Asia Masters Athletics Championships

The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biannual championship of Asia Masters Athletics (AMA), one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), known as the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) from its formation in 1977 until 2001. WMA is the global governing body for the division of Masters athletics.^[1] It is held in opposite years from the World Masters Athletics Championships. The event also hosts the Asia Masters General Assembly, the political gathering of the AMA which selects the locations of subsequent championships.^[2][3]

Chinese Taipei was selected to hold the 2012 championships. This is significant because China was a member of AMA at the time. Taiwan had hosted the championships previously but since China joined AMA, it had blocked bids on the island. This could be a softening of the difficult relations between the two capitols which both have claimed each other's territories since 1949.^[4]

The next championships will be held in Sarawak, Malaysia, December 2-6, 2019.^[5]

Championships[]

Edition	Year	City	Country
1		Singapore	Singapore
2		New Delhi	India
3		Singapore	Singapore
4		Jakarta	Indonesia
5		Tainan City	Chinese Taipei
6		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
7		Singapore	Singapore
8		Jakarta	Indonesia
9		Seoul	South Korea
10		Okinawa	Japan
11		Bangalore	India
12		Dalian	China
13		Bangkok	Thailand
14		Bangalore	India
15		Chiang Mai	Thailand
16		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
17		Taipei	Chinese Taipei
18		Kitakami	Japan
19		Singapore	Singapore
20		Rugao	China
21		Sarawak	Malaysia
22		Jakarta	Indonesia

19th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2016 Medal Table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	77	55	28	160
2	India	75	70	71	216
3	Japan	63	32	26	121
4	Chinese Taipei	28	31	26	85
5	Sri Lanka	26	48	53	127
6	Thailand	21	13	10	44
7	Philippines	21	11	6	38
8	Indonesia	17	13	24	54
9	Singapore	14	28	35	77
10	Malaysia	14	21	18	53
11	Hong Kong	12	13	17	42
12	Mongolia	9	16	8	33
13	Kazakhstan	6	6	6	18
14	Iran	3	4	1	8
15	Brunei	1	0	1	2
16	Uzbekistan	1	0	1	2
17	South Korea	1	0	0	1
18	Bangladesh	0	1	0	1
19	Pakistan	0	1	0	1
No Rank	New Zealand	5	1	0	6
No Rank	Australia	4	1	0	4
No Rank	Turkey	1	1	0	2
No Rank	Russia	1	0	2	3
No Rank	United States	1	0	0	1
Total

• http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/amac2016/?frontpagetab=4

20th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2017 Medal Table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	209	184	129	522
2	India	37	43	66	146
3	Japan	34	28	16	78
4	Sri Lanka	32	37	47	116
5	Chinese Taipei	31	23	24	78
6	Thailand	24	13	4	41
7	Iran	18	12	13	43
8	Hong Kong	11	19	24	54
9	Kazakhstan	9	8	5	22
10	Indonesia	8	1	3	12
11	Malaysia	7	6	6	19
12	Philippines	5	5	6	16
13	Singapore	4	5	9	18
14	Mongolia	2	9	8	17
15	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
16	Fiji	0	0	0	0
No Rank	Austria	0	0	0	0
No Rank	Ireland	0	0	0	0
No Rank	New Zealand	0	0	0	0
No Rank	United States	0	0	0	0
Total

• http://www.amac2017.cn/Category_131/Index.aspx Archived 2017-12-10 at the Wayback Machine

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