At the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Tokyo, Japan in May. A total of eighteen events were contested in the men-only competition.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. . The javelin throw was contested for the first time and a ten mile run was included for the first and only time as the sole long-distance running event (replacing the 8-mile race held in 1915). Japan won most of the individual track medals, while China and the Philippines were the most successful in the field events section.Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
Fortunato Catalon of the Philippines completed a sprint double in the 100-yard and 220-yard runs. Japan's Gishiro Taku completed a similar feat in the middle-distance running events. Filipino long jumper C. Cardenas was the only individual to retain their title from the 1915 Shanghai Championship Games. The decathlon winner Genzaburo Noguchi of Japan went on to become the first person to represent his country in the event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Gensabulo Noguchi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.
Medal summary
Men
100 yards 10.0 10.4 10.4220 yards straight 23.8 24.2 24.6440 yards 55.0 55.2 56.2880 yards 2:12.2 2:14.0 2:15.0One mile 4:56.4 4:59.4 5:04.0Ten miles ??? ??? ???120 yd hurdles 17.0 ??? ???220 yd hurdles straight 28.6 28.8 29.04×220 yd relay 1:38.2 1:39.2 ???4×400 yd relay 3:41.0 3:42.0 ???High jump 1.67 m 1.65 m 1.62 mPole vault 3.15 m 3.07 m 2.99 mLong jump 6.63 m 6.55 m 6.48 mShot put 10.69 m 10.44 m 10.29 mDiscus throw 33.36 m 31.10 m 29.54 mJavelin throw 43.74 m 38.54 m 37.68 mPentathlon 295 pts 287 pts 252 ptsDecathlon 678 pts ??? pts ??? pts
References
Results Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.