2011 Asian Athletics Championships

2011 Asian Championships

Host city	Kobe, Japan
Date(s)	July 7–10
Main stadium	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Participation	464 athletes from 40 nations
Events	42
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2011 Asian Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium.^[1] The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four-day competition.^[2]

Two countries dominated the events: the host nation Japan won the most medals at the competition (32 overall, 11 golds), closely followed by China's eleven golds and 27 overall medal haul. The next most successful countries were Bahrain (which won five golds on the track through its former Ethiopian and Kenyan runners) and India, which won twelve medals.

A total of eight Championship records were equalled or beaten at the competition. India's Mayookha Johny won the long jump and also broke the Indian record to take bronze in the triple jump. Twenty-year-old Mutaz Essa Barshim cleared 2.35 metres in the high jump.^[3] Liu Xiang won his fourth consecutive 110 metres hurdles title with a championship record mark.^[4] Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Azemi completed an 800/1500 metres double with Iranian Sajjad Moradi finishing as runner-up both times. On the women's side, Truong Thanh Hang of Vietnam won the 800 m and was the 1500 m silver medallist.

Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon and Iraqi Gulustan Ieso won their countries' first ever medals in the women's section, while the traditionally male-only United Arab Emirates sent their first ever female athlete to the competition (Betlhem Desalegn).^[5] Ieso and Olga Tereshkova both failed doping tests at the competition, thus losing their individual medals and also their team relay medals.^[6]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Su Bingtian China (CHN)	10.21	Masashi Eriguchi Japan (JPN)	10.28	Sota Kawatsura Japan (JPN)	10.30
200 metres	Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)	20.41 =CR	Hitoshi Saito Japan (JPN)	20.75	Omar Jouma Al-Salfa United Arab Emirates (UAE)	20.97
400 metres	Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi Arabia (KSA)	45.79	Hideyuki Hirose Japan (JPN)	46.03	Yūzō Kanemaru Japan (JPN)	46.38
800 metres	Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait (KUW)	1:46.14	Sajjad Moradi Iran (IRI)	1:46.35	Ghamnda Ram India (IND)	1:46.46
1500 metres	Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait (KUW)	3:42.49	Sajjad Moradi Iran (IRI)	3:43.30	Chaminda Wijekoon Sri Lanka (SRI)	3:44.01
5000 metres	Dejenee Mootumaa Bahrain (BHR)	13:39.71 CR	Yuki Sato Japan (JPN)	13:40.78	Alemu Bekele Gebre Bahrain (BHR)	13:41.93
10,000 metres	Ali Hasan Mahboob Bahrain (BHR)	28:35.49	Bilisuma Shugi Gelasa Bahrain (BHR)	28:36.30	Akinobu Murasawa Japan (JPN)	28:40.63
110 m hurdles	Liu Xiang China (CHN)	13.22 CR	Shi Dongpeng China (CHN)	13.56	Park Tae-Kyong South Korea (KOR)	13.66
400 m hurdles	Takatoshi Abe Japan (JPN)	49.64	Yuta Imazeki Japan (JPN)	50.22	Chieh Chen Chinese Taipei (TPE)	50.39
3000 m steeplechase	Abubaker Ali Kamal Qatar (QAT)	8:30.23	Artem Kosinov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	8:35.11	Tareq Mubarak Taher Bahrain (BHR)	8:45.47
4×100 m relay	Japan Sota Kawatsura Masashi Eriguchi Shinji Takahira Hitoshi Saito	39.18	Hong Kong Tang Yik Chun Lai Chun Ho Ng Ka Fung Chi Ho Tsui	39.26	Chinese Taipei Wang Wen-Tang Liu Yuan-Kai Tsai Meng-Lin Yi Wei-Che	39.30
4×400 m relay	Japan Yusuke Ishitsuka Kei Takase Hideyuki Hirose Yuzo Kanemaru	3:04.72	Saudi Arabia Mohammed Ali Albishi Hamed Al-Bishi Y.I. Alhezam Yousef Ahmed Masrahi	3:08.03	Iran Peiman Rajabi Amin Ghelichi Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Sajjad Hashemi	3:08.58
High jump	Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar (QAT)	2.35 m NR	Majd Eddin Ghazal Syria (SYR)	2.28 m NR	Wang Chen China (CHN)	2.26 m
