The 2010 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 :*...

, also known as the IV Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, was an international indoor athletics event took place in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, between 24 and 26 February. This was the second edition to be hosted in the country as the first championships was also held at the Aftab Enghelab Complex in Tehran. A total of 23 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 26 track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 events.

The championships featured somewhat moderate performances – India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, who topped the table at the previous edition, decided against sending a number of their top athletes. However, for many athletes it acted as a testing ground in the build up to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:...

 in March. The hosts Iran topped the medal table with five golds. China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 was second with four golds while Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 had the second greatest medal haul with a total of 14. Six Asian Indoor Championships records were broken or equalled at the championships.

The female events were held separately from the men's events, taking place during the morning sessions. Due to the Islamic country's customs

Women in Islam

The study of women in Islam investigates the role of women within the religion of Islam. The complex relationship between women and Islam is defined by Islamic texts, the history and culture of the Muslim world...

, men were forbidden from watching the female events. All four of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

's medals were won by only two women: twenty-year-old Viktoriia Poliudina won both the 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...

 and 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...

 events while her compatriot Tatyana Borisova

Tatyana Borisova

Tatyana Borisova is a Kyrgyzstani middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she ran in the qualifiers of the 1500 m....

 managed an 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...

 silver and 1500 m bronze. Kazakhstan's Oksana Verner was another athlete to win two individual medals as she took silver behind Poliudina on both occasions. Satyender Singh's personal best and championship record throw in the 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....

 was one of highlights of the programme, although the women's 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...

 was a less-contested affair as only two athletes took part.

It was later revealed that Oksana Verner and 400 metres gold medallist Munira Saleh failed a drugs test at the event and was banned from the sport for two years and life respectively.

