2013 Asian Athletics Championships
2013 Asian Championships | |
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Dates | July 3–7 |
Host city | Pune, India |
Venue | Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium |
Events | 42 |
Participation | 522 athletes from 42 nations |
The 2013 Asian Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the biennial athletics competition between Asian nations. It was held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune, India between July 3–7.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Around 522 athletes from 42 nations competed at the event. It was the first time since 1989 that India had hosted the championships.[7]
Prior to the competition, the election of the Asian Athletics Association president was convened in Pune. Qatar's (an IAAF vice-president) defeated the incumbent, Suresh Kalmadi of India, by a margin of 20 votes to 18.[8] Kalmadi, on bail for corruption charges stemming from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, did not attend the championships.[9] The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan, declared the event open at the championships opening ceremony
China, the traditional regional leader at the competition, easily took the top spot in the medal rankings with sixteen gold medals and 27 medals in total. This maintained its streak as the best nation of the tournament – a run dating back to the 1983 edition. Second-placed Bahrain took five golds and fifteen medals overall (although Ali Khamis Khamis, the 400 metres runner-up, was their only native-born medallist).[10] Japan placed third in the medal rankings with four golds and had the second greatest overall haul with 20 medals. In fifth place the hosts India had the next biggest haul, with 17 medals in total, although Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan had a greater number of gold medals.
The overall quality of the competition was reduced as several top Asian athletes were absent. Mutaz Essa Barshim was the only Asian 2012 Olympic medallist who intended to participate, but he withdrew due to a back injury.[9] Thirteen champions from 2011 were present and six of them (Su Bingtian, Yousef Masrahi, Dejene Regassa, Shitaye Eshete, Satomi Kubokura, and Wassanee Winatho) successfully defended their title.
A total of eight championships records were bettered at the competition: Shitaye Eshete broke the longest-standing of these by winning the women's 10,000 metres in 32:17.29 minutes, breaking Zhong Huandi's time from 1989. The organisers used a performance-based points system to assign the titles of best athlete at the championships: Saudi 400 metres champion Yousef Masrahi was the best male with 1172 points while Bahrain's steeplechase winner Ruth Jebet was the best female with 1142 points.[11]
The Athletics Federation of India withdrew an unnamed female shot putter from their squad for a failed doping test one day before the opening of the championships.[12]
Hosting issues[]
The competition was originally set to take place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of the state, ordered the removal of Sri Lanka from the competition on the grounds of war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan Civil War. This request was ignored by the Athletics Federation of India and in February 2013 Chennai withdrew as hosts of the championships.[13]
The federation approached the state governments of Jharkhand and Delhi, with the venues of Ranchi and New Delhi being suggested, but both states refused the host duties. Finally, in May the Maharashtra government agreed to host the event in Pune on the same dates agreed for the Chennai event. Pune already had a suitable track and field stadium that had recently played host to the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008. The budget given for the championships, however, was significantly reduced.[14]
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Su Bingtian China |
10.17 | Samuel Francis Qatar |
