India at the 1954 Asian Games explained

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
25px Male	4	4	7	15
25px Female	1	0	1	2
Total	5	4	8	17

Medalists

Medal[7]	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				2 May
				2 May
				4 May
				5 May
				5 May
	B. G. Kashid			3 May
				4 May
				5 May
	Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J. B. Joseph			5 May
	Dalu Ram			3 May
	Sohan Singh			3 May
				4 May
	Dalu Ram			4 May
	Ronnie O'Brien			4 May
				4 May
	Ishar Singh Deol			5 May
				8 May

Football

Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee^[8]

Preliminary round

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	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	4
	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	2
	2	0	0	2	5	8	−3	0

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See also

• G. Muthuraj

Notes and References

1. http://www.ocasia.org/2AG.asp 2nd Asian Games medal tally
2. Web site: The Indian Express (4 May 1954).
3. Web site: The Indian Express (5 May 1954).
4. Web site: The Indian Express (6 May 1954).
5. Web site: The Indian Express (7 May 1954).
6. Web site: The Indian Express (10 May 1954).
7. Web site: Asian Games 1954 Indian medal winners.
8. Web site: Basu . Jaydeep . Warrier . Sunil . Chaudhuri . Arunava . The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games . indianfootball.de . 31 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180606235430/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1954asiangames.html . 6 June 2018 . dead.