1987 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...	Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Al-Rahim is a retired Qatari sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He holds the Asian indoor record for 60 metres with 6.51 seconds.- Achievements :1994 Asian Games - gold medal 1994 Asian Games - gold medal... Qatar	10.41	Cheng Hsin-Fu Chinese Taipei	10.56	Li Tao Mainland China	10.57
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...	Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Al-Rahim is a retired Qatari sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He holds the Asian indoor record for 60 metres with 6.51 seconds.- Achievements :1994 Asian Games - gold medal 1994 Asian Games - gold medal... Qatar	20.71	Li Feng Mainland China	21.12	Cheng Hsin-Fu Chinese Taipei	21.21
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...	Mohammed Al-Malki Oman	45.77	Mohamed Nordin Jadi Malaysia	47.05	Yoshito Toshida Japan	47.32
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...	Ismail Yousef Qatar	1:47.81	Ryu Tae-Kyung South Korea	1:48.00	Ramasamy Haridas Malaysia	1:48.27
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...	Duan Xiuquan Mainland China	3:45.11	Shigeki Nakayama Japan	3:45.41	Yutaka Hoshino Japan	3:45.76
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...	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38... Qatar	14:09.29	Yoshiaki Iwasa Japan	14:10.91	Cai Shangyan Mainland China	14:11.30
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...	Cai Shangyan Mainland China	29:47.85	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38... Qatar	30:03.02	Lee Sang-Geun South Korea	30:06.79
3000 metre steeplechase	Masashi Otokita Japan	9:04.21	Ali Ahmed Saleh Qatar	9:08.03	Kim Hyun-Hwa South Korea	9:08.76
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...	Yang Guang Mainland China	14.04	Yu Zhicheng Mainland China	14.06	Nagi Ghazi Iraq	14.30
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...	Shigenori Ohmori Japan	50.09	Jasem Al-Douwaila Kuwait	50.46	Nasser Mohammed Qatar	51.15
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....	Liu Yunpeng Liu Yunpeng Liu Yunpeng is a retired male high jumper from PR China, who competed for his native Asian country at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	2.24	Cho Hyun-Ok South Korea	2.22	Ramjit Nairulal Malaysia	2.10
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...	Liang Xueren Mainland China	5.35	Teruhisa Kamiya Japan	5.15	Guu Jin-Shoei Chinese Taipei	5.10
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...	Kim Won-Jin Kim Won-Jin Kim Won-Jin is a South Korean long jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1987 Asian Championships and the bronze medal at the 1989 Asian Championships.... South Korea	8.00	Liu Yuhuang Liu Yuhuang Liu Yuhuang is a retired Chinese long jumper, best known for finishing 1st at the 1984 Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	7.98	Wang Shijie Mainland China	7.91
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...	Park Young-Jun South Korea	16.37	Du Benzhong Mainland China	16.37	Noboru Sasano Japan	15.82
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....	Ma Yongfeng Mainland China	18.32	Gong Yitian Mainland China	18.05	Balwinder Singh India	17.56
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 Weinan Mainland China	56.10	Wang Daoming Mainland China	54.48	Mansour Ghorbani Iran	53.00
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...	Xie Yingqi Mainland China	66.36	Akiyoshi Ikeda Japan	65.98	Yu Guangming Mainland China	65.74
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...	Takahiro Yamada Japan	72.62	Frans Mahuse Indonesia	72.30	Ji Zhanzheng Mainland China	70.80
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...	Gong Guohua Gong Guohua Gong Guohua is a retired male decathlete from PR China. A one-time Olympian he set his personal best in the men's decathlon in Beijing on June 24, 1990.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	7848	Chen Zebin Mainland China	7554	Lee Fu-An Chinese Taipei	7515
20 kilometre road walk	Liu Jianli Mainland China	1:33:16	Jung Pil-Hwa South Korea	1:37:49	Yoshihiro Oie Japan	1:39:44
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...	Qatar	39.20	Mainland China	39.40	Chinese Taipei	39.68
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...	Japan	3:09.31	Malaysia	3:09.72	Chinese Taipei	3:09.86