10.27 | Barakat Al-Harthi Oman |
10.30 |
200 metres |
Xie Zhenye China |
20.87 | Fahhad Mohammed Al Subaie Saudi Arabia |
20.92 | Kei Takase Japan |
20.92 |
400 metres |
Yousef Masrahi Saudi Arabia |
45.08 | Ali Khamis Khamis Bahrain |
45.65 | Yuzo Kanemaru Japan |
45.95 |
800 metres |
Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla Qatar |
1:46.92 | Abdulaziz Ladan Saudi Arabia |
1:47.01 | Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain |
1:48.56 |
1500 metres |
Emad Noor Saudi Arabia |
3:39.51 | Mohamad Al-Garni Qatar |
3:40.75 | Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain |
3:40.96 |
5000 metres |
Dejene Regassa Mootoma Bahrain |
13:53.25 | Alemu Bekele Gebre Bahrain |
13:57.23 | Emad Noor Saudi Arabia |
14:05.88 |
10,000 metres |
Alemu Bekele Gebre Bahrain |
28:47.26 | Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain |
28:58.67 | India |
29:35.42 |
110 metres hurdles |
Jiang Fan China |
13.61 | Abdulaziz Al Mandeel Kuwait |
13.78 | Wataru Yazawa Japan |
13.88 |
400 metres hurdles |
Yasuhiro Fueki Japan |
49.86 | Cheng Wen China |
50.07 | Satinder Singh India |
50.35 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Tareq Mubarak Taher Bahrain |
8:34.77 | Dejene Regassa Mootoma Bahrain |
8:37.40 | Japan |
8:48.48 |
4×100 metres relay |
Hong Kong (HKG) Tang Yik Chun Lai Chun Ho Ng Ka Fung Tsui Chi Ho |
38.94 | Japan (JPN) Kazuma Oseto Kei Takase Sota Kawatsura Yuichi Kobayashi |
39.11 | China (CHN) Guo Fan Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian |
39.17 |
4×400 metres relay |
Saudi Arabia (KSA) Fahhad Mohammed Al Subaie Mohammed Al-Salhi Yousef Masrahi |
3:02.53 CR | Japan (JPN) Yusuke Ishitsuka Yuzo Kanemaru Kazuya Watanabe Hideyuki Hirose |
3:04.46 | Sri Lanka (SRI) |
3:04.92 |
High jump |
Bi Xiaoliang China |
2.21 m | Jithin Thomas India Keyvan Ghanbarzadeh Iran |
2.21 m | Not awarded | |
Pole vault |
Xue Changrui China |
5.60 m | China |
5.20 m | Jin Min-Sub South Korea |
5.20 m |
Long jump |
Wang Jianan China |
7.95 m | Kumaravel Premkumar India |
7.92 m | China |
7.89 m |
Triple jump |
Cao Shuo China |
16.77 m | Renjith Maheshwary India |
16.76 m | Arpinder Singh India |
16.58 m |
Shot put |
Sultan Al-Hebshi Saudi Arabia |
19.68 m | Chang Ming-huang Chinese Taipei |
19.61 m | Om Prakash Singh India |
19.45 m |
Discus throw |
Vikas Gowda India |
64.90 m | Mohammad Samimi Iran |
61.93 m | Qatar |
60.82 m |
Hammer throw |
Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan |
78.32 m | Ali Al-Zinkawi Kuwait |
74.70 m | Qi Dakai China |
74.19 m |
Javelin throw |
Ivan Zaytsev Uzbekistan |
79.76 m | Sri Lanka |
79.62 m NR | India |
75.03 m |
Decathlon |
Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan |
8037 pts CR | Akihiko Nakamura Japan |
7620 pts | Leonid Andreev Uzbekistan |
7383 pts |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Wei Yongli China |
11.29 | Chisato Fukushima Japan |
11.53 | Tao Yujia China |
11.63 |
200 metres |
Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan |
23.62 | Asha Roy India |
23.71 | Dutee Chand India |
23.82 |
400 metres |
Zhao Yanmin China |
52.49 | Poovamma Raju Machettira India |
53.37 | Gretta Taslakian Lebanon |
53.43 NR |
800 metres |
Wang Chunyu China |
2:02.47 | Genzeb Shumi Bahrain |
2:04.16 | Tintu Luka India |
2:04.48 |
1500 metres |
Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates |
4:13.67 | Mimi Belete Bahrain |
4:14.04 | Ayako Jinnouchi Japan |
4:16.73 |
5000 metres |
Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates |
15:12.84 CR NR | Shitaye Eshete Bahrain |
15:22.17 | Tejitu Daba Bahrain |
15:38.63 |
10,000 metres |
Shitaye Eshete Bahrain |
32:17.29 CR |
Alia Saeed United Arab Emirates |
32:39.39 | Ayumi Hagiwara Japan |
32.47.44 |
100 metres hurdles |
Ayako Kimura Japan |
13.25 | Anastassiya Soprunova Kazakhstan |
13.44 | India |
14.01 |
400 metres hurdles |
Satomi Kubokura Japan |
56.82 | Manami Kira Japan |
57.78 | South Korea |
58.21 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Ruth Jebet Bahrain |
