Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games
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At the 2001 East Asian Games
, the athletics events were held in Osaka
, Japan
from 23 to 26 May 2001
. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. All events were held at the Nagai Stadium
, with the exception of the racewalking and half marathon
events. A team of Australia
n athletes took part in the competition but they were excluded from the medal tally. This was the last time that Kazakhstan
competed in the competition.
In the third edition of the multi-sport event
, 20 Games records were improved over the four-day athletics competition. China
had the greatest gold medal haul with 27, largely due to the success of their women athletes, who won all but three of the women's events. The hosts, Japan, won the most medals overall, winning 11 golds, 22 silvers and 51 medals in total. The women's events over 400 metres
brought a number of Japanese records
: Kazue Kakinuma broke the 400 m sprint record, Makiko Yoshida set a new record in the 400 metres hurdles
, and the 4×400 metres relay team made a new national best of 3:33.06. Seventeen-year-old Liu Xiang
set a new 110 metres hurdles
record of 13.42 for the first gold medal of his career.
All the Games records in the relay race
s were broken, meaning that both Shingo Suetsugu
(who broke the 200 metres
record) and Bu Fanfang (who broke the 400 m record) made new Games records in multiple events. Some athletes took on two individual events in the competition schedule and doubled their medal hauls: Gennadiy Chernovol
took 100 m gold and 200 m silver while his Kazakh compatriot Mihail Kolganov
won gold in the 800 and 1500 m. Wu Wen-Chien
did a bronze double in the 5000 m and steeplechase for Chinese Taipei
, and Dong Yanmei
won two golds in the 5000 and 10,000 m events. Kumiko Ikeda
of Japan set personal bests in the long jump
and 100 metres hurdles
for a silver and bronze medal, respectively.
2001 East Asian Games
The 3rd East Asian Games were held in Osaka, Japan from May 19, 2001 to May 27, 2001.-Sports:The 2001 East Asian Games featured events in 15 sports, which was a new high for the competition.*Aquatics ** Swimming** Synchronized swimming** Diving...
, the athletics events were held in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
from 23 to 26 May 2001
2001 in athletics (track and field)
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2001.The foremost competition of the season was the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Canada...
. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. All events were held at the Nagai Stadium
Nagai Stadium
is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...
, with the exception of the racewalking and half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
events. A team of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n athletes took part in the competition but they were excluded from the medal tally. This was the last time that 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...
competed in the competition.
In the third edition of the multi-sport event
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
, 20 Games records were improved over the four-day athletics competition. 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...
had the greatest gold medal haul with 27, largely due to the success of their women athletes, who won all but three of the women's events. The hosts, Japan, won the most medals overall, winning 11 golds, 22 silvers and 51 medals in total. The women's events over 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...
brought a number of Japanese records
Japanese records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified...
: Kazue Kakinuma broke the 400 m sprint record, Makiko Yoshida set a new record in the 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...
, and the 4×400 metres relay team made a new national best of 3:33.06. Seventeen-year-old Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....
set a new 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...
record of 13.42 for the first gold medal of his career.
All the Games records in the relay race
Relay race
During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...
s were broken, meaning that both Shingo Suetsugu
Shingo Suetsugu
is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
(who broke the 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...
record) and Bu Fanfang (who broke the 400 m record) made new Games records in multiple events. Some athletes took on two individual events in the competition schedule and doubled their medal hauls: Gennadiy Chernovol
Gennadiy Chernovol
Gennadiy Sergeyevich Chernovol is a Kazakhstani athlete who competes in the sprints events. He is married to Anna Chicherova.-Achievements:*2003 Afro-Asian Games - silver medal *2003 Central Asian Games - gold medal...
took 100 m gold and 200 m silver while his Kazakh compatriot Mihail Kolganov
Mihail Kolganov
Mihail Kolganov is a Kazakhstani middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.In the 800 metres he won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Championships and finished seventh at the 2002 World Cup. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, but did not progress past the first heat...
won gold in the 800 and 1500 m. Wu Wen-Chien
Wu Wen-Chien
Wu Wen-Chien is a Taiwanese Olympic runner that represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the marathon.-References:...
did a bronze double in the 5000 m and steeplechase for Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
, and Dong Yanmei
Dong Yanmei
Dong Yanmei is a Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. She has not competed on the top level since 2002.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:55.07 min...
won two golds in the 5000 and 10,000 m events. Kumiko Ikeda
Kumiko Ikeda
is a Japanese long jumper.She won bronze medals at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the 2001 Summer Universiade, and finished eleventh at the 2001 World Championships. On the regional level she won a bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Championships and gold at the 2006 Asian Games.Her personal...
of Japan set personal bests in the 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...
and 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...
for a silver and bronze medal, respectively.
