1975 Asian Championships in Athletics

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...	Anat Ratanapol Thailand	10.87	Masahide Jinno Japan	10.90	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan India	11.18
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...	Anat Ratanapol Thailand	21.28	Susumu Shimizu Japan	21.66	Kazuhiko Sakuma Japan	21.70
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...	Sri Ram Singh India	47.03	Ku Boon-Chil South Korea	47.29	Yoshiharu Tomonaga Japan	47.30
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...	Sri Ram Singh India	1:47.8a	Takashi Ishii Japan	1:48.4a	Pratap Kumar India	1:48.5a
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...	Takashi Ishii Japan	3:48.6a	Triguna Mani Tiwari India	3:49.4a	Tang Kuang-Chia Republic of China	3:49.5a
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...	Kunimitsu Ito Kunimitsu Ito is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who finished second in the 1981 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon on December 6, 1981.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	14:00.8a	Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh was one of the few great long-distance runners that India has produced. Singh represented India in the Asian games and twice at the Summer Olympics . Born in Manjoria, Buxar, Bihar he placed 11th in the 1976 Olympic Men's Marathon... India	14:01.2a	Hari Chand Hari Chand Hari Chand is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came 8th in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the... India	14:02.4a
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...	Hari Chand Hari Chand Hari Chand is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came 8th in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the... India	29:12.0a	Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh was one of the few great long-distance runners that India has produced. Singh represented India in the Asian games and twice at the Summer Olympics . Born in Manjoria, Buxar, Bihar he placed 11th in the 1976 Olympic Men's Marathon... India	29:14.6a	Kenji Tajima Japan	29:31.6a
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...	Sueki Tanaka Japan	2:32:06	Susumu Sato Japan	2:37:51	Jit Bahadur Chetri Nepal	2:39:06
3000 metre steeplechase	Harbeil Singh India	8:46.6a	Hitoshi Iwabuchi Japan	8:56.6a	Noriyuki Nakamura Japan	8:57.8a
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...	Tai Shi-Yan Republic of China	14.24	Ahmad Ishtiaq Mubarak Malaysia	14.45	Shigeo Oki Japan	14.45
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...	Tai Shi-Yan Republic of China	51.15	Abdulatif Yousef Hashim Kuwait	51.94	Akira Nishimura Japan	52.18
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....	Teymour Ghiassi Iran	2.14	Yoshikazu Okuda Japan	2.14	Takeyoshi Sawa Japan	2.11
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...	Yoshiomi Iwama Japan	5.20	Michio Shimazu Japan	4.80	Hong Sang-Pyo South Korea	4.20
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...	T.C. Yohannan India	7.65	Kazuaki Norioka Japan	7.49	Lee Pyong-Song South Korea	7.47
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...	Toshihisa Yashimoto Japan	15.87	Hironobu Kobayashi Japan	15.83	Chen Chin-Long Republic of China	15.82
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....	Bahadur Singh Chouhan Bahadur Singh Chouhan Bahadur Singh is a former Indian athlete who won gold medal in shot put in 1978 and 1982 Asian Games. He was honoured with Arjuna award and Padma Shri. He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award , by the government of India.Presently He is working as a chief coach of Indian athletics team.... India	17.70	Jagraj Singh Mann India	17.47	Yoshihisa Ishida Yoshihisa Ishida is a retired male shot putter and hammer thrower from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the hammer throw event on 5 August 1972 in Sapporo.... Japan	15.57
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...	Praveen Kumar India	54.78	Jalal Keshmiri Iran	53.78	Kiyotaka Kawasaki Japan	50.44
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...	Yoshihisa Ishida Yoshihisa Ishida is a retired male shot putter and hammer thrower from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the hammer throw event on 5 August 1972 in Sapporo.... Japan	62.84	Nobuyuki Ifuku Japan	60.28	Raghubir Singh Bal India	58.80
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...	Toshihiro Yamada Japan	74.92	Toshiyuki Shimada Japan	72.68	Chen Ping-Huang Republic of China	70.04
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...	Suresh Babu Suresh Babu Suresh Babu was an Indian long jumper from Kerala who had held the national titles in the long, triple, and high jump events, in addition to the decathlon... India	6931	Hisashi Iwai Japan	6912	Masanori Ikuta Japan	6816
20 kilometre road walk	Khoo Chong Beng Malaysia	1:40:43	Baldev Singh India	1:44:17	Nobu Nakamichi Japan	1:45:26
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	40.38	Singapore	41.14	India	41.35
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...	India	3:08.2a	Japan	3:08.9a	Sri Lanka	3:13.4a

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...	Esther Rot Israel	11.91	Carolina Rieuwpassa Indonesia	12.09	Yukiko Osako Japan	12.13
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...	Esther Rot Israel	23.72	Yukiko Osako Japan	24.46	Carolina Rieuwpassa Indonesia	24.52
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...	Kim Kyung-Sook North Korea	56.24	Chee Swee Lee Singapore	56.41	Keiko Nagasawa Japan	57.93
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 Chiu-Hsia Republic of China	2:08.1a	Masae Namba Japan	2:09.9a	Kumiko Nishi Japan	2:10.8a
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...	Lee Chiu-Hsia Republic of China	4:23.0a	Kumiko Nishi Japan	4:26.4a	Hannah Shezifi Israel	4:27.2a
3000 metres 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...	Lee Chiu-Hsia Republic of China	9:39.8a	Kwon Nam-Soon South Korea	9:46.8a	Hannah Shezifi Israel	9:55.2a
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...	Tomoko Dazai Japan	14.25	Lin Yet-Hsiang Republic of China	14.25	Fumiko Yamane Japan	14.52
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...	Woo Seun-Sook South Korea	62.89	Marina Chin Leng Sim Malaysia	63.89	Ting Chun-Yi Republic of China	64.13
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....	Hisao Tsuchiya Japan	1.74	Michiyo Inaoka Japan	1.74	Ruth Tslochenko Israel	1.74
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...	Keiko Ogawa Japan	6.15	Kyoko Shimizu Japan	5.93	Lin Yet-Hsiang Republic of China	5.82
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....	Paik Ok-Ja South Korea	16.39	Chen Fu-Mei Republic of China	13.52	Yukari Seo Japan	13.50
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...	Paik Ok-Ja South Korea	47.74	Matsuko Takahashi Japan	46.34	Mikiko Tokita Japan	45.90
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...	Keiko Myogai Japan	53.48	Naomi Shibusawa Japan	51.40	Lee Bok-Soon South Korea	49.48
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Kyoko Shimizu Japan	4064	Ruth Tslochenko Israel	3687	Hotsumi Harada Japan	3667
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	46.73	South Korea "A"	48.13	South Korea "B"	48.28
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	3:40.4a	South Korea	3:53.1a	Singapore	3:54.0a

Medal table

1	Japan	15	20	18	53
2	India	9	5	5	19
3	Republic of China	5	2	5	12
4	South Korea	3	4	4	11
5	Israel	2	1	3	6
6	Thailand	2	0	0	2
7	Malaysia	1	2	0	3
8	Iran	1	1	0	2
9	North Korea	1	0	0	1
10	Singapore	0	2	1	3
11	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
12	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
13	Nepal	0	0	1	1
13	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1

External links

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