1954 Asian Games
The 2nd Asian Games were held until May 9, 1954 in Manila from 1.
It was attended by 970 athletes from 18 different member associations of the Olympic Council of Asia. At the games, 77 competitions were held in eight sports. The games were after their independence in 1946, opened by Ramon Magsaysay, the third President of the Philippines. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila.
The official logo of the games shows a red sun with 16 rays, which was also used in the last Asian Games, and including 20 gold rings. About the Sun are the red or black lettering "Second Asian Games " and including " Ever Onward ". Among the rings is the red lettering " Manila 1954".
Sports
Three sports - boxing, wrestling and shooting - added was, during competitions in cycling no longer took place. All other sports were held in 1951.
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Football
- Weightlifting
- Athletics
- Wrestling
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Diving
Participating nations
Nine states made their debut in 1954, while two states - Iran and Nepal - after 1951 no longer took part.
- Kingdom Afghanistan 1931 Afghanistan
- Burma Burma
- Ceylon Ceylon
- Hong Kong 1910 Hong Kong *
- India India
- Indonesia Indonesia
- Israel Israel *
- Japan Japan
- Cambodia Cambodia *
- North Borneo *
- Pakistan Pakistan *
- Philippines Philippines
- China Republic of China Republic *
- Singapore 1946 Singapore
- Flag of South Korea South Korea *
- Thailand Thailand
* Took part in 1954 for the first time at the Asian Games