2011 Asian Athletics Championships
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 2011 Asian Championships
|Logo = Aac2011-logo.jpg
|Size = 180
|Host city ={{flagicon|JPN}} Kobe, Japan
|Optional caption =
|Nations participating = 40
|Athletes participating = 464
|Events = 42
|Dates = July 7–10
|Stadium =Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
|Previous = Guangzhou 2009
|Next = Pune 2013
}}
File:151017 Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Kobe Japan02n.jpg]]
{{2011AsianAthleticsChampionships}}
The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium.{{cite web | url=http://www.asianathletics.org/AAC2011/aac2011-information.pdf | title=General Information | work=asianathletics.org | publisher=Asian Athletics Association | access-date=July 7, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726153339/http://www.asianathletics.org/AAC2011/aac2011-information.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-26 | url-status=dead }} The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four-day competition.[http://www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/en/outline.html 19th Asian Athletics Championships Hyogo・Kobe－Japan]. JAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
Two countries dominated the events: the host nation Japan won the most medals at the competition (32 overall, 11 golds), closely followed by China's eleven golds and 27 overall medal haul. The next most successful countries were Bahrain (which won five golds on the track through its former Ethiopian and Kenyan runners) and India, which won twelve medals.
A total of eight Championship records were equalled or beaten at the competition. India's Mayookha Johny won the long jump and also broke the Indian record to take bronze in the triple jump. Twenty-year-old Mutaz Essa Barshim cleared 2.35 metres in the high jump.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=60806.html Barshim improves to 2.35m in Kobe - Asian champs, day 3]. IAAF (2011-07-10). Retrieved on 2011-08-13. Liu Xiang won his fourth consecutive 110 metres hurdles title with a championship record mark.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=60855.html Liu Xiang clocks 13.22 championships in Kobe - Asian champs, final day]. IAAF (2011-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-08-13. Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Azemi completed an 800/1500 metres double with Iranian Sajjad Moradi finishing as runner-up both times. On the women's side, Truong Thanh Hang of Vietnam won the 800 m and was the 1500 m silver medallist.
Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon and Iraqi Gulustan Ieso won their countries' first medals in the women's section, while the traditionally male-only United Arab Emirates sent their first female athlete to the competition (Betlhem Desalegn).[http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=60702.html Su Bingtian takes Asian 100m title in Kobe - Asian champs, Day 2]. IAAF (2011-07-09). Retrieved on 2011-08-13. Ieso and Olga Tereshkova both failed doping tests at the competition, thus losing their individual medals and also their team relay medals.
Medal summary
=Men=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Su Bingtian|CHN}} | 10.21
|{{flagmedalist|Masashi Eriguchi|JPN}} | 10.28
|{{flagmedalist|Sota Kawatsura|JPN}} | 10.30 |
| 200 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Femi Seun Ogunode|QAT}} | 20.41 =CR
|{{flagmedalist|Hitoshi Saito|JPN}} | 20.75
|{{flagmedalist|Omar Jouma Al-Salfa|UAE}} | 20.97 |
| 400 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Yousef Ahmed Masrahi|KSA}} | 45.79
|{{flagmedalist|Hideyuki Hirose|JPN}} | 46.03
|{{flagmedalist|Yūzō Kanemaru|JPN}} | 46.38 |
| 800 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Mohammad Al-Azemi|KUW}} | 1:46.14
|{{flagmedalist|Sajjad Moradi|IRI}} | 1:46.35
|{{flagmedalist|Ghamnda Ram|IND}} | 1:46.46 |
| 1500 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Mohammad Al-Azemi|KUW}} | 3:42.49
|{{flagmedalist|Sajjad Moradi|IRI}} | 3:43.30
|{{flagmedalist|Chaminda Wijekoon|SRI}} | 3:44.01 |
