1991 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	10.29	Chen Wenzhong Mainland China	10.45	Khalid Jouma Ibrahim Bahrain	10.56
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...	Zhao Cunlin Mainland China	20.75	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar	20.96	Hiroki Fuwa Japan	21.00
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...	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar	45.66	Aktawat Sakoolchan Thailand	46.52	Koji Ito Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.... Japan	46.64
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...	Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il Lee Jin-Il is a retired South Korean athlete who competed in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1.44.14 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record. It was also the Asian record until it was broken by Yusuf Saad Kamel in 2004.Lee took part in the 1992... South Korea	1:51.42	Nadir Khan Pakistan	1:51.68	Ismail Yousef Qatar	1:51.70
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...	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	3:42.64	Kim Bok-Joo South Korea	3:45.01	Nadir Khan Pakistan	3:46.47
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...	Mohammed Sulaiman Qatar	14:03.35	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	14:04.45	Wang Helin Mainland China	14:04.68
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...	Hwang Young-Jo South Korea	29:50.37	Wang Helin Mainland China	29:57.26	Kim Jae-Ryong Kim Jae-Ryong Kim Jae-Ryong is a retired South Korean long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	30:05.48
3000 metre steeplechase	Hamid Sajjadi Hamid Sajjadi Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh is an Iranian retired middle distance and long distance runner.Sajjadi has PhD in physiology and is also lecturer at Azad University. He is currently number two of the Iranian sport organization.-References:*... Iran	8:33.89	Gao Shuhei Mainland China	8:34.32	Saleh Mohammed Habib Syria	8:34.66 (NR)
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...	Nur Herman Majid Malaysia	14.04	Zheng Jinsuo Mainland China	14.05	Toshihiko Iwasaki Toshihiko Iwasaki is a retired Japanese male hurdler. He competed for Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first heat of the quarterfinals.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	14.18
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...	Yoshihiko Saito Yoshihiko Saito is a Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder. The Asian record currently belongs to Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with 47.53 seconds, and the Japanese record to Dai... Japan	50.46	Ghulam Abbas Pakistan	50.77	Zid Abou Hamed Zid Abou Hamed Zid Abou Hamed is a retired Australian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He originally competed for his birth country Syria, representing the country at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993 and winning several regional medals.He then changed nationality to Australia, was... Syria	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....	Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek is a retired South Korean high jumper.-Career:His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	2.22	Shigeki Toyoshima Shigeki Toyoshima Shigeki Toyoshima is a retired male high jumper from Japan. He is a one-time national champion in the men's high jump event.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	2.19	Phaitoon Hearnthong Thailand	2.16
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...	Hideyuki Takei Hideyuki Takei Hideyuki Takei is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.57 metres, achieved in July 1994.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	5.25	Ge Yun Mainland China	5.10	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...	Chen Zunrong Chen Zunrong Chen Zunrong is a retired Chinese long jumper, best known for finishing tenth at the 1992 Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.36 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	8.10	Masaki Morinaga Masaki Morinaga is a retired male long jumper from Japan.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	8.02	Nai Hui-Fang Chinese Taipei	7.85
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...	Chen Yanping Chen Yanping Chen Yanping is a retired Chinese triple jumper.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	17.22	Zou Sixin Zou Sixin Zou Sixin is a retired Chinese triple jumper, best known for finishing eighth at the 1992 Summer Olympics.His personal best was 17.31 metres, achieved in October 1990 in Beijing. This result places him second on the all-time Chinese performers list, only behind Zou Zhenxian.... Mainland China	16.95	Marzouk Abdullah Al-Yoha Kuwait	16.48
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....	Cheng Shaobo Mainland China	18.11	Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak is a Qatari shot putter. His best finishes include eleventh place at the 1995 World Championships and tenth place at the 1996 Olympic Games... Qatar	17.78	Yuji Okano Yuji Okano Yuji Okano is a retired male shot putter from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's shot put event in Kuala Lumpur on 23 October 1991.-Achievements:-References:... Japan	17.65
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...	Yu Wenge Mainland China	62.20	Shakti Singh Shakti Singh Shakti Singh is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter.His personal best shot put is 20.60 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Bangalore. His personal best discus throw is 61.72 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Bangalore.-Achievements:... India	53.26	Yuji Yamazaki Japan	51.76
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...	Bi Zhong Bi Zhong Bi Zhong is a retired male hammer thrower from PR China, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He set the national record at 77.04 metres on Augist 4, 1989 at a meet in Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi.-Achievements:-References:**... Mainland China	69.90	Nobuhiro Todoroki Japan	64.56	Walid Saleh Al-Bekhit Kuwait	60.74
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...	Zhang Lianbiao Zhang Lianbiao Zhang Lianbiao is a retired male javelin thrower from PR China. He set his personal best on 16 October 1994 in Hiroshima.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	81.52	Masami Yoshida Masami Yoshida Masami Yoshida was a javelin thrower from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He achieved his personal best on August 25, 1991 during the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.... Japan	80.44	Kim Ki-Hoon South Korea	76.32
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	7652	Cai Min Mainland China	7573	Katsuhiko Matsuda Katsuhiko Matsuda -Achievements:-References:... Japan	7364
20 kilometre road walk	Bu Lintang Mainland China	1:31:36	Hideharu Fuchida Japan	1:34:02	Sucha Singh India	1:37:01
4 x 100 metre relay	Mainland China	39.20	Thailand	39.26	Japan	39.74
4 x 400 metre relay	Japan	3:05.22	Thailand	3:05.81	Malaysia	3:06.64

