2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.-Editions:-All-time medal count:- External links :*...

was an international indoor athletics event took place in Doha

Doha

Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

, between 14 and 16 February.

Men

60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...	Samuel Francis Qatar	6.62 CR	Leung Chun Wai Hong Kong	6.79	Vyacheslav Muravyev Vyacheslav Muravyev Vyacheslav Muravyev is a Kazakhstani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.He competed in the 60 metres at the 2006 World Indoor Championships,and finished eighth in the 100 metres at the 2006 Asian Games... Kazakhstan	6.79
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Liu Xiaosheng Liu Xiaosheng Liu Xiaosheng is a Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.His personal best time is 45.79 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Suzhou.... People's Republic of China	47.82 CR	Sergey Zaikov Kazakhstan	48.12	Ali Shirook United Arab Emirates	48.24
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Yusuf Saad Kamel Bahrain	1:48.03 =CR	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.- External links :... Iran	1:48.68	Masato Yokota Japan	1:49.30
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Thamer Kamal Ali Thamer Kamal Ali Thamer Kamal Ali is a Qatari middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He first specialized in the steeplechase. He finished ninth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, ninth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games... Qatar	3:40.86 CR	Chatholi Hamza India	3:41.18	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	3:42.50
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Sultan Khamis Zaman Sultan Khamis Zaman Onèsphore Nkunzimana is a male long distance runnerHis first major competition was the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished ninth in the 5000 metres... Qatar	7:49.31	Surendra Singh Surendra Singh Surendra Singh is an Indian athlete who represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 10000m race. He placed 26th in the event. He has also represented India at the 2007 Asian Championships in Jordan participating in the 5000m and 10000m events finishing Rank 5 in both. He won... India	7:49.47	James Kwalia James Kwalia James Kwalia C'Kurui is an athlete who represents Qatar after switching from his homeland Kenya. Specializing in the 3000 and 5000 metres, his personal best times are 7:28.28 minutes and 12:54.58 minutes respectively. He was born in Trans Nzoia... Qatar	7:50.76
60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...	Ji Wei Ji Wei Ji Wei is a Chinese hurdler.He won the silver medal at the 2007 Universiade. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Liu Xiang and Shi Dongpeng.... People's Republic of China	7.79	Abdul Rashid Pakistan	7.98	Muhammad Sajjad Pakistan	8.01
4x400 m relay	Saudi Arabia Yonas Al-Hosah Ali Al-Deraan Ismail Al-Sabiani Edrees Hawsawi	3:14.25 CR	India V. B. Bineesh Gurvinder Pal Singh Virender Kumar Pankaj Thannickkal Aboobcker	3:16.53	Qatar Mohamed Sagayroon Adam Ali Musaab Bella Azmy Sulaiman	3:17.93
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....	Sergey Zasimovich Sergey Zasimovich Sergey Sergeyevich Zasimovich is a Kazakhstani high jumper.He was born in Karagandinskaya. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games, and finished twelfth at the 2005 Asian Championships. He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the... Kazakhstan	2.24 CR	Majed Al-Din Ghazal Syria	2.21	Rashid Al-Mannai Qatar	2.18
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...	Daichi Sawano Daichi Sawano is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:... Japan	5.45	Takafumi Suzuki Japan	5.35	Leonid Andreev Leonid Andreev (athlete) Leonid Andreev is an Uzbekistani decathlete turned pole vaulter.He first competed in the decathlon, placing fourteenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and winning the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.... Uzbekistan	5.35
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	8.24 AR	Saleh Al-Haddad Kuwait	7.88 NR	Hussein Al-Sabee Saudi Arabia	7.72
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...	Roman Valiyev Roman Valiyev Roman Valiyev is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.... Kazakhstan	16.32	Amarjeet Singh India	16.24	Theerayut Philakong Thailand	16.04
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....	Ahmad Gholoum Kuwait	18.55 CR	Om Prakash Singh India	18.37	Yao Yongguang People's Republic of China	18.16
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:...	P. J. Vinod India	5561 pts	Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad is an Iranian decathlete.-References:... Iran	5515 pts	Hiromasa Tanaka Hiromasa Tanaka Hiromasa Tanaka is a Japanese decathlete. He won five straight national decathlon titles from 2004 to 2008 and was the gold medallist in the event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships... Japan	5306 pts

