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Water polo at the 1958 Asian Games

Water polo
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueMetropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool
Dates28–31 May 1958
Nations5
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Water polo was contested for men only at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan from May 28 to May 31, 1958 at the Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool.

The host nation Japan won the gold medal in a round robin competition, Singapore finished second and won the bronze medal while Indonesia finished on third place.

Schedule

Round Last round
Event↓/Date → 28th
Wed
29th
Thu
30th
Fri
31st
Sat
Men

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 Japan
Hachiro Arakawa
Kanji Asanuma
Toshio Hashimoto
Mineo Kato
Motonobu Miyamura
Hiroshi Ono
Kensuke Sato
Takanao Sato
Masakazu Sawamura
Koki Takagi
Tsutomu Yusa
 Singapore
Lionel Chee
Gan Eng Guan
Gan Eng Teck
Andrew Lim
Barry Mitchell
Derek Mitchell
Tan Eng Bock
Tan Eng Liang
Thio Gim Hock
Eric Yeo
 Indonesia
Benjamin Idris
Kuswara
Liem Siong Lien
Lim Sing Lok
Lim Sing Poen
Oei Teng Pie
Rudy Oen
Tio Tjoe Hong
Nicolaas Winter

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 51 4 +47 8
2  Singapore 4 3 0 1 46 6 +40 6
3  Indonesia 4 2 0 2 23 19 +4 4
4  Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 9 53 −44 2
5  Philippines 4 0 0 4 4 51 −47 0
Source: Results
28 May
12:30
Singapore  15–0  Philippines Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

28 May
13:30
Hong Kong  0–22  Japan Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

29 May
12:00
Indonesia  2–10  Singapore Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

29 May
13:00
Philippines  4–8  Hong Kong Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

29 May
17:00
Indonesia  2–8  Japan Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

30 May
12:00
Philippines  0–17  Japan Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

30 May
13:00
Singapore  19–0  Hong Kong Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

30 May
17:10
Philippines  0–11  Indonesia Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

31 May
12:00
Hong Kong  1–8  Indonesia Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

31 May
14:50
Singapore  2–4  Japan Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 4 4 0 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Singapore 4 3 0 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Indonesia 4 2 0 2
4  Hong Kong 4 1 0 3
5  Philippines 4 0 0 4

References