Athletics was contested at the 1951 Asian Games in National Stadium, New Delhi, India from 8 March to 11 March 1951.
| Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Stadium |
| Dates | 8–11 March 1951 |
| Nations | 11 |
1954 → | |
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Lavy Pinto India | 10.8 | Toshihiro Ohashi Japan | 11.0 | Tomio Hosoda Japan | 11.1 |
| 200 m | Lavy Pinto India | 22.0 GR | Marian Gabriel India | 22.5 | Tomio Hosoda Japan | 22.6 |
| 400 m | Eitaro Okano Japan | 50.7 | Amit Singh Bakshi India | 50.8 | Govind Singh India | 51.4 |
| 800 m | Ranjit Singh India | 1:59.3 GR | Kulwant Singh India | 1:59.7 | Kikuo Moriya Japan | 2:00.6 |
| 1500 m | Nikka Singh India | 4:04.1 GR | Susumu Takahashi Japan | 4:04.4 | Kikuo Moriya Japan | 4:05.4 |
| 5000 m | Ali Baghbanbashi Iran | 15:54.2 GR | Pritam Singh India | 15:57.8 | Soichi Tamoi Japan | 15:59.0 |
| 10,000 m | Soichi Tamoi Japan | 33:49.6 GR | Ryosuke Takasugi Japan | 34:32.0 | Gurbachan Singh India | 34:58.7 |
| 110 m hurdles | Ng Liang Chiang Singapore | 15.2 GR | Michitaka Kinami Japan | 15.3 | Lloyd Valberg Singapore | 15.7 |
| 400 m hurdles | Eitaro Okano Japan | 54.2 GR | Teja Singh India | 56.9 | Ng Liang Chiang Singapore | 57.6 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Susumu Takahashi Japan | 9:30.4 GR | Ali Baghbanbashi Iran | 9:31.8 | Ajit Singh India | 9:37.8 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Japan Masaji Tajima Toshihiro Ohashi Tomio Hosoda Kazuta Ikoma | 42.7 GR | India Alfred Shamin Ram Swaroop Marian Gabriel Lavy Pinto | 42.8 | Philippines Bernabe Lovina Jovencio Ardina Tito Almagro Genaro Cabrera | 43.9 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | India Govind Singh Amit Singh Bakshi Balwant Singh Karan Singh | 3:24.2 GR | Japan Yorio Mizuyoke Ichiro Tao Fumio Nishiuchi Eitaro Okano | 3:24.4 | Philippines Bernabe Lovina Bienvenido Llaneta Tomas Bennet Genaro Cabrera | 3:35.8 |
| Marathon | Chhota Singh India | 2:42:58.6 GR | Katsuo Nishida Japan | 2:49:03.0 | Surat Mathur India | 2:53:49.8 |
| 10,000 m walk | Mahabir Prasad India | 52:31.4 GR | Takeo Sato Japan | 52:34.8 | Kesar Singh India | 52:54.0 |
| 50 km walk | Bakhtawar Singh India | 5:44:07.4 GR | B. Das India | 5:44:14.6 | Takeo Sato Japan | 5:54:47.4 |
| High jump | Andres Franco Philippines | 1.93 GR | Yukio Ishikawa Japan | 1.91 | Maram Sudarmodjo Indonesia | 1.89 |
| Pole vault | Bunkichi Sawada Japan | 4.11 GR | M. A. Akbar Ceylon | 3.69 | Shuhei Nishida Japan | 3.61 |
| Long jump | Masaji Tajima Japan | 7.14 GR | Baldev Singh India | 6.99 | Takashi Aso Japan | 6.98 |
| Triple jump | Yoshio Iimuro Japan | 15.18 GR | Takashi Aso Japan | 14.25 | Hendarsin Indonesia | 14.24 |
| Shot put | Madan Lal India | 13.78 GR | Sukeo Denda Japan | 13.40 | Norimi Sato Japan | 12.83 |
| Discus throw | Makhan Singh India | 39.92 GR | Norimi Sato Japan | 39.29 | Aurelio Amante Philippines | 38.14 |
| Hammer throw | Fumio Kamamoto Japan | 46.65 GR | Somnath Chopra India | 43.35 | Kishen Singh India | 42.32 |
| Javelin throw | Haruo Nagayasu Japan | 63.97 GR | Parsa Singh India | 50.38 | Matulessy Indonesia | 48.99 |
| Decathlon | Fumio Nishiuchi Japan | 6324 GR | Bunkichi Sawada Japan | 5860 | Khurshid Ahmed India | 5099 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Kiyoko Sugimura Japan | 12.6 | Roshan Mistry India | 12.8 | Kimiko Okamoto Japan | 12.9 |
| 200 m | Kimiko Okamoto Japan | 26.0 GR | Laura Dowdswell Singapore | 27.2 | Mary D'Souza India | 28.0 |
| 80 m hurdles | Kyoko Yoneda Japan | 12.8 GR | Laura Dowdswell Singapore | 13.2 | Taeko Sato Japan | 13.5 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Japan Kimiko Okamoto Taeko Sato Ayako Yoshikawa Kiyoko Sugimura | 51.4 GR | India Banoo Gulzar Mary D'Souza Pat Mendonca Roshan Mistry | 51.9 | Indonesia Surjowati Triwulan Darwati Lie Djiang Nio | 54.4 |
| High jump | Kyoko Yoneda Japan | 1.49 GR | Taeko Sato Japan | 1.44 | Marie Semoes India | 1.37 |
| Long jump | Kiyoko Sugimura Japan | 5.91 GR | Ayako Yoshikawa Japan | 5.18 | Sylvia Gauntlet India | 4.52 |
| Shot put | Toyoko Yoshino Japan | 11.90 GR | Fumi Kojima Japan | 10.42 | Barbara Webster India | 9.02 |
| Discus throw | Toyoko Yoshino Japan | 42.10 GR | Fumi Kojima Japan | 35.51 | Annie Salamun Indonesia | 25.43 |
| Javelin throw | Toyoko Yoshino Japan | 36.23 GR | Miyoko Kato Japan | 35.33 | Barbara Webster India | 26.70 |
Medal table
Participating nations
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