Athletics is an Asian Games event since 1951 in New Delhi, India. Among major athletics tournaments of the region, it succeeded the athletics at the Far Eastern Championship Games, which had ceased to be held after 1938.
Athletics at the Asian Games | |
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IOC Discipline Code | ATH |
Governing body | AAA |
Events | 48 (men: 23; women: 23; mixed: 2) |
Games | |
Editions
Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
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I | 1951 | New Delhi, India | Japan |
II | 1954 | Manila, Philippines | Japan |
III | 1958 | Tokyo, Japan | Japan |
IV | 1962 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Japan |
V | 1966 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
VI | 1970 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
VII | 1974 | Tehran, Iran | Japan |
VIII | 1978 | Bangkok, Thailand | China |
IX | 1982 | New Delhi, India | Japan |
X | 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | China |
XI | 1990 | Beijing, China | China |
XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | China |
XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | China |
XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | China |
XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | China |
XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | China |
XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | China |
XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | China |
XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China | China |
Events
Men's events
Event | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Games |
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100 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
200 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
400 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
800 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
1500 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
5000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
10000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Marathon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | ||
110 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
400 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
3000 m steeplechase | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
High jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Pole vault | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Long jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Triple jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Shot put | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Discus throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Hammer throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Javelin throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Decathlon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
10 km walk | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
20 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||||||
50 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
4 × 400 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Events | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Women's events
Event | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Games |
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100 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
200 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
400 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 | ||||
800 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15 | |||
1500 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |||||
3000 m | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
5000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
10000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||
Marathon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||
80 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
100 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |||||
400 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||||||
3000 m steeplechase | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||
High jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Pole vault | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
Long jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Triple jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
Shot put | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Discus throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Hammer throw | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
Javelin throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
Pentathlon | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Heptathlon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||
10 km walk | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||
20 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
4 × 400 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | ||||||
Events | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 199 | 179 | 123 | 501 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 196 | 228 | 179 | 603 |
3 | India (IND) | 85 | 102 | 96 | 283 |
4 | Bahrain (BRN) | 43 | 19 | 23 | 85 |
5 | South Korea (KOR) | 34 | 37 | 60 | 131 |
6 | Qatar (QAT) | 30 | 22 | 22 | 74 |
7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 23 | 23 | 27 | 73 |
8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 19 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
9 | Pakistan (PAK) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
10 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 13 | 19 | 15 | 47 |
11 | Thailand (THA) | 13 | 16 | 22 | 51 |
12 | Iran (IRI) | 13 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
13 | Philippines (PHI) | 12 | 10 | 29 | 51 |
14 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 11 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
15 | Israel (ISR) | 11 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
16 | Malaysia (MAS) | 8 | 8 | 22 | 38 |
17 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 7 | 20 | 27 | 54 |
18 | North Korea (PRK) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
19 | Iraq (IRQ) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
20 | Indonesia (INA) | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
21 | Singapore (SGP) | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
22 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
23 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
25 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
26 | Myanmar (MYA) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
27 | Oman (OMA) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
28 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
30 | Lebanon (LBN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
31 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
33 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (33 entries) | 763 | 769 | 765 | 2,297 |
List of medalists
Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in athleticsSee also
External links
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