| Event: | Athletics |
| Games: | 1958 Asian Games |
| Venue: | National Stadium |
| Dates: | 25–29 May |
| Prev: | 1954 |
| Next: | 1962 |
Athletics was contested at the 1958 Asian Games in National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan from May 25 to May 29.
| 100 m | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 | ||||
| 200 m | 21.6 = | 21.7 | 22.2 | ||||
| 400 m | 47.0 | 48.5 | 48.8 | ||||
| 800 m | 1:52.1 | 1:52.2 | 1:52.3 | ||||
| 1500 m | 3:57.6 | 3:58.2 | 3:59.1 | ||||
| 5000 m | 14:39.4 | 14:41.8 | 14:43.0 | ||||
| 10,000 m | 30:48.4 | 30:49.8 | 30:50.4 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.8 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 52.4 | 52.8 | 53.0 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:03.0 | 9:04.2 | 9:05.8 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 41.4 | 41.4 | Muhammad Sharif Butt Ghulam Raziq Muhammad Ramzan Ali Abdul Khaliq | 41.5 | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.9 | 3:18.0 | Erasma Arellano Aparicio Mequi Antonio Suplido Pablo Somblingo | 3:18.2 | |||
| Marathon | 2:32:55 | 2:42:46 | 2:43:44 | ||||
| High jump | 2.03 | 2.00 | 1.95 | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.20 | 4.20 = | 4.20 = | ||||
| Long jump | 7.54 | 7.49 | 7.30 | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.62 | 15.41 | 15.19 | ||||
| Shot put | 15.04 | 14.80 | 14.75 | ||||
| Discus throw | 47.66 | 46.01 | 45.67 | ||||
| Hammer throw | 60.97 | 57.88 | 54.03 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 69.41 | 66.00 | 63.78 | ||||
| Decathlon | 7101 | 5968 | 5939 |
| 100 m | 12.5 = | 12.7 | 12.7 | ||||
| 200 m | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | ||||
| 80 m hurdles | 11.6 | 11.6 = | 12.1 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 48.6 | Inocencia Solis Rogelia Ferrer Irene Penuela Francisca Sanopal | 49.0 | 49.4 | |||
| High jump | 1.58 | 1.56 | 1.54 | ||||
| Long jump | 5.64 | 5.49 | 5.32 | ||||
| Shot put | 13.26 | 13.07 | 11.46 | ||||
| Discus throw | 41.90 | 40.29 | 33.65 | ||||
| Javelin throw | 47.15 | 46.07 | 45.03 |