The 17th Asian Athletics Championships were held on the Amman International Stadium in Amman

Amman

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, Jordan

Jordan

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 between 25 July and 29 July 2007. It was moved in the last minute from original host country Lebanon

Lebanon

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 due to the unrest in that country.

Countries like China did not send their best athletes, instead choosing to prepare for the 2007 World Championships

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

 which were staged a month later.

Men

100 m	Samuel Francis   Qatar	9.99 AR	Masahide Ueno   Japan	10.26	Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed   Qatar	10.30
200 m	Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...    Japan	20.85	Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed   Qatar	20.98	Khalil Al-Hanahneh   Jordan	21.03
400 m	Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara is a Sri Lankan athlete. He participated at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Commonwealth Games the 2005 Asian Championships in Athletics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.-External links:...    Sri Lanka	46.71	Reza Bouazar   Iran	46.90	Mohammad Akefian   Iran	46.93
800 m	Mohammed Obeid Al-Salhi   Saudi Arabia	1:51.73	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...    Iran	1:52.22	Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres – 1:46.38 min *1500 metres – 3:36.98 min...    Qatar	1:52.22
1500 m	Mohammed Othman Shaween Mohammed Othman Shaween Mohammed Othman Shaween is a Saudi Arabian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships , sixth at the 2006 Asian Games and won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Championships...    Saudi Arabia	3:46.85	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...    Iran	3:47.01	Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal Abubaker Ali Kamal is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres – 1:46.38 min *1500 metres – 3:36.98 min...    Qatar	3:47.22
5000 m	Felix Kikwai Kibore   Qatar	14:07.12	Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Ahmad Hassan Abdullah is a long-distance and cross country runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2003. Other runners who have made the same switch include Saif Saeed Shaheen....    Qatar	14:08.66	Abedeen Isa Ishaq   Bahrain	14:18.47
10,000 m	Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Ahmad Hassan Abdullah is a long-distance and cross country runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2003. Other runners who have made the same switch include Saif Saeed Shaheen....    Qatar	29:45.95	Sedam Ali Dawoud   Qatar	29:58.33	Hassan Mahboob Ali   Bahrain	30:05.12
3000 m st.	Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Ali Ahmed Al-Amri Ali Ahmed Al-Amri is a Saudi Arabian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He was born in Ta’if. He finished tenth at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and fourth at the 2006 Asian Games...    Saudi Arabia	8:40.25	Zakrya Ali Kamil   Qatar	8:40.49	Mustafa Ahmed Shebto   Qatar	8:47.99
110 m h	Tasuku Tanonaka   Japan	13.51	Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi   Qatar	13.55	Wu Youjia   Mainland China	13.68
400 m h	Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko is a Kazakhstani hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup...    Kazakhstan	50.01	Yosuke Tsushima   Japan	50.14	Joseph Abraham Joseph Abraham Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles national record of 49.51 s set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007...    India	50.28
20 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Cui Zhide Cui Zhide Cui Zhide is a Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...    Mainland China	1:30:21.30	Shin Il-Yong Shin Il-Yong Shin Il-Yong is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:...    South Korea	1:31:33.42	Rustam Kuvatov   Kazakhstan	1:32:37.56
4 x 100 m	Thailand Taweesak Pooltong, Wachara Sondee Wachara Sondee Wachara Sondee is a Thai track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events. He primarily competes in the 100 metres and 60 metres and is the Thai national record holder for the shorter distance with his best of 6.65 seconds.He has won medals indoors at three straight editions of the... , Sompote Suwannarangsri Sompote Suwannarangsri Sompote Suwannarangsri is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.Suwannarangsri represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Siriroj Darasuriyong, Apinan Sukaphai and Sittichai Suwonprateep... , Sittichai Suwonprateep Sittichai Suwonprateep Sittichai Suwonprateep is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.Suwonprateep represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Siriroj Darasuriyong, Sompote Suwannarangsri and Apinan Sukaphai...	39.34	Qatar Saad Al-Shahwani, Samuel Francis, Areef Ibrahim Badar, Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed	39.64	Mainland China Wen Yongti, Cao Jian, Zhang Yuan, Liang Jiahong Liang Jiahong Liang Jiahong is a Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 Asian Championships he won a bronze medal in relay. He was a back up runner in the 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	39.71