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...	Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53... Philippines	11.43	P.T. Usha India	11.74	Tian Yumei Mainland China	11.76
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...	Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53... Philippines	23.38	Pan Weixin Mainland China	24.06	Hiromi Isozaki Japan	24.18
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...	P.T. Usha India	52.31	Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Shanbagh Vandana Pandurang Shanbhag is a female Indian athlete who represented India at the 1988 Olympics in the 4 x 400 metres relay race. She is also a football and basketball player. She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres race at the 1987 Asian Championships in Athletics... India	53.22	Xie Zhiling Mainland China	54.16
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...	Choi Se-Bum South Korea	2:05.11	Jiang Shuling Mainland China	2:05.21	Lim Chun-Ae South Korea	2:05.39
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...	Yang Liuxia Mainland China	4:19.29	Noe Hye-Soon South Korea	4:23.52	Kim Ryon-Sun North Korea	4:25.44
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 Chun-Mae North Korea	9:17.19	Zhang Xiuyun Mainland China	9:17.61	Kim Ryon-Sun North Korea	9:18.76
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...	Wang Huabi Mainland China	34:56.34	Keiko Honma Japan	35:31.04	Kim Gun-Hui North Korea	37:04.12
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...	Feng Yinghua Mainland China	13.56	Chen Wen-Ying Chinese Taipei	13.68	Wang Shu-Hwa Chinese Taipei	14.05
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...	P.T. Usha India	56.48	Chang Feng-Hua Chinese Taipei	58.62	Hitomi Koshimoto Japan	59.18
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....	Ni Xiuling Mainland China	1.92	Kim Hee-sun South Korea	1.90	Ye Peisu Mainland China	1.86
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...	Wang Zhihui Wang Zhihui Wang Zhihui is a retired Chinese long jumper.She won the 1987 Asian Championships in a new championship record of 6.70 metres. This was also her career best jump.... Mainland China	6.70	Liao Wenfen Liao Wenfen Liao Wenfen is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.70 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Hamamatsu.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.51	Li Yong-Ae Li Yong-Ae Li Yong-Ae is a retired North Korean long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.79 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Kuala Lumpur. This is the current North Korean record. She also holds the national 100 metres record.-Achievements:... North Korea	6.23
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....	Cong Yuzhen Cong Yuzhen Cong Yuzhen is a former shot put athlete from China. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	18.17	Choi Mi-Sun South Korea	13.88	Lee Jing-Hua Chinese Taipei	13.33
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...	Xing Ailan Mainland China	58.08	Juliana Effendi Indonesia	43.94	Li Sin-Gum North Korea	43.86
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 Baolian Mainland China	60.12	Lee Huei-Cheng Chinese Taipei	52.60	Naomi Tokuyama Japan	50.14
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Dong Yuping Mainland China	6036	Ma Miaolan Ma Miaolan Ma Miaolan is a retired heptathlete from the People's Republic of China. On August 9 1993 in Beijing, she set the Chinese record with a score of 6750 points.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	5460	Wang Shu-Hwa Chinese Taipei	5293
10000 metre track walk	An Limei Mainland China	52:40.21	Yuki Nanbu Japan	53:01.37	Park Hyun-Joo South Korea	53:56.86
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...	Mainland China	45.20	India	45.49	Chinese Taipei	45.66
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...	India	3:34.50	Japan	3:39.70	Chinese Taipei	3:40.32

Medal table

1	Mainland China	21	13	8	42
2	Qatar	5	2	1	8
3	Japan	4	7	7	18
4	South Korea	3	6	4	13
5	India	3	3	1	7
6	Philippines	2	0	0	2
7	North Korea	1	0	5	6
8	Oman	1	0	0	1
9	Chinese Taipei	0	4	10	14
10	Malaysia	0	2	2	4
11	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
12	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
13	Iran	0	0	1	1
13	Iraq	0	0	1	1

External links

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