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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...	Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Al-Rahim is a retired Qatari sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He holds the Asian indoor record for 60 metres with 6.51 seconds.- Achievements :1994 Asian Games - gold medal 1994 Asian Games - gold medal... Qatar	10.30	Hiroki Fuwa Japan	10.44	Zheng Chen Mainland China	10.47
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...	Chang Jae-Keun South Korea	20.71	Li Feng Mainland China	20.97	Masahiro Nagura Japan	21.10
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...	Susumu Takano Japan	45.00	Isidro del Prado Isidro del Prado Isidro del Prado is a two-time Filipino Olympian. Holds both the 200m and 400m Philippine records in athletics. However, the 200m record was lately been broken by Ralph Waldy Soguilon, a 100m and 200m Sprinter.-References:*... Philippines	45.96	Mohammed Al-Malki Oman	46.42
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...	Kim Bok-Joo South Korea	1:49.15	Ryu Tae-Kyung South Korea	1:49.89	Najem Al-Sowailem Kuwait	1:50.31
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...	Shuji Oshida Japan	3:43.88	Ryu Tae-Kyung South Korea	3:44.51	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	3:44.68
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...	Kim Jong-Yoon South Korea	13:50.63	Masanari Shintaku Hisatoshi Shintaku , also known as , is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. He won the 1985 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:51 on December 1, 1985. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 17th place .-Achievements:... Japan	13:52.65	Yutaka Kanai Japan	13:53.73
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...	Masanari Shintaku Hisatoshi Shintaku , also known as , is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. He won the 1985 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:51 on December 1, 1985. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 17th place .-Achievements:... Japan	28:26.74	Kim Jong-Yoon South Korea	28:30.54	Toshihiko Seko Toshihiko Seko Toshihiko Seko is a Japanese long-distance runner, a world-class marathon competitor in the 1980s... Japan	29:31.90
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...	Takeyuki Nakayama Takeyuki Nakayama Takeyuki Nakayama was a Japanese world-class marathon runner. He represented his native country at the 1988 in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea .Nakayama's notable marathon wins include Fukuoka Marathon , Seoul marathon... Japan	2:08:21	Hiromi Taniguchi Hiromi Taniguchi is a former Japanese long-distance runner best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of... Japan	2:10:08	Ryu Jae-Sung South Korea	2:16:55
3000 metre steeplechase	Shigeyuki Aikyo Japan	8:36.98	Cheng Shouguo Mainland China	8:37.33	Hajime Nagasato Japan	8:42.30
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	14.07	Lu Qianbin Mainland China	14.34	Kim Jin-Tae Kim Jin-tae Kim Jin-tae is a South Korean actor, best known for playing as Yeon Gaesomun in Dae Jo Yeong .-Filmography:House of the Rising Sun One Night in an Unfamiliar Place The Single Woman Rainy Day in Autumn... South Korea	14.37
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...	Ahmed Hamada Jassim Bahrain	49.31 (NR)	Ryoichi Yoshida Japan	49.40	Jasem Al-Douwaila Kuwait	50.22
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....	Zhu Jianhua Zhu Jianhua Zhu Jianhua is a retired Chinese high jumper.In Helskinki 1983, he became China's first ever male athlete to win a medal in the history of the IAAF World Championships and, in Los Angeles 1984, became China's first ever male athlete to win a medal in the history of the Olympic Games.In addition to... Mainland China	2.31	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	2.27	Shuji Ujino Japan	2.21
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...	Ji Zebiao Mainland China	5.40	Liang Xueren Mainland China	5.30	Lee Jae-Bok South Korea	5.00
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...	Kim Yong-Il South Korea	7.94	Junichi Usui Junichi Usui is a retired Japanese long jumper, best known for finishing seventh at the 1984 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-External links:... Japan	7.92	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	7.80
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...	Norifumi Yamashita Norifumi Yamashita is a retired Japanese triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.15 metres, achieved in June 1986 in Tokyo.-Achievements:-External links:... Japan	17.01	Park Young-Jun South Korea	15.97	Zhou Zhenxian Mainland China	15.76
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....	Ma Yongfeng Mainland China	18.30	Gong Yitian Mainland China	17.82	Yoshihisa Urita Japan	17.51
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 Weinan Mainland China	58.28	Hirotaka Maeda Japan	54.14	Manjeet Singh India	52.80
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...	Shigenobu Murofushi Shigenobu Murofushi is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**... Japan	69.20	Luo Jun Mainland China	66.34	Lu Dongping Mainland China	66.28
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...	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Kazuhiro Mizoguchi was a javelin thrower from Japan. He set the world best year performance in 1989, throwing 87.60 metres at a meet in San José, California, USA on May 27, 1989.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	76.60	Kim Jae-Sang South Korea	74.44	Park Jong-Sam South Korea	74.12
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...	Chen Zebin Mainland China	7255	Takeshi Kojo Japan	7171	Park Young-Jun South Korea	7163
20 kilometre road walk	Sun Xiaoguang Mainland China	1:25:46	Jiang Shaohong Mainland China	1:26:57	Chand Ram Chand Ram Chand Ram is a former Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1982 Asian Games at Delhi in 20 kilometre road walk event. He also represented India at the 1984 Olympics. He was presented the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri.-Awards:... India	1:28:03
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	39.17	Japan	39.31	South Korea	39.66
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	3:02.33	Iraq	3:07.28	Philippines	3:09.26