| 5000 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Dejenee Mootumaa|BHR}} | 13:39.71 CR
|{{flagmedalist|Yuki Sato|JPN}} | 13:40.78
|{{flagmedalist|Alemu Bekele Gebre|BHR}} | 13:41.93 |
| 10,000 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Ali Hasan Mahboob|BHR}} | 28:35.49
|{{flagmedalist|Bilisuma Shugi Gelasa|BHR}} | 28:36.30
|{{flagmedalist|Akinobu Murasawa|JPN}} | 28:40.63 |
| 110 m hurdles {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles}} |{{flagmedalist|Liu Xiang|CHN}} | 13.22 CR
|{{flagmedalist|Shi Dongpeng|CHN}} | 13.56
|{{flagmedalist|Park Tae-kyong|KOR}} | 13.66 |
| 400 m hurdles {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles}} |{{flagmedalist|Takatoshi Abe|JPN}} | 49.64
|{{flagmedalist|Yuta Imazeki|JPN}} | 50.22
|{{flagmedalist|Chen Chieh|TPE}} | 50.39 |
| 3000 m steeplechase {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}} |{{flagmedalist|Abubaker Ali Kamal|QAT}} | 8:30.23
|{{flagmedalist|Artem Kosinov|KAZ}} | 8:35.11
|{{flagmedalist|Tareq Mubarak Taher|BHR}} | 8:45.47 |
| {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay}} |{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 39.18
|{{flagcountry|HKG}} | 39.26
|{{flagcountry|TPE}} | 39.30 |
| {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 3:04.72
|{{flagcountry|KSA}} | 3:08.03
|{{flagcountry|IRI}} | 3:08.58 |
| High jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's high jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}} | 2.35 m NR
|{{flagmedalist|Majd Eddin Ghazal|SYR}} | 2.28 m NR
|{{flagmedalist|Wang Chen|CHN}} | 2.26 m |
| Pole vault {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault}} |{{flagmedalist|Daichi Sawano|JPN}} | 5.50 m
|{{flagmedalist|Hiroki Ogita|JPN}} | 5.40 m
|{{flagmedalist|Yang Yansheng|CHN}} | 5.40 m |
| Long jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Su Xiongfeng|CHN}} | 8.19 m
|{{flagmedalist|Supanara Sukhasvasti|THA}} | 8.05 m NJR
|{{flagmedalist|Rikiya Saruyama|JPN}} | 8.05 m |
| Triple jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Yevgeniy Ektov|KAZ}} | 16.91 m
|{{flagmedalist|Li Yanxi|CHN}} | 16.70 m
|{{flagmedalist|Roman Valiyev|KAZ}} | 16.62 m |
| Shot put {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put}} |{{flagmedalist|Chang Ming-huang|TPE}} | 20.14 m CR
|{{flagmedalist|Zhang Jun|CHN}} | 19.77 m
|{{flagmedalist|Om Prakash Karhana|IND}} | 19.47 m |
| Discus throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Ehsan Haddadi|IRI}} | 62.27 m
|{{flagmedalist|Vikas Gowda|IND}} | 61.58 m
|{{flagmedalist|Wu Jian|CHN}} | 56.61 m |
| Hammer throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Ali Al-Zinkawi|KUW}} | 73.73 m
|{{flagmedalist|Hiroshi Noguchi|JPN}} | 70.89 m
|{{flagmedalist|Hiroaki Doi|JPN}} | 70.69 m |
| Javelin throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Yukifumi Murakami|JPN}} | 83.27 m CR
|{{flagmedalist|Park Jae-myong|KOR}} | 80.19 m
|{{flagmedalist|Ivan Zaitcev|UZB}} | 79.22 m |
| Decathlon {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon}} |{{flagmedalist|Hadi Sepehrzad|IRI}} | 7506 pts
|{{flagmedalist|Akihiko Nakamura|JPN}} | 7478 pts
|{{flagmedalist|Bharatinder Singh|IND}} | 7358 pts |
=Women=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Guzel Khubbieva|UZB}} | 11.39
|{{flagmedalist|Wei Yongli|CHN}} | 11.70
|{{flagmedalist|Tao Yujia|CHN}} | 11.74 |
| 200 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Chisato Fukushima|JPN}} | 23.49
|{{flagmedalist|Gretta Taslakian|LIB}} | 24.01
|{{flagmedalist|Saori Imai|JPN}} | 24.06 |
| 400 metres[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article2978909.ece Silver for India in relay]. The Hindu (2012-03-09). Retrieved on 2012-03-31. {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Chen Jingwen|CHN}} | 52.89
|{{flagmedalist|Chandrika Subashini|SRI}} | 53.35
|{{flagmedalist|Chisato Tanaka|JPN}} | 54.08 |
| 800 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Truong Thanh Hang|VIE}} | 2:01.41
|{{flagmedalist|Margarita Matsko|KAZ}} | 2:02.46
|{{flagmedalist|Tintu Luka|IND}} | 2:02.55 |