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...	Tian Yumei Mainland China	11.54	Pei Fang Mainland China	11.62	Wang Huei-Chen Chinese Taipei	11.69
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...	Chen Zhaojing Mainland China	23.39	Wang Huei-Chen Chinese Taipei	23.44	Xiao Yehua Mainland China	23.48
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...	Shiny Wilson India	53.46	Josephine Mary Singarayar Malaysia	53.50	Kalawati "Kutty" Saramma India	53.51
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...	Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres.At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she won a bronze medal on 1500 m. In 1993 she achieved the still standing world record in the 1500 metres at 3:50.46 minutes while running in the National Games of the People's... Mainland China	2:04.65	Shiny Wilson India	2:05.18	Yumiko Tokuda Japan	2:05.48
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...	Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres.At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she won a bronze medal on 1500 m. In 1993 she achieved the still standing world record in the 1500 metres at 3:50.46 minutes while running in the National Games of the People's... Mainland China	4:26.01	Khin Khin Htwe Myanmar	4:26.08	Kim Song-Hwa North Korea	4:27.15
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...	Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who concentrated on the 3000 and 10,000 metres, and later the marathon. She became a four-time Asian champion and two-time World Championships silver medalist.-Achievements:... Mainland China	9:10.27	Molly Chacko Molly Chacko Molly Chacko is an Indian middle distance runner from Kerala. She holds the current 3000 metres National record of 9:06.42 set on 10 October 1994 during the Hiroshima Asian Games. Molly is also a former National record holder in the 1500 metres. She set the 1500 m record in 1994 with a run of... India	9:14.07	Khin Khin Htwe Myanmar	9:19.36
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...	Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi Zhong Huandi is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who concentrated on the 3000 and 10,000 metres, and later the marathon. She became a four-time Asian champion and two-time World Championships silver medalist.-Achievements:... Mainland China	33:42.77	Lukose Leelamma India	35:38.90	Marija Suryati Indonesia	38:00.33
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...	Zhang Yu Zhang Yu (athlete) Zhang Yu is a retired female Chinese hurdler.Her personal best time is 12.64 seconds, achieved in September 1993 in Beijing. This is the current Chinese record.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	13.37	Naomi Jojima Japan	13.63	Kim Sun-Jin South Korea	13.77
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...	Huang Yanhong Mainland China	57.29	Reawadee Srithoa Thailand	57.35	Junko Hasegawa Japan	59.37
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....	Yoko Ota Yōko Ōta was a Japanese author of Atomic bomb literature.-Biography:Ōta was born as Fukuda, Hatsuko in Hiroshima city, her parents divorced when she was eight and she moved to live with the Fukuda family. As a young girl she read Takuboku Ishikawa and Shusei Tokuda, as well as Goethe and Heine. She also... Japan	1.83	Lin Suh-Chi Chinese Taipei	1.83	Jaruwan Jenjudkarn Thailand	1.80
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...	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	6.79 (NR)	Liu Shuzhen Liu Shuzhen Liu Shuzhen is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.92 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.66	Hiroko Okumura Japan	6.29
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....	Huang Zhihong Huang Zhihong Huang Zhihong is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in Beijing 1990.... Mainland China	17.51	Min Chunfeng Min Chunfeng Min Chunfeng is a retired female discus thrower from the People's Republic of China.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	16.91	Aya Suzuki Japan	15.22
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...	Min Chunfeng Min Chunfeng Min Chunfeng is a retired female discus thrower from the People's Republic of China.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	61.74	Aye Aye Nwe Myanmar	48.48	Chu Hsui-Chen Chinese Taipei	43.80
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...	Xu Demei Xu Demei Xu Demei is a former track and field athlete from PR China, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.... Mainland China	59.84	Lee Young-Sun Lee Young-Sun Lee Young-Sun is a retired female javelin thrower from South Korea. Her personal best throw is 58.87 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.-Achievements:-References:*... South Korea	55.06	Vijita P. Amarasekara Sri Lanka	50.90
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:...	Zhu Yuqing Zhu Yuqing Zhu Yuqing is a retired Chinese heptathlete.She finished eighth at the 1987 World Championships and twelfth at the 1991 World Championships. On the regional level she won the 1986 Asian Games and the 1991 Asian Championships.-References:... Mainland China	6231	Ghada Shouaa Ghada Shouaa Ghada Shouaa is a Syrian former heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal.... Syria	5425	Wang Shu-Hwa Chinese Taipei	5388
10000 metre track walk	Li Jingxue Mainland China	49:14.82	Tomoko Uchida Japan	49:40.18	Ma Kyin Lwan Myanmar	51:27.72
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	43.41	Thailand	44.86	Japan	45.25
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	3:33.50	Mainland China	3:36.71	Thailand	3:37.52

Medal table

1	Mainland China	24	11	2	37
2	Japan	4	7	12	23
3	Qatar	4	3	1	8
4	South Korea	3	2	3	8
5	India	2	4	2	8
6	Malaysia	1	1	1	3
7	North Korea	1	0	1	2
8	Iran	1	0	0	1
9	Thailand	0	5	3	8
10	Chinese Taipei	0	2	5	7
11	Myanmar	0	2	2	4
12	Pakistan	0	2	1	3
13	Syria	0	1	2	3
14	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
15	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
15	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
15	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1

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