2000 Asian Championships in Athletics
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Men
| 100 m | Jamal Al-Saffar Jamal Al-Saffar Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar is a Saudi Arabian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.19 seconds, achieved in April 2002 in Al-Kuwait.-Achievements:-References:...  Saudi Arabia |
10.32 | Anil Kumar Prakash Anil Kumar Prakash Anil Kumar Prakash is an Indian sprint athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 100 metres national record of 10.30 s set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in New Delhi on 24 August 2005...  India |
10.35 | Yin Hanzhao  Mainland China |
10.36 |
| 200 m | Masahiko Fukunaga  Japan |
20.78 | 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...  Thailand |
20.79 | Mohammed Al-Houti  Oman |
20.81 |
| 400 m | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar |
44.66 | Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia |
45.32 | Xu Zizhou Mainland China |
45.55 |
| 800 m | Mehdi Jelodarzadeh  Iran |
1:49.80 | 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 |
1:50.06 | Lee Jae-Hun South Korea |
1:50.35 |
| 1500 m | Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar |
3:52.47 | Ali Abu Bakr Kamal Qatar |
3:52.64 | Sun Wenli Mainland China |
3:52.94 |
| 5000 m | 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 |
13:53.10 | Gong Ke Mainland China |
14:04.61 | Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar |
14:10.79 |
| 10,000 m | 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 |
29:53.00 | Gulab Chand India |
30:03.75 | Gong Ke Mainland China |
30:05.11 |
| 3000 m St. | Khamis Seif Abdullah Qatar |
8:47.33 | Hussain Ali Al-Asmari Saudi Arabia |
8:52.85 | 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 |
8:54.07 |
| 110 m H | Mubarak Ata Mubarak Mubarak Ata Mubarak Mubarak Ata Mubarak is a Saudi Arabian hurdler. His personal best time is 13.68 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Lapinlahti.... Saudi Arabia |
14.02 | Shen Zhensheng Mainland China |
14.13 | Park Tae-Kyong Park Tae-Kyong Park Tae-kyong is a male hurdler from South Korea. His personal best time is 13.48 seconds, achieved at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea |
14.16 |
| 400 m H | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia |
49.13 | Harijan Ratnayake  Sri Lanka |
49.44 NR | Zahiruddin Al-Najem  Syria |
49.67 |
| 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... |
Wu Ping Wu Ping Wu Ping is a Chinese woman who became a celebrity over her holding out in one of the most famous nail house incidents in China.Ms Wu's house was in the middle of a construction site for a new shopping mall in Chongqing. She was the only one of 281 families in the area who rejected an offer of a new... Mainland China |
1:28:04 | Hironori Kawai Japan |
1:29:13 | Lee Dae-Ro South Korea |
1:30:36 |
| 4 x 100 m | Thailand |
38.80 NR | Japan |
39.18 | Saudi Arabia |
39.60 |
| 4 x 400 m | Sri Lanka |
3:02.71 NR | India |
3:02.78 | Saudi Arabia |
3:05.00 |
| 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.... |
Yuriy Pakhlyayev  Kazakhstan |
2.23 | Wang Zhouzhou Wang Zhouzhou Wang Zhouzhou is a male high jumper from PR China. His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Shanghai.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China |
2.23 | Yoshiteru Kaihoko 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... |
Zhang Hongwei Zhang Hongwei Zhang Hongwei is a Chinese pole vaulter. His personal best jump is 5.63 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Deyang.He won the gold medal at the 2000 Asian Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 Asian Championships.-Achievements:... Mainland China |
5.40 | Satoru Yasuda Satoru Yasuda Satoru Yasuda is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.50 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Gifu.-Achievements:-References:... Japan |
5.20 | Liu Yen-Sung  Chinese Taipei |
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... |
Hussein Taher Al-Sabee Saudi Arabia |
8.33 CR | Sanjay Kumar Rai Sanjay Kumar Rai Sanjay Kumar Rai is an Indian track and field athlete from Uttar Pradesh, India who specializes in the long jump event. He competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games but did not record a valid jump. His personal best jump in IAAF competition is 8.03m at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships in... India |
8.03 | Abdulrahman Al-Nubi Qatar |