| 1500 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Genzeb Shumi Regasa|BHR}} | 4:15.91
|{{flagmedalist|Truong Thanh Hang|VIE}} | 4:18.40
|{{flagmedalist|O. P. Jaisha|IND}} | 4:21.41 |
| 5000 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Tejitu Daba Chalchissa|BHR}} | 15:22.48 CR
|{{flagmedalist|Hitomi Niiya|JPN}} | 15:34.19
|{{flagmedalist|Yuriko Kobayashi|JPN}} | 15:42.59 |
| 10,000 metres {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres}} |{{flagmedalist|Shitaye Eshete|BHR}} | 32:47.80
|{{flagmedalist|Kareema Saleh Jasim|BHR}} | 32:50.70
|{{flagmedalist|Preeja Sreedharan|IND}} | 33:15.55 |
| 100 m hurdles {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles}} |{{flagmedalist|Sun Yawei|CHN}} | 13.04
|{{flagmedalist|Jung Hye-Lim|KOR}} | 13.11
|{{flagmedalist|Natalya Ivoninskaya|KAZ}} | 13.15 |
| 400 m hurdles {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles}} |{{flagmedalist|Satomi Kubokura|JPN}} | 56.52
|{{flagmedalist|Qi Yang|CHN}} | 56.69
|{{flagmedalist|Christine Merrill|SRI}} | 57.30 |
| 3000 m steeplechase {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase}} |{{flagmedalist|Minori Hayakari|JPN}} | 9:52.42 CR
|{{flagmedalist|Sudha Singh|IND}} | 10:08.52
|{{flagmedalist|Thi Phuong Nguyen|VIE}} | 10:14.94 |
| {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}} |{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 44.05
|{{flagcountry|CHN}} | 44.23
|{{flagcountry|THA}} | 44.62 |
| {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay}} |{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 3:35.00
|{{flagcountry|IND}} | 3:44.17
|Not awarded | |
| High jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Zheng Xingjuan|CHN}} | 1.92 m
|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Radzivil|UZB}} | 1.92 m
|{{flagmedalist|Marina Aitova|KAZ}} | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault}} |{{flagmedalist|Wu Sha|CHN}} | 4.35 m
|{{flagmedalist|Li Ling|CHN}} | 4.30 m
|{{flagmedalist|Choi Yun-Hee|KOR}} | 4.00 m |
| Long jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's long jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Mayookha Johny|IND}} | 6.56 m
|{{flagmedalist|Lu Minjia|CHN}} | 6.52 m
|{{flagmedalist|Saeko Okayama|JPN}} | 6.51 m |
| Triple jump {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump}} |{{flagmedalist|Xie Limei|CHN}} | 14.58 m
|{{flagmedalist|Valeriya Kanatova|UZB}} | 14.14 m
|{{flagmedalist|Mayookha Johny|IND}} | 14.11 m NR |
| Shot put {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's shot put}} |{{flagmedalist|Meng Qianqian|CHN}} | 18.31 m PB
|{{flagmedalist|Liu Xiangrong|CHN}} | 18.30 m
|{{flagmedalist|Leila Rajabi|IRI}} | 16.60 m |
| Discus throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Sun Taifeng|CHN}} | 60.89 m
|{{flagmedalist|Ma Xuejun|CHN}} | 59.67 m
|{{flagmedalist|Harwant Kaur|IND}} | 57.99 m |
| Hammer throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Masumi Aya|JPN}} | 67.19 m
|{{flagmedalist|Liu Tingting|CHN}} | 65.42 m
|{{flagmedalist|Yuka Murofushi|JPN}} | 62.50 m |
| Javelin throw {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw}} |{{flagmedalist|Liu Chunhua|CHN}} | 58.05 m
|{{flagmedalist|Wang Ping|CHN}} | 55.80 m
|{{flagmedalist|Yuka Sato|JPN}} | 54.16 m |
| Heptathlon {{DetailsLink|2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon}} |{{flagmedalist|Wassana Winatho|THA}} | 5710 pts
|{{flagmedalist|Humie Takehara|JPN}} | 5491 pts
|{{flagmedalist|Chie Kiriyama|JPN}} | 5442 pts |
- Note: The original gold and silver medallists, Kazakhstan's Olga Tereshkova and Iraq's Gulustan Ieso, were later disqualified after testing positive for testosterone and methylhexaneamine, respectively. Initial bronze medallist Chen Jingwen of China was elevated to the gold medal position, while fourth and fifth placed runners Chandrika Subashini and Chisato Tanaka moved into the minor medal positions. The Kazakhstan and Iraqi {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay quartets were also disqualified as a result. India were promoted to silver medallists and the bronze was vacated as only four teams participated.
