1958 Asian Games medal table

A record total of 1,820 athletes representing 20 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 13 sports divided into 97 events.

[6] The Japanese 4×100 metres medley relay team of Keiji Hase (backstroke), Masaru Furukawa (breaststroke), Manabu Koga (freestyle) and Takashi Ishimoto (butterfly) won the gold medal with a time of 4:17.2 and broke the world record.

Only the Republic of China managed to improve its position in the medal table compared to the 1954 Asian Games.

South Korean athletes improved their total medal count by eight from 1954, earning third spot on the table.

If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.

A black-and-white photograph of a stadium with athletes marching at the track
The opening ceremony of the Games was organised at the National Olympic Stadium
A Sikh man in his late 70s in a red turban and pink T-shirt with beards.
Milkha Singh won two gold medals in athletics with a new Asian Games record in 400 metres
A collection of four stamps
Stamps released by the Japan Government during the Games