1991 Asian Athletics Championships

{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 1991 Asian Championships

|Logo =

|Size = 180

|Host city ={{flagicon|Malaysia}} Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

|Optional caption =

|Nations participating = at least 17

|Athletes participating =

|Events =

|Dates = October 19–23

|Stadium =Stadium Merdeka

|Previous = New Delhi 1989

|Next = Manila 1993

}}

The ninth Asian Championships in Athletics were held in 1991 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Medal summary

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Talal Mansour
{{flag|Qatar}}

10.29

|Chen Wenzhong
{{flagu|China}}

10.45

|Khalid Jouma Ibrahim
{{flag|Bahrain}}

10.56
200 metres
(wind: -1.3 m/s)

|Zhao Cunlin
{{flagu|China}}

20.75

|Ibrahim Ismail Muftah
{{flag|Qatar}}

20.96

|Hiroki Fuwa
{{flagu|Japan}}

21.00
400 metres

|Ibrahim Ismail Muftah
{{flag|Qatar}}

45.66

|Aktawat Sakoolchan
{{flag|Thailand}}

46.52

|Koji Ito
{{flagu|Japan}}

46.64
800 metres

|Lee Jin-il
{{flag|South Korea}}

1:51.42

|Nadir Khan
{{flag|Pakistan}}

1:51.68

|Ismail Yousef
{{flag|Qatar}}

1:51.70
1500 metres

|Mohammed Sulaiman
{{flag|Qatar}}

3:42.64

|Kim Bong-yu{{ref label|nb1|nb1|nb1}}
{{flag|South Korea}}

3:45.01

|Nadir Khan
{{flag|Pakistan}}

3:46.47
5000 metres

|Mohammed Sulaiman
{{flag|Qatar}}

14:03.35

|Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama
{{flag|Qatar}}

14:04.45

|Wang Helin
{{flagu|China}}

14:04.68
10,000 metres

|Hwang Young-Jo
{{flag|South Korea}}

29:50.37

|Wang Helin
{{flagu|China}}

29:57.26

|Kim Jae-Ryong
{{flag|South Korea}}

30:05.48
3000 metre steeplechase

|Hamid Sajjadi
{{flag|Iran}}

8:33.89

|Gao Shuhei
{{flagu|China}}

8:34.32

|Saleh Mohammed Habib
{{flag|Syria}}

8:34.66
(NR)
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -1.4 m/s)

|Nur Herman Majid
{{flag|Malaysia}}

14.04

|Zheng Jinsuo
{{flagu|China}}

14.05

|Toshihiko Iwasaki
{{flagu|Japan}}

14.18
400 metres hurdles

|Yoshihiko Saito
{{flagu|Japan}}

50.46

|Ghulam Abbas
{{flag|Pakistan}}

50.77

|Zid Abou Hamed
{{flag|Syria}}

51.15
4 × 100 metre relay

| {{flagu|China}}
Zhang Hong
Zhao Cunlin
Chen Wenzhong
Zheng Chen

39.20

| {{flag|Thailand}}
Seaksarn Boonrat
Niti Piyapan
Pongsak Wacharakupt
Visut Watanasin

39.26

| {{flagu|Japan}}
Koji Ito
Masahito Horiuchi
Tetsuya Yamashita
Hiroki Fuwa

39.74
4 × 400 metre relay

| {{flagu|Japan}}
Hidekazu Katsuki
Yoshihiko Saito
Masayoshi Kan
Koji Ito

3:05.22

| {{flag|Thailand}}
Yuttana Thonglek
Anucha Santirangsimant
Sarapong Kumsup
Aktawat Sakoolchan

3:05.81

| {{flag|Malaysia}}
Azhar Hashim
Vellabouy Samson
Mohamed Yazid Parlan
Nordin Mohamed Jadi

