Asian Youth Athletics Championships Status active Genre sports event Date(s) midyear Frequency biannual Inaugurated 2015 Organised by AAA
The Asian Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association . First held in 2015, it a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen.[1] The competition was the fourth continental athletics competition to be held for that age level, following in the steps of the South American , Oceanian and African events. Its first edition came at a time of rising interest in such competitions, with the first African championships being held in 2013, and the European Athletics Youth Championships scheduled for the following year.[2] [3] In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association'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]
Editions [ ]
Edition
Year
Events
Host City
Host Country
Dates
Venue
1
2015
40
Doha
Qatar
8–11 May
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
2
2017
40
Bangkok
Thailand
20–23 May
National Stadium
3
2019
40
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
15–17 March
Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground
2021
40
Kuwait
Kuwait
1-4 October
Championships records [ ]
Boys [ ]
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
100 m
10.46 (+0.4 m/s)
Saudi Arabia
March 2019
2019 Championships
Hongkong
200 m
21.45 (0.0 m/s)
South Korea
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
400 m
47.47
Indonesia
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
800 m
1:50.57
Japan
17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[5]
1500 m
3:50.65
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
3000 m
8:26.24
India
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
110 m hurdles
13.40 (+0.1 m/s)
Chinese Taipei
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
400 m hurdles
51.96
Indonesia
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
2000 m steeplechase
5:42.35
Ryuji Miura
Japan
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[6]
High jump
2.20 m
China
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[7]
Pole vault
5.00 m
Thailand
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
China
15 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[8]
Long jump
7.63 m (+0.5 m/s)
China
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[9]
Triple jump
15.44 m
Pakistan
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Shot put
19.43 m
Chinese Taipei
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Discus throw
60.24 m
Iran
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[10]
Hammer throw
75.15 m
China
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Javelin throw
79.11 m
Uzbekistan
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Decathlon
6952 pts
India
15–16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[11]
100m (wind)
Long jump (wind)
Shot put
High jump
400m
110H (wind)
Discus
Pole vault
Javelin
1500m
11.38 (+0.1 m/s)
6.53 m (+0.3 m/s)
13.89 m
1.88 m
51.24
14.50 (-3.0 m/s)
38.67 m
3.80 m
45.47 m
4:43.10
10000 m walk (track)
44:09.75
India
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[12]
Sprint medley relay
1:53.34
China
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Girls [ ]
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
100 m
11.77 (+0.4 m/s)
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
200 m
23.83 (-0.8 m/s)
China
17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[13]
400 m
53.02
Salwa Eid Naser Naser
Bahrain
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
800 m
2:09.03
China
17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[14]
1500 m
4:19.95
Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa
Bahrain
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
3000 m
9:30.17
India
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
100 m hurdles
13.62
China
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
400 m hurdles
59.71
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
2000 m steeplechase
7:01.06
China
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
High jump
1.83 m
China
17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[15]
Pole vault
4.15 m
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
Long jump
6.11 m (-0.3 m/s)
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
Triple jump
12.97 m (-1.1 m/s)
China
17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[16]
Shot put
17.51 m
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
Discus throw
49.69 m
China
16 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[17]
Hammer throw
67.81 m
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
Javelin throw (500 g)
61.97 m
Yu Yuzhen
China
May 2015
2015 Championships
Doha , Qatar
Heptathlon
5345 pts
Kazakhstan
16–17 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[18]
100m H (wind)
High jump
Shot put
200m (wind)
Long jump (wind)
Javelin
800m
14.26 (-1.4 m/s)
1.74 m
12.04 m
25.75 (-0.4 m/s)
5.94 m (+1.4 m/s)
36.62 m
2:37.65
5000 m walk (track)
22:54.69
China
15 March 2019
2019 Championships
Hong Kong
[19]
Sprint medley relay
2:09.63
China
May 2017
2017 Championships
Bangkok , Thailand
[4]
All-time medal table [ ]
As of 2019
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