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano Japan (JPN)	5.50 m	Hiroki Ogita Japan (JPN)	5.40 m	Yang Yansheng China (CHN)	5.40 m
Long jump	Su Xiongfeng China (CHN)	8.19 m	Supanara Sukhasvasti Thailand (THA)	8.05 m NJR	Rikiya Saruyama Japan (JPN)	8.05 m
Triple jump	Yevgeniy Ektov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	16.91 m	Li Yanxi China (CHN)	16.70 m	Roman Valiyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	16.62 m
Shot put	Chang Ming-Huang Chinese Taipei (TPE)	20.14 m CR	Zhang Jun China (CHN)	19.77 m	Om Prakash Karhana India (IND)	19.47 m
Discus throw	Ehsan Haddadi Iran (IRI)	62.27 m	Vikas Gowda India (IND)	61.58 m	Wu Jian China (CHN)	56.61 m
Hammer throw	Ali Al-Zinkawi Kuwait (KUW)	73.73 m	Hiroshi Noguchi Japan (JPN)	70.89 m	Hiroaki Doi Japan (JPN)	70.69 m
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami Japan (JPN)	83.27 m CR	Park Jae-Myong South Korea (KOR)	80.19 m	Ivan Zaitcev Uzbekistan (UZB)	79.22 m
Decathlon	Hadi Sepehrzad Iran (IRI)	7506 pts	Akihiko Nakamura Japan (JPN)	7478 pts	Bharatinder Singh India (IND)	7358 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Guzel Khubbieva Uzbekistan (UZB)	11.39	Wei Yongli China (CHN)	11.70	Tao Yujia China (CHN)	11.74
200 metres	Chisato Fukushima Japan (JPN)	23.49	Gretta Taslakian Lebanon (LIB)	24.01	Saori Imai Japan (JPN)	24.06
400 metres^[6]	Chen Jingwen China (CHN)	52.89	Chandrika Subashini Sri Lanka (SRI)	53.35	Chisato Tanaka Japan (JPN)	54.08
800 metres	Truong Thanh Hang Vietnam (VIE)	2:01.41	Margarita Matsko Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2:02.46	Tintu Luka India (IND)	2:02.55
1500 metres	Genzeb Shumi Regasa Bahrain (BHR)	4:15.91	Truong Thanh Hang Vietnam (VIE)	4:18.40	O. P. Jaisha India (IND)	4:21.41
5000 metres	Tejitu Daba Chalchissa Bahrain (BHR)	15:22.48 CR	Hitomi Niiya Japan (JPN)	15:34.19	Yuriko Kobayashi Japan (JPN)	15:42.59
10,000 metres	Shitaye Eshete Bahrain (BHR)	32:47.80	Kareema Saleh Jasim Bahrain (BHR)	32:50.70	Preeja Sreedharan India (IND)	33:15.55
100 m hurdles	Sun Yawei China (CHN)	13.04	Jung Hye-Lim South Korea (KOR)	13.11	Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan (KAZ)	13.15
400 m hurdles	Satomi Kubokura Japan (JPN)	56.52	Qi Yang China (CHN)	56.69	Christine Merrill Sri Lanka (SRI)	57.30
3000 m steeplechase	Minori Hayakari Japan (JPN)	9:52.42 CR	Sudha Singh India (IND)	10:08.52	Thi Phuong Nguyen Vietnam (VIE)	10:14.94
4×100 m relay	Japan Nao Okabe Momoko Takahashi Chisato Fukushima Saori Imai	44.05	China Tao Yujia Liang Qiuping Jiang Lan Wei Yongli	44.23	Thailand Phatsorn Jaksuninkorn Orranut Klomdee Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen Nongnuch Sanrat	44.62
4×400 m relay^[6]	Japan Sayaka Aoki Chisato Tanaka Satomi Kubokura Miho Shingu	3:35.00	India Mrudula Korada Jhuma Khatun Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Tintu Luka	3:44.17	Not awarded
High jump	Zheng Xingjuan China (CHN)	1.92 m	Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistan (UZB)	1.92 m	Marina Aitova Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1.89 m
Pole vault	Wu Sha China (CHN)	4.35 m	Li Ling China (CHN)	4.30 m	Choi Yun-Hee South Korea (KOR)	4.00 m
Long jump	Mayookha Johny India (IND)	6.56 m	Lu Minjia China (CHN)	6.52 m	Saeko Okayama Japan (JPN)	6.51 m
Triple jump	Xie Limei China (CHN)	14.58 m	Valeriya Kanatova Uzbekistan (UZB)	14.14 m	Mayookha Johny India (IND)	14.11 m NR
Shot put	Meng Qianqian China (CHN)	18.31 m PB	Liu Xiangrong China (CHN)	18.30 m	Leila Rajabi Iran (IRI)	16.60 m
Discus throw	Sun Taifeng China (CHN)	60.89 m	Ma Xuejun China (CHN)	59.67 m	Harwant Kaur India (IND)	57.99 m
Hammer throw	Masumi Aya Japan (JPN)	67.19 m	Liu Tingting China (CHN)	65.42 m	Yuka Murofushi Japan (JPN)	62.50 m
Javelin throw	Liu Chunhua China (CHN)	58.05 m	Wang Ping China (CHN)	55.80 m	Yuka Sato Japan (JPN)	54.16 m
Heptathlon	Wassana Winatho Thailand (THA)	5710 pts	Humie Takehara Japan (JPN)	5491 pts	Chie Kiriyama Japan (JPN)	5442 pts

Note: The original gold and silver medallists, Kazakhstan's Olga Tereshkova and Iraq's Gulustan Ieso, were later disqualified after testing positive for testosterone and methylhexaneamine, respectively. Initial bronze medallist Chen Jingwen of China was elevated to the gold medal position, while fourth and fifth placed runners Chandrika Subashini and Chisato Tanaka moved into the minor medal positions. The Kazakhstan and Iraqi 4×400 m relay quartets were also disqualified as a result. India were promoted to silver medallists and the bronze was vacated as only four teams participated.^[6]

Medal table

The host stadium in Kobe

Shot putter Chang Ming-Huang claimed Chinese Taipei's only gold.

Chisato Fukushima won 200 m and relay golds for the hosts.

Key

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	11	12	4	27
2	Japan	11	10	12	33
3	Bahrain	5	2	2	9
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3
6	Iran	2	2	2	6
7	India	1	3	8	12
8	Kazakhstan	1	2	3	6
9	Uzbekistan	1	2	1	4
10	Thailand	1	1	1	3
10	Vietnam	1	1	1	3
12	Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	2
13	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
14	South Korea	0	2	2	4
15	Sri Lanka	0	1	2	3
16	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	Syria	0	1	0	1
19	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
	Total	42	42	41	125

The medal changes due to doping disqualifications in the women's 400 m individual and relay events meant that China edged Japan to the top of the table. Kazakhstan fell from sixth to eighth place. Sri Lanka moved up from 19th to 15th place. Iraq received no medals.

Participating countries

464 athletes from 40 nations competed

Afghanistan (2)
Bangladesh (2)
Bahrain (10)
Brunei (3)
China (40)
Chinese Taipei (16)
Timor-Leste (1)
Hong Kong (15)
India (34)
Indonesia (16)
Iran (24)
Iraq (10)
Japan (87)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (24)
Kuwait (6)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Laos (2)
Lebanon (2)
Macau (4)
Maldives (2)
Malaysia (8)
Mongolia (6)
Nepal (2)
Oman (11)
Pakistan (5)
Palestine (2)
Philippines (6)
Qatar (6)
Saudi Arabia (14)
Singapore (6)
South Korea (24)
Sri Lanka (11)
Syria (4)
Tajikistan (2)
Thailand (16)
Turkmenistan (5)
United Arab Emirates (7)
Uzbekistan (17)
Vietnam (7)

References

↑ "General Information" (PDF). asianathletics.org. Asian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
↑ 19th Asian Athletics Championships Hyogo・Kobe－Japan. JAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
↑ Barshim improves to 2.35m in Kobe - Asian champs, day 3. IAAF (2011-07-10). Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
↑ Liu Xiang clocks 13.22 championships in Kobe - Asian champs, final day. IAAF (2011-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
↑ Su Bingtian takes Asian 100m title in Kobe - Asian champs, Day 2. IAAF (2011-07-09). Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Silver for India in relay. The Hindu (2012-03-09). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.

Results

AsC Kobe JPN 7 - 10 July 19th Asian Championships. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.

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