2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships

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1st Asian Youth Athletics Championships
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Dates8–11 May 2015
Host cityDoha, Qatar
VenueSuheim Bin Hamad Stadium
LevelYouth
Events40

The 2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships was the first edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 8–11 May. A total of forty events were contested, with the events divided evenly between the sexes. The event programme mirrored that of the previous IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, with the exception of a boy's decathlon, rather than the octathlon.

The event was established following the 78th council meeting of the Asian Athletics Association in March 2014. The body's president cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raise the importance of continental level competition among the region's countries.[1]

China easily topped the medal table with half of their 32 medals being gold. Chinese Taipei won the next most gold medals, with four, while India had the second largest overall medal haul at fourteen medals. Kazakhstan (three golds, eight medals) and Japan (nine medals) were the other leading nations of the tournament. A total of 27 of the participating nations reached the medal table.[2][3]

The highest level performance at the competition came from Chinese girls' javelin thrower Yu Yuzhen, whose winning throw of 61.97 m (203 ft 3+3⁄4 in) was the world youth best for the 500-gramme youth implement. of Chinese Taipei was the only athlete to win two individual titles, doing so in the boys' 100 metres and 200 metres.[2]

An anti-doping outreach and sports ethics programme was held in conjunction with the competition, with the achievements of Liu Xiang and Koji Murofushi being held up as examples of Olympic champions from Asia who promoted an anti-doping culture.[4]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (TPE) 10.48   (CHN) 10.60   (INA) 10.81
200 metres   (TPE) 21.69   (CHN) 22.01   (INA) 22.16
400 metres   (CHN) 47.55   (THA) 48.02   (MAS) 49.07
800 metres   (IND) 1:52.26   (IRQ) 1:54.92   (KSA) 1:55.84
1500 metres   (CHN) 4:05.85   (KOR) 4:07.08   (JPN) 4:07.27
3000 metres   (IND) 8:26.24   (JPN) 8:37.29   (YEM) 8:37.65
110 metres hurdles   (KUW) 13.92   (CHN) 14.02   (INA) 14.36
400 metres hurdles   (THA) 52.45   (SRI) 52.88   (KOR) 52.93
2000 metres steeplechase   (QAT) 5:54.34   (CHN) 5:56.99   (VIE) 6:00.59
Medley relay  China (CHN)



 1:53.34  India (IND)



 1:53.74  Saudi Arabia (KSA)



 1:55.81
10,000 m walk  Zhang Jun (CHN) 44:00.87   (CHN) 45:25.93   (KOR) 48:34.39
High jump   (CHN) 2.15 m   (SRI) 2.12 m   (IRQ) 2.12 m
Pole vault   (TPE) 4.90 m   (IRQ) 4.65 m   (INA) 4.50 m
Long jump   (KOR) 7.49 m   (JPN) 7.31 m   (PHI) 7.26 m
Triple jump   (PAK) 15.44 m   (SRI) 15.39 m   (IND) 15.08 m
Shot put   (TPE) 19.43 m   (IND) 17.76 m   (JPN) 17.51 m
Discus throw   (IRI) 53.06 m   (SIN) 52.55 m   (CHN) 48.99 m
Hammer throw   (CHN) 75.15 m   (IND) 71.79 m   (IND) 64.91 m
Javelin throw   (UZB) 79.11 m   (IND) 75.52 m   (IND) 74.72 m
Decathlon   (KUW) 6671 pts   (IND) 5867 pts   (KSA) 5703 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (HKG) 12.27   (LIB) 12.32   (CHN) 12.32
200 metres   (CHN) 24.67   (JPN) 25.16   (SIN) 25.35
400 metres  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR) 53.02  Jisna Mathew (IND) 53.84   (MAS) 55.14
800 metres   (KGZ) 2:14.73   (JPN) 2:15.04   (LIB) 2:19.64
1500 metres  Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa (BHR) 4:19.95  Nozomi Tanaka (JPN) 4:25.00   (CHN) 4:37.64
3000 metres   (BHR) 9:30.17   (CHN) 9:53.03   (IND) 10:24.98
100 metres hurdles   (CHN) 13.62   (HKG) 14.22   (TPE) 14.24
400 metres hurdles   (SRI) 61.27   (CHN) 62.61  Adelina Akhmetova (KAZ) 63.27
2000 metres steeplechase   (CHN) 7:01.06   (PRK) 7:14.88   (KAZ) 7:16.08
Medley relay  China (CHN)



 2:13.32  Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Adelina Akhmetova
Mariya Ovchinnikova
 2:17.72  Bahrain (BHR)

Salwa Eid Naser Naser
Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa
 2:19.04
5000 m walk  Ma Zhenxia (CHN) 23:45.19   (CHN) 24:05.84   (JPN) 24:59.04
High jump  Safina Sadullaeva (UZB) 1.74 m   (HKG) 1.71 m   (KAZ) 1.68 m
Pole vault   (KAZ) 3.70 m   (INA) 3.40 m   (QAT) 2.00 m
Long jump   (JPN) 5.90 m   (KOR) 5.82 m   (CHN) 5.81 m
Triple jump  Mariya Ovchinnikova (KAZ) 12.81 m   (CHN) 12.77 m   (UZB) 12.34 m
Shot put   (CHN) 16.08 m   (KOR) 16.00 m   (CHN) 15.36 m
Discus throw   (CHN) 45.58 m   (UAE) 41.80 m   (IND) 41.14 m
Hammer throw   (CHN) 66.59 m   (CHN) 60.16 m   (IRI) 48.25 m
Javelin throw  Yu Yuzhen (CHN) 61.97 m WYB   (CHN) 51.89 m   (KOR) 50.53 m
Heptathlon  Zhou Jingjing (CHN) 4242 pts   (KAZ) 3909 pts   (UZB) 3857 pts

Medal table[]

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China1611532
2 Chinese Taipei4015
3 Kazakhstan3238
4 Bahrain3014
5 India26614
6 Uzbekistan2024
7 Kuwait2002
8 Japan1539
9 South Korea1337
10 Sri Lanka1304
11 Hong Kong1203
12 Thailand1102
13 Iran1012
 Qatar*1012
15 Pakistan1001
16 Iraq0213
17 Indonesia0145
18 Lebanon0112
 Singapore0112
20 North Korea0101
 United Arab Emirates0101
22 Saudi Arabia0033
23 Malaysia0022
24 Philippines0011
 Vietnam0011
 Yemen0011
Totals (26 nations)404041121

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Avison, Ben (2014-03-04). Doha to host 2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Host City. Retrieved on 2015-05-13.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Georgiotis, Vassilis (2015-05-12). China tops medal table at the 1st Asian Youth Championships in Doha. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-13.
  3. ^ Total Medals Table- Boy & girl[permanent dead link]. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2015-05-13.
  4. ^ Anti-doping outreach programme features at Asian Youth Championships. IAAF (2015-05-13). Retrieved on 2015-05-17.

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Preceded by
Inaugural Championships 		1st Asian Youth Athletics Championships
2015
Doha, Qatar 		Succeeded by
2017
Bangkok, Thailand
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