2022 Asian U18 Athletics Championships

The Asian Youth Athletics Championships (U18) (Asian Youth U18 Athletics Championships) is a biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. First held in 2015, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen.{{cn|date=December 2022}} The competition was the fourth continental athletics competition to be held for that age level, following in the steps of the South American, Oceanian and African events. Its first edition came at a time of rising interest in such competitions, with the first African championships being held in 2013, and the European Athletics Youth Championships scheduled for the following year.{{cn|date=December 2022}} In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association's president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raising the importance of continental-level competition among the region's countries.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

The logo for the 2022 championships features Kuwaiti middle-distance runner Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1610178/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A|title=تخليد ذكرى الشمري|language=ar|website=alraimedia.com}}

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Kuwait was hosting around 400 athletes from 33 Asian Countries. Athletes competed in 40 athletics sports, 20 for boys and 20 for girls.{{cite web | url=https://kuwaitnewsgazette.com/kuwait-hosts-4th-asian-youth-athletics-championships-2022-next-oct/ | title=Kuwait hosts 4th Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2022 next Oct | date=6 September 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-to-host-championships/ | title=Kuwait to 'host' Championships | date=6 September 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2022/10/17/sports/289236/deneth-kasuni-win-silver-medals-while-lesandu-wins-bronze | title=Deneth, Kasuni win silver medals while Lesandu wins bronze }}

1. {{KSA}}
2. {{QAT}}
3. {{BHR}}
4. {{OMA}}
5. {{SYR}}
6. {{LBN}}
7. {{JOR}}
8. {{PLE}}
9. {{YEM}}
10. {{IRQ}}
11. {{IRI}} (25)
12. {{BAN}}
13. {{PAK}}
14. {{BRU}}
15. {{TPE}}
16. {{HKG}}
17. {{IND}} (35)
18. {{INA}}
19. {{KAZ}}
20. {{KOR}}
21. {{KGZ}}
22. {{LAO}}
23. {{THA}}
24. {{MAS}}
25. {{NEP}}
26. {{MDV}}
27. {{PHI}}
28. {{SIN}}
29. {{TJK}}
30. {{VIE}}
31. {{UZB}}
32. {{KUW}}
33. {{SRI}} (11)

Following a decision by the judges, the bronze medal was awarded to two athletes in 800m Girls.{{cite web | url=https://remote.timingljubljana.si/tfLive/default?DBid=5197&id=306 | title=Home Page }}

{{Medals table

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| host = KUW

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| team =

| gold_IND = 6 | silver_IND = 11| bronze_IND = 7

| gold_TPE = 6 | silver_TPE = 1 | bronze_TPE = 2

| gold_UZB = 5 | silver_UZB = 1 | bronze_UZB = 1

| gold_IRI = 4 | silver_IRI = 4 | bronze_IRI = 5

| gold_KAZ = 3 | silver_KAZ = 3 | bronze_KAZ = 1

| gold_INA = 3 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 2

| gold_THA = 2 | silver_THA = 6 | bronze_THA = 0

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

| gold_VIE = 2 | silver_VIE = 0 | bronze_VIE = 1

| gold_QAT = 1 | silver_QAT = 2 | bronze_QAT = 1

| gold_HKG = 1 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 6

| gold_KUW = 1 | silver_KUW = 1 | bronze_KUW = 2

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

| gold_IRQ = 1 | silver_IRQ = 0 | bronze_IRQ = 2

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

| gold_SRI = 0 | silver_SRI = 3 | bronze_SRI = 2

| gold_KSA = 0 | silver_KSA = 1 | bronze_KSA = 2

| gold_JOR = 0 | silver_JOR = 1 | bronze_JOR = 0

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

}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://remote.timingljubljana.si/tfLive/default?DBid=5197 Results]
• [http://athleticsasia.org/ Asian Athletics Association website]

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