India at the 1958 Asian Games

India at the
1958 Asian Games
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Tokyo
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
13
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

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 3 5 2 2 9
Boxing 8 0 1 1 2
Field hockey 2 0 1 0 1
Volleyball 4 0 0 1 1
Total 7 5 4 4 13

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Male 5 2 3 10
Female 0 2 1 3
Total 5 4 4 13

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Milkha Singh Athletics Men's 200 m
 Gold Milkha Singh Athletics Men's 400 m
 Gold Mohinder Singh Athletics Men's triple jump
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's shot put
 Gold Balkar Singh Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Hari Singh Thapa Boxing Men's 75 kg
 Silver Stephie D'Souza Athletics Women's 200 m
 Silver Elizabeth Davenport Athletics Women's javelin throw
 Silver
Hockey Men's team
 Bronze Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Christine Brown
Violet Peters
Stephie D'Souza
Mary Leela Rao		 Athletics Women's 4 x 100 m relay
 Bronze Sundar Rao Boxing Men's 60 kg
 Bronze
Volleyball Men's team

Football

Head coach: India T. Shome

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Peter Thangaraj (1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 22) India Madras Regimental Centre
1GK S. S. Narayan (1934-11-12)12 November 1934 (aged 23) India Caltex Bombay
2DF Mohammad Abdul Salaam India Bengal
2DF Syed Khwaja Azizuddin (c) (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 27) India Hyderabad City Police
2DF Abdul Latif (1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 29) India Mohammedan Sporting
2DF Ahmed Hussain India Bengal
3MF Mariappa Kempiah (1932-03-04)4 March 1932 (aged 26) India Mohun Bagan
3MF Noor Mohammed India Hyderabad City Police
3MF Nikhil Nandy India Eastern Railway
3MF Bir Bahadur Gurung India East Bengal
4FW K. T. Pavitran India Bombay
4FW Pradip Kumar Banerjee (1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 21) India Bengal
4FW Chuni Goswami (1938-01-15)15 January 1938 (aged 20) India Mohun Bagan
4FW M. Rahmatullah India Bengal
4FW D. Damodaram India Bengal
4FW Dharmalingam Kannan (1936-07-08)8 July 1936 (aged 21) India Hyderabad
4FW Tulsidas Balaram (1936-10-04)4 October 1936 (aged 21) India East Bengal

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 6 3 2.000 4
 India 2 1 0 1 4 4 1.000 2
 Burma 2 0 0 2 4 7 0.571 0
Source:
Burma 2–3 India
Goswami[2]
Balaram[2]
Damodaran[2]
India 1–2 Indonesia
Rahmatullah[2] 35' Thio Him Tjiang 11' 53'

Quarterfinals

Hong Kong 2–5 (a.e.t.) India
Rahmatullah[2]
Goswami[2]
Balaram[2]
Damodaran[2]

Semifinals

India 1–3 South Korea
Damodaran[3] 67' Choi Chung-min 13'
Lee Soo-nam 75'
Moon Jung-sik

Bronze medal match

Indonesia 4–1 India
Saari 10'
Suratmo 59'
Sunaryo 60'
Phwa Sian Liong 88'		 Balaram 46' (pen.)[4]
Attendance: 46,000[4]

References

  1. ^ "Asian Games – Medal Tally" (PDF). Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "KOREA, TAIWAN IN SOCCER FINAL". The Sunday Standard. 1 June 1958. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "INDONESIA GET BRONZE MEDAL BEATING INDIA". The Indian Express. 2 June 1958. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
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