Women

60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...	Roqaya Al-Gassra Bahrain	7.40 CR	Wang Yingju People's Republic of China	7.47	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... Thailand	7.49
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Roqaya Al-Gassra Bahrain	53.28 CR	Marina Maslyonko Kazakhstan	53.38	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... India	54.28
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Sinimol Paulose Sinimol Paulose Sinimol Paulose is an Indian middle distance runner. Her favorite events are 800 metres and 1500 metres. In 2009, she received Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics. Sinimol was born in Piravom in Ernakulam district of Kerala state. She represented India at Beijing... India	2:03.43 CR	Sushma Devi India	2:04.66	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... Kazakhstan	2:04.85
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Sinimol Paulose Sinimol Paulose Sinimol Paulose is an Indian middle distance runner. Her favorite events are 800 metres and 1500 metres. In 2009, she received Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics. Sinimol was born in Piravom in Ernakulam district of Kerala state. She represented India at Beijing... India	4:15.42 CR	Sushma Devi India	4:21.78	Sara Bakheet Bahrain	4:26.70
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	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	9:12.26 CR	Kavita Raut Kavita Raut Kavita Raut is an Indian long-distance runner from Nashik, Maharashtra. She holds the current Indian National record for 10 km road running with a mark of 34:32. She won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the first individual track medal by an Indian woman... India	9:26.01	Sara Bakheet Bahrain	9:40.47
60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...	Liu Jing Liu Jing (hurdler) Liu Jing is a Chinese hurdler. Her personal best time was 12.88 seconds, achieved in September 1998 in Beijing.She won the silver medal at the 1998 Asian Games and the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games.... People's Republic of China	8.31 CR	Anastassiya Soprunova Kazakhstan	8.34	Leelavathi Veerappan India	9.21
4x400 m relay	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... Manjit Kaur Manjit Kaur Manjeet Kaur is an Indian sprint athlete from Punjab who specializes in 400 metres. She holds the current 400 m National record of 51.05 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Chennai on 16 June 2004. She broke the previous record held by K. M. Beenamol since November 2001... 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 K. Soman Chitra K. Soman Chitra K. Soman is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Soman finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a...	3:37.46 AR	Kazakhstan Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.78 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Almaty.-Achievements:-References:... Marina Maslyonko Viktoriya Yalovtseva Viktoriya Yalovtseva Viktoriya Yalovtseva is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She has had success on the regional level... Anna Gavriushenko Anna Gavriushenko Anna Gavriushenko is a Kazakhstani sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 52.88 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Bishkek.-Achievements:-References:...	3:38.10	Thailand Jutamass Tawoncharoen Saowalee Kaewchuay Kanya Harnthong Treewadee Yongphan	3:43.22
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	1.91	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	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	1.88
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...	Ikuko Nishikori Japan	4.10	Roslinda Samsu Malaysia	4.10	Takayo Kondo Japan	4.10
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...	Chen Yaling Chen Yaling Chen Yaling is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She represented China at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and has appearaed twice at the Asian Games .... People's Republic of China	6.39	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	6.38	M. A. Prajusha M. A. Prajusha Maliakhal A. Prajusha is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala who competes in long jump and triple jump. She held the Indian National record for triple jump with a mark of 13.72 m. She broke the record held by Mayookha Johny by four centimeter.-Biography:Prajusha was born on 20 May... India	6.09
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	14.23 CR	Li Qian People's Republic of China	13.76	Liu Yanan People's Republic of China	13.39
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....	Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao Gong Lijiao is a Chinese shot putter.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut... People's Republic of China	18.12 CR	Iolanta Ulyeva Iolanta Ulyeva Iolanta Yevgenyevna Ulyeva is a female shot putter from Kazakhstan. Her personal best throw is 17.82 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Almaty.... Kazakhstan	15.99	Juttaporn Krasaeyan Juttaporn Krasaeyan Juttaporn Krasaeyan is a Thai shot putter. Born in PR China as Wu Xianchun, she won the women's shot put event representing her birth country at the 1995 Summer Universiade, reaching a personal best of 19.43 metres the same season in Taiyuan.... Thailand	14.73
Pentathlon Women's pentathlon The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...	Irina Naumenko Irina Naumenko -Achievements:Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 www.hexham-meeting.org-External links:*... Kazakhstan	4235 pts	Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho , also known as Amornrat Winatho and Vassanee Vinatho, is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the heptathlon and the 400 metres hurdles... Thailand	4184 pts	Olga Lapina Kazakhstan	3906 pts

Medal table

1	India	5	9	3	17
2	People's Republic of China	5	2	2	9
3	Kazakhstan	4	6	4	14
4	Qatar	3	0	4	7
5	Bahrain	3	0	2	5
6	Japan	2	1	3	6
7	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	3
8	Kuwait	1	1	0	2
9	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	2	0	2
11	Thailand	0	1	4	5
12	Pakistan	0	1	1	2
13	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Syria	0	1	0	1
16	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
16	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Total		26	26	26	78

Participating nations

A total of 29 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2008 championships.

External links

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