4 x 400 m	Saudi Arabia I.Y. Younas, Mohammed Shaween, Ismail Al-Sabani Ismail Al-Sabani Ismail Al-Sabani is a Saudi Arabian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres.He began competing internationally at sixteen years old, running in the heats of the 800 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics. His first major senior tournament came the following... , Mohammed Obeid Al-Salhi	3:05.96	Sri Lanka Dulan Priyasu, Rohitha Pusup, Shivant Weerasuriya, Asnaka Jayas	3:07.29	India Sarish Paul, Joseph Abraham Joseph Abraham Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles national record of 49.51 s set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007... , Mortaja Shake, K. M. Mathew K. M. Mathew K. M. Mathew was a former Editor-in-chief of leading Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama.He joined the newspaper as Managing Editor in 1954 and went on to become Editor in chief in 1973....	3:07.94
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Lee Hup Wei Lee Hup Wei Lee Hup Wei is a Malaysian high jumper. He was born in Kajang, Selangor in a family of one boy and three girls...    Malaysia	2.24	Jean-Claude Rabbath Jean-Claude Rabbath Jean-Claude Rabbath is a Lebanese high jumper.He finished thirteenth at the 2005 Asian Championships, won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games and the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Championships...    Lebanon	2.21	Satoru Kubota   Japan	2.21
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Mohammad Mohsen Rabbani   Iran	5.35	Kim Do-Kyun Kim Do-Kyun Kim Do-Kyun is a South Korean former football player and coach. He played for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Chunnam Dragons in South Korea, and Kyoto Purple Sanga in Japan...    South Korea	5.25	Takafumi Suzuki   Japan	5.10
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi is a Saudi Arabian long jumper.His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. This is also the current Asian record.He is coached by Messaoud Bouhouche.-Achievements:...    Saudi Arabia	8.16w	Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad   Kuwait	8.05w	Li Runrun Li Runrun Li Runrun is a Chinese long jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....    Mainland China	7.84w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Renjith Maheswary   India	17.19w	Kim Deok-Hyeon Kim Deok-Hyeon Kim Deok-Hyeon is a South Korean triple jumper.He won bronze medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games, the gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade, the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Championships and finished ninth at the 2007 World Championships...    South Korea	17.00	Bibu Mathew   India	16.64w
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Navpreet Singh Navpreet Singh Navpreet Singh Bilkhu is an Indian shot putter.His personal best throw is 19.93 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Chennai.-Achievements:-References:...    India	19.70	Chang Ming-Huang Chang Ming-Huang Chang, Ming-Huang is a Taiwanese discus thrower and shot putter.He has been focusing on shot put only since 2006. He trained in National College of Physical Education during his university study in Taiwan. He also has trained in China for a period of time...    Chinese Taipei	19.66	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi is a male shot putter from Qatar. His personal best throw is 20.54 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Minsk. This is the Qatari record.-Achievements:-References:...    Qatar	19.51
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian...    Iran	65.38 CR	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has represented Qatar at the Summer Olympics on two occasions, making his debut in 2000 and reaching the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics...    Qatar	63.49	Abbas Samimi Abbas Samimi Abbas Samimi is a retired Iranian discus thrower.His personal best throw is 64.98 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Manila. He is currently coaching his brothers, Mohammad and Mahmoud.-Achievements:-References:...    Iran	61.29
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Ali Al-Zinkawi   Kuwait	75.71	Dilshod Nazarov Dilshod Nazarov Dilshod Nazarov is a Tajikistani athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on two occasions...    Tajikistan	75.70	Hiroaki Doi Hiroaki Doi Hiroaki Doi is a Japanese hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 74.08 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Inba.-Achievements:-References:...    Japan	70.74
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Chen Qi Chen Qi (athlete) Chen Qi is a Chinese javelin thrower.He finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and the 2006 Asian Games and won the 2007 Asian Championships. He won the gold medal at the 11th Chinese National Games in 2009....    Mainland China	78.07	Park Jae-Myong Park Jae-Myong Park Jae-Myong is a South Korean javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 83.99 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Wellington. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:...    South Korea	75.77	Jung Sang-Jin Jung Sang-Jin Jung Sang-Jin is a South Korean javelin thrower.His personal best throw is 76.85 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Gongju.-Achievements:-References:...    South Korea	70.95
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Ahmad Hassan Moussa Ahmad Hassan Moussa Ahmad Hassan Moussa is a Qatari decathlete. He represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is a two time Asian Champion in the event ....    Qatar	7678 pts	Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad is an Iranian decathlete.-References:...    Iran	7667 pts	Pavel Andreev   Uzbekistan	7484 pts

