Authors : Motghare A. L.
Page Nos : 112-114
Description :
Second
Asian
competition
was
played
at
the
capital
of
Philippines
Manila
Between
1
st
may
to
10
th
may
1954.
Competition
was
organized
in
Rizal
memorial
stadium
and
18
nations
participated
in
it.
In
this
competition
not
only
the
participating
countries
and
players
increased
but
the
number
of
games
also
increased.
Wrestling,
shooting,
and
boxing
games
w
ere
added.
Cycling
was
discarded
from
these
games.
In Manila games Japan was not only the champion in Athletics but they were ahead in Swimming,
wrestling, and shooting. Philippines were once again the champions in Basketball. They were ahead in
boxing and
shooting also. Taiwan pulled the championship in football and Singapore in water polo and
South Koreans were champions in weight lifting. The information collected was analyzed quantitatively
and qualitatively. Total 12 teams participated in the competiti
on. A previous runner up Iran team was not
playing. India started their campaign by defeating Japan by 3: 2 goals.
