2017 Asian Youth Athletics Championships

2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships
2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships
Dates	20–23 May
Host city	Bangkok, Thailand
Venue	National Stadium
Level	Youth
Events	40
Records set	17
	← 2015 Doha 2019 Hong Kong → ;

The 2017 Asian Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand from 20–23 May. Organised by the Athletics Association of Thailand, 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.^[1]^[2]

China comfortably topped the medal table (as it did in 2015) with sixteen gold medals and 30 medals in total (a quarter of those on offer). Its dominance was slanted towards the girls' events, with Chinese topping 13 of the 20 women's podiums. Chinese Taipei retained its position of next best with six golds in a total of fifteen, closely followed by India on five golds in a 14-medal haul.

was the outstanding athlete of the meet, taking the girls' 100 metres and 200 metres before claiming the sprint medley relay title with the Chinese team, resulting in three championship records. Her compatriot was the triple jump winner as well as long jump runner-up. Hong Kong's was the only other athlete to claim three medals, being twice runner-up to Feng individually and taking third in the relay. was a minor medallist in both shot put and discus throw events. was the only male athlete to reach two individual podiums, being the 400 metres hurdles champion and 110 metres hurdles bronze medallist.

The regional event preceded the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics, where several Chinese athletes went on to global success. was the boy's javelin throw winner there and on the girls side and also won the pole vault and long jump titles, respectively. , third in the racewalk in Bangkok, improved to take the world under-18 gold. Among the world minor medallists were boy's hammer thrower and Taipei hurdler .^[3]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: −0.1 m/s)	(IND)	10.77	(MAS)	10.80	(KOR)	10.81
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	(KOR)	21.48^[b]	(THA)	21.69	(THA)	21.86
400 metres	(INA)	47.47 CR	(MAS)	48.16	(IND)	48.49
800 metres^[a]	(IND)	1:54.99 CR	(SRI)	1:54.99	(CHN)	1:55.25
1500 metres	(CHN)	3:50.65	(JPN)	3:55.04	(KOR)	3:58.74
3000 metres	(JOR)	8:35.49	(YEM)	8:42.88	(IRI)	8:49.34
110 metres hurdles	(TPE)	13.45^[c]	(CHN)	13.66	(INA)	13.73
400 metres hurdles	(INA)	51.96 CR	(TPE)	52.49	(SRI)	53.86
2000 metres steeplechase	(IRQ)	5:58.34	(VIE)	6:01.16	(OMN)	6:13.33
Medley relay	India (IND)	1:55.62	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1:55.71	Hong Kong (HKG)	1:56.11
10,000 m walk	(IND)	45:30.39	(JPN)	45:47.41	(CHN)	46:12.58
High jump	(VIE)	2.10 m	(CHN)	2.03 m	(KSA)	2.00 m
Pole vault	(THA)	5.00 m CR	(CHN)	4.85 m	(INA)	4.80 m
Long jump	(KOR)	7.49 m =CR	(TPE)	7.38 m	(JPN)	7.30 m
Triple jump	(MAS)	15.05 m	(TPE)	14.78 m	(CHN)	14.71 m
Shot put	(TPE)	19.40 m	(IND)	18.82 m	(JPN)	18.59 m
Discus throw	(IND)	56.47 m CR	(IND)	54.58 m	(MAS)	52.48 m
Hammer throw	(CHN)	71.16 m	(IND)	70.29 m	(IND)	69.76 m
Javelin throw	(CHN)	77.25 m	(IND)	74.30 m	(IND)	70.09 m
Decathlon	(TPE)	5982 pts	(IND)	5976 pts	(IRI)	5904 pts

^a Mathew was declared the winner in a photo finish, being given a time of 1:54.991, two thousandths ahead of Mudiyansela
^b of Korea set a championship record of 21.45 seconds in the preliminary rounds.
^c of Chinese Taipei set a championship record of 13.40 seconds in the preliminary rounds.

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	(CHN)	11.77 CR	(HKG)	11.91	(CHN)	12.07
200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	(CHN)	24.06 CR	(HKG)	24.57	(JPN)	24.60
400 metres	(CHN)	55.19	(TPE)	55.81	(IRI)	55.94
800 metres	(SYR)	2:14.15 CR	(CHN)	2:14.23	(UZB)	2:15.21
1500 metres	(CHN)	4:40.09	(IRI)	4:51.26	(THA)	4:52.75
3000 metres	(PRK)	10:00.96	(VIE)	10:02.18	(IND)	10:05.27
100 metres hurdles	(TPE)	14.08	(JPN)	14.23	(HKG)	14.29
400 metres hurdles	(CHN)	59.71 CR	(VIE)	1:00.66	(TPE)	1:00.87
2000 metres steeplechase	(PRK)	7:02.77	(VIE)	7:04.25	(PRK)	7:10.82
Medley relay	China (CHN)	2:09.63 CR	Thailand (THA)	2:15.65	Hong Kong (HKG)	2:16.17
5000 m walk	(TPE)	25:41.36	(CHN)	26:04.42	(CHN)	26:53.61
High jump	(IRQ)	1.73 m	(VIE)	1.69 m	(UZB)	1.69 m
Pole vault	(CHN)	4.15 m CR	(CHN) (TPE)	3.70 m	Not awarded
Long jump	(CHN)	6.11 m CR	(CHN)	5.99 m	(JPN)	5.82 m
Triple jump	(CHN)	12.73 m	(KAZ)	12.41 m	(INA)	11.98 m
Shot put	(CHN)	17.51 m CR	(CHN)	17.50 m	(TPE)	15.66 m
Discus throw	(CHN)	47.78 m CR	(TPE)	45.74 m	(KOR)	44.29
Hammer throw	(CHN)	67.81 m CR	(MAS)	59.00 m	(IRI)	55.41 m
Javelin throw	(CHN)	56.29 m	(CHN)	55.07 m	(KOR)	49.35 m
Heptathlon	(TPE)	4985 pts CR	Roksana Khudoyarova (UZB)	4653 pts	(KAZ)	4501 pts

Medal table[]

Key

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	16	9	5	30
2	Chinese Taipei	6	7	2	15
3	India	5	5	4	14
4	South Korea	2	0	4	6
5	Indonesia	2	0	3	5
6	North Korea	2	0	1	3
7	Iraq	2	0	0	2
8	Vietnam	1	5	0	6
9	Malaysia	1	3	1	5
10	Thailand*	1	2	2	5
11	Jordan	1	0	0	1
11	Syria	1	0	0	1
13	Japan	0	3	4	7
14	Hong Kong	0	2	3	5
15	Iran	0	1	4	5
16	Uzbekistan	0	1	2	3
17	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
17	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
19	Yemen	0	1	0	1
20	Oman	0	0	1	1
20	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		40	41	39	120

References[]

^ Mulkeen, Jon (2017-05-23). Chinese athletes dominate Asian Youth Championships . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
^ 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 Main Page Archived 2017-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Asia. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
^ 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

Results

2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 - Summary Result. Athletics Asia. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

Preceded by 2015 Doha, Qatar	2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 Bangkok, Thailand	Succeeded by 2019 Hong Kong

[1] Mulkeen, Jon (2017-05-23). Chinese athletes dominate Asian Youth Championships . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

[2] 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2017 Main Page Archived 2017-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Asia. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

[3] 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

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