Women

100 m	Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres....    Sri Lanka	11.19 CR	Vu Thi Huong   Vietnam	11.33	Zou Yingting   Mainland China	11.54
200 m	Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres....    Sri Lanka	22.99	Buddika Sujani   Sri Lanka	23.28	Vu Thi Huong   Vietnam	23.30 NR
400 m	Chitra Soman   India	53.01	Asami Tanno Asami Tanno née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...    Japan	53.20	Menaka Wickramasinghe   Sri Lanka	54.11
800 m	Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang is a Vietnamese track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events...    Vietnam	2:04.77	Sinimole Paulose   India	2:06.15	Ayako Jinnouchi   Japan	2:08.75
1500 m	Sinimole Paulose   India	4:12.69	Sara Yusuf Yaqoob Bekheet   Bahrain	4:26.21	Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang is a Vietnamese track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events...    Vietnam	4:26.77
5000 m	Kareema Saleh Jasim   Bahrain	16:40.87	Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan is an Indian long-distance runner. She won gold medal in the 10000 meter event and Silver in 5000 metres in the Guangzhou Asian Games. She holds Indian National Record for both 5000 and 10,000 metres.At the 2006 Asian Games she finished fifth in both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres...    India	16:56.16	Kim Mi-Gyong   North Korea	18:21.32
10,000 m	Kareema Saleh Jasim   Bahrain	34:26.39	Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan Preeja Sreedharan is an Indian long-distance runner. She won gold medal in the 10000 meter event and Silver in 5000 metres in the Guangzhou Asian Games. She holds Indian National Record for both 5000 and 10,000 metres.At the 2006 Asian Games she finished fifth in both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres...    India	36:04.54	Kim Mi-Gyong   North Korea	38:29.90
100 m h	Mami Ishino   Japan	13.26	He Liyuan   Mainland China	13.31	Lee Yeon-Kyoung   South Korea	13.50
400 m H	Satomi Kubokura Satomi Kubokura is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...    Japan	56.74	Ruan Zhuofen   Mainland China	57.63	Galina Pedan Galina Pedan Galina Pedan is a Kyrgyz athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.She finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best time was 56.16 seconds, achieved in...    Kyrgyzstan	59.13
3000 m st.	Zhao Yanni Zhao Yanni Zhao Yanni is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. She will represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics....    Mainland China	10:48.18	Marwan Bara'h   Jordan	12:03.04	Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Mojaveri is an Iranian middle distance runner.She finished tenth in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2007 Asian Championships....    Iran	12:12.40
20 km walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Jiang Qiuyan Jiang Qiuyan Jiang Qiuyan is a Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...    Mainland China	1:36:15.9	Bai Yanmin   Mainland China	1:38:09.6	Svetlana Tolstaya Svetlana Tolstaya Svetlana Nikolayevna Tolstaya-Akimzhanova is a Kazakh race walker. She was born in Almaty.-Achievements:-External links:*...    Kazakhstan	1:41:53.0
4 x 100 m	Thailand Sangwan Jaksunin, Supavadee Khawpeag, Jutamass Tawoncharoen, Nongnuch Sanrat Nongnuch Sanrat Nongnuch Sanrat is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.Sanrat represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Orranut Klomdee, Jutamass Thavoncharoen and Sangwan Jaksunin...	44.31	Japan Tomoko Ishida, Momoko Takahashi Momoko Takahashi Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010... , Sakie Nobuoka, Saori Kitakaze Saori Kitakaze is a Japanese track and field sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. She is the joint Japanese record holder in the 4×100 m relay, having run a time of 43.39 seconds alongside Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Kana Ichikawa at the 2011 Seiko Golden Grand Prix.He first...	45.06	Chinese Taipei Lin Wen-Wen, Lin Yi-Chun, Chen Shu-Chuan, Li Chen Yi Ru	46.48
4 x 400 m	India Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur is an Indian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to pass the first round... , Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose Sini Jose Sini Jose is an Indian sprint athlete from Ernakulam district, Kerala who specializes in 400 metres. Sini won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay event with Manjeet Kaur, A. C. Ashwini, and Mandeep Kaur.-Biography:Sini hails from Avoli, a village in... , Chitra Kulathummuriyil	3:33.39	Japan Sayaka Aoki, Satomi Kubokura Satomi Kubokura is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m... , Natsumi Watanabe, Asami Tanno Asami Tanno née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...	3:33.82	Kazakhstan Tatyana Khajimuradova, Margarita Matsko Margarita Matsko Margarita Matsko is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She has had success on the regional level. At the 2007 Asian Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay. She won the bronze medal in the individual event at the 2008 Asian Indoor Championships, silver at the 2009... , Anna Gavryushenko, Marina Maslyonko	3:50.81
