At the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games, the athletics events were held in Tokyo, Japan in May.
Japan won most of the individual track medals, while China and the Philippines were the most successful in the field events section.
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.