Athletics was contested at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines from May 2 to May 5.

Medalists Men 100 m 10.6= 10.7 10.8200 m 21.9 22.0 22.2400 m 48.5 48.6 48.6800 m 1:54.51:54.61:55.81500 m 3:56.2 3:58.0 3:59.05000 m 15:00.2 15:03.8 15:14.110,000 m 33:06.0 34:06.2 35:43.2110 m hurdles 14.7 14.8 14.8400 m hurdles 54.1 54.8 55.63000 m steeplechase 9:15.0 9:35.0 9:36.54 × 100 m relayMasaji TajimaYoshihiro TakataniTomio HosodaAkira Kiyofuji 41.2Muhammad Sharif ButtAbdul AzizAbdul KhaliqKhwaja Muhammad Aslam 41.5Gaspar AzaresEusebio EnsongPedro SubidoGenaro Cabrera 42.24 × 400 m relayAkira MatsuiYoshitaka MuroyaNobuaki MatsunoKanji Akagi 3:17.4J. B. JosephIvan JacobJoginder Singh DhanaorHarjeet Singh 3:18.0Mauricio PaubayaErnesto RodriguezCipriano NueraPablo Somblingo 3:21.6High jump1.951.95=1.95=Pole vault4.063.913.60Long jump7.026.946.86Triple jump 15.1314.8814.71Shot put 14.1413.7313.43Discus throw43.3741.6641.18Hammer throw53.9951.8050.80Javelin throw 64.26 63.28 56.26Decathlon545454295259

Women 100 m 12.5= 12.5= 12.6200 m 26.0 26.1 26.580 m hurdles 11.7 12.0 12.14 × 100 m relay Christine BrownStephie D'SouzaViolet PetersMary D'Souza 49.5 Michiko IwamotoKimiko OkamotoMidori TanakaAtsuko Nambu 49.6 Rogelia FerrerManolita CincoRoberta AnoreInocencia Solis 50.4High jump 1.55 1.52 1.52Long jump 5.68 5.64 5.36Shot put 12.31 12.27 11.81Discus throw 42.89 39.9737.12Javelin throw 44.07 42.2837.56

Medal table

References Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. . Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. . Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.