India at the 1958 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | IND |
NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
in Tokyo | |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
India participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 May to 1 June 1958. India was ranked seventh with 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 4 bronze medals, in the third edition of the Asian Games.[1]
This edition of the Asian Games marked the debut of field hockey. India won the silver medal.
Medal summary
[edit]Medals by sport
[edit]Medals by sport | |||||
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Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Medals by gender
[edit]Medals by gender | ||||
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Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Milkha Singh | Athletics | Men's 200 m |
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Milkha Singh | Athletics | Men's 400 m |
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Mohinder Singh | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
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Parduman Singh Brar | Athletics | Men's shot put |
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Balkar Singh | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
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Hari Singh Thapa | Boxing | Men's 75 kg |
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Stephie D'Souza | Athletics | Women's 200 m |
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Elizabeth Davenport | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
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Hockey | Men's team | |
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Parduman Singh Brar | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
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Christine Brown Violet Peters Stephie D'Souza Mary Leela Rao |
Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 m relay |
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Sundar Rao | Boxing | Men's 60 kg |
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Volleyball | Men's team |
Football
[edit]Head coach: T. Shome
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Peter Thangaraj | 24 December 1935 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
GK | S. S. Narayan | 12 November 1934 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
DF | Mohammad Abdul Salaam | ![]() | ||||
DF | Syed Khwaja Azizuddin (c) | 12 July 1930 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
DF | Abdul Latif | 15 August 1928 (aged 29) | ![]() | |||
DF | Ahmed Hussain | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mariappa Kempiah | 4 March 1932 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
MF | Noor Mohammed | ![]() | ||||
MF | Nikhil Nandy | ![]() | ||||
MF | Bir Bahadur Gurung | ![]() | ||||
FW | K. T. Pavitran | ![]() | ||||
FW | Pradip Kumar Banerjee | 23 June 1936 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Chuni Goswami | 15 January 1938 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | M. Rahmatullah | ![]() | ||||
FW | D. Damodaram | ![]() | ||||
FW | Dharmalingam Kannan | 8 July 1936 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Tulsidas Balaram | 4 October 1936 (aged 21) | ![]() |
Preliminary round
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
India ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Rahmatullah[2] ![]() |
Thio Him Tjiang ![]() ![]() |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]India ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Damodaran[3] ![]() |
Choi Chung-min ![]() Lee Soo-nam ![]() Moon Jung-sik ![]() |
Bronze medal match
[edit]Indonesia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Saari ![]() Suratmo ![]() Sunaryo ![]() Phwa Sian Liong ![]() |
Balaram ![]() |
Attendance: 46,000[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asian Games – Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ghoshal, Amoy (17 August 2014). "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1958 Tokyo". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "KOREA, TAIWAN IN SOCCER FINAL". The Sunday Standard. 1 June 1958. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ a b "INDONESIA GET BRONZE MEDAL BEATING INDIA". The Indian Express. 2 June 1958. Retrieved 13 January 2014.