1958 Asian Games

Multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan III Asian Games Logo of the 3rd Asian Games.png 150 Ever Onward Tokyo, Japan 20 1,820 112 in 13 sports May 24, 1958 June 1, 1958 HirohitoEmperor of Japan Mikio Oda National Stadium Manila 1954 Jakarta 1962 The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games (ja 第3回アジア競技大会) and commonly known as Tokyo 1958 (ja 東京1958), were a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958. It was governed by the Asian Games Federation. A total of 1,820 athletes representing 20 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games. The program featured competitions in 13 different sports encompassing 97 events, including four non-Olympic sports, judo, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. Four of these competition sports – field hockey, table tennis, tennis and volleyball – were introduced for the first time in the Asian Games. This is the first time that Japan hosted the Asian Games. Background The Asian Games is a multi-sport event, much like the Summer Olympics (albeit on a much smaller scale), with participation exclusively for Asian countries. The first edition was held in the capital city of India, New Delhi, in 1951, attracting 489 competitors from 11 nations. Sports The programme for the Tokyo 1958 Games included 13 different sports divided into 97 events. Four of these sports – judo,https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/JUD/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063838/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/JUD/ dead 17 April 2020 Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games – Overview Sports Reference 4 January 2014 table tennis,https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/TTN/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/TTN/ dead 17 April 2020 Table tennis at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games – Overview Sports Reference 4 January 2014 tennishttps://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/02/sports/2-more-olympic-games.html 2 More Olympic Games The New York Times October 2, 1981 4 January 2014 and volleyballhttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/VOL/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/VOL/ dead 17 April 2020 Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games – Overview Sports Reference 4 January 2014 – were not on the official Olympic sports programme at that time. Badminton was added as a demonstration sport, which, from 1962 onwards, became a regular competitive sport in the Asian Games.http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Badminton_History.aspx?id=BD https://web.archive.org/web/20070104043504/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Badminton_History.aspx?id=BD 4 January 2007 Badminton – History Doha-2006.com (via Wayback Machine) usurped 4 January 2014 Judo was another demonstration sport. Athletics 31 Basketball 1 Boxing 10 Cycling 6 Diving 4 Field hockey 1 Football 1 Shooting 6 Swimming 21 Table tennis 7 Tennis 5 Volleyball 2 Water polo 1 Weightlifting 8 Wrestling 8 Torch relay The tradition of torch relay, inspired by the Olympic Games, was introduced for the first time in the Asian Games in 1958.http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/3rd_Asian_Games.htm III Asian Games Pakistan Sports Board 8 January 2014 8 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108164123/http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/3rd_Asian_Games.htm dead The relay officially began from the main venue of the Second Asian Games, Rizal Memorial Coliseum, in Manila, Philippines. In the host nation, Japan, it was relayed from Okinawa to Kyushu Island. Okinawa was under the United States administration at that time. At the opening ceremony, the Games cauldron was ignited by the first Japanese Olympic gold medallist and the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event, Mikio Oda.http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/interview-with-mikio-oda-first-japanese-olymp Interview with Mikio Oda, first Japanese Olympic gold medallist International Association of Athletics Federations 26 April 2010 8 January 2014 Nakamura, Ken Participating nations right|thumb|320px|Participating countries A record total of 1,820 athletes representing 20 member nations of the Asian Games Federation participated in the Games. The number of participating countries was also greatest in comparison to the first two editions of the Games. The Thai delegation held a meeting on 22 May 1958 in Tokyo, and invitations were sent to the representatives of Malaysia, Burma and Laos. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of forming a regional multi-sport event on the lines of Asian Games for the countries of Southeast Asia. This way the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games), which later became the Southeast Asian Games, were established and the first SEAP Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1959.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19890805&id=25VUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4273,877251 Lofty ideals that shaped SEA Games – Member countries New Straits Times 5 August 1989 3 January 2014 Rahman, Mansoor Kuala Lumpur 6 + Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest) IOC Letter Code Country AthletesJPN JPN 1958 Asian Games 287PHI PHI 1958 Asian Games 152ROC ROC 1958 Asian Games 136KOR KOR 1958 Asian Games 120PAK PAK 1958 Asian Games 87IRN IRN 1958 Asian Games 83HKG HKG 1958 Asian Games 80MAL MAL 1958 Asian Games 80IND IND 1958 Asian Games 79INA INA 1958 Asian Games 66SGP SGP 1958 Asian Games 54THA THA 1958 Asian Games 47BIR BIR 1958 Asian Games 36VNM VNM 1958 Asian Games 32ISR ISR 1958 Asian Games 23CAM CAM 1958 Asian Games 12CEY CEY 1958 Asian Games 11AFG AFG 1958 Asian Games 8NBO NBO 1958 Asian Games 8NEP NEP 1958 Asian Games 7 Opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the Tokyo 1958 Games was organised on 24 May 1958 at the National Olympic Stadium. The ceremony, among other dignitaries and guests, included the Emperor of Japan Hirohito, crown prince Akihito and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Around 70,000 people attended the opening ceremony.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002321/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192642/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002321/index.htm dead January 2, 2014 Events & Discoveries – Asian Games Sports Illustrated 8 22 2 June 1958 3 January 2014 Calendar In the following calendar for the 1958 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. The numeral indicates the number of event finals for each sport held that day. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right, how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader. OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony May / June 1958 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31Sat 1Sun Goldmedals Ceremonies OC CC 15px Athletics | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 9 | | | | 31 15px Basketball | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 1 15px Boxing | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 10 | | 10 15px Cycling – Road | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 2 15px Cycling – Track | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 4 15px Diving | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 4 15px Field hockey | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 1 15px Football | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 1 15px Shooting | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 6 15px Swimming | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | 21 15px Table tennis | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | 7 15px Tennis | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | | | 5 15px Volleyball | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | 2 15px Water polo | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 1 15px Weightlifting | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | 8 15px Wrestling | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | | | | | | 8Total gold medals 8 11 19 16 18 12 24 4 112May / June 195824Sat25Sun26Mon27Tue28Wed29Thu30Fri31Sat1SunGoldmedals Medal table 1958 Asian Games medal table Athletes from 16 countries won medals, leaving four countries without a medal, and 11 of them won at least one gold medal. Afghanistan, Cambodia, Nepal and North Borneo did not win any medal. The Japanese 4 × 100 metres medley relay team of Keiji Hase (backstroke), Masaru Furukawa (breaststroke), Manabu Koga (freestyle) and Takashi Ishimoto (butterfly) won the gold medal with a time of 4:17.2 and broke the world record.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002343/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192510/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002343/index.htm dead January 2, 2014 A worldwide roundup of the sports information of the week Sports Illustrated 8 23 9 June 1958 3 January 2014 The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, followed by the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code. The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Japan, is highlighted. References External links Olympic Council of Asia Japanese Olympic Committee Asian Games Tokyo Manila Jakarta III Asiad (1958) Asian Games Asian Games A Category:Asian Games by year Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:Multi-sport events in Japan Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games