1989 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...	Zheng Chen Mainland China	10.35	Li Tao Mainland China	10.42	Takayuki Nakamichi Japan	10.48
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...	Yoshiyuki Okuyama Japan	20.80	Khalid Jouma Ibrahim Bahrain	21.07	Cai Jianming Mainland China	21.18
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...	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar	45.6	Mohammed Al-Malki Oman	45.62	Zhao Cunlin Mainland China	46.68
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...	Faramarz Roustaeifar Iran	1:51.36	Yoshikazu Tachi Japan	1:51.42	Vijaya Kumaran India	1:51.85
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...	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	3:45.77	Ram Niwas India	3:46.53	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	3:47.95
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...	Zhang Guowei Mainland China	13:52.37	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	13:58.93	Ryu Ok-Hyon North Korea	14:02.39
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...	Ryu Ok-Hyon North Korea	29:07.93	Zhang Guowei Mainland China	29:14.01	Muhammad Mousa Pakistan	29:18.78
3000 metre steeplechase	Dina Ram Singh India	8:48.46	Mohammed Barak Al-Dosari Saudi Arabia	8:48.77	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	8:49.35
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...	Yu Zhicheng Mainland China	14.18	Nagi Ghazi Iraq	14.20	Osamu Matsue Japan	14.36
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...	Hwang Hong-Chul South Korea	50.29	Takashi Kiyokawa Japan	50.94	Suleiman Houielah Syria	51.26
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....	Cho Hyun-Ok South Korea	2.19	Liu Yunpeng Liu Yunpeng Liu Yunpeng is a retired male high jumper from PR China, who competed for his native Asian country at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	2.17	Abdullah Al-Sheib Qatar	2.14
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...	Liang Xueren Mainland China	5.40	Huang Weiping Mainland China	5.20	Guu Jin-Shoei Chinese Taipei	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...	Nai Hui-Fang Chinese Taipei	8.07w	Chen Zunrong Chen Zunrong Chen Zunrong is a retired Chinese long jumper, best known for finishing tenth at the 1992 Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.36 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	7.88	Kim Won-Jin Kim Won-Jin Kim Won-Jin is a South Korean long jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1987 Asian Championships and the bronze medal at the 1989 Asian Championships.... South Korea	7.83
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...	Chen Yanping Chen Yanping Chen Yanping is a retired Chinese triple jumper.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	16.95	Du Benzhong Mainland China	16.68	Nai Hui-Fang Chinese Taipei	16.65
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....	Balwinder Singh India	18.16	Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi Saudi Arabia	17.76	Shirappa D. Eashan India	17.71
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...	Zhang Jinglong Mainland China	57.12	Hu Tao Mainland China	56.02	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	55.60
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...	Bi Zhong Bi Zhong Bi Zhong is a retired male hammer thrower from PR China, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He set the national record at 77.04 metres on Augist 4, 1989 at a meet in Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi.-Achievements:-References:**... Mainland China	68.94	Nobuhiro Todoroki Japan	66.04	Xie Yingqi Mainland China	65.72
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...	Wang Wenzhong Mainland China	76.38	Ghanem Mabrouk Zaid Johar Kuwait	72.38	Wang Yao-Tsung Chinese Taipei	71.94
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...	Lee Fu-An Chinese Taipei	7703	Gong Guohua Gong Guohua Gong Guohua is a retired male decathlete from PR China. A one-time Olympian he set his personal best in the men's decathlon in Beijing on June 24, 1990.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	7649	Peng Huang-Shu Chinese Taipei	7119
20 kilometre road walk	Hirofumi Sakai Hirofumi Sakai Hirofumi Sakai is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	1:33:41	Chen Helin Mainland China	1:34:19	Baldev Singh India	1:35:52
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	39.28	Japan	39.64	Qatar	39.89
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	3:07.20	India	3:07.22	Malaysia	3:11.08

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...	Zhang Caihua Mainland China	11.65	P.T. Usha India	11.74	Wang Huei-Chen Chinese Taipei	11.84
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...	P.T. Usha India	23.27	Ashwini Nachappa Ashwini Nachappa Ashwini Nachappa Kannada: ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ನಾಚಪ್ಪ is an accomplished athlete from Karnataka, India. She gained fame at the turn of the 1980s when she outran P.T. Usha on two separate occasions. She has since been referred to as India's FloJo and in 1990 she received the prestigious Arjuna award... India	23.54	Zhang Xiaoqiong Mainland China	23.88
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...	P.T. Usha India	51.90	Shiny Abraham India	52.40	Josephine Mary Singarayar Malaysia	52.65
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...	Shiny Abraham India	2:04.76	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	2:07.75	Haruko Hashimoto Japan	2:09.78
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...	Khin Khin Htwe Myanmar	4:21.06	Kim Chun-Mae North Korea	4:23.75	Feng Yanbo Mainland China	4:23.86
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...	Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who concentrated on the 3000 and 10,000 metres, and later the marathon. She became a four-time Asian champion and two-time World Championships silver medalist.-Achievements:... Mainland China	9:05.20	Kim Chun-Mae North Korea	9:11.55	Khin Khin Htwe Myanmar	9:22.80
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...	Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who concentrated on the 3000 and 10,000 metres, and later the marathon. She became a four-time Asian champion and two-time World Championships silver medalist.-Achievements:... Mainland China	32:25.57	Mun Gyong-Ae North Korea	33:23.91	Paek Do-Jong North Korea	34:00.38
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...	Liu Huajin Mainland China	13.30	Feng Yinghua Mainland China	13.54	Naomi Jojima Japan	13.97
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...	P.T. Usha India	56.14	Chen Yuying Mainland China	56.24	Chen Dongmei Mainland China	57.46
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....	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	1.89	Kim Hee-sun South Korea	1.87	Su Cun-Yueh Chinese Taipei	1.81
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...	Liu Shuzhen Liu Shuzhen Liu Shuzhen is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.92 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.36	Elma Muros Elma Muros Elma Muros-Posadas is the Philippines' Long Jump Queen and Iron Lady. Now retired, Filipina track and field he won a total of 15 gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games.... Philippines	6.17	Reeth Abraham Reeth Abraham Reeth Abraham is an athlete from India and was once the national champion in long jump and heptathlon. She won the Arjuna Award in 1997.Reeth studied in Christ the King Convent, Mysore. She would participate in many school events. In the concluding function of middle school education, she played a ... India	6.15
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....	Huang Zhihong Huang Zhihong Huang Zhihong is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in Beijing 1990.... Mainland China	19.69	Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei is a Chinese shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She also won the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the Asian Games in 1990 and 1994 and the Asian Championships in 1995... Mainland China	19.29	Chong Chun-Hwa North Korea	14.53
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...	Yu Hourun Yu Hourun Yu Hourun is a retired Chinese discus thrower.Her personal best throw was 68.62 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Beijing. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.-Achievements:... Mainland China	61.92	Ikuko Kitamori Ikuko Kitamori is a former female track and field athlete from Japan, who competed for her native country in the women's discus throw event.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	51.78	Pak In-Ok North Korea	47.12
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...	Xin Xiaoli Mainland China	58.30	Xu Demei Xu Demei Xu Demei is a former track and field athlete from PR China, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.... Mainland China	57.32	Emi Matsui Emi Matsui is a former female track and field athlete. She competed for her native Japan in the women's javelin throw.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	55.30
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:...	Dong Yuping Mainland China	6042	Ma Miaolan Ma Miaolan Ma Miaolan is a retired heptathlete from the People's Republic of China. On August 9 1993 in Beijing, she set the Chinese record with a score of 6750 points.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6021	Ma Chun-Ping Chinese Taipei	5149
10000 metre track walk	Chen Yueling Chen Yueling Chen Yueling in Liaoning, China) is now an American race walker, who became the first ever female Olympic Race waling champion in 1992 while competing for China.... Mainland China	48:59.86	Kavita Garari India	50:30.90	Ma Kyin Lwan Myanmar	50:32.92
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	44.84	India	44.87	Thailand	45.58
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	3:32.95	Mainland China	3:37.13	Japan	3:45.18

Medal table

1	Mainland China	21	15	6	42
2	India	8	9	5	22
3	Japan	3	5	6	14
4	South Korea	2	1	1	4
5	Chinese Taipei	2	0	7	9
6	North Korea	1	3	4	8
7	Qatar	1	0	4	5
8	Myanmar	1	0	2	3
9	Iran	1	0	0	1
10	Saudi Arabia	0	2	0	2
11	Philippines	0	1	0	1
11	Iraq	0	1	0	1
11	Oman	0	1	0	1
11	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
11	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
16	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
17	Syria	0	0	1	1
17	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
17	Thailand	0	0	1	1

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