Asian Games 1958
Asian Games 1958 | |
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venue | Tokyo , Japan |
countries | 20th |
Athletes | 1,820 |
Competitions | 112 in 13 sports |
Opening ceremony | May 24, 1958 |
Closing ceremony | June 1, 1958 |
Opened by | Emperor Hirohito |
The 3rd Asian Games took place in Tokyo from May 24th to June 1st, 1958 .
1,820 athletes from 20 different member associations of the Olympic Council of Asia took part. 112 competitions in 13 sports were held. The games were opened by Emperor Hirohito , the then Tennō of Japan. The games were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo .
At the Asian Games in 1958, four new sports were added. These were: hockey , tennis , table tennis and volleyball .
The next major event in Tokyo was the 1964 Summer Olympics .
Participating Nations
In 1958 all countries took part that had already participated in 1954 , as well as Iran and Nepal , which paused at the last Asian Games.
- Afghanistan
- Burma
- Ceylon
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Cambodia
- Malaya
- Nepal
- North Borneo
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- South Korea
- South Vietnam
- Thailand
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | Japan | 67 | 41 | 30th | 138 |
2 | Philippines | 8th | 19th | 21st | 48 |
3 | South Korea | 8th | 7th | 12 | 27 |
4th | Iran | 7th | 14th | 11 | 32 |
5 | Taiwan | 6th | 11 | 17th | 34 |
6th | Pakistan | 6th | 11 | 9 | 26th |
7th | India | 5 | 4th | 4th | 13 |
8th | South Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 4th | 6th |
9 | Burma | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
10 | Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 77 | 77 | 75 | 229 | |
Complete medal table |
Web links
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