2017 Asian Athletics Championships

The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.[1] Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.[2]

2017 Asian Championships
Dates	July 6–9
Host city	Bhubaneswar, India
Venue	Kalinga Stadium
Events	42
Participation	560 athletes from 41 nations
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The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event.[3] On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the Asian Athletics Association Council. The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.

The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years.[4] Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.

The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.[5]

Venues and infrastructure

The Kalinga Stadium.

Newly prepared synthetic track of Kalinga Stadium

The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators.[6] The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event.[7] After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.[8] The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.

Logo and Mascot

Mascot Olly during the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.

On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot.[9] It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.

Culture

Cultural program on AAC2017

Fireworks on the Opening Day

Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela.[10] Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.

Media Coverage

Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.

Doping

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.[11]

Event summary

Men

Track

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hassan Taftian  Iran	10.25[12]	Femi Ogunode  Qatar	10.26	Yang Chun-Han  Chinese Taipei	10.31
200 metres	Yang Chun-Han  Chinese Taipei	20.66	Park Bong-go  South Korea	20.76	Femi Ogunode  Qatar	20.79
400 metres	Mohammad Anas  India	45.77	Arokia Rajiv  India	46.14	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Saadi  Oman	46.39
800 metres	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi  Kuwait	1:49.47	Jamal Hairane  Qatar	1:49.94	Jinson Johnson  India	1:50.07
1500 metres	Ajay Kumar Saroj  India	3:45.85	Jamal Hairane  Qatar	3:46.90	Moslem Niadoost  Iran	3:48.53
5000 metres	Govindan Lakshmanan  India	14:54.48	Yaser Salem Bagharab  Qatar	14:55.89	Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri  Saudi Arabia	14:56.83
10,000 metres	Govindan Lakshmanan  India	29:55.87	Gopi Thonakal  India	29:58.89	Adilet Kyshtakbekov  Kyrgyzstan	30:06.65
110 metres hurdles	Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel  Kuwait	13.50	Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha  Kuwait	13.59	Ahmed Khader Al-Muwallad  Saudi Arabia	13.61
400 metres hurdles	Eric Cray  Philippines	49.57	Chen Chieh  Chinese Taipei	49.75	Jabir M.P.  India	50.22
3000 metres steeplechase	Hossein Keyhani  Iran	8:43.82	Yaser Salem Bagharab  Qatar	8:46.16	Ali Ahmad Al-Amri  Saudi Arabia	8:52.64
4 × 100 metres relay	China (CHN) Tang Xingqiang Liang Jinsheng Bie Ge Xu Haiyang Xu Zhouzheng*	39.38	Thailand (THA) Kritsada Namsuwan Bandit Chuangchai Jirapong Meenapra Jaran Sathoengram Ruttanapon Sowan*	39.38	Hong Kong (HKG) So Chun Hong Ng Ka Fung Tang Yik Chun Tsui Chi Ho Wan Hin Chung*	39.53
4 × 400 metres relay	India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed Amoj Jacob Arokia Rajiv Mohammad Anas Mohan Kumar* Sachin Roby*	3:02.92	Sri Lanka (SRI) Tharusha Dananjaya Kalinga Kumarage Ajith Premakumara Dilip Ruwan	3:04.80	Thailand (THA) Apisit Chamsri Nattapong Kongkraphan Jirayu Pleenaram Phitchaya Sunthonthuam Vitsanu Phosri*	3:06.48
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

• Athletes with stars competed in the heats but not the finals, and received medals.

Field

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Woo Sang-hyeok  South Korea	2.30 m =PB	Zhang Guowei  China	2.28 m	Majd Eddin Ghazal  Syria	2.24 m
Pole vault	Ding Bangchao  China	5.65 m	Masaki Ejima  Japan	5.65 m AJR	Ernest Obiena  Philippines	5.50 m
Long jump	Huang Changzhou  China	8.09 m	Chan Ming Tai  Hong Kong	8.03 m	Shotaro Shiroyama  Japan	7.97 m
Triple jump	Zhu Yaming  China	16.82 m	Mark Harry Diones  Philippines	16.45 m	Xu Xiaolong  China	16.45 m
Shot put	Ali Samari  Iran	19.80 m	Tejinder Pal Singh  India	19.77 m	Ivan Ivanov  Kazakhstan	19.41 m
Discus throw	Ehsan Haddadi  Iran	64.54 m	Muhammad Irfan  Malaysia	60.96 m	Vikas Gowda  India	60.81 m
Hammer throw	Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan	76.69 m	Wang Shizhu  China	73.81 m	Lee Yun-chul  South Korea	73.77 m NR
Javelin throw	Neeraj Chopra  India	85.23 m CR	Ahmed Bader Magour  Qatar	83.70 m	Davinder Singh Kang  India	83.29 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon	Sutthisak Singkhon  Thailand	7732 pts PB	Kazuya Kawasaki  Japan	7584 pts	Guo Qi  China	7495 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Track

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Viktoriya Zyabkina  Kazakhstan	11.39[12]	Olga Safronova  Kazakhstan	11.45	Dutee Chand  India	11.52
200 metres	Viktoriya Zyabkina  Kazakhstan	23.10	Rumeshika Rathnayake  Sri Lanka	23.43	Olga Safronova  Kazakhstan	23.47
400 metres	Quách Thị Lan  Vietnam	52.78[12][13]	Jisna Mathew  India	53.32	M. R. Poovamma  India	53.36
800 metres	Nimali Liyanarachchi  Sri Lanka	2:05.23	Gayanthika Abeyrathne  Sri Lanka	2:05.27	Fumika Omori  Japan	2:06.50
1500 metres	PU Chitra  India	4:17.92	Geng Min  China	4:19.15	Ayako Jinnouchi  Japan	4:19.90
5000 metres	Darya Maslova  Kyrgyzstan	15:57.95	Alia Saeed Mohammed  United Arab Emirates	15:59.95	Sanjivani Jadhav  India	16:00.24
10,000 metres	Darya Maslova  Kyrgyzstan	32:21.21	Yuka Hori  Japan	32:23.26	Mizuki Matsuda  Japan	32:46.61
100 metres hurdles	Jung Hye-lim  South Korea	13.16	Ayako Kimura  Japan	13.30	Wang Dou  China	13.36
400 metres hurdles	Nguyễn Thị Huyền  Vietnam	56.14	Anu Raghavan  India	57.22	Sayaka Aoki  Japan	58.18
3000 metres steeplechase	Sudha Singh  India	9:59.47	Hyo Gyong  North Korea	10:13.94	Nana Sato  Japan	10:18.11
4 × 100 metres relay	Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rima Kashafutdinova Viktoriya Zyabkina Merjen Ishangulyyeva Olga Safronova	43.53	China (CHN) Sun Fengyan Kong Lingwei Lin Huijun Feng Lulu	44.50	India (IND) Merlin Joseph Himashree Roy Srabani Nanda Dutee Chand	44.57
4 × 400 metres relay	Vietnam (VIE) Nguyễn Thị Oanh Quách Thị Lan Hoàng Thị Ngọc Nguyễn Thị Huyền	3:33.22[12][13]	Japan (JPN) Sayaka Aoki Kana Ichikawa Seika Aoyama Manami Kira	3:37.74	Kazakhstan (KAZ) Svetlana Golendova Elina Mikhina Adelina Akhmetova Merjen Ishangulyeva	3:37.95

Field

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Nadiya Dusanova  Uzbekistan	1.84 m	Yeung Man Wai  Hong Kong Wang Xueyi  China Liu Jingyi  China	1.80 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Chen Qiaoling  China	4.40 m	Li Ling  China	4.20 m	Chayanusa Chomchuendee  Thailand	4.10 m
Long jump	Bùi Thị Thu Thảo  Vietnam	6.54 m	Nellickal V. Neena  India	6.54 m	Nayana James  India	6.42 m
Triple jump	Mariya Ovchinnikova  Kazakhstan	13.72 m	Irina Ektova  Kazakhstan	13.62 m	N.V. Sheena  India	13.42 m
Shot put	Manpreet Kaur  India	DQ (from 2016)	Guo Tianqian  China	17.91 m	Aya Ota  Japan	15.45 m
Discus throw	Chen Yang  China	60.41 m	Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand	56.82 m	Lu Xiaoxin  China	55.27 m
Hammer throw	Luo Na  China	69.92 m	Liu Tingting  China	69.45 m	Hitomi Katsuyama  Japan	60.22 m
Javelin throw	Li Lingwei  China	63.06 m CR	Dilhani Lekamage  Sri Lanka	58.11 m PB	Annu Rani  India	57.32 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon	Swapna Barman  India	5942 pts PB	Meg Hemphill  Japan	5883 pts	Purnima Hembram  India	5798 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal count

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)*	10	6	13	29
2	China (CHN)	8	7	5	20
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	2	1	7
4	Iran (IRI)	4	0	1	5
5	Vietnam (VIE)	4	0	0	4
6	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	1	4
7	Kuwait (KWT)	2	1	0	3
8	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	2	0	1	3
9	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	4	0	5
10	Thailand (THA)	1	2	2	5
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	1	3
	Philippines (PHI)	1	1	1	3
13	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
15	Japan (JPN)	0	6	8	14
16	Qatar (QAT)	0	6	1	7
17	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	2	1	3
18	Malaysia (MYS)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
21	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	3	3
22	Oman (OMN)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		42	42	41	125

Participating Nations

A total 560 athletes from 41 nations attended the event.

•  Afghanistan (7)
•  Bangladesh (18)
•  Bahrain (1)
•  Bhutan (1)
•  Cambodia (2)
•  China (50)
•  Chinese Taipei (23)
•  Hong Kong (15)
•  India (87)
•  Indonesia (4)
•  Iran (14)
•  Iraq (10)
•  Japan (54)
•  Jordan (4)
•  Kazakhstan (29)
•  Kuwait (18)
•  Kyrgyzstan (6)
•  Lebanon (8)
•  Macau (5)
•  Malaysia (19)
•  Maldives (10)
•  Mongolia (4)
•  Myanmar (3)
•    Nepal (5)
•  North Korea (4)
•  Oman (9)
•  Pakistan (5)
•  Philippines (7)
•  Qatar (10)
•  Saudi Arabia (14)
•  Singapore (9)
•  South Korea (21)
•  Sri Lanka (21)
•  Syria (2)
•  Tajikistan (7)
•  Thailand (27)
•  Timor-Leste (3)
•  United Arab Emirates (8)
•  Uzbekistan (7)
•  Vietnam (6)
•  Yemen (3)

Gallery

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  Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
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  Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
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  Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
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  Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
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  Athletes from Afghanistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from China bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from Japan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from Kazakhstan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from Pakistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from Malaysia bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from Sri Lanka bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Athletes from India bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
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  Hiba Omar from Syria bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.

References

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External links

• Asian Athletics Association
• 22nd Asian Athletics Championships
• Results book