| India at the 1954 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| in Manila | |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
India participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the city of Manila, Philippines from 1 May 1954 to 9 May 1954. India ranked 5th with 4 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]
Medal summary
Medals by sport
| Medals by sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
 Athletics |
2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
 Wrestling |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Diving |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
Medals by gender
| Medals by gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Male | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Female | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
Medal winners[2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Sarwan Singh | Athletics | Men's 110m hurdles |
| Gold | Ajit Singh Balla | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Gold | Parduman Singh Brar | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| Gold | Parduman Singh Brar | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Gold | Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m relay |
 Silver | Joginder Singh Dhanaor | Athletics | Men's 400m |
| Silver | Sohan Singh Dhanoa | Athletics | Men's 800m |
| Silver | Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J. B. Joseph | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay |
| Silver | B. G. Kashid | Wrestling | Men's lightweight 67 kg |
 Bronze | Marian Gabriel | Athletics | Men's 100 m |
| Bronze | Dalu Ram | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Dalu Ram | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Bronze | Ishar Singh | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| Bronze | Ronnie O'Brien | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Bronze | Christine Brown | Athletics | Women's 100 m |
| Bronze | K. P. Thakkar | Diving | Men's 10 m platform |
| Bronze | Sohan Singh | Wrestling | Men's middleweight 79 kg |
Football
Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee[3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Sanjeeva Uchil | Bombay | ||
| GK | Sanat Sett | Bengal | ||
| DF | Sailen Manna (c) | 1 September 1924 (aged 29) | Mohun Bagan | |
| DF | Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din | 12 July 1930 (aged 23) | Hyderabad City Police | |
| DF | Thenmadom Varghese | Bombay | ||
| DF | Anthony Patrick | Hyderabad City Police | ||
| MF | Noor Muhammad | Hyderabad City Police | ||
| MF | Chandan Singh Rawat | 26 July 1928 (aged 25) | Bengal | |
| MF | Amal Dutta | 26 July 1928 (aged 25) | Bengal | |
| MF | G.R. Gokul | Bengal | ||
| FW | Sayed Moinuddin | Hyderabad City Police | ||
| FW | Ahmed Khan | 24 December 1926 (aged 27) | Hyderabad | |
| FW | Joe D'Sa | 3 August 1932 (aged 21) | Bombay | |
| FW | Krishna Kittu | Bengal | ||
| FW | Anthony Braganza | Bombay | ||
| FW | M. Jayaram | Services | ||
| FW | Thangarajan | Madras |
Preliminary round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indonesia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 |
| India |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Japan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ 2nd Asian Games medal tally Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners".
- ↑ Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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