2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
2012 Asian Indoor Championships | |
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Dates | 18–19 February |
Host city | Hangzhou, China |
Events | 25 |
Participation | 195 athletes from 26 nations |
The 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 18 and 19 February. A total of 26 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 25 track and field events.[1]
China topped the medal table with 14 golds. Iran was second with three golds while Bahrain finished third with three golds.
The competition featured two Asian indoor records. Mutaz Essa Barshim broke the men's high jump record with a clearance of 2.37 m, bettering Zhu Jianhua's 26-year-ol standard. Li Ling beat the women's Asian indoor record in the pole vault with a mark of 4.50 m.[2]
Results[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 m | Reza Ghasemi Iran |
6.68 | Lai Chun Ho Hong Kong |
6.78 | Iran |
6.78 |
400 m | Iran |
48.09 | China |
48.47 | Iran |
48.64 |
800 m | Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait |
1:47.37 CR NR | Adnan Taes Iraq |
1:49.42 NR | China |
1:50.32 |
1500 m | Mohammed Shaween Saudi Arabia |
3:57.84 NR | Mohamed Al-Garni Qatar |
3:58.04 | Kuwait |
3:59.83 |
3000 m | Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain |
7:43.88 | Mohamed Al-Garni Qatar |
7:46.17 | Alemu Bekele Bahrain |
7:48.04 |
60 m hurdles | Jiang Fan China |
7.74 CR | Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel Kuwait |
7.82 NR | Ji Wei China |
7.85 |
4 × 400 m relay | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | |||||
High jump | Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar |
2.37 m AR | Zhang Guowei China |
2.28 m | Majed Al-Din Ghazal Syria |
2.24 m |
Pole vault | Yang Yansheng China |
5.50 m | Zhang Wei China |
5.40 m | Japan |
5.30 m |
Long jump | Li Jinzhe China |
7.98 m | Rikiya Saruyama Japan |
7.63 m | Kumaravel Premkumar India |
7.62 m |
Triple jump | Dong Bin China |
17.01 m CR | Cao Shuo China |
17.01 m CR | Li Yanxi China |
16.23 |
Shot put | Zhang Jun China |
19.78 m CR | China |
19.40 m | China |
19.09 m |
Heptathlon | Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan |
5928 pts CR | Keisuke Ushiro Japan |
5590 pts | Hiromasa Tanaka Japan |
5033 pts |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Women[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
2 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Bahrain (BHR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 nations) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
Participating nations[]
A total of 26 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2012 championships
- Bahrain (6)
- China (63)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Hong Kong (7)
- India (14)
- Indonesia (3)
- Iran (13)
- Iraq (1)
- Japan (10)
- Kazakhstan (15)
- Kuwait (8)
- Kyrgyzstan (7)
- Laos (2)
- Macau (6)
- Mongolia (7)
- Pakistan (2)
- Philippines (1)
- Qatar (3)
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Singapore (4)
- South Korea (2)
- Syria (1)
- Thailand (2)
- Turkmenistan (5)
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- Vietnam (3)
References[]
- ^ Ram. Murali Krishnan (18 February 2012). "Chinese dominate but there is double-delight for Iran at the Asian Indoor Championships - Day 1". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-02-19). Barshim soars 2.37m Asian record in Hangzhou as Asian Indoor champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-24.
- Results Book. Asian Athletics Association (2012) - archived. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
External links[]
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 2012 in athletics (track and field)
- 2012 in Chinese sport
- 2012 in Asian sport
- Sport in Hangzhou
- International athletics competitions hosted by China