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Athletics at the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games

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III Far Eastern Championship Games
DatesMay 1917
Host cityTokyo, Japan
Events18
Participation3 nations


At the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Tokyo, Japan in May. A total of eighteen events were contested in the men-only competition.[1] The javelin throw was contested for the first time and a ten mile run was included for the first and only time as the sole long-distance running event (replacing the 8-mile race held in 1915). Japan won most of the individual track medals, while China and the Philippines were the most successful in the field events section.[2]

Fortunato Catalon of the Philippines completed a sprint double in the 100-yard and 220-yard runs. Japan's Gishiro Taku completed a similar feat in the middle-distance running events. Filipino long jumper C. Cardenas was the only individual to retain their title from the 1915 Shanghai Championship Games.[2] The decathlon winner Genzaburo Noguchi of Japan went on to become the first person to represent his country in the event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards  Fortunato Catalon (PHI) 10.0  Nicolas Llaneta (PHI) 10.4  Sasago Madono (JPN) 10.4
220 yards straight  Fortunato Catalon (PHI) 23.8  Sasago Madono (JPN) 24.2  Joji Hattori (JPN) 24.6
440 yards  Shinsaku Yamanouchi (JPN) 55.0  Iwao Saeki (JPN) 55.2  Pedro Ablan (PHI) 56.2
880 yards  Gishiro Taku (JPN) 2:12.2  Shinsaku Yamanouchi (JPN) 2:14.0  Ichiro Sawada (JPN) 2:15.0
One mile  Gishiro Taku (JPN) 4:56.4  Kenkichi Inoue (JPN) 4:59.4  Tadanao Suzuki (JPN) 5:04.0
Ten miles  Genichi Hashimoro (JPN) ???  Tominosuke Kato (JPN) ???  Hitoshi Sasaki (JPN) ???
120 yd hurdles  Constantino Rabaya (PHI) 17.0  Chang Chingfu (CHN) ???  Jose Lozada (PHI) ???
220 yd hurdles straight  Isabelo Astraquillo (PHI) 28.6  Calixto Bello (PHI) 28.8  Sapnu (PHI) 29.0
4×220 yd relay  Philippines (PHI) 1:38.2  Japan (JPN) 1:39.2  China (CHN) ???
4×400 yd relay  Japan (JPN) 3:41.0  Philippines (PHI) 3:42.0  China (CHN) ???
High jump  Yuan Qingxiang (CHN) 1.67 m  Kuo Chiaoyen (CHN) 1.65 m  Chen Wuten (CHN) 1.62 m
Pole vault  Tang Ichung (CHN) 3.15 m  Kuo Chiaoyen (CHN) 3.07 m  Llanes (PHI) 2.99 m
Long jump  C. Cardenas (PHI) 6.63 m  Genaro Saavedra (PHI) 6.55 m  Simon Santos (PHI) 6.48 m
Shot put  Alejo Alvarez (PHI) 10.69 m  Cabanilla (PHI) 10.44 m  Mun Chipan (CHN) 10.29 m
Discus throw  Rafael Montes (PHI) 33.36 m  Alejo Alvarez (PHI) 31.10 m  Liu Inwu (CHN) 29.54 m
Javelin throw  Kenkichi Saito (JPN) 43.74 m  C. Cardenas (PHI) 38.54 m  Chen Chuju (CHN) 37.68 m
Pentathlon  Masajiro Sagiyama (JPN) 295 pts  Tu Jungtang (CHN) 287 pts  Chu Wuto (CHN) 252 pts
Decathlon  Genzaburo Noguchi (JPN) 678 pts  Wenceslao Villanueva (PHI) ??? pts  Genaro Saavedra (PHI) ??? pts

References

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  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ a b Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
  3. ^ Gensabulo Noguchi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.
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