Athletics at the 1966 GANEFO

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II GANEFO
DatesNovember and December 1966
Host cityPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Events31

1966 GANEFO

At the 1966 GANEFO, the athletics events were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in November and December.[1] A total of 21 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested at the competition.[2] The program was the same as the previous edition, except that the men's decathlon and steeplechase events were dropped. Composed entirely of athletes from Asian nations, the events served as a counterpart to the athletics at the 1966 Asian Games, which featured largely Western-allied Asian nations.[3]

Continuing on from the first GANEFO, China dominated the athletics competition, winning nineteen of the gold medals on offer. North Korea was the next most successful with ten gold medals. North Vietnam, Syria and Cambodia each won one gold medal each.[2]

Ni Zhiqin, China's leading men's high jumper, was the only man to defend his title from the 1963 games. Zheng Fengrong, a former world record holder, added the high jump gold to the defence of her women's pentathlon title and also an 80 metres hurdles bronze. The most successful athlete of the tournament was Sin Kim-dan, who won the 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 metres titles – this meant she managed to defend all her 1963 titles.[2]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (CHN) 10.5   (CAM) 10.6   (CHN) 10.7
200 metres   (CHN) 21.5  Zalata (IRQ) 21.9   (CHN) 22.0
400 metres   (CHN) 49.8   (PRK) 50.0   (CAM) 50.2
800 metres   (CHN) 1:52.4   (PRK) 1:54.5   (CAM) 1:55.1
1500 metres   (PRK) 3:52.0   (CHN) 3:58.6   (PRK) 4:00.0
5000 metres   (PRK) 15:15.8   (CAM) 16:09.6   (PRK) 16:11.4
10,000 metres   (PRK) 32:05.0   (PRK) 32:41.4   (CAM) 34:27.0
110 m hurdles   (CHN) 13.9   (CAM) 15.0   (CAM) 15.5
400 m hurdles   (VNO) 55.3   (CAM) 55.5   (CAM) 55.6
4×100 m relay  China (CHN) 41.9  Cambodia (CAM) 42.4  Iraq (IRQ) 42.6
4×400 m relay  China (CHN) 3:20.7  North Korea (PRK) 3:22.5  North Vietnam (VNO) 3:24.5
Marathon   (PRK) 2:42:30   (PRK) 2:53:29  Koeuk (CAM) 3:41:10
High jump  Ni Zhiqin (CHN) 2.27 m  Kamal (IRQ) 1.95 m   (PRK) 1.90 m
Pole vault   (PRK) 4.00 m   (PRK) 3.90 m  Hu Zurong (CHN) 3.80 m
Long jump   (CHN) 7.63 m   (CAM) 7.40 m   (PRK) 7.36 m
Triple jump   (CHN) 16.22 m   (CHN) 15.75 m   (PRK) 15.22 m
Shot put   (PRK) 15.59 m   (IRQ) 15.36 m   (CAM) 12.99 m
Discus throw   (CHN) 49.76 m   (PRK) 43.28 m   (CAM) 41.96 m
Hammer throw   (SYR) 49.84 m   (IRQ) 48.06 m   (CAM) 42.38 m
Javelin throw   (PRK) 62.06 m   (CAM) 59.36 m  Samak (IRQ) 59.30 m

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (CHN) 11.9   (PRK) 12.1  Meas Kheng (CAM) 12.3
200 metres  Sin Kim-dan (PRK) 24.5   (CHN) 24.7   (PRK) 25.4
400 metres  Sin Kim-dan (PRK) 53.1  Meas Kheng (CAM) 58.4   (PRK) 60.0
800 metres  Sin Kim-dan (PRK) 2:03.7   (CHN) 2:16.2   (CAM) 2:30.8
80 m hurdles   (CHN) 11.2   (PRK) 11.6  Zheng Fengrong (CHN) 11.7
4×100 m relay  China (CHN) 48.2  North Korea (PRK) 49.2  Cambodia (CAM) 49.8
High jump  Zheng Fengrong (CHN) 1.70 m   (PRK) 1.65 m   (CHN) 1.60 m
Long jump   (CHN) 6.12 m   (CHN) 6.01 m   (PRK) 5.48 m
Shot put   (CHN) 16.43 m   (CHN) 15.39 m   (PRK) 14.73 m
Discus throw   (CHN) 54.56 m   (PRK) 43.30 m   (CHN) 40.06 m
Javelin throw   (CAM) 42.98 m  Dong He (CHN) 42.12 m   (CAM) 40.80 m
Pentathlon  Zheng Fengrong (CHN) 4300 pts   (CHN) 4151 pts   (PRK) 3934 pts

References[]

  1. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ a b c GANEFO Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
  3. ^ Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
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