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...	Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53... Philippines	11.53	P.T. Usha India	11.67	Ratjai Sripet Thailand	11.75
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	23.44	Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53... Philippines	23.47	Park Mi-Sun South Korea	23.8
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	52.16	Shiny Abraham Shiny Abraham Shiny Wilson is a retired Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years. Shiny Abraham Wilson represented India more than 75 times in international competition... India	53.32	Hiromi Isozaki Japan	53.76
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...	Lim Chun-Ae South Korea	2:05.72	Yang Liuxia Mainland China	2:06.04	Josephine Mary Singarayar Malaysia	2:07.44
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...	Lim Chun-Ae South Korea	4:21.38	Yang Liuxia Mainland China	4:22.07	Kim Wei-Ja South Korea	4:23.47
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...	Lim Chun-Ae South Korea	9:11.92	Zhang Xiuyun Zhang Xiuyun Zhang Xiuyun is a female Chinese rower. She competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:1993 National Games/Asian Championships - 1st single sculls;1993/1994 World Championships - 1st/2nd quadruple sculls;... Mainland China	9:12.64	Suman Rawat Suman Rawat Suman Rawat is a former Indian athlete who won a bronze medal in the 1986 Asian Games in 3000m race. She was awarded Arjuna award for her achievements. She hails from Himachal Pradesh.-References:*... India	9:14.70
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...	Wang Xiuting Wang Xiuting Wang Xiuting, , is a Chinese former long-distance runner.She rose to prominence with a victory in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. She represented China in the long race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and came in 28th place... Mainland China	32:47.77	Kumi Araki Kumi Araki is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. She represented her native country in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She won the silver medal in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.... Japan	33:20.75	Xiao Hongyan Mainland China	33:47.22
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...	Eriko Asai Eriko Asai is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. She represented her native country in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. A gold medal winner at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea she won the 1994 edition of the Nagoya Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	2:41:03	Misako Miyahara Misako Miyahara is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. She represented her native country in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, alongside Eriko Asai and Kumi Araki. She won the silver medal in the women's marathon at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South... Japan	2:41:36	Weng Yanmin Mainland China	2:42:21
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...	Chen Kemei Mainland China	13.76	Chizuko Akimoto Japan	13.88	Naomi Jojima Japan	14.07
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	56.08	Zhao Qianqian Mainland China	59.37	Chen Yuying Mainland China	59.37
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....	Megumi Sato Megumi Sato (athlete) is a retired Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Fukuoka.At the Olympic Games she finished eleventh in 1988 and seventh in 1992. She won the bronze medal at the 1987 Summer Universiade and 1990 Goodwill Games. On the regional level she won the 1986... Japan	1.89	Zheng Dazhen Zheng Dazhen Zheng Dazhen is a retired Chinese high jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1980 Friendship Games. In 1983 she reached the final of the inaugural World Championships in Athletics, but finished 18th and last with only 1.80 metres... Mainland China	1.89	Kim Hee-sun South Korea	1.89
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...	Liao Wenfen Liao Wenfen Liao Wenfen is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.70 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Hamamatsu.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.37	Huang Donghuo Mainland China	6.19	Minako Isogai Japan	6.14
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	17.51	Cong Yuzhen Cong Yuzhen Cong Yuzhen is a former shot put athlete from China. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	17.44	Aya Suzuki Japan	15.06
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...	Hou Xuemei Hou Xuemei Hou Xuemei is a retired Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 68.62 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Tianjin. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.... Mainland China	59.28	Li Xiaohui Li Xiaohui Li Xiaohui is a retired Chinese discus thrower.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	58.94	Lee Sang-Yuk South Korea	50.26
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...	Li Baolian Mainland China	59.42	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	55.00	Jang Sun-Hee South Korea	52.78
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:...	Zhu Yuqing Zhu Yuqing Zhu Yuqing is a retired Chinese heptathlete.She finished eighth at the 1987 World Championships and twelfth at the 1991 World Championships. On the regional level she won the 1986 Asian Games and the 1991 Asian Championships.-References:... Mainland China	5580	Ye Lianying Mainland China	5413	Ji Jung-Mi South Korea	5067
10 kilometre road walk	Guan Ping Mainland China	48:40:00	Xu Yongjiu Mainland China	49:50:00	Hideko Hirayama Japan	51:12:00
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	44.78	Thailand	45.14	South Korea	45.59
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	3:34.58	Japan	3:39.77	Mainland China	3:41.59

Medal table

1	Mainland China	17	18	8	43
2	Japan	11	13	11	35
3	South Korea	7	5	13	25
4	India	4	2	3	9
5	Philippines	1	2	1	4
6	Qatar	1	0	1	2
7	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
8	Thailand	0	1	1	2
9	Iraq	0	1	0	1
10	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
11	Oman	0	0	1	1
11	Malaysia	0	0	1	1

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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