Athletics at the 1990 Asian Games - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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	10.30	Zheng Chen Mainland China	10.51	Sriyath Subash Dissanayake Sri Lanka	10.64
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...	Susumu Takano Japan	20.94	Sriyath Subash Dissanayake Sri Lanka	21.17	Zhao Cunlin Mainland China	21.28
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	45.81	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar	46.09	Koichi Konakatomi Japan	46.85
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...	Kim Bok-Joo South Korea	1:49.48	Ryu Tae-Kyung South Korea	1:50.00	Nadir Khan Pakistan	1:50.01
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	3:43.56	Kim Bok-Joo South Korea	3:45.04	Mitsuhiro Okuyama Japan	3:45.53
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	13:50.22	Koichi Morishita Koichi Morishita Koichi Morishita is a retired Japanese male long-distance runner. He competed for Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where he won the silver medal in the men's marathon event.... Japan	13:50.23	Zhang Guowei Mainland China	13:52.12
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...	Koichi Morishita Koichi Morishita Koichi Morishita is a retired Japanese male long-distance runner. He competed for Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where he won the silver medal in the men's marathon event.... Japan	28:47.96	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	28:49.61	Zhang Guowei Mainland China	29:01.13
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Kim Won-Tak Kim Won-Tak Kim Won-Tak is a South Korean long-distance runner who competed in the late 1980s. He was best known at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul of sharing the lighting of the Olympic Flame with fellow South Koreans Chung Sun-Man and Sohn Mi-Chung.Kim also competed in those same... South Korea	2:12:56	Satoru Shimizu Japan	2:14:46	Choi Chol-Ho North Korea	2:18:18
3000 metre steeplechase	Kazuhito Yamada Japan	8:34.64	Dina Ram Singh India	8:35.19	Niu Xinxiang Mainland China	8:35.19
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...	Yu Zhicheng Mainland China	13.82	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	14.11	Kimihiro Kaneko Japan	14.21
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...	Ghulam Abbas Pakistan	50.15	Hwang Hong-Chul South Korea	50.24	Gao Yonghong Mainland China	50.47
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....	Zhou Zhongge Mainland China	2.26	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	2.20	Takahisa Yoshida 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...	Liang Xueren Mainland China	5.62	Ge Yun Mainland China	5.40	Kim Chul-Kyun Kim Chul-Kyun Kim Chul-Kyun is a retired male pole vaulter from South Korea. His personal best jump is 5.53 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Songnam.-Achievements:-References:... South Korea	5.40
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	8.04	Huang Geng Huang Geng Huang Geng is a retired male long jumper from PR China. His personal best is 8.38 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Taiyuan.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	7.86	Lai Cheng-Chