1979 Asian Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Suchart Chairsuvaparb Thailand	10.63	Suh Mei-Guh South Korea	10.75	Akira Harada Japan	10.80
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Yasuhiro Harada Japan	21.34	Shunzo Shito Japan	21.34	Toshio Toyota Japan	21.39
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Shoichi Handa Japan	47.45	Abbas Al-Aibi Iraq	47.47	Fahim Sada Iraq	47.51
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Falah Naji Jarallah Iraq	1:49.5a	Toshifumi Shigenari Japan	1:49.6a	Sant Kumar India	1:50.1a
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Rattan Singh India	3:49.8a	Takashi Ishii Japan	3:50.1a	Toshifumi Shigenari Japan	3:50.9a
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Hideki Kita Hideki Kita is a retired male long-distance runner from Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	13:55.3a	Takao Nakamura Japan	13:59.8a	Gopal Singh Saini India	13:59.8a
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Toshihiko Seko Toshihiko Seko Toshihiko Seko is a Japanese long-distance runner, a world-class marathon competitor in the 1980s... Japan	28:59.2a	Kunimitsu Ito Kunimitsu Ito is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who finished second in the 1981 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon on December 6, 1981.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	29:00.2a	Takeshi So Takeshi So is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He won the 1976 edition of the Košice Peace Marathon in Czechoslovakia. His twin brother is also a retired Olympic marathoner.... Japan	29:02.5a
3000 metre steeplechase	Masanari Shintaku Hisatoshi Shintaku , also known as , is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. He won the 1985 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:51 on December 1, 1985. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 17th place .-Achievements:... Japan	8:40.8a	Hitoshi Iwabuchi Japan	8:57.2a	Gopal Singh Saini India	9:12.4a
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Yoshifumi Fujimori Japan	14.29	Satbir Singh India	14.53	Jabbar Rahima Iraq	14.72
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Hussein Kadhum Iraq	51.18	Takashi Nagao Japan	51.53	Yukihiro Yoshimatsu Japan	52.14
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Kazunori Koshikawa Japan	2.15	Takao Sakamoto Japan	2.15	Takashi Katamine Japan	2.15
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Itsuo Takanezawa Japan	5.20	Tomomi Takahashi Japan	5.10	Yosuhiro Kigawa Japan	5.00
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Junichi Usui Junichi Usui is a retired Japanese long jumper, best known for finishing seventh at the 1984 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-External links:... Japan	7.97	Suresh Babu Suresh Babu Suresh Babu was an Indian long jumper from Kerala who had held the national titles in the long, triple, and high jump events, in addition to the decathlon... India	7.94	Toshihisa Yoshimoto Japan	7.91w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Zhou Zhenxian People's Republic of China	17.02	Motokuni Hiratani Japan	16.52w	Masami Nakanishi Japan	16.50w
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Mohammed Al-Zinkawi Kuwait	17.78	Zhao Baoqin People's Republic of China	17.50	Bahadur Singh Chouhan Bahadur Singh Chouhan Bahadur Singh is a former Indian athlete who won gold medal in shot put in 1978 and 1982 Asian Games. He was honoured with Arjuna award and Padma Shri. He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award , by the government of India.Presently He is working as a chief coach of Indian athletics team.... India	17.47
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Kiyotaka Kawasaki Japan	55.34	Li Weinan People's Republic of China	54.64	Michio Kita Japan	53.06
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Shigenobu Murofushi Shigenobu Murofushi is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**... Japan	66.73	Masayuki Kawata Japan	65.94	Raghubir Singh Bal India	61.52
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Shen Maomao People's Republic of China	86.50	Toshihiro Yamada Japan	78.46	Masahiko Takita Japan	78.46
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Atsushi Kasai Japan	7096	Toshikazu Kobayashi Japan	6983	Jin Xuewei People's Republic of China	6975
20 kilometre road walk	Hakam Singh Hakam Singh Hakam Singh is a former Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in 20 kilometre race walk. He also won a gold in the Asian Track and Field Meeting held at Tokyo in 1979. He is a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award.... India	1:35:40	Wang Qiang People's Republic of China	1:35:48	Vellasamy Subramaniam Malaysia	1:36:27
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Japan	39.70	Thailand	40.20	India	40.41
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Iraq	3:08.8a	Japan	3:08.9a	India	3:11.8a

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Emiko Konishi Japan	12.09	Ying Yaping People's Republic of China	12.10	Mo Myung-Hee South Korea	12.11
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Sumiko Kaibara Japan	24.45	Mo Myung-Hee South Korea	24.49	Emiko Konishi Japan	24.72
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Chung Byong-Soon South Korea	54.33	Rita Sen India	54.99	Yumiko Aoi Japan	55.66
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Chung Byong-Soon South Korea	2:06.1a	Chang Yong-Ae North Korea	2:10.2a	Takako Sanda Japan	2:11.8a
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Kim Ok-Sun North Korea	4:25.0a	Kim Chun-Hwa North Korea	4:29.1a	Lu Hongxiang Lu Hongxiang Lü Hongxiang is a Chinese football Midfielder who played for China in the 1984 Asian Cup. He was one of the most skillful player during those years.- International Record :-External links:*... People's Republic of China	4:31.3a
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Kim Ok-Sun North Korea	9:24.9a	Yang Yenying People's Republic of China	9:30.8a	Kim Chun-Hwa North Korea	9:31.4a
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Emi Akimoto Japan	14.17	Dai Jianhua People's Republic of China	14.33	Tamie Motegi Japan	14.45
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Yumiko Aoi Japan	60.46	Marina Chin Leng Sim Malaysia	61.63	Zhan Xin People's Republic of China	61.84
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Zheng Dazhen Zheng Dazhen Zheng Dazhen is a retired Chinese high jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1980 Friendship Games. In 1983 she reached the final of the inaugural World Championships in Athletics, but finished 18th and last with only 1.80 metres... People's Republic of China	1.87	Tamami Yagi Japan	1.81	Hisayo Fukumitsu Hisayo Fukumitsu is a retired female high jumper from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 17th place in the final rankings with a jump of 1.87 m.-References:*... Japan	1.81
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Sumie Awara Japan	6.42w	Zou Wa People's Republic of China	6.27w	Kazuko Ishizu Japan	6.05w
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Shen Lijuan People's Republic of China	17.48	Yukari Seo Japan	14.78	Yumiko Asari Japan	14.12
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Li Xiaohui Li Xiaohui Li Xiaohui is a retired Chinese discus thrower.-Achievements:-References:... People's Republic of China	58.62	Yukari Seo Japan	46.64	Yumiko Asari Japan	44.16
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Li Xia People's Republic of China	58.44	Yao Juiying People's Republic of China	54.82	Naomi Shibusawa Japan	51.16
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Ye Peisu People's Republic of China	4139	Tomoko Uchida Japan	3753	Sachie Sekiguchi Japan	3706
4 x 100 metre relay	Japan	45.85	Thailand	46.03	India	46.93
4 x 400 metre relay	Japan	3:45.9a	Malaysia	3:46.3a	Philippines	3:57.5a

Medal table

1	Japan	20	18	21	59
2	People's Republic of China	7	8	3	18
3	Iraq	3	1	2	6
4	India	2	3	8	13
5	South Korea	2	2	1	5
5	North Korea	2	2	1	5
7	Thailand	1	2	0	3
8	Kuwait	1	0	0	1
9	Malaysia	0	2	1	3
10	Philippines	0	0	1	1

External links

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