View source for India at the 1954 Asian Games

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox country at games
| NOC          = IND
| NOCname      = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| oldcode      = 
| year         = 1954
| date         = 
| games        = Asian Games
| location     = [[Manila]]
| competitors  = 
| sports       = 
| flagbearer   = 
| officials    = 
| gold         = 5
| silver       = 4
| bronze       = 8
| rank         = 5
| appearances  = auto
| seealso      = 
| website      = 
}}

'''India''' participated in the '''1954 Asian Games''' held in the city of [[Manila]], Philippines from 1 May 1954 to 9 May 1954. India ranked 5th with 4 gold medals in this edition of the [[Asian Games|Asiad]].<ref>[http://www.ocasia.org/2AG.asp 2nd Asian Games medal tally ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210122609/http://www.ocasia.org/2AG.asp |date=10 February 2007 }}</ref>

==Medal table==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!colspan=6|Medals by discipline
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Discipline
![[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
![[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]
![[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]
!Total
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|[[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]]
|5
|3
|6
|14
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|[[Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games|Wrestling]]
|0
|1
|1
|2
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
|[[Diving at the 1954 Asian Games|Diving]]
|0
|0
|1
|1
|- style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
!Total
!5
!4
!8
!17
|}

==Medal winners<ref> {{cite web|url=https://newschoupal.com/asian-games-1954-indian-medal-winners|title=Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners}}</ref>==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
! width="80"|Medal
! width="250"|Name
! width="200"|Sport
! width="250"|Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Sarwan Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 110m hurdles]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || Ajit Singh Balla || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's high jump]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Parduman Singh Brar]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's shot put]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Parduman Singh Brar]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's discus throw]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Christine Brown]] <br /> [[Stephie D'Souza]] <br /> [[Violet Peters]] <br /> [[Mary D'Souza]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Women's 4 × 400 m relay]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Joginder Singh Dhanaor]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 400m]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Sohan Singh Dhanoa]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 800m]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Joginder Singh Dhanaor]] <br /> [[Ivan Jacob]] <br /> Harjeet Singh <br /> J. B. Joseph || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 4 × 400 m relay]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || B. G. Kashid || [[Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 
 lightweight 67 kg]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[M. Gabriel|Marian Gabriel]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 100 m]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Dalu Ram || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 5000 m]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Dalu Ram || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 3000 m steeplechase]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Ishar Singh]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's shot put]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Ronnie O'Brien]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's decathlon]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Christine Brown]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1954 Asian Games|Women's 100 m]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[K. P. Thakkar]] || [[Diving at the 1954 Asian Games|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's 10 m platform]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || Sohan Singh || [[Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games|Men's middleweight 79 kg]]
|}

==Football==
Head coach: {{flagicon|IND}} [[Balaidas Chatterjee]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Basu |first1=Jaydeep |last2=Warrier |first2=Sunil |last3=Chaudhuri |first3=Arunava |title=The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1954asiangames.html |website=indianfootball.de |access-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606235430/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1954asiangames.html |archive-date=6 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{National football squad start (no caps)}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Sanjeeva Uchil]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Sanat Sett]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sailen Manna]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1924|9|1}} |caps=|goals=|club=[[Mohun Bagan]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1930|7|12}} |caps=|goals=|club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Thenmadom Varghese]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Anthony Patrick]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Muhammad Noor|Noor Muhammad]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Chandan Singh Rawat]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1928|7|26}} |caps=|goals=|club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Amal Dutta]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1928|7|26}} |caps=|goals=|club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=MF|name=[[G.R. Gokul]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Sayed Moinuddin]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1926|12|24}} |caps=|goals=|club=[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Hyderabad]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Joe D'Sa]]|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1954|5|1|1932|8|3}}  |caps=|goals=|club=[[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[J. Krishnaswamy|Krishna Kittu]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Anthony Braganza]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Maharashtra football team|Bombay]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[M. Jayaram]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Services football team|Services]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad player (no caps)|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Thangarajan]]|age= |caps=|goals=|club=[[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]|clubnat=IND}}
{{National football squad end}}

=== Preliminary round ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90% "
!width=160|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|INA}}
|2||2||0||0||9||3||+6||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|IND}}
|2||1||0||1||3||6||−3||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|JPN|1870}}
|2||0||0||2||5||8||−3||'''0'''
|}

{{footballbox
| date       = 3 May
| time       =
| team1      = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score      = 3–2
| report     = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19540505&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
| team2      = {{fb|JPN|1870}}
| goals1     = [[Sayed Moinuddin|Moinuddin]] {{goal|6||28}}<br />[[Joe D'Sa]] {{goal|42}}
| goals2     = [[Takashi Takabayashi|Takabayashi]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Taizo Kawamoto|Kawamoto]] {{goal|78}}
| stadium    = [[Rizal Memorial Stadium]], [[Manila]]
| attendance =
| referee    =
}}
----
{{footballbox
| date       = 5 May
| time       =
| team1      = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score      = 0–4
| report     = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2GFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393%2C2131993
| team2      = {{fb|INA}}
| goals1     =
| goals2     = [[Djamiat Dhalhar|Dhalhar]] {{goal|28|pen.|80}}<br />[[Ramang]] {{goal|51||69}}
| stadium    = [[Rizal Memorial Stadium]], [[Manila]]
| attendance =
| referee    =
}}

==See also==
*[[G. Muthuraj]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nations at the 1954 Asian Games}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1954 Asian Games]]
[[Category:India at the Asian Games|1954]]
[[Category:1954 in Indian sport|Asian Games]]


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