Medal table
File:張銘煌.JPG claimed Chinese Taipei's only gold.]]
File:Fukushima Chisato.JPG won 200 m and relay golds for the hosts.]]
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = JPN
| flag_template =
| event =
| team =
| gold_CHN = 11 | silver_CHN = 12 | bronze_CHN = 4
| gold_JPN = 11 | silver_JPN = 10 | bronze_JPN = 12 | host_JPN = yes
| gold_BHR = 5 | silver_BHR = 2 | bronze_BHR = 2
| gold_KUW = 3 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 0
| gold_QAT = 3 | silver_QAT = 0 | bronze_QAT = 0
| gold_IRN = 2 | silver_IRN = 2 | bronze_IRN = 2
| gold_IND = 1 | silver_IND = 3 | bronze_IND = 8
| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 2 | bronze_KAZ = 3
| gold_UZB = 1 | silver_UZB = 2 | bronze_UZB = 1
| gold_THA = 1 | silver_THA = 1 | bronze_THA = 1
| gold_VIE = 1 | silver_VIE = 1 | bronze_VIE = 1
| gold_KSA = 1 | silver_KSA = 1 | bronze_KSA = 0
| gold_TPE = 1 | silver_TPE = 0 | bronze_TPE = 2
| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 2
| gold_SRI = 0 | silver_SRI = 1 | bronze_SRI = 2
| gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 0
| gold_LIB = 0 | silver_LIB = 1 | bronze_LIB = 0
| gold_SYR = 0 | silver_SYR = 1 | bronze_SYR = 0
| gold_UAE = 0 | silver_UAE = 0 | bronze_UAE = 1
}}
- The medal changes due to doping disqualifications in the women's 400 m individual and relay events meant that China edged Japan to the top of the table. Kazakhstan fell from sixth to eighth place. Sri Lanka moved up from 19th to 15th place. Iraq received no medals.
Participating countries
464 athletes from 40 nations competed
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- {{flag|Afghanistan|2004}} (2)
- {{BAN}} (2)
- {{BHR}} (10)
- {{BRU}} (3)
- {{flagu|China}} (40)
- {{TPE}} (16)
- {{TLS}} (1)
- {{HKG}} (15)
- {{flagu|India}} (34)
- {{INA}} (16)
- {{IRI}} (24)
- {{IRQ}} (10)
- {{flagu|Japan}} (87)
- {{JOR}} (2)
- {{KAZ}} (24)
- {{KUW}} (6)
- {{KGZ}} (3)
- {{LAO}} (2)
- {{LIB}} (2)
- {{MAC}} (4)
- {{MDV}} (2)
- {{MAS}} (8)
- {{MGL}} (6)
- {{NEP}} (2)
- {{OMA}} (11)
- {{PAK}} (5)
- {{PLE}} (2)
- {{PHI}} (6)
- {{QAT}} (6)
- {{KSA}} (14)
- {{SIN}} (6)
- {{KOR}} (24)
- {{SRI}} (11)
- {{SYR}} (4)
- {{TJK}} (2)
- {{THA}} (16)
- {{TKM}} (5)
- {{UAE}} (7)
- {{UZB}} (17)
- {{VIE}} (7)
}}
References
{{reflist|2}}
;Results
- [http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/201112812847.htm AsC Kobe JPN 7 - 10 July 19th Asian Championships]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.
External links
- [http://www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/startlist/liveresult/pc/ Results]
- [http://www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/top8.pdf Report of top eight finishers per event]
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