At the 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games, the

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events were held in

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, China in August.Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games''. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. . A total of 19 men's

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were contested at the competition.Far Eastern Championships
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topped the medal table in athletics, winning eleven of the events on offer. Japanese men completed podium sweeps in the three distance track running events, and also in the

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. The Philippines—the previous edition's winner—was the next most successful through its eight gold medals. Marking a continued decline for Chinese athletes, the country won only two bronze medals – both for finishing last in relay competitions. This was the first occasion that China failed to have an individual medallist and also the first time no Chinese topped the athletics podium across all disciplines. Three athletes successfully defended their titles from the 1925 edition: Yukiyoshi Kuwata in the

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, Generoso Rabaya in the

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, and

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and

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also. This performance preceded his becoming the first ever Asian Olympic champion at the

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. The triple jump competition was a scene of Japanese dominance as the other podium finishers,

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. Other prominent competitors were David Nepomuceno – the

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winner who had become the first Filipino Olympian three years earlier.

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, another Filipino, took the

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title and went on to become the country's first Olympic athletics medallist at the 1932 Olympics. Takayoshi Yoshioka, a future men's 100 metres world record holder, medalled in both short sprints. His countryman Yonetaro Nakazawa was the

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winner and went on to be the Japanese flag bearer at the Olympics the following year.Japan
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Medal summary

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