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Tatyana Efimenko Tatyana Efimenko Tatyana Efimenko is a female high jumper from Kyrgyzstan. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Rome....    Kyrgyzstan	1.94 =CR	Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva is a Kazakh high jumper.She was born in Almaty. She won bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships...    Kazakhstan	1.91	Anna Ustinova Anna Ustinova Anna Ustinova is a Kazakhstani high jumper.She finished seventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 2005 Universiade, won the bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Championships and finished sixth at the 2006 Asian Games...    Kazakhstan	1.91
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Rosalinda Samsu   Malaysia	4.20	Rachel Yang Bing Jie  Singapore	3.50	only two athletes cleared height
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...    Kazakhstan	6.66w	Anju Bobby George Anju Bobby George Anju Bobby George is an Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping...    India	6.65w	Jung Soon-Ok Jung Soon-Ok Jung Soon-Ok is a South Korean long jumper.She finished ninth at the and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....    South Korea	6.60w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...    Kazakhstan	14.69 CR	Li Sha   Mainland China	14.03w	Irina Litvinenko Irina Litvinenko Irina Litvinenko is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 14.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Bangkok.-References:...    Kazakhstan	13.80w
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Liu Xiangrong   Mainland China	17.65	Lee Mi-Young   South Korea	16.58	Lin Chia-Ying Lin Chia-Ying Lin Chia-Ying is a Taiwanese shot putter.She finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games...    Chinese Taipei	16.46
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Xu Shaoyang Xu Shaoyang Xu Shaoyang is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best is 63.29 metres, achieved in October 2008 in Shijiazhuang.She was born in Shandong. She was very successful as a teenager, as she won the gold medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior...    Mainland China	61.30	Li Yanfeng Li Yanfeng Li Yanfeng is a Chinese discus thrower. Li won China's first discus world title.Her personal best throw is 67.98 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Schönebeck. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.-Achievements:...    Mainland China	61.13	Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia, is a national woman discus throw champion of India. She led an Indian clean sweep in the women's discus final on 11th October 2010, winning the Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medal with a throw of 61.51 metres.-Early life:...    India	55.38
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Liao Xiaoyan   Mainland China	60.58	Kang Na-Ru   South Korea	57.38	Huang Chi-Feng   Chinese Taipei	55.37
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Buoban Phamang Buoban Pamang Buoban Pamang is a female javelin thrower from Thailand.In 2006 she won the 2006 Asian Games in a new national record of 61.31 metres. In 2007 she took another gold medal, at the 2007 Summer Universiade in another national record of 61.40 metres. Later that year she competed at the 2007 World...    Thailand	58.35	Kim Kyong-Ae   South Korea	53.01	Nadeeka Lakmali   Sri Lanka	52.59
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Irina Naumenko Irina Naumenko -Achievements:Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 www.hexham-meeting.org-External links:*...    Kazakhstan	5617 pts	J. J. Shobha   India	5356 pts	Sushmitha Singha Roy  India	5154 pts

Medals table

1.		7	5	4	16
2.		5	5	5	15
3.		5
5
4.		4	7	5	16
5.		4	5	4	13
6.		4	1	5	10
7.		3	2	2	7
8.		3
3
9.		2	4	3	9
10.		2	1	2	5
11.		2
2
12.		1	1	2	4
13.		1	1
2
14.		1
1	2
15.
7	3	10
16.
1	3	4
17.
1	1	2
18.
1
1
18.
1
1
18.
1
1
21.
2	2
22.
1	1

Results

• Results, day 1 - Asian Athletics Association
• Results, day 2 - Asian Athletics Association
• Results, day 3 - Asian Athletics Association
• Results, day 4 - Asian Athletics Association
• Results, day 5 - Asian Athletics Association
• Asian Championships - GBR Athletics

External links

• Asian Athletics Association