India at the 1954 Asian Games

India at the 1954 Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Manila
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 8 Total 17
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

India participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines from 1 May 1954 to 9 May 1954. India was ranked fifth with 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze medals in the overall medal table, in the second edition of the Asian Games.[1]

Parduman Singh Brar won two gold medals in athletics. K. P. Thakkar won a bronze medal in diving.

As of the conclusion of the 2022 Asian Games, 1954 remains the last edition where India won any medals in diving.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	5	3	6	14
Wrestling	5	0	1	1	2
Diving	3	0	0	1	1
Total	5	5	4	8	17

Medals by day

Medals by day
Day	Date[2][3][4][5][6]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	1 May	0	0	0	0
2	2 May	2	0	0	2
3	3 May	0	1	2	3
4	4 May	1	1	4	6
5	5 May	2	2	1	5
6	6 May	0	0	0	0
7	7 May	0	0	0	0
8	8 May	0	0	1	1
9	9 May	0	0	0	0
	Total	5	4	8	17

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Male	4	4	7	15
Female	1	0	1	2
Total	5	4	8	17

Medalists

Medal[7]	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Parduman Singh Brar	Athletics	Men's discus throw	2 May
Gold	Ajit Singh Balla	Athletics	Men's high jump	2 May
Gold	Sarwan Singh	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	4 May
Gold	Parduman Singh Brar	Athletics	Men's shot put	5 May
Gold	Christine Brown Stephie D'Souza Violet Peters Mary D'Souza	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	5 May
Silver	B. G. Kashid	Wrestling	Men's lightweight 67 kg	3 May
Silver	Joginder Singh Dhanaor	Athletics	Men's 400 m	4 May
Silver	Sohan Singh Dhanoa	Athletics	Men's 800 m	5 May
Silver	Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J. B. Joseph	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	5 May
Bronze	Dalu Ram	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	3 May
Bronze	Sohan Singh	Wrestling	Men's middleweight 79 kg	3 May
Bronze	Marian Gabriel	Athletics	Men's 100 m	4 May
Bronze	Dalu Ram	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	4 May
Bronze	Ronnie O'Brien	Athletics	Men's decathlon	4 May
Bronze	Christine Brown	Athletics	Women's 100 m	4 May
Bronze	Ishar Singh Deol	Athletics	Men's shot put	5 May
Bronze	K. P. Thakkar	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	8 May

Football

Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Sanjeeva Uchil		Bombay
	1GK	Sanat Sett		Bengal
	2DF	Sailen Manna (c)	(1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 29)	Mohun Bagan
	2DF	Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din	(1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 23)	Hyderabad City Police
	2DF	Thenmadom Varghese		Bombay
	2DF	Anthony Patrick		Hyderabad City Police
	3MF	Noor Muhammad		Hyderabad City Police
	3MF	Chandan Singh Rawat	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
	3MF	Amal Dutta	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
	3MF	G.R. Gokul		Bengal
	4FW	Sayed Moinuddin		Hyderabad City Police
	4FW	Ahmed Khan	(1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 27)	Hyderabad
	4FW	Joe D'Sa	(1932-08-03)3 August 1932 (aged 21)	Bombay
	4FW	Krishna Kittu		Bengal
	4FW	Anthony Braganza		Bombay
	4FW	M. Jayaram		Services
	4FW	Thangarajan		Madras

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	4
India	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	5	8	−3	0

3 May

India	3–2	Japan
Moinuddin 6', 28' Joe D'Sa 42'	Report	Takabayashi 47' Kawamoto 78'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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5 May

India	0–4	Indonesia
	Report	Dhalhar 28' (pen.), 80' Ramang 51', 69'

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

See also

• G. Muthuraj

References

1. 2nd Asian Games medal tally Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. "The Indian Express (4 May 1954)".
3. "The Indian Express (5 May 1954)".
4. "The Indian Express (6 May 1954)".
5. "The Indian Express (7 May 1954)".
6. "The Indian Express (10 May 1954)".
7. "Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners".
8. Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.