1958 Asian Games
asian game officially third asian game japanese 第回アジア競技大会 commonly known tokyo japanese 東京 multisport event held tokyo japan may june governed asian game federation total athlete representing asian national olympic committee noc participated game program featured competition different sport encompassing event including four nonolympic sport judo table tennis tennis volleyball four competition sport – field hockey table tennis tennis volleyball – introduced first time asian game first time japan hosted asian game asian game multisport event much like summer olympics albeit much smaller scale participation exclusively asian country first edition held capital city india new delhi attracting competitor nation programme tokyo game included different sport divided event four sport – judo table tennis tennis volleyball – official olympic sport programme time badminton added demonstration sport onwards became regular competitive sport asian game judo another demonstration sport tradition torch relay inspired olympic game introduced first time asian game relay officially began main venue second asian game rizal memorial coliseum manila philippine host nation japan relayed okinawa kyushu island okinawa united state administration time opening ceremony game cauldron ignited first japanese olympic gold medallist first asian olympic champion individual event mikio oda record total athlete representing member nation asian game federation participated game number participating country also greatest comparison first two edition game thai delegation held meeting may tokyo invitation sent representative malaysia burma lao agenda meeting discus possibility forming regional multisport event line asian game country southeast asia way southeast asian peninsular game seap game later became southeast asian game established first seap game held bangkok thailand number athlete national olympic committee highest lowest opening ceremony tokyo game organised may national olympic stadium ceremony among dignitary guest included emperor japan hirohito crown prince akihito shah iran mohammad reza pahlavi around people attended opening ceremony following calendar asian game blue box represents event competition qualification round day yellow box represent day medalawarding final sport held numeral indicates number event final sport held day left calendar list sport event held game right many gold medal sport key top calendar aid reader athlete country medal leaving four country without medal least one gold medal afghanistan cambodia nepal north borneo win medal japanese × metre medley relay team keiji hase backstroke masaru furukawa breaststroke manabu koga freestyle takashi ishimoto butterfly gold medal time broke world record ranking table consistent international olympic committee convention published medal table default table ordered number gold medal athlete nation context nation entity represented noc number silver medal taken consideration next followed number bronze medal nation still tied equal ranking given listed alphabetically ioc country code top ten ranked noc game listed host nation japan highlighted host nation japan olympic council asia japanese olympic committee