| Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | National Stadium |
| Dates | 10–15 December |
Athletics was contested at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 10 to December 15.
Medalists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Mani Jegathesan Malaysia | 10.5 | C. Kunalan Singapore | 10.5 | Hideo Iijima.svg.png){kind=small} Japan | 10.5 |
| 200 m | Mani Jegathesan Malaysia | 21.5 | Ajmer Singh India | 21.5 | Thambu Krishnan Malaysia | 21.6 |
| 400 m | Ajmer Singh India | 47.1 | Yoshinori Sakai Japan | 47.4 | Masami Yoshida Japan | 47.5 |
| 800 m | Bhogeswar Baruah India | 1:49.4 GR | Subramaniam Ramasamy Malaysia | 1:49.5 | Mamoru Morimoto Japan | 1:49.6 |
| 1500 m | Keisuke Sawaki Japan | 3:47.3 GR | Subramaniam Ramasamy Malaysia | 3:48.0 | Satsuo Iwashita Japan | 3:48.1 |
| 5000 m | Keisuke Sawaki Japan | 14:22.0 GR | Kazuo Tsuchiya Japan | 14:23.1 | Lucien Rosa.svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon | 14:56.0 |
| 10,000 m | Kazuo Tsuchiya Japan | 30:27.8 | Sunao Shirai Japan | 30:36.8 | Lucien Rosa Ceylon | 31:06.6 |
| 110 m hurdles | Ghulam Raziq Pakistan | 14.4 | Yoshinobu Hamada Japan | 14.5 | Ishtiaq Mubarak Malaysia | 14.7 |
| 400 m hurdles | Kiyoo Yui Japan | 51.7 GR | Kazuhiko Itagaki Japan | 52.3 | Nathan Andyappan Malaysia | 53.0 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Taketsugu Saruwatari Japan | 8:53.6 GR | Ahmad Mirhosseini.svg.png){kind=small} Iran | 8:56.5 | Nobuyoshi Matsuda Japan | 9:05.2 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |  MalaysiaThambu Krishnan Mohd Ariffin Ahmad Rajalingam Gunaratnam Mani Jegathesan | 40.6 GR |  IndonesiaSoepardi Agus Sugiri Bambamg Wahjudi Jootje Pesak Oroh | 41.0 | .svg.png){kind=small} PhilippinesRogelio Onofre Remegio Vista Arnulfo Valles William Moderno | 41.3 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Japan Toru Honda Masami Yoshida Yoshinori Sakai Kiyoo Yui | 3:09.1 GR | Malaysia Victor Asirvatham Rengan Pakkri Nathan Andyappan Thambu Krishnan | 3:13.1 |  SingaporeBava Natahar Ho Mun Cheong Gunasena Migale C. Kunalan | 3:13.4 |
| Marathon | Kenji Kimihara Japan | 2:33:23 | Morio Shigematsu Japan | 2:35:04 | Lee Sang-hoon.png){kind=small} South Korea | 2:40:56 |
| High jump | Bhim Singh India | 2.05 | Osamu Shimizu Japan | 2.03 | Teymour Ghiasi Iran | 2.00 |
| Pole vault | Tetsuo Hirota Japan | 4.70 GR | Yoshizo Uryu Japan | 4.60 | Hong Sang-pyo South Korea | 4.40 |
| Long jump | Hiroomi Yamada Japan | 7.48 | Takayuki Okazaki Japan | 7.39 | Su Wen-ho Republic of China | 7.31 |
| Triple jump | Kosei Gushiken Japan | 15.61 | Satoshi Shimo Japan | 15.54 | Labh Singh India | 15.49 |
| Shot put | Joginder Singh India | 16.22 GR | Yoshihisa Ishida Japan | 16.13 | Jalal Keshmiri Iran | 16.02 |
| Discus throw | Praveen Kumar India | 49.62 GR | Jalal Keshmiri Iran | 49.30 | Balkar Singh India | 47.64 |
| Hammer throw | Takeo Sugawara Japan | 62.90 | Shigenobu Murofushi Japan | 60.02 | Praveen Kumar India | 57.18 |
| Javelin throw | Nashatar Singh Sidhu Malaysia | 72.92 | Takeshi Ikeda Japan | 68.24 | Yumio Miyoshi Japan | 67.86 |
| Decathlon | Wu Ah-min Republic of China | 7003 | Yukio Nogami Japan | 6613 | Hiroomi Yamada Japan | 6553 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Miho Sato Japan | 12.3 | Ritsuko Sukegawa Japan | 12.4 | Debra Marcus Israel | 12.5 |
| 200 m | Debra Marcus Israel | 25.3 | Miyoko Tsujishita Japan | 25.3 | Kishiko Ikeda Japan | 25.7 |
| 400 m | Mary Rajamani Malaysia | 56.3 GR | Han Myung-hee South Korea | 57.5 | Yasuyo Mishima Japan | 57.7 |
| 800 m | Hana Shezifi Israel | 2:10.5 GR | Yoko Miyamoto Japan | 2:12.7 | Yasuyo Mishima Japan | 2:13.6 |
| 80 m hurdles | Ritsuko Sukegawa Japan | 11.2 =GR | Takako Abe Japan | 11.4 | Manjit Walia India | 11.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Japan Ritsuko Sukegawa Miho Sato Kishiko Ikeda Miyoko Tsujishita | 47.1 GR |  Republic of ChinaChi Cheng Yeh Chu-mei Tien Ah-mei Huang Pi-yun | 47.8 | Malaysia Mary Rajamani Cheryl Dorall Jacqueline Kleinman Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad | 48.8 |
| High jump | Mami Takeda Japan | 1.60 =GR | Lolita Lagrosas.svg.png){kind=small} Philippines | 1.58 | Cheong Wai Hing Singapore | 1.55 |
| Long jump | Chi Cheng Republic of China | 5.95 =GR | Emiko Komaru Japan | 5.83 | Christine Forage India | 5.69 |
| Shot put | Ryoko Sugiyama Japan | 14.48 GR | Yuko Sawada Japan | 13.92 | Wu Jin-yun Republic of China | 12.83 |
| Discus throw | Josephine de la Viña Philippines | 47.58 GR | Yuko Tsunoda Japan | 42.34 | Han Dong-si South Korea | 41.08 |
| Javelin throw | Misako Katayama Japan | 49.44 GR | Sachiko Senzaki Japan | 42.50 | Marcelina Alonso Philippines | 40.90 |
| Pentathlon | Michiko Okamoto Japan | 4468 GR | Yeh Chu-mei Republic of China | 3951 | Lolita Lagrosas Philippines | 3889 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 18 | 22 | 10 | 50 |
| 2 | Malaysia (MAL) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 |  India (IND) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Republic of China (ROC) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Israel (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Iran (IRN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | .png){kind=small} South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon (CEY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (12 nations) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | |
References
- Asian Games Results. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
- Women's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.
- Men's relay medallists. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04.