8.01 |
| 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... |
Nattaporn Nomkanha Thailand |
16.53 | Maksim Smetanin  Kyrgyzstan |
16.33 | Mouled Salem Al-Ahmadi Saudi Arabia |
16.24 |
| 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.... |
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 |
19.77 CR | Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak is a Qatari shot putter. His best finishes include eleventh place at the 1995 World Championships and tenth place at the 1996 Olympic Games... Qatar |
19.23 | Wen Jili Mainland China |
19.18 |
| 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... |
Anil Kumar India |
58.47 | 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 |
58.27 | Hridayanand Singh India |
56.96 |
| 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... |
Wataru Ebihara Japan |
69.50 | Ye Kuigang Mainland China |
69.48 | Nasser Abdul Al-Jarallah  Kuwait |
66.98 |
| 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... |
Jagdish Kumar Bishnoi India |
76.81 | Chu Ki-Young Chu Ki-Young Chu Ki-Young is a retired male javelin thrower from South Korea, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best on May 2, 2002 at a meet in Kimchun.-Achievements:-References:*... South Korea |
75.27 | Sun Shipeng Mainland China |
74.34 |
| 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... |
Hitoshi Maruono Japan |
7321 pts | Kim Kun-Woo Kim Kun-Woo Kim Kun-Woo is a South Korean track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is a two-time Asian Games medallist in the event , as well having won medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and East Asian Games.Kim represented his country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... South Korea |
7031 pts | Kim Sang-Ryong  North Korea |
6970 pts |
Women
| 100 m | Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.From July 2005 to July 2007 she was suspended due to a doping offense.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.31 s...  Uzbekistan |
11.31 CR | Saraswati Dey India |
11.40 | 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 |
11.46 |
| 200 m | 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 |
22.84 CR | Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.From July 2005 to July 2007 she was suspended due to a doping offense.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.31 s... Uzbekistan |
23.30 | Vinitha Tripathi India |
23.39 |
| 400 m | 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 |
51.05 NR | K. Mathews Beenamol India |
51.41 | Chen Yuxiang Mainland China |
52.81 |
| 800 m | Lin Na Mainland China |
2:03.46 | Wang Yuanping Mainland China |
2:04.11 | 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 |
2:04.97 |
| 1500 m | Wu Qingdong Mainland China |
4:17.82 | Zhang Ling Zhang Ling (athlete) Zhang Ling is a female Chinese middle distance runner.On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:54.52 minutes. This ranks her eighth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, Lang Yinglai, Wang Junxia, Tatyana Kazankina, Yin Lili, Paula Ivan, Lan Lixin and Olga Dvirna... Mainland China |
4:18.31 | Tokgo Sun-Ok North Korea |
4:20.04 |
| 5000 m | Wu Qingdong Mainland China |
15:58.83 | Naomi Sakashita Japan |
16:01.53 | Supriati Sutono  Indonesia |
16:03.85 |
| 10,000 m | Supriati Sutono Indonesia |
33:47.24 | Lashram Aruna Devi India |
34:31.15 | Hong Myong-Hui Hong Myong-hui Hong Myong-hui was a Korean novelist during the colonial period, and then a North Korean novelist.He was born in Dongbu-ri, Goesan county, Chungcheongbuk-do where he took part in the 3.1 Movement in 1919. For a while in the 1920s, he served as an editor of the Donga Ilbo... North Korea |
35:27.50 |
| 100 m H | Su Yiping Su Yiping Su Yiping is a female Chinese hurdler. Her personal best time is 12.91 seconds, achieved in October 1999 in Huizhou.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China |
12.99 CR | Trecia Roberts Trecia Roberts Trecia Roberts is a Thai hurdler.She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season, but represented Thailand at the 1999 World Championships.... Thailand |
13.01 | Anuradha Biswal Anuradha Biswal Anuradha Biswal is an Indian track and field athlete from Orissa who specializes in 100 metre hurdles. She holds the current national record of 13.38 seconds for 100 m hurdles. Anuradha set this record on 26 August 2002, during the DDA-Raja Bhalendra Singh National Circuit meet held at the Nehru... India |
13.40 |