9:40.84 CR | Sudha Singh India |
9:56.27 | North Korea |
10:09.80 |
4×100 metres relay |
China (CHN) Tao Yujia Lin Huijun Wei Yongli |
44.01 | Japan (JPN) Saori Kitakaze Chisato Fukushima Mayumi Watanabe |
44.38 | Thailand (THA) Phatsorn Jaksuninkorn Orranut Klomdee Tassaporn Wannakit |
44.44 |
4×400 metres relay |
India (IND) Nirmla Tintu Luka Anu Mariam Jose Poovamma Raju Machettira |
3:32.26 | China (CHN) Zhao Yanmin |
3:35.31 | Japan (JPN) Asami Chiba Sayaka Aoki Satomi Kubokura Manami Kira |
3:35.72 |
High jump |
Nadiya Dusanova Uzbekistan |
1.90 m | Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistan |
1.88 m | Marina Aitova Kazakhstan |
1.88 m |
Pole vault |
Li Ling China |
4.54 m CR | Ren Mengqian China |
4.40 m | Sukanya Chomchuendee Thailand |
4.15 m |
Long jump |
Sachiko Masumi Japan |
6.55 m | Anastasiya Juravleva Uzbekistan |
6.36 m | Mayookha Johny India |
6.30 m |
Triple jump |
Anastasiya Juravleva Uzbekistan |
14.18 m | Aleksandra Kotlyarova Uzbekistan |
13.89 m | Irina Litvinenko Ektova Kazakhstan |
13.75 m |
Shot put |
Liu Xiangrong China |
18.67 m | Leyla Rajabi Iran |
18.18 m | Gao Yang China |
17.76 m |
Discus throw |
Su Xinyue China |
55.88 m | China |
55.70 m | Chinese Taipei |
55.32 m |
Hammer throw |
Wang Zheng China |
72.78 m CR | Liu Tingting China |
67.16 m | Masumi Aya Japan |
63.41 m |
Javelin throw |
Li Lingwei China |
60.65 m CR | Nadeeka Lakmali Sri Lanka |
60.16 m NR | Risa Miyashita Japan |
55.30 m |
Heptathlon |
Wassana Winatho Thailand |
5818 pts | Ekaterina Voronina Uzbekistan |
5599 pts | Chie Kiriyama Japan |
5451 pts |
Medal table[]
* Host nation (India)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 16 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
2 | Bahrain (BHR) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
6 | India (IND)* | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
8 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
14 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 nations) | 42 | 43 | 41 | 126 |
Participating nations[]
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References[]
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- ^ Eshete sets 10,000m championship record at Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-04). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Two championship records while China's hurdles legacy continues at the Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-06). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
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- ^ Dahlan ousts Kalmadi as Asian athletics chief. Gulf Times (2013-07-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kalmadi gives it a miss - Asian Track and Field Championships is shorn of big names. The Calcutta Telegraph (2013-07-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Brahme, Chinmay (2013-07-06). Without formal coaching Bahrain’s teen star sprints his way to silver. Indian Express. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Championship & Best Athletes[permanent dead link]. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Doping hits Indian athletics ahead of Asian Championships. Times of India (2013-07-05). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ J’lalithaa cancels Asian Athletic Games over Sri Lanka’s participation Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. The Nation (Sri Lanka) (2013-02-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- ^ Pune confirmed as Asian championships venue. The Hindu (2013-05-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- Medal table
- Medal Table Rankings. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- Results
- Final Results[permanent dead link]. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
External links[]
- 2013 Asian Athletics Championships
- Asian Athletics Championships
- 2013 in athletics (track and field)
- 2013 in Indian sport
- International athletics competitions hosted by India
- 2013 in Asian sport
- Sports competitions in Pune