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India at the 1954 Asian Games

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India at the
1954 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Manila
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
17
Asian Games appearances (overview)

India participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines from 1 May 1954 to 9 May 1954. India was ranked fifth with 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze medals in the overall medal table, in the second edition of the Asian Games.[1]

Parduman Singh Brar won two gold medals in athletics. K. P. Thakkar won a bronze medal in diving.

As of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games, 1954 remains the last edition where India won any medals in diving.

Medal summary

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Medals by sport

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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 day

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Medals by day
Day Date[2][3][4][5][6] Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 1 May 0 0 0 0
2 2 May 2 0 0 2
3 3 May 0 1 2 3
4 4 May 1 1 4 6
5 5 May 2 2 1 5
6 6 May 0 0 0 0
7 7 May 0 0 0 0
8 8 May 0 0 1 1
9 9 May 0 0 0 0
Total 5 4 8 17

Medals by gender

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Medals by gender
Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Male 4 4 7 15
Female 1 0 1 2
Total 5 4 8 17

Medalists

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Medal[7] Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's discus throw 2 May
 Gold Ajit Singh Balla Athletics Men's high jump 2 May
 Gold Sarwan Singh Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles 4 May
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's shot put 5 May
 Gold Christine Brown
Stephie D'Souza
Violet Peters
Mary D'Souza
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay 5 May
 Silver B. G. Kashid Wrestling Men's lightweight 67 kg 3 May
 Silver Joginder Singh Dhanaor Athletics Men's 400 m 4 May
 Silver Sohan Singh Dhanoa Athletics Men's 800 m 5 May
 Silver Joginder Singh Dhanaor
Ivan Jacob
Harjeet Singh
J. B. Joseph
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 5 May
 Bronze Dalu Ram Athletics Men's 5000 m 3 May
 Bronze Sohan Singh Wrestling Men's middleweight 79 kg 3 May
 Bronze Marian Gabriel Athletics Men's 100 m 4 May
 Bronze Dalu Ram Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 4 May
 Bronze Ronnie O'Brien Athletics Men's decathlon 4 May
 Bronze Christine Brown Athletics Women's 100 m 4 May
 Bronze Ishar Singh Deol Athletics Men's shot put 5 May
 Bronze K. P. Thakkar Diving Men's 10 m platform 8 May

Football

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Head coach: India Balaidas Chatterjee[8]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Sanjeeva Uchil India Bombay
1GK Sanat Sett India Bengal
2DF Sailen Manna (c) (1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 29) India Mohun Bagan
2DF Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 23) India Hyderabad City Police
2DF Thenmadom Varghese India Bombay
2DF Anthony Patrick India Hyderabad City Police
3MF Noor Muhammad India Hyderabad City Police
3MF Chandan Singh Rawat (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25) India Bengal
3MF Amal Dutta (1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25) India Bengal
3MF G.R. Gokul India Bengal
4FW Sayed Moinuddin India Hyderabad City Police
4FW Ahmed Khan (1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 27) India Hyderabad
4FW Joe D'Sa (1932-08-03)3 August 1932 (aged 21) India Bombay
4FW Krishna Kittu India Bengal
4FW Anthony Braganza India Bombay
4FW M. Jayaram India Services
4FW Thangarajan India Madras

Preliminary round

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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
 Japan 2 0 0 2 5 8 −3 0
India 3–2 Japan
Moinuddin 6', 28'
Joe D'Sa 42'
Report Takabayashi 47'
Kawamoto 78'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2nd Asian Games medal tally Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The Indian Express (4 May 1954)".
  3. ^ "The Indian Express (5 May 1954)".
  4. ^ "The Indian Express (6 May 1954)".
  5. ^ "The Indian Express (7 May 1954)".
  6. ^ "The Indian Express (10 May 1954)".
  7. ^ "Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners".
  8. ^ 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.