3:06.64 NR
20 kilometre road walk

|Bu Lintang
{{flagu|China}}

1:31:36

|Hideharu Fuchida
{{flagu|Japan}}

1:34:02

|Suchá Singh
{{flagu|India}}

1:37:01
High jump

|Lee Jin-Taek
{{flag|South Korea}}

2.22

|Shigeki Toyoshima
{{flagu|Japan}}

2.19

|Phaitoon Hearnthong
{{flag|Thailand}}

2.16
Pole vault

|Hideyuki Takei
{{flagu|Japan}}

5.25

|Ge Yun
{{flagu|China}}

5.10

|Ku Chin-shui
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

5.10
Long jump

|Chen Zunrong
{{flagu|China}}

8.10

|Masaki Morinaga
{{flagu|Japan}}

8.02

|Nai Hui-Fang
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

7.85
Triple jump

|Chen Yanping
{{flagu|China}}

17.22

|Zou Sixin
{{flagu|China}}

16.95

|Marzouk Abdullah Al-Yoha
{{flag|Kuwait}}

16.48
Shot put

|Cheng Shaobo
{{flagu|China}}

18.11

|Bilal Saad Mubarak
{{flag|Qatar}}

17.78

|Yuji Okano
{{flagu|Japan}}

17.65
Discus throw

|Yu Wenge
{{flagu|China}}

62.20

|Shakti Singh
{{flagu|India}}

53.26

|Yuji Yamazaki
{{flagu|Japan}}

51.76
Hammer throw

|Bi Zhong
{{flagu|China}}

69.90

|Nobuhiro Todoroki
{{flagu|Japan}}

64.56

|Waleed Al-Bekheet
{{flag|Kuwait}}

60.74
Javelin throw

|Zhang Lianbiao
{{flagu|China}}

81.52

|Masami Yoshida
{{flagu|Japan}}

80.44

|Kim Ki-Hoon
{{flag|South Korea}}

76.32
Decathlon

|Gong Guohua
{{flagu|China}}

7652

|Cai Min
{{flagu|China}}

7573

|Katsuhiko Matsuda
{{flagu|Japan}}

7364

  • {{note label|nb1|nb1|nb1}} Some English-language sources, such as GBR Athletics,[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29. erroneously state that Kim Bok-joo was 1991 Asian Championships runner-up in the men's 1500 m. Contemporary English and Korean sources indicate it was his similarly-named teammate Kim Bong-yu who achieved these feats.{{cite news|title=金奉猷 1,500m 銀그쳐|url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1991102300209219012&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1991-10-23&officeId=00020&pageNo=19&printNo=21628&publishType=00020|publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|date=23 October 1991}}

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: -2.1 m/s)

|Tian Yumei
{{flagu|China}}

11.54

|Pei Fang
{{flagu|China}}

11.62

|Wang Huei-Chen
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

11.69
200 metres
(wind: -2.0 m/s)

|Chen Zhaojing
{{flagu|China}}

23.39

|Wang Huei-Chen
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

23.44

|Xiao Yehua
{{flagu|China}}

23.48
400 metres

|Shiny Wilson
{{flagu|India}}

53.46

|Josephine Mary Singarayar
{{flag|Malaysia}}

53.50

|Kalawati "Kutty" Saramma
{{flagu|India}}

53.51
800 metres

|Qu Yunxia
{{flagu|China}}

2:04.65

|Shiny Wilson
{{flagu|India}}

2:05.18

|Yumiko Tokuda
{{flagu|Japan}}

2:05.48
1500 metres

|Qu Yunxia
{{flagu|China}}

4:26.01

|Khin Khin Htwe
{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

4:26.08

|Kim Song-Hwa
{{flag|North Korea}}

4:27.15
3000 metres

|Zhong Huandi
{{flagu|China}}

9:10.27

|Molly Chacko
{{flagu|India}}

9:14.07

|Khin Khin Htwe
{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

9:19.36
10,000 metres

|Zhong Huandi
{{flagu|China}}

33:42.77

|Lukose Leelamma
{{flagu|India}}

35:38.90

|Marija Suryati
{{flag|Indonesia}}

38:00.33
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.5 m/s)

|Zhang Yu
{{flagu|China}}

13.37

|Naomi Jojima
{{flagu|Japan}}

13.63

|Kim Sun-Jin
{{flag|South Korea}}

13.77
400 metres hurdles

|Huang Yanhong
{{flagu|China}}

57.29

|Reawadee Srithoa
{{flag|Thailand}}

57.35

|Junko Hasegawa
{{flagu|Japan}}

59.37
4 × 100 metres relay

| {{flagu|China}}
Pei Fang
Tian Yumei
Chen Zhaojing
Xiao Yehua

43.41 {{AthAbbr|CR|Asian Athletics Championships}}

| {{flag|Thailand}}
Wanna Popirom
Reawadee Watanasin
Ratjai Sripet
Pronpim Srisurat

44.86

| {{flagu|Japan}}
Kaori Yoshida
Kazue Kakinuma
Toshie Kitada
Ayako Nomura

45.25
4 × 400 metres relay

| {{flagu|India}}
Shiny Abraham-Wilson
Dhana Laksmi
Kutty Saramma
Ashwini Nachappa

3:33.50

| {{flagu|China}}
Chen Zhaojing
Huang Yanhong
Qu Yunxia
Pei Fang

3:36.71

| {{flag|Thailand}}
Noodang Phimphoo
Sukanya Sang-nguen
Saleerat Srimek
Reawadee Srithoa

3:37.52
10,000 metre track walk

|Li Jingxue
{{flagu|China}}

49:14.82

|Tomoko Uchida
{{flagu|Japan}}

49:40.18

|Ma Kyin Lwan
{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

51:27.72
High jump

|Yoko Ota
{{flagu|Japan}}

1.83

|Lin Suh-Chi
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

1.83

|Jaruwan Jenjudkarn
{{flag|Thailand}}

1.80
Long jump

|Li Yong-Ae
{{flag|North Korea}}

6.79 (NR)

|Liu Shuzhen
{{flagu|China}}

6.66

|Hiroko Okumura
{{flagu|Japan}}

6.29
Shot put

|Huang Zhihong
{{flagu|China}}

17.51

|Min Chunfeng
{{flagu|China}}

16.91

|Aya Suzuki
{{flagu|Japan}}

15.22
Discus throw

|Min Chunfeng
{{flagu|China}}

61.74

|Aye Aye Nwe
{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

48.48

|Chu Hsui-Chen
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

43.80
Javelin throw

|Xu Demei
{{flagu|China}}

59.84

|Lee Young-Sun
{{flag|South Korea}}

55.06

|Vijita P. Amarasekara
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

50.90
Heptathlon

|Zhu Yuqing
{{flagu|China}}

6231

|Ghada Shouaa
{{flag|Syria}}

5425

|Wang Shu-Hwa
{{flag|Chinese Taipei}}

5388

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_CHN = 24 | silver_CHN = 11 | bronze_CHN = 2

| gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 7 | bronze_JPN = 12

| gold_QAT = 4 | silver_QAT = 3 | bronze_QAT = 1

| gold_KOR = 3 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 3

| gold_IND = 2 | silver_IND = 4 | bronze_IND = 2

| gold_MAS = 1 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 1

| gold_PRK = 1 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 1

| gold_IRN = 1 | silver_IRN = 0 | bronze_IRN = 0

| gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 5 | bronze_THA = 3

| gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 2 | bronze_TPE = 5

| gold_MYA = 0 | silver_MYA = 2 | bronze_MYA = 2 | name_MYA = {{flagteam|MYA|1974}}

| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 2 | bronze_PAK = 1

| gold_SYR = 0 | silver_SYR = 1 | bronze_SYR = 2

| gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 2

| gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 1

| gold_BHR = 0 | silver_BHR = 0 | bronze_BHR = 1

| gold_SRI = 0 | silver_SRI = 0 | bronze_SRI = 1

}}

See also

References

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