Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Koji Ito Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.... Japan	10.05	Seeharwong Reanchai Thailand	10.31	Yasukatsu Otsuki Japan	10.31
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Koji Ito Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.... Japan	20.25	Han Chaoming Mainland China	20.70	Sugath Tillakaratne Sri Lanka	20.83
400 metres 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...	Sugath Tillakaratne Sri Lanka	44.99	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar	45.32	Paramjit Singh Paramjit Singh (athlete) Paramjit Singh is an Indian athlete who competed, but did not win a medal, in the 400m in the 2000 Olympics.-References:... India	45.93
800 metres 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...	Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il is a retired South Korean athlete who competed in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1.44.14 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record. It was also the Asian record until it was broken by Yusuf Saad Kamel in 2004.Lee took part in the 1992... South Korea	1:46.56	Kim Soon-Hyung Kim Soon-Hyung Kim Soon-Hyung is a retired South Korean middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He represented South Korea in the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... South Korea	1:46.61	Abdulrahman Hassan Qatar	1:47.10
1500 metres 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...	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	3:40.03	Kim Soon-Hyung Kim Soon-Hyung Kim Soon-Hyung is a retired South Korean middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He represented South Korea in the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... South Korea	3:40.56	Bahadur Prasad Bahadur Prasad Bahadur Prasad Singh is a former Indian middle distance runner. He holds the current national records in 1500 metres and 5000 metres. Singh set the 5000 m record in Birmingham, UK on 27 June 1992... India	3:41.48
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	13:55.79	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38... Qatar	13:56.65	Baek Seung-Do South Korea	13:57.11
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Kenji Takao Japan	28:45.66	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38... Qatar	28:46.55	Gulab Chand India	29:10.53
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju is a South Korean marathoner.He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States... South Korea	2:12:32	Akira Manai Japan	2:13:25	Kim Jung-Won North Korea	2:16:30
3000 metre steeplechase	Yasunori Uchitomi Japan	8:41.00	Hamid Sajjadi Hamid Sajjadi Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh is an Iranian retired middle distance and long distance runner.Sajjadi has PhD in physiology and is also lecturer at Azad University. He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization.-References:*... Iran	8:42.53	Jafar Babakhani Iran	8:55.04
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Chen Yanhao Mainland China	13.65	Andrey Sklyarenko Kazakhstan	13.86	Hamed Al-Dosari Qatar	13.99
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Hideaki Kawamura Japan	49.59	Yoshihiko Saito Yoshihiko Saito is a Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder. The Asian record currently belongs to Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with 47.53 seconds, and the Japanese record to Dai... Japan	49.94	Chen Tien-Wen Chinese Taipei	50.46
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 Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek is a retired South Korean high jumper.-Career:His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	2.27	Zhou Zhongge Mainland China	2.23	Shigeki Toyoshima Shigeki Toyoshima Shigeki Toyoshima is a retired male high jumper from Japan. He is a one-time national champion in the men's high jump event.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	2.19
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...	Igor Potapovich Igor Potapovich Igor Potapovich is a former pole vault athlete from Kazakhstan. Potapovich won first World Junior Championship in 1986. He won World Cup in 1992. Finished second at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships and became indoor World Champion two years later in 1997.Potapovich also won the Asian... Kazakhstan	5.55	Kim Chul-Kyun Kim Chul-Kyun Kim Chul-Kyun is a retired male pole vaulter from South Korea. His personal best jump is 5.53 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Songnam.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	5.40	Fumiaki Kobayashi Fumiaki Kobayashi Fumiaki Kobayashi is a pole vaulter from Japan. His personal best jump is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Ichihara.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	5.20
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...	Masaki Morinaga Masaki Morinaga is a retired male long jumper from Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	8.10	Liu Hongning Mainland China	8.05	Abdulrahman Al-Nubi Qatar	7.99
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...	Sergey Arzamasov Sergey Arzamasov Sergey Arzamasov is a retired Kazakhstani triple jumper. His personal best was 17.27 metres, achieved in the qualifying rounds at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. In the final round he finished 12th and last, nonetheless his highest international placement... Kazakhstan	17.00	Duan Qifeng Mainland China	16.98	Nattaporn Nomkanha Thailand	16.42
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 Hao Mainland China	19.20	Shakti Singh Shakti Singh Shakti Singh is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter.His personal best shot put is 20.60 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Bangalore. His personal best discus throw is 61.72 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Bangalore.-Achievements:... India	18.81	Sergey Rubtsov Kazakhstan	18.79
Discus throw 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...	Li Shaojie Li Shaojie Li Shaojie is a male Chinese discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.16 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Nanjing. This is the current Chinese record.... Mainland China	64.58	Anil Kumar India	58.43	Zhang Cunbiao Mainland China	57.28
Hammer throw 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...	Koji Murofushi Koji Murofushi is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:... Japan	78.57	Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality... Uzbekistan	77.14	Nikolay Davydov Nikolay Davydov Nikolay Davydov is a retired male hammer thrower from Kyrgyzstan. His personal best throw was 77.90 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Moscow.-Achievements:-References:... Kyrgyzstan	68.10
Javelin throw 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...	Sergey Voynov Sergey Voynov Sergey Sergeyevich Voynov is an Uzbek athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 84.80 metres, achieved in 2000.-Achievements:2002 Asian Championships - silver medal1999 Central Asian Games - gold medal... Uzbekistan	79.70	Zhang Lianbiao Zhang Lianbiao Zhang Lianbiao is a retired male javelin thrower from PR China. He set his personal best on 16 October 1994 in Hiroshima.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	78.58	Li Rongxiang Li Rongxiang Li Rongxiang is a male javelin thrower from PR China. His personal best throw is 84.29 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Chengdu.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	78.57
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...	Oleg Veretelnikov Oleg Veretelnikov Oleg Veretelnikov is a retired Uzbekistani decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:... Uzbekistan	8278	Ramil Ganiyev Ramil Ganiyev Ramil Ganiyev is a retired Uzbekistani decathlete of Tatar parents.-Achievements:-External links:*... Uzbekistan	7857	Toru Yasui Japan	7612
20 kilometre road walk	Yu Guohui Yu Guohui Yu Guohui is a retired male Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	1:20:25	Valeriy Borisov Valeriy Borisov -Achievements:-References:*... Kazakhstan	1:23:52	Li Zewen Li Zewen Li Zewen is a retired Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	1:24:41
50 kilometre road walk	Wang Yinhang Wang Yinhang Wang Yinhang is a male Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	3:59:26	Sergey Korepanov Sergey Korepanov -Achievements:-References:*... Kazakhstan	3:59:27	Fumio Imamura Fumio Imamura Fumio Imamura is a retired male race walker from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	4:06:59
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Japan	38.91	Thailand	39.17	Oman	39.43
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Japan	3:01.70	India	3:02.62	South Korea	3:05.72

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Li Xuemei Li Xuemei Li Xuemei is a Chinese sprinter. She is the fastest Asian woman in history with a personal best time of 10.79 in the 100 metres, achieved on 18 October 1997 in Shanghai. Four days later she ran another personal best and Asian record; 22.01 seconds over 200 metres.Li participated at the Olympic... Mainland China	11.05w	Li Yali Mainland China	11.36w	Rachita Mistry Rachita Mistry Rachita Mistry is an Indian sprint athlete from Mumbai, Maharashtra. She holds the current 100 metres national record of 11.38 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Thiruvananthapuram on 12 August 2000. Rachita set her personal best time of 11.26 s for 100 metres in Bangalore... India	11.41w
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Damayanthi Dharsha Damayanthi Dharsha Damayanthi Dharsha is a retired Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. Dharsha made an initial impact at just 16 years when she won the 100 metres gold medal at the Colombo SAF Games in 1991 with a new record... Sri Lanka	22.48	Li Xuemei Li Xuemei Li Xuemei is a Chinese sprinter. She is the fastest Asian woman in history with a personal best time of 10.79 in the 100 metres, achieved on 18 October 1997 in Shanghai. Four days later she ran another personal best and Asian record; 22.01 seconds over 200 metres.Li participated at the Olympic... Mainland China	22.53	Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui is a retired female sprinter from PR China.In 1998 she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres the Asian Championships and as well as a bronze medal in the 200 m at the Asian Games. She was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup, but finished eighth and last in both events... Mainland China	23.15
400 metres 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...	Damayanthi Dharsha Damayanthi Dharsha Damayanthi Dharsha is a retired Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. Dharsha made an initial impact at just 16 years when she won the 100 metres gold medal at the Colombo SAF Games in 1991 with a new record... Sri Lanka	51.57	Chen Yuxiang Mainland China	52.50	Svetlana Bodritskaya Svetlana Bodritskaya Svetlana Aleksandrovna Bodritskaya is a retired female sprinter Kazakhstan, who specialized in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.78 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Almaty.-Achievements:-References:*... Kazakhstan	53.00
800 metres 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...	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a Member of Parliament, India representing Krishnagar of West Bengal in the 14th Lok Sabha. She is affiliated to the Communist Party of India .... India	2:01.00	Rosa Kutty Rosa Kutty Rosa Kutty is a former Indian woman athlete who participated in 1996 and 2000 Olympics in 4x 400 relay race. She won silver medal in 1998 Asian Games in 800 mt race. She is from Aayavana, Muvattupuzha in Kerala and now live inMangalore in Karnataka... India	2:03.34	Wang Yuanping Mainland China	2:04.45
1500 metres 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...	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a Member of Parliament, India representing Krishnagar of West Bengal in the 14th Lok Sabha. She is affiliated to the Communist Party of India .... India	4:12.82	Wang Qingfen Wang Qingfen Wang Qingfen is a retired Chinese middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.Her personal best time was 3:58.97 minutes, achieved in October 1997 in Shanghai.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	4:13.19	Sunita Rani Sunita Rani Sunita Rani is an Indian athlete who won a gold medal in the 1,500 m and a bronze medal in the 5,000 m during the 14th Asian Games. She was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for her achievements.She is currently working as DSP in Punjab police.- References :... India	4:13.66
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Suprianti Sutono Indonesia	15:54.45	Sunita Rani Sunita Rani Sunita Rani is an Indian athlete who won a gold medal in the 1,500 m and a bronze medal in the 5,000 m during the 14th Asian Games. She was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for her achievements.She is currently working as DSP in Punjab police.- References :... India	15:54.47	Michiko Shimizu Japan	15:55.36
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Yuko Kawakami Yuko Kawakami is a Japanese long-distance runner.In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics... Japan	32:01.25	Zheng Guixia Mainland China	32:18.81	Chiemi Takahashi Japan	32:20.68
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Naoko Takahashi Naoko Takahashi is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2... Japan	2:21:47	Kim Chang-Ok North Korea	2:34:55	Tomoko Kai Japan	2:35:01
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Olga Shishigina Olga Shishigina Olga Shishigina is a retired Kazakh athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.-Personal bests:... Kazakhstan	12.63	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.... Mainland China	12.89	Sriyani Kulawansa Sriyani Kulawansa Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca is a Sri Lankan hurdler. Her personal best time was 12.91 seconds, achieved in the quarter-finals of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Achievements:-References:... Sri Lanka	13.08
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Natalya Torshina Kazakhstan	55.33	Hsu Pei-Ching Chinese Taipei	55.71 (NR)	Li Yulian Mainland China	55.93
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....	Yoko Ota Yōko Ōta was a Japanese author of Atomic bomb literature.-Biography:Ōta was born as Fukuda, Hatsuko in Hiroshima city, her parents divorced when she was eight and she moved to live with the Fukuda family. As a young girl she read Takuboku Ishikawa and Shusei Tokuda, as well as Goethe and Heine. She also... Japan	1.88	Jin Ling Jin Ling Jin Ling is a Russian brand of cigarettes produced by Kaliningrad-based manufacturer Baltic Tobacco Company . The name is derived from Jinling, the older name of Nanjing, where the brand was originally developed by the Chinese state-owned Nanjing Tobacco Factory... Mainland China	1.88	Anna Chertrova Kyrgyzstan	1.84
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...	Cai Weiyan Mainland China	4.00	Masumi Ono Japan	4.00	Sun Caiyun Sun Caiyun Sun Caiyun 孙彩云 is a former pole vaulter from PR China, who was one of the leading athletes in her discipline in the early 1990s. She became the first official world record holder, jumping 4.05 meters on May 21, 1992 in Nanjing, China.-References:*... Mainland China	4.00
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...	Guan Yingnan Guan Yingnan Guan Yingnan is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.95 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Chengdu.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.89	Yu Yiqun Yu Yiqun Yu Yiqun is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.77 metres, achieved at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.77	Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina Yelena Pershina is a retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan. Her personal best jump was 6.91 metres, achieved in August 1992 in Alma Ata .... Kazakhstan	6.55
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...	Ren Ruiping Ren Ruiping Ren Ruiping is a female Chinese triple jumper. Ren set three world junior records in triple jump, and is a former Asian record holder with 14.66 metres. The record now belongs to Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan with 15.25 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Mainland China	14.27	Wu Lingmei Wu Lingmei Wu Lingmei is a Chinese triple jumper.She won various silver medals at the 1998 Asian Games and the 1999 Summer Universiade. She became the Asian champion in 2002.... Mainland China	14.25	Viktoriya Brigadnaya Turkmenistan	13.66
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....	Li Meisu Li Meisu Li Meisu is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.She also won the Asian Games in 1982 and 1998, the Asian Championships in 1998 and the East Asian Games in 1997.... Mainland China	18.96	Cheng Xiaoyan Cheng Xiaoyan Cheng Xiaoyan is a retired female Chinese shot putter.Her personal best throw is 20.02 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	18.55	Juthaporn Krasaeyan Thailand	18.24 (NR)
Discus throw 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...	Luan Zhili Luan Zhili Luan Zhili is a female discus thrower from PR China. She finished ninth at the 1997 World Championships and won the 1998 Asian Games, the latter in a personal best throw of 63.43 metres. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	63.43	Liu Fengying Liu Fengying Liu Fengying is a Chinese discus thrower.She won the 1998 World Junior Championships and finished second at the 1998 Asian Games behind fellow Chinese Luan Zhili.... Mainland China	59.34	Neelam Jaswant Singh Neelam Jaswant Singh Neelam Jaswant Singh is an Indian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.55 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.... India	55.09
Javelin throw 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...	Lee Young-Sun Lee Young-Sun Lee Young-Sun is a retired female javelin thrower from South Korea. Her personal best throw is 58.87 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.-Achievements:-References:*... South Korea	62.09	Liang Lili Mainland China	60.11	Gurmeet Kaur Gurmeet Kaur Gurmeet Kaur Rai is a retired female javelin thrower from India. She set her personal best on July 17, 2000 at a meet in Bangalore.-Achievements:-References:*... India	59.00
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:...	Shen Shengfei Mainland China	5817	Svetlana Kazanina Svetlana Kazanina -Achievements:-External links:*... Kazakhstan	5775	Ma Chun-Ping Chinese Taipei	5659
10000 metre track walk	Liu Hongyu Liu Hongyu Liu Hongyu is a female Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Mainland China	43:57.28	Rie Mitsumori Japan	44:29.82	Svetlana Tolstaya Svetlana Tolstaya Svetlana Nikolayevna Tolstaya-Akimzhanova is a Kazakh race walker. She was born in Almaty.-Achievements:-External links:*... Kazakhstan	45:29.95
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Mainland China	43.36	Uzbekistan	44.38	Thailand	44.68
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Mainland China	3:32.03	Indonesia	3:32.20	Kazakhstan	3:37.16

Medal table

1	Mainland China	15	17	7	39
2	Japan	12	4	8	24
3	Kazakhstan	4	4	5	13
4	South Korea	4	3	2	9
5	Sri Lanka	3	0	2	5
6	India	2	5	7	14
7	Qatar	2	3	3	8
8	Uzbekistan	2	3	0	5
9	Indonesia	1	1	0	2
10	Thailand	0	2	3	5
11	Chinese Taipei	0	1	2	3
12	Iran	0	1	1	2
12	North Korea	0	1	1	2
14	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2	2
15	Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
15	Oman	0	0	1	1

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