Records
Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
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Shingo Suetsugu Shingo Suetsugu is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese... |
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... |
20.34 | GR | |
Liu Xiaomei | 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... |
22.87 | GR | |
Xu Zizhou | 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... |
45.25 | GR | |
Mihail Kolganov Mihail Kolganov Mihail Kolganov is a Kazakhstani middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.In the 800 metres he won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Championships and finished seventh at the 2002 World Cup. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, but did not progress past the first heat... |
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... |
1:49.00 | GR | |
Katsuhiko Hanada | 10,000 metres | 28:42.19 | GR | |
Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China.... |
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... |
13.42 | GR | |
Chen Tien-Wen | 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... |
49.18 | GR | |
Yasunori Uchitomi | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:33.98 | GR | |
Shingo Kawabata Akihiro Yasui Shingo Suetsugu Shingo Suetsugu is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese... Hideki Ishizuka |
4×100 metres relay | 38.93 | GR | |
Mitsuhiro Sato Mitsuhiro Sato is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He finished fourth in 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games, together with teammates Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada and Tomohiro Ito. Sato also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005.... Jun Osakada Jun Osakada is a male track and field sprinter from Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Dai Tamesue Dai Tamesue is an Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.Tamesue won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, setting a new personal best of 47.89 which still stands, and won another bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He finished third again at the 2005 World... Ryuji Muraki |
4×400 metres relay | 3:03.74 | GR | |
Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He finished eighth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.... |
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a... |
1:04:49 | GR | |
Koji Murofushi Koji Murofushi is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:... |
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... |
79.68 | GR | |
Guan Yingnan Guan Yingnan Guan Yingnan is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.95 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Chengdu.-Achievements:-References:... |
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... |
6.61 | GR | |
Liu Hongyu Liu Hongyu Liu Hongyu is a female Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... |
20 km walk 20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race... |
1:32:06 | GR | |
Li Rongxiang Li Rongxiang Li Rongxiang is a male javelin thrower from PR China. His personal best throw is 84.29 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Chengdu.-Achievements:-References:... |
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... |
81.55 | GR | |
Bu Fanfang | 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... |
52.31 | GR | |
Dong Yanmei Dong Yanmei Dong Yanmei is a Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. She has not competed on the top level since 2002.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:55.07 min... |
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... |
15:32.71 | GR | |
Feng Yun Feng Yun (athlete) Feng Yun is a female Chinese hurdler.Her personal best time is 12.85 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.-Achievements:-References:... |
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... |
13.12 | GR | |
Zeng Xiujun Zeng Xiujun Zeng Xiujun is a Chinese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.25 seconds, achieved in April 1998 in Chengdu.... Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Qin Wangping Qin Wangping is a Chinese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.30 seconds, achieved in June 2000 in Jinzhou.... Li Xuemei Li Xuemei Li Xuemei is a Chinese sprinter. She is the fastest Asian woman in history with a personal best time of 10.79 in the 100 metres, achieved on 18 October 1997 in Shanghai. Four days later she ran another personal best and Asian record; 22.01 seconds over 200 metres.Li participated at the Olympic... |
4×100 metres relay | 44.08 | GR | |
Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui is a retired female sprinter from PR China.In 1998 she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres the Asian Championships and as well as a bronze medal in the 200 m at the Asian Games. She was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup, but finished eighth and last in both events... Li Yulian Chen Yixiang Bu Fanfang |
4×400 metres relay | 3:30.51 | GR | |
Mizuki Noguchi Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005.... |
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a... |
1:11:18 | GR | |
Miki Imai | 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.... |
1.92 | GR | |
Svetlana Kazanina Svetlana Kazanina -Achievements:-External links:*... |
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:... |
6078 | GR | |
Manabu Yokoyama | 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... |
5.60 | GR | |
Miho Sugimori Kazue Kakinuma Sakie Nobuoka Makiko Yoshida |
4×400 metre relay | 3:33.06 | NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
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Makiko Yoshida | 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... |
57.33 | NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
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Kazue Kakinuma | 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... |
52.95 | NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
Key: | WR — World record AR — Asian record GR — Games record NR — National record National records in athletics National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body... |
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Men
100 metres | 10.28 | 10.31 | 10.44 | |||
200 metres | 20.34 GR | 20.55 | 20.92 | |||
400 metres | 45.25 GR | 45.47 | 46.17 | |||
800 metres | 1:49.00 GR | 1:49.18 | 1:49.39 | |||
1500 metres † | 3:46.43 | 3:49.63 | 3:51.13 | |||
5000 metres | 13:56.23 | 14:08.53 | 14:15.50 | |||
10,000 metres | 28:42.19 GR | 28:50.20 | 29:33.23 | |||
110 metre hurdles | 13.42 GR | 13.47 | 13.98 | |||
400 metre hurdles | 49.18 GR | 49.28 | 49.42 | |||
3000 metre steeplechase | 8:33.98 GR | 8:36.48 | 8:44.15 | |||
4×100 metre relay | Japan Shingo Kawabata Akihiro Yasui Shingo Suetsugu Shingo Suetsugu is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese... Hideki Ishizuka |
38.93 GR | People's Republic of China | 39.29 | Hong Kong | 40.13 |
4×400 metre relay | Japan Mitsuhiro Sato Mitsuhiro Sato is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He finished fourth in 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games, together with teammates Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada and Tomohiro Ito. Sato also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005.... Jun Osakada Jun Osakada is a male track and field sprinter from Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Dai Tamesue Dai Tamesue is an Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.Tamesue won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, setting a new personal best of 47.89 which still stands, and won another bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He finished third again at the 2005 World... Ryuji Muraki |
3:03.74 GR | No other medalling team | No other medalling team | ||
Half marathon | 1:04:49 GR | 1:08:24 | 1:09:47 | |||
20 km walk | 1:24:10 | 1:24:26 | 1:24:41 | |||
High jump | 2.23 | 2.20 | 2.15 | |||
Pole vault | 5.60 GR | 5.20 | 5.20 | |||
Long jump | 8.07 | 8.02 | 7.77 | |||
Triple jump | 16.56 | 16.45 | 16.13 | |||
Shot put | 18.70 | 18.50 | 17.43 | |||
Discus throw | 60.08 | 55.88 | 55.74 | |||
Hammer throw | 79.68 GR | 72.17 | 68.55 | |||
Javelin throw | 81.55 GR | 76.36 | 71.44 | |||
Decathlon | 7567 | 7536 | 7416 |
Women
100 metres | 11.48 | 11.58 | 11.71 | |||
200 metres | 22.87 GR | 23.39 | 23.69 | |||
400 metres | 52.31 GR | 52.39 | 52.95 NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
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800 metres | 2:03.21 | 2:03.43 | 2:08.98 | |||
1500 metres | 4:12.13 | 4:16.09 | 4:21.81 | |||
5000 metres | 15:32.71 GR | 15:44.51 | 15:47.02 | |||
10,000 metres | 32:30.35 | 32:36.15 | 32:47.21 | |||
100 metre hurdles | 13.12 GR | 13.33 | 13.48 PB | |||
400 metre hurdles † | 56.43 | 56.94 | 57.33 NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
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4×100 metre relay | People's Republic of China Zeng Xiujun Zeng Xiujun Zeng Xiujun is a Chinese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.25 seconds, achieved in April 1998 in Chengdu.... Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Qin Wangping Qin Wangping is a Chinese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.30 seconds, achieved in June 2000 in Jinzhou.... Li Xuemei Li Xuemei Li Xuemei is a Chinese sprinter. She is the fastest Asian woman in history with a personal best time of 10.79 in the 100 metres, achieved on 18 October 1997 in Shanghai. Four days later she ran another personal best and Asian record; 22.01 seconds over 200 metres.Li participated at the Olympic... |
44.08 GR | Japan | 44.24 | Only two starters | |
4×400 metre relay | People's Republic of China Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui is a retired female sprinter from PR China.In 1998 she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres the Asian Championships and as well as a bronze medal in the 200 m at the Asian Games. She was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup, but finished eighth and last in both events... Li Yulian Chen Yuxiang Bu Fanfang |
3:30.51 GR | Japan Miho Sugimori Kazue Kakinuma Sakie Nobuoka Makiko Yoshida |
3:33.06 NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
South Korea | 3:50.89 |
Half marathon | 1:11:18 GR | 1:13:31 | 1:13:53 | |||
20 km walk | 1:32:06 GR | 1:32:31 | 1:35:36 | |||
High jump | 1.92 GR | 1.90 | 1.80 | |||
Pole vault | 4.20 | 4.05 | 4.05 | |||
Long jump | 6.61 GR | 6.52 PB | 6.38 w | |||
Triple jump | 13.80 | 13.51 | 13.20 | |||
Shot put | 18.47 | 18.07 | 16.92 | |||
Discus throw | 60.99 | 55.28 | 50.87 | |||
Hammer throw † | 63.98 | 63.12 | 60.27 | |||
Javelin throw | 61.10 | 56.61 | 55.13 | |||
Heptathlon | 6078 GR | 5597 | Only two finishers |
- Events marked † were won by Australian guest athletes:
- Men's 1500 m – Clinton Mackevicius in 3:44.87
- Women's 400 m hurdles – Sonia Brito with 56.17 m
- Women's hammer – Bronwyn EaglesBronwyn EaglesBronwyn Eagles is an Australian Olympic athlete who competes in the hammer throw.Eagles has won five Australian Championships in the women's hammer throw event...
with 67.08 m
Medal table
Key:1 | People's Republic of China | 27 | 12 | 10 | 49 |
2 | Japan | 11 | 22 | 18 | 51 |
3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
4 | South Korea | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 45 | 44 | 43 | 132 |
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