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	6.58 CR	Reza Ghasemi  Iran	6.67	Barakat Al-Harthi Barakat Al-Harthi Barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi is an Omani sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He was born in Ibra. He competed at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....  Oman	6.68
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...	Bibin Mathew  India	47.81 CR NR	Reza Bouazar  Iran	48.14	Shahabeddin Tahmasebi  Iran	48.15
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...	Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event...  Kuwait	1:53.22	Musaab Bella  Qatar	1:54.25	Masato Yokota  Japan	1:54.71
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...	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	3:51.78	Mohammed Al-Garni  Qatar	3:53.12	Rouhollah Mohammadi  Iran	3:55.64
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...	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	7:57.73	Essa Ismail Rashed Essa Ismail Rashed Essa Ismail Rashed is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2004...  Qatar	7:57.77	Mohammad Khazaei  Iran	8:26.33
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 ,...	Jiang Fan  People's Republic of China	7.75 =CR	Fawaz Al-Shammari  Kuwait	7.90	Mohammad Goudarzi  Iran	7.95
4x400 m relay	Iran Shahabeddin Tahmasebi Reza Bouazar Mohsen Zarrin-Afzal Mehdi Zamani	3:15.02	India Bibin Mathew Ajay Kumar Ajay Kumar Ajay Kumar, a former Indian Police Service officer, was elected as the new MP to the 15th Lok Sabha, from the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency, for Jharkhand Vikas Morcha party, during the 2011 Jamshedpur by-elections. The by-election was held on 1 July 2011, and the result for the same was... Shake Mortaja V. B. Bineesh	3:16.05	Kazakhstan Dmitriy Korabelnikov Sergey Zaikov 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... Rinat Galiyev	3:17.06 NR
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....	Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim is a Qatari track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He is the national record holder with a best mark of 2.35 metres....  Qatar	2.20	Keivan Ghanbarzadeh  Iran	2.17	Jean-Claude Rabbath Jean-Claude Rabbath Jean-Claude Rabbath is a Lebanese high jumper.He finished thirteenth at the 2005 Asian Championships, won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games and the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Championships...  Lebanon	2.17
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...	Mohsen Rabbani Mohsen Rabbani Mohammad Mohsen Rabbani is an Iranian Pole vaulter.-References:...  Iran	5.20	Nikita Filippov  Kazakhstan	5.10	Eshagh Ghaffari  Iran	4.90
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...	Rikiya Saruyama  Japan	7.65	Zhuang Haitao  People's Republic of China	7.58	Mohammad Ibrar  India	7.56
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...	Dong Bin  People's Republic of China	16.73 CR	Nobuaki Fujibayashi  Japan	16.33	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	16.25
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....	Satyender Singh  India	19.17 CR	Mashari Mohammad  Kuwait	18.78	Hamid Reza Nodehi  Iran	18.58
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:...	Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad Hadi Sepehrzad is an Iranian decathlete.-References:...  Iran	5292 pts	Abdoljalil Tomaj  Iran	5054 pts	P. J. Vinod  India	4981 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...	Jiang Lan Jiang Lan Jiang Lan is a female Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.49 seconds, achieved in October 2007 in Wuhan. In the 200 metres she has a best of 23.46 seconds....  People's Republic of China	7.51	Han Ling Han Ling Han Ling is a female Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 Asian Games she finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay and a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m relay....  People's Republic of China	7.55	Olga Bludova  Kazakhstan	7.57
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...	Marina Maslyonko  Kazakhstan	53.89	Jauna Murmu Jauna Murmu Jauna Murmu is an Indian woman Sprint runner and Hurdler from Orissa who specializes in 400 metres and Jauna Murmu is an Indian woman [[Sprint runner]] and [[Hurdler]] from Orissa who specializes in [[400 metres]] and...  India	54.56	Yelena Dombrovskaya  Kazakhstan	55.47
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...	Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang Truong Thanh Hang is a Vietnamese track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events...  Vietnam	2:12.75	Tatyana Borisova Tatyana Borisova Tatyana Borisova is a Kyrgyzstani middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she ran in the qualifiers of the 1500 m....  Kyrgyzstan	2:14.60	Mina Pourseifi  Iran	2:15.87
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...	Viktoriia Poliudina  Kyrgyzstan	4:29.65	Tatyana Borisova Tatyana Borisova Tatyana Borisova is a Kyrgyzstani middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she ran in the qualifiers of the 1500 m....  Kyrgyzstan	4:32.06	Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Mojaveri is an Iranian middle distance runner.She finished tenth in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2007 Asian Championships....  Iran	4:36.26
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...	Viktoriia Poliudina  Kyrgyzstan	9:39.35	Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Leila Ebrahimi Mojaveri is an Iranian middle distance runner.She finished tenth in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2007 Asian Championships....  Iran	10:05.42	Mahboubeh Ghayour  Iran	10:29.31
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 ,...	Wong Wing Sum  Hong Kong	8.79	Somayyeh Mehrban  Iran	9.41	Elnaz Kompani  Iran	9.49
4x400 m relay	India Priyanka Pawar Jauna Murmu Jauna Murmu Jauna Murmu is an Indian woman Sprint runner and Hurdler from Orissa who specializes in 400 metres and Jauna Murmu is an Indian woman [[Sprint runner]] and [[Hurdler]] from Orissa who specializes in [[400 metres]] and... A. C. Ashwini Karnatapu Sowjanya	3:43.83	Kazakhstan Yelena Dombrovskaya Marina Maslyonko Olga Bludova	3:44.20	Iran Mina Pourseifi Maryam Tousi Soulmaz Azimian Soudabeh Sobhani	|4:00.03
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....	Marina Aitova Marina Aitova Marina Aitova, née Korzhova is a Kazakhstani high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens....  Kazakhstan	1.93 =CR	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	1.86	Qiao Yanrui  People's Republic of China	1.83
					Duong Thi Viet Anh  Vietnam
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...	Roslinda Samsu  Malaysia	4.00	Tatyana Turkova  Kazakhstan	3.70	None awarded
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...	Lyudmila Grankovskaya  Kazakhstan	5.98	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	5.95	Reshmi Bose  India	5.93
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...	Liu Yanan  People's Republic of China	13.66	Lyudmila Grankovskaya  Kazakhstan	12.95	Tatyana Konysheva  Kazakhstan	12.82
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....	Leila Rajabi Leila Rajabi Leila Rajabi is an Iranian shot putter of Belarusian origin. She acquired Iranian and bushehr nationality after marrying an Iranian athlete Peiman Rajabi.-External links:...  Iran	17.32 NR	Meng Qianqian Meng Qianqian Meng Qianqian is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the women's shot put. She is the reigning Asian champion in the event....  People's Republic of China	17.03	Ma Qiao  People's Republic of China	16.97
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...	Zahra Nabizadeh  Iran	2691 pts	Bahar Khasrou  Iraq	2682 pts	Farzaneh Mashayekhi  Iran	2541 pts

Medal table

1	Iran	5	6	12	23
2	People's Republic of China	4	4	2	10
3	Qatar	4	3	0	7
4	India	3	2	3	8
5	Kazakhstan	3	5	5	13
6	Kyrgyzstan	2	2	0	4
7	Kuwait	1	2	0	3
8	Japan	1	1	1	3
9	Vietnam	1	0	1	2
10	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
12	Iraq	0	1	0	1
13	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
	Oman	0	0	1	1
Total		26	26	26	78

Participating nations

A total of 23 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2010 championships. This was a smaller amount than the total number of nations that attended the 2008 edition (29).

External links

• Asian Athletics Association website (archived)
• Official website