India at the 1958 Asian Games

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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—Third Asian Games, held in the Tokyo, Japan from 24 May to 1 June 1958. Indian athletes achieved total 13 medals with 5 golds and finished at the seventh spot in a medal table.[1]

Medal table[edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 5 2 2 9
Boxing 0 1 1 2
Hockey 0 1 0 1
Volleyball 0 0 1 1
Total 5 4 4 13

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Milkha Singh Athletics 200 m
 Gold Milkha Singh Athletics 400 m
 Gold Mohinder Singh Athletics Triple jump
 Gold Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Shot put
 Gold Balkar Singh Athletics Discus throw
 Silver Hari Singh (boxer) Boxing Middleweight (75 kg)
 Silver Stephie D'Souza Athletics 200 m
 Silver Elizabeth Davenport Athletics Javelin throw
 Silver India national hockey team Hockey Men's hockey
 Bronze Parduman Singh Brar Athletics Discus throw
 Bronze Women's relay team Athletics 4 x 100 m relay
 Bronze Sundar Rao Boxing Lightweight (60 kg)
 Bronze Men's volleyball team Volleyball Volleyball–Indoor

Football[edit]

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[edit]

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: [citation needed]
Burma 2–3 India
Goswami[2]
Balaram[2]
Damodaran[2]
India 1–2 Indonesia
Rahmatullah[2] 35' Thio Him Tjiang 11' 53'

Quarterfinals[edit]

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

Semifinals[edit]

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

Bronze medal match[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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