List of Asian Games records in athletics
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The Asian Games
is a quadrennial event which began in 1951
. The Olympic Council of Asia
accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's member states (most of which are within Asia
) and recognises records set at editions of the Asian Games. The Games records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the Games. The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events
and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
is a quadrennial event which began in 1951
1951 Asian Games
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad by the president of the organising committee Anthony de Mello...
. The Olympic Council of Asia
Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOC is from Japan and Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1911; whereas East Timor is...
accepts only athletes who are representing one of the organisation's member states (most of which are within Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
) and recognises records set at editions of the Asian Games. The Games records in athletics are the best marks set in competitions at the Games. The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
and combined events (the heptathlon and decathlon).
Men's records
| Event | Record | Name | Nationality | Date | Games | Ref |
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| 100 m 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... |
10.00 (+1.9 m/s) | Koji Ito Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.... |
13 December 1998 | 1998 Bangkok Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 200 m 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... |
20.25 | Koji Ito Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.... |
1998 Bangkok Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 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... |
44.93 | |||||
| 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... |
1:45.45 | Sajad Moradi | 25 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
3:36.49 | Mohammed Shaween | 23 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 5000 m 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... |
13:38.37 | |||||
| 10000 m | 27:32.72 | Bilisuma Shugi Gelassa Bilisuma Shugi Gelassa Bilisuma Shugi Gelassa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain.... |
26 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
2:08:21 | |||||
| 110 m 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... |
13.09 (+1.1 m/s) | 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.... |
24 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 400 m 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... |
48.42 | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each... |
8:25.89 | Tareq Mubarak Taher Tareq Mubarak Taher Tareq Mubarak Taher, born as Dennis Kipkurui Sang , is a middle distance runner who represents Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. His special distance is the 3000 metres steeplechase... |
23 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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.... |
2.33 m | |||||
| 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... |
5.65 m | |||||
| 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... |
8.14 m (+0.7 m/s) | Hussein Al-Sabee | 12 December 2002 | 2002 Busan Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games -Medal summary:-Men's events:-Women's events:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 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... |
17.31 m (+1.9 m/s) | Zou Sixin Zou Sixin Zou Sixin is a retired Chinese triple jumper, best known for finishing eighth at the 1992 Summer Olympics.His personal best was 17.31 metres, achieved in October 1990 in Beijing. This result places him second on the all-time Chinese performers list, only behind Zou Zhenxian.... |
3 December 1990 | 1990 Beijing Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 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.... |
20.57 m | Sultan Aboulmajeed E Alhabashi | 26 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
67.99 m | Ehsan Hadadi | 24 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
78.72 m | |||||
| 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... |
83.38 m | |||||
| 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... |
8384 pts | |||||
| 10.81 (100 m), 7.63 m (long jump), 16.41 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 48.28 (400 m), 14.47 (110 m hurdles), 47.87 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 56.66 m (javelin), 4:47.74 (1500 m) |
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| 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... (road) |
1:20:25 | 1998 Bangkok Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 50 km walk (road) | 3:47:04 | Si Tianfeng Si Tianfeng Si Tianfeng is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games... |
25 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 4×100 m 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... |
38.78 NR | Lu Bin Lu Bin (athlete) Lu Bin is a Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Lu represented China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hu Kai, Zhang Peimeng and Wen Yongyi. In their qualification heat they placed fourth behind Jamaica, Canada and Germany... Liang Jiahong Liang Jiahong Liang Jiahong is a Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 Asian Championships he won a bronze medal in relay. He was a back up runner in the 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics... Su Bingtian Su Bingtian Su Bingtian, Chinese: 苏炳添, is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the sprints... Lao Yi Lao Yi Lao Yi is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. He made his international debut at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, where he finished sixth in the 100 metres, representing Asia.... |
26 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 4×400 m 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... |
3:01.70 | |||||
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| World record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
Area record | National record | Athlete's personal best |
Women's records
| Event | Record | Name | Nationality | Date | Games | Ref |
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| 100 m 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... |
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| 30:28.26 | ||||||
| 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... |
2:21:47 | |||||
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| 55.26 | ||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each... |
9:55.67 NR PB | Sudha Singh Sudha Singh Sudha Singh is an Indian athlete. She holds the current Indian National record for 3000m Steeplechase with a mark of 9:55.67, established while winning the Gold in the XVI Asian Games at Guangzhou on 21 November 2010.-External links:... |
21 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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.... |
1.95 m PB | Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil is an Uzbekistani high jumper.She was born in Tashkent. She finished ninth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and thirteenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. In 2006 she won the 2006 World Junior Championships, in a new personal best jump of 1.91 metres, and finished... |
26 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
4.35 m | |||||
| 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... |
6.91 m | |||||
| 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... |
14.37 m | |||||
| 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.... |
20.55 m | |||||
| 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... |
66.18 m | 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:... |
23 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 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... |
74.15 m | |||||
| 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... |
61.56 m NR PB | Yuki Ebihara Yuki Ebihara Yuki Ebihara, Japanese: 海老原有希, is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.... |
25 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 66.00 m (Old design) | Zhang Li | 1990 Beijing Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
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| 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:... |
6360 pts | |||||
| 14.55 (100 m hurdles), 1.81 m (high jump), 14.33 m (shot put), 24.67 (200 m), 6.24 m (long jump), 51.92 m (javelin), 2:13.59 (800 m) | ||||||
| 1:30:06 | Liu Hong Liu Hong (athlete) Liu Hong is a Chinese race walker.She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics , she rebounded with a fourth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics... |
23 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| 4×400 m 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... |
3:29.02 | Manjeet Kaur Sini Jose Sini Jose Sini Jose is an Indian sprint athlete from Ernakulam district, Kerala who specializes in 400 metres. Sini won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay event with Manjeet Kaur, A. C. Ashwini, and Mandeep Kaur.-Biography:Sini hails from Avoli, a village in... Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur Mandeep Kaur is an Indian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to pass the first round... |
26 November 2010 | 2010 Guangzhou Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme... |
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| World record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
Area record | National record | Athlete's personal best |
External links
- Asian Games Records. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.