| 400 m H | Song Yinglan Song Yinglan Song Yinglan is a retired female Chinese hurdler in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 53.96 seconds, achieved in November 2001 in Guangzhou. This is the current Asian record, shared with Han Qing who ran in the same time in September 1993 in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China |
57.73 | Yasuko Igari Japan |
58.90 | Noraseela Khalid  Malaysia |
59.62 |
| 10,000 m 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... |
Li Hong Mainland China |
44:59.90 CR | Sun Chunfang Mainland China |
45:42.68 | Yuan Yufang Yuan Yufang Yuan Yufang is a Malaysian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:*... Malaysia |
46:12.66 |
| 4 x 100 m | Sri Lanka |
44.23 | India |
44.48 | Mainland China |
44.80 |
| 4 x 400 m | India |
3:31.54 | Japan |
3:37.15 | South Korea |
3:48.29 |
| 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.... |
Bobby Aloysius Bobby Aloysius Bobby Aloysius is a female athlete from India now residing in the UK. She held the Indian and south Asian record hold in high jump. Bobby participated the Athens Olympics, won silver in Busan Asian Games and won gold in Jakarta Asian Championship.Bobby was born in Chemperi, Kannur, Kerala, India. ... India |
1.83 | Marina Korzhova Kazakhstan |
1.83 | 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 |
1.80 |
| 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... |
Takayo Kondo Japan |
4.00 =CR | Chang Ko-Hsin Chinese Taipei |
3.90 | Masumi Ono Japan |
3.80 |
| 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... |
Yelena Bobrovskaya Kyrgyzstan |
6.66 | Liang Shuyan Liang Shuyan Liang Shuyan is a retired Chinese long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.71 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Manila.At the 2004 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in the first round of the long jump competition.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China |
6.64 | Maho Hanaoka Japan |
6.61 |
| 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... |
Yelena Parfenova Yelena Parfenova Yelena Parfenova is a Kazakhstani triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Almaty. This is the current Kazakhstani record.... Kazakhstan |
14.08 | Miao Chunqing Mainland China |
14.01 | Maho Hanaoka Japan |
13.67 |
| 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.... |
Nada Kawar  Jordan |
17.46 | Chinatsu Mori Chinatsu Mori was a Japanese shot putter. Her personal best throw is 18.22 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Hamamatsu. This is the current Japanese record.... Japan |
16.38 | Cho Jin-Sook South Korea |
15.38 |
| 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... |
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 |
60.75 | Cao Qi Cao Qi Cao Qi is a retired female Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.08 metres, achieved in September 1993 in Beijing. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.... Mainland China |
58.71 | 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 |
57.52 |
| 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... |
Li Xiaoxue Mainland China |
59.02 | Yuka Murofushi Yuka Murofushi is a Japanese discus and hammer thrower.Murofushi comes from a hammer throwing family, as her father Shigenobu Murofushi is a former Olympian and held the Japanese record for decades, and her brother Koji Murofushi, is the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. Her mother is Serafina Moritz, a former... Japan |
58.64 | Masumi Aya Masumi Aya is a Japanese hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.26 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Toyama.-Achievements:-References:... Japan |
55.97 |
| 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... |
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 |
55.78 | 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 |
55.65 | Zhang Li Mainland China |
55.07 |
| 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:... |
Svetlana Kazanina Svetlana Kazanina -Achievements:-External links:*... Kazakhstan |
6074 pts | Pramila Gudandda India |
6016 pts | Irina Naumenko Irina Naumenko -Achievements:Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 www.hexham-meeting.org-External links:*... Kazakhstan |
5937 pts |
Medals table
| 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 10= | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10= | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |