The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships is the 25th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 12 to 16 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2] It is the first time that Thailand hosted this event since 1973. Held at the Supachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, it also serves as a qualification stage for athletes to participate at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The previous edition that should have been held in Hangzhou, China, in May 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed]

2023 Asian Championships
Dates12–16 July
Host cityBangkok, Thailand
VenueNational Stadium
Events45
Participation625 athletes from
40 nations

Venue

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The 24th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships was held at Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.[3]

 
Supachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok during the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Thailand)

RankteamsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan16111037
2  China88622
3  India612927
4  Sri Lanka3238
5  Qatar2114
6  Philippines2002
  Singapore2002
8  Kazakhstan1214
  Uzbekistan1214
10  Thailand*1146
11  Chinese Taipei1102
12  South Korea1023
13  Vietnam1012
14  Iran0213
  Saudi Arabia0213
16  Kuwait0123
17  Malaysia0011
  Mongolia0011
  Pakistan0011
Totals (19 entries)454545135

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Hiroki Yanagita
  Japan
10.02 Abdullah Abkar Mohammed
  Saudi Arabia
10.19 Hassan Taftian
  Iran
10.23
200 metres
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Towa Uzawa
  Japan
20.23 CR Yang Chun-Han
  Chinese Taipei
20.48 Koki Ueyama
  Japan
20.53
400 metres
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Kentaro Sato
  Japan
45.00 Fuga Sato
  Japan
45.13 Yousef Ahmed Masrahi
  Saudi Arabia
45.19
800 metres
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Abubaker Haydar Abdalla
  Qatar
1:45.33 Krishan Kumar
  India
1:45.88 Ebrahim Alzofairi
  Kuwait
1:46.11
1500 metres
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Ajay Kumar Saroj
  India
3:41.51 Yusuke Takahashi
  Japan
3:42.04 Liu Dezhu
  China
3:42.30
5000 metres
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Hyuga Endo
  Japan
13:34.94 Kazuya Shiojiri
  Japan
13:43.92 Gulveer Singh
  India
13:48.33
10,000 metres
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Ren Tazawa
  Japan
29:18.44 Shadrack Kimutai Koech
  Kazakhstan
29:31.63 Abhishek Pal
  India
29:33.26
110 metres hurles
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Shunya Takayama
  Japan
13.29 Xu Zhuoyi
  China
13.39 Yaqoub Alyouha
  Kuwait
13.56
400 metres hurdles
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Bassem Hemeida
  Qatar
48.64 Yusaku Kodama
  Japan
48.96 Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan
  India
49.09
3000 metres steeplechase
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Ryoma Aoki
  Japan
8:34.91 Yaser Salem Bagharab
  Qatar
8:37.11 Seiya Sunada
  Japan
8:39.17
4×100 metres relay
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  Thailand
Natawat Iamudom
Soraoat Dapbang
Chayut Khongprasit
Puripol Boonson
38.55 CR NR   China
Wu Zhiqiang
Xie Zhenye
Chen Jiapeng
Chen Guanfeng
38.87   South Korea
Simon Lee
Ko Seung-hwan
Shin Min-kyu
Park Won-jin
38.99
4×400 metres relay
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  Sri Lanka
Aruna Dharshana
Rajitha Niranjan
Pabasara Niku
Kalinga Kumarage
Pasindu Kodikara*

3:01.56 CR NR   India
Amoj Jacob
Muhammed Variyathodi
Mijo Kurian
Rajesh Ramesh
Rahul Kadam*
Nihal William*
3:01.80   Qatar
Bassem Hemeida
Abubaker Abdalla
Ismail Abakar
Ashraf Osman
Abdirahman Hassan*
Doudai Oumar*
3:04.26 SB
20 km racewalk
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Yutaro Murayama
  Japan
1:24:40 Wang Kaihua
  China
1:25:29 Vikash Singh
  India
1:29:32
High jump
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Woo Sanghyeok
  South Korea
2.28 m Sarvesh Anil Kushare
  India
2.26 m Tawan Kaeodam
  Thailand
2.26 m
Pole vault
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Ernest John Obiena
  Philippines
5.91 m CR Hussain Asim Alhizam
  Saudi Arabia
5.56 m Huang Bokai
  China
5.51 m
Long jump
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Lin Yu-tang
  Chinese Taipei
8.40 m CR Murali Sreeshankar
  India
8.37 m Zhang Mingkun
  China
8.08 m
Triple jump
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Abdulla Aboobacker
  India
16.92 m Hikaru Ikehata
  Japan
16.73 m Kim Jang-woo
  South Korea
16.59 m
Shot put
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor
  India
20.23 m Mehdi Saberi
  Iran
19.98 m Ivan Ivanov
  Kazakhstan
19.87 m
Discus throw
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Abuduaini Tuergong
  China
61.19 m Eissa Zankawi
  Kuwait
60.23 m Muhammad Irfan Bin Shamshuddin
  Malaysia
59.63 m
Hammer throw
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Wang Qi
  China
72.13 m Sukhrob Khodjaev
  Uzbekistan
71.83 m Shota Fukuda
  Japan
71.80 m
Javelin throw
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Genki Dean
  Japan
83.15 m Manu Devarakeshavi Prakasha
  India
81.01 m Muhammad Yasir
  Pakistan
79.93 m
Decathlon
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Yuma Maruyama
  Japan
7745 Sutthisak Singkhon
  Thailand
7626 Tejaswin Shankar
  India
7527

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Shanti Pereira
  Singapore
11.20 NR Farzaneh Fasihi
  Iran
11.39 Ge Manqi
  China
11.40
200 metres
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Shanti Pereira
  Singapore
22.70 CR Jyothi Yarraji
  India
23.13 Li Yuting
  China
23.25
400 metres
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Nadeesha Ramanayaka
  Sri Lanka
52.61 PB Aishwarya Kailash Mishra
  India
53.07[a] Haruna Kuboyama
  Japan
53.80
800 metres
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Tharushi Karunarathna
  Sri Lanka
2:00.66 CR NR K.M. Chanda
  India
2:01.58 Gayanthika Artigala
  Sri Lanka
2:03.25
1500 metres
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Nozomi Tanaka
  Japan
4:06.75 CR Yume Goto
  Japan
4:13.25 Gayanthika Artigala
  Sri Lanka
4:14.39
5000 metres
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Yuma Yamamoto
  Japan
15:51.16 Parul Chaudhary
  India
15:52.35 Ankita
  India
16:03.33
10,000 metres
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Haruka Kokai
  Japan
32:59.36 Momoka Kawaguchi
  Japan
33:18.72 Bayartsogt Munkhzaya
  Mongolia
33:24.79 NR
100 metres hurdles
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Jyothi Yarraji
  India
13.08 Asuka Terada
  Japan
13.13 Masumi Aoki
  Japan
13.26
400 metres hurdles
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Robyn Lauren Brown
  Philippines
57.50 Eri Utsunomiya
  Japan
57.73 Ami Yamamoto
  Japan
57.80
3000 metres steeplechase
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Parul Chaudhary
  India
9:38.76 Xu Shuangshuang
  China
9:44.54 Reimi Yoshimura
  Japan
9:48.48
4×100 metres relay
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  China
Liang Xiaojing
Wei Yongli
Yuan Qiqi
Ge Manqi
43.35   Japan
Miu Kurashige
Arisa Kimishima
Remi Tsuruta
Midori Mikase
43.95   Thailand
Supawan Thipat
Supanich Poolkerd
On-Uma Chattha
Athicha Phetkun
44.56
4×400 metres relay
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  Vietnam
Nguyễn Thị Ngoc
Hoàng Thị Minh Hành
Nguyễn Thị Huyền
Nguyễn Thị Hằng
3:32.36   Sri Lanka
Nadeesha Ramanayaka
Lakshima Mendis
Nishendra Harshani Fernando
Tharushi Dissanayaka
3:33.27 NR   India
Rezoana Mallick Heena
Aishwarya Kailash Mishra
Jyothika Sri Dandi
Subha Venkatesan
3:33.73
20 km racewalk
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Yang Liujing
  China
1:32:37 Priyanka Goswami
  India
1:34:24 Yukiko Umeno
  Japan
1:36:17
High jump
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Kristina Ovchinnikova
  Kazakhstan
1.86 m Yelizaveta Matveyeva
  Kazakhstan
1.86 m Svetlana Radzivil
  Uzbekistan
1.83 m
Pole vault
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Li Ling
  China
4.66 m =CR Niu Chunge
  China
4.51 m Chayanisa Chomchuendee
  Thailand
4.10 m
Long jump
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Sumire Hata
  Japan
6.97 m CR, NR Shaili Singh
  India
6.54 m Zhong Jiawei
  China
6.46 m
Triple jump
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Mariko Morimoto
  Japan
14.06 m Zeng Rui
  China
14.01 m Nguyễn Thị Hường
  Vietnam
13.68 m
Shot put
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Song Jiayuan
  China
18.88 m Abha Khatua
  India
18.06 m Manpreet Kaur
  India
17.00 m
Discus throw
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Feng Bin
  China
66.42 m CR Wang Fang [de]
  China
58.49 m Subenrat Insaeng
  Thailand
55.80 m
Hammer throw
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Zhao Jie
  China
69.39 m Joy McArthur
  Japan
66.56 m Raika Murakami
  Japan
64.17 m
Javelin throw
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Marina Saito
  Japan
61.67 m Liu Shiying
  China
61.51 m Dilhani Lekamge
  Sri Lanka
60.93 m NR
Heptathlon
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Ekaterina Voronina
  Uzbekistan
6098 Swapna Barman
  India
5840 Yuki Yamasaki
  Japan
5696
Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×400 metres relay
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  India
Rajesh Ramesh
Aishwarya Kailash Mishra
Amoj Jacob
Subha Venkatesan
3:14.70 CR   Sri Lanka
Aruna Dharshana
Tharushi Dissanayaka
Kalinga Kumarage
Nadeesha Ramanayaka
3:15.41 NR   Japan
Kenki Imaizumi
Haruna Kuboyama
Fuga Sato
Nanako Matsumoto
3:15.71

Participating nations

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A total of 42 countries participated.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Com, The Phuket News (9 March 2023). "Thailand Sport: Thailand to host Asian Athletics Championships". The Phuket News Com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ^ Rajendran, Ashwathy. "AFI announces qualification standard for Asian Athletics Championships 2023". Khel Now. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ Com, The Phuket News (9 March 2023). "Thailand to host Asian Athletics Championships". The Phuket News Com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Aishwarya Mishra's Asian Athletics Championships 2023 bronze in 400m set to be upgraded".
  5. ^ "Welcome over 1,500 athletes and teams from 42 countries". Retrieved 16 July 2023.

Notes

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  1. ^ In April 2024, it was revealed that silver medallist Fairda Soliyeva of Uzbekistan, who originally clocked 52.95 seconds, failed a test for meldonium, disqualifying her from the competition and promoting the other competitors.[4]
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