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 2nd Asian Games, Manila, Philippines
 May 01 to May 09, 1954
 Participating Nations  18
 Participants  1,241
 Sports/Events  Eight
 Athletics, Swimming, Soccer,
 Basketball, Weightlifting, Wrestling,
 Boxing & Shooting


The ideals of the Olympic movement through the Asian Games were firmly bolstered at these Games, with considerable increase in numbers of participating countries/NOCs and participants.

Although cycling was excluded, wrestling, boxing and shooting were added to bring the total number of disciplines to eight.

Japan, who fielded the second largest contingent, dominated the Games and swept the board in athletics, swimming and wrestling.

India's Parduman Singh acheived a unique double by winning the men's discus and shot-put competitions.

Korea participated for the first time.

 Medals Tally
Rank Nation G S B Total
1 Japan 38 36 24 98
2 Philippines 14 14 17 45
3 Korea 8 6 5 19
4 Pakistan 4 5 - 9
5 India 4 4 5 14
6 China 2 4 6 12
7 Myanmar 2 - 2 4
8 Israel 2 - 1 3
9 Singapore 1 3 4 8
10 Ceylon - 1 1 2
11 Indonesia - - 3 3
12 Hong Kong - - 1 1



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