At the 1963 GANEFO, the athletics events were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in November.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. . A total of 21 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested at the competition.GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
Given that the Soviet Union sent a lower standard of athletes to the games, China dominated the athletics competition. China won all but three of the women's events and won eleven gold medals in the men's section. The second most successful nation was North Korea, which won four gold medals, led by a triple gold medal performance by Sin Kim-dan. The next most successful nation was the United Arab Republic (combining Egypt and Syria), which swept the men's distance track events, and also won four gold medals.
This was a major international event for Chinese and North Korean athletes in particular, as they were excluded from the Asian Games, including the 1962 Jakarta Games held a year earlier. The Asian Games sprint and hurdles champion Mohammad Sarengat by China's Gao Jiqiao. Ni Zhiqin won the men's high jump and would break the world record in that event later in his career. His counterpart on the women's side Zheng Fengrong was similarly successful, having become the first Chinese world record breaker in 1957 – here she was only runner-up (behind her teammate Wu Fushan) but won the women's pentathlon event. Another high-profile competitor was men's long jump winner Ali Brakchi, an Algerian who represented France at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Ali Brakchi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.7 10.8 10.8200 metres 21.8 21.9 21.9400 metres 49.5 49.8 50.3800 metres 1:52.3 1:54.5 1:55.91500 metres 4:00.8 4:00.9 4:02.95000 metres 14:57.5 14:58.8 15:08.210,000 metres 31:05.2 31:09.0 32:51.1Marathon 2:49:51 2:49:52 3:01:41110 m hurdles 14.3 14.6 14.8400 m hurdles 52.5 53.7 54.9 relayJootje OrohSoenjotoMohammad SarengatBambang Wahyudi 41.8 41.9 43.4 relayM. AminuddinAgus SoegiriSteve MainakeSteven Thenu 3:20.6 3:21.3 3:27.3High jump 2.01 m 1.99 m 1.90 mPole vault 4.40 m 4.30 m 4.00 mLong jump 7.51 m 7.36 m 7.31 mTriple jump 16.04 m 15.87 m 14.73 mShot put 17.02 m 15.73 m 15.10 mDiscus throw 48.42 m 47.57 m 43.92 mHammer throw 62.33 m 51.02 m 50.84 mJavelin throw 66.71 m 65.53 m 62.57 mDecathlon 5900 pts 5807 pts 4954 pts
Women 100 metres 12.4 12.5 12.6200 metres 23.5 25.8 26.8400 metres 51.4 57.7 58.8800 metres 1:59.1 2:18.4 2:20.080 m hurdles 11.4 11.8 12.5 relay 48.2ErnawatiSouratmiWilly TomasoaW. Machwijar 50.5 52.6High jump 1.70 m 1.68 m 1.58 mLong jump 5.74 m 5.51 m 5.45 mShot put 15.25 m 14.47 m 13.37 mDiscus throw 47.17 m 46.00 m 44.13 mJavelin throw 47.32 m 39.45 m 39.31 mPentathlon 4525 pts 3616 pts 3407 pts
References
Medalists GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.