi Athletics Men's 10,000m Yukiyoshi Kawata Athletics Men's 110m hurdles Yukio Ishikawa Athletics Men's High jump Toyokichi Matsumoto Athletics Men's Pole vault Yoshiro Sonoda Athletics Men's Long jump Yoshio Iimuro Athletics Men's Triple jump Yoshio Kojima Athletics Men's Shot put Fumio Nishiuchi Athletics Men's Decathlon Atsuko Nambu Athletics Women's 200m Miyo Miyashita Athletics Women's 80m hurdles Yoshio Iimuro Athletics Women's Triple jump Kimiko OkamotoAtsuko NambuMichiko IwamotoMidori Tanaka Athletics Women's 4×100m relay Miyoko Takahashi Athletics Women's High jump Atsuko Nambu Athletics Women's Long jump Motoko Yoshida Athletics Women's Shot put Taeko Nomura Athletics Women's Discus throw Yasuko Inden Athletics Women's Javelin throw Yutaka Kobashi Boxing Men's Light middleweight 71 kg Katsuichi Mori Diving Men's 3 m springboard Shuko Sakaguchi Diving Women's 3 m springboard Shuko Sakaguchi Diving Women's 10 m platform Tsurukichi Kawaoka Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Tokusaburo Iwata Shooting Men's Trap Teijiro Tanikawa Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Katsuji Yamashita Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Shichiro Shintaku Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Norihiko Kurahashi Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Masaru Furakawa Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke Tomiko Atarashi Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Akiko Miyazaki Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle Keiko Sadamori Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Kazuko Sakamoto Swimming Women's 200 breaststroke Minoru Kubota Weightlifting Men's Lightweight 67.5 kg Yushu Kitano Wrestling Men's Flyweight 52kg Hachiro ArakawaHirobumi ChigeShunichi HiroshigaTeruyoshi KandaShinichiro KogaTakayoshi MatsufujiOsamu MiyabeTakanao SadoHaosue TajinaNisei Tashiro Water polo Men's Team Michio Ueki Athletics Men's 800m Michio Ueki Athletics Men's 1500m Takehiko Nakajima Athletics Men's 110m hurdles Haruo Nagayasu Athletics Men's Javelin throw Mieko Muro Athletics Women's High jump Mikiko Tazaki Athletics Women's Long jump Yuriko Mizoguchi Athletics Women's Shot put Yuriko Mizoguchi Athletics Women's Discus throw Hirokazu AraiJyunya AraiRiichi AraiTakashi ItoyamaTakeshi KinoshitaHitoshi KonnoHisashi NagashimaShozo NoguchiHiroshi SaitoShigeuji SaitoShutaro ShojiTakeo Sugiyama Basketball Men's Team Kichio Miyake Swimming Men's Bantamweight 54 kg Hiroshi Iwabuchi Boxing Men's Lightweight 60 kg Hisao Inoue Boxing Men's Light welterweight 63.5 kg Yutaka Baba Diving Men's 3 m springboard Kanoko Tsutani Diving Women's 3 m springboard Kanoko Tsutani Diving Women's 10 m platform Tsutomu Nagashima Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Takuro Ashida Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Masao Togami Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke Shizue Miyabe Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Yoshiko Sato Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle Midori Morimae Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Chizuko Urahata Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Yoshio Nanbu Weightlifting Bantamweight 56 kg Hachiro Fujiwara Weightlifting Middleweight 75 kg

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