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one of the gold medalists in the boxing event was Celedonio Espinosa of the far Eastern University.

Facts

• A total of 970 athletes participated
• 19 Nations participated
• Eight competitive sports were organised:
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Football
  • Shooting
  • Swimming
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling
• Cycling was dropped as official Asian Games sport.
• Boxing, rifle shooting and wrestling were added to the games.

Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls attempts to score. ... Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden, 1951 Julio Cesar Chavez and Ivan Robinson at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 2005 Amir Khan of Britain and Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa of Cuba at the Athens Olympics, 2004 Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Shooting is the act of causing a gun to fire at a target. ... Swimming describes any method by which living creatures move themselves through water apart from walking on the bottom. ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars, the execution of which is a combination of power and technique. ... The Wrestlers from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden, 1951 Julio Cesar Chavez and Ivan Robinson at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 2005 Amir Khan of Britain and Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa of Cuba at the Athens Olympics, 2004 Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting... The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. ... The Wrestlers from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ...

Medal Tally

(Host nation in bold.)

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	38	36	24	98
2	Philippines	14	14	17	45
3	Korea	8	6	5	19
4	Pakistan	4	5	0	9
5	India	4	4	5	14
6	Republic of China	2	4	6	12
7	Burma	2	0	2	4
8	Israel	2	0	1	3
9	Singapore	1	3	4	8
10	Ceylon	0	1	1	2
11	Indonesia	0	0	3	3
12	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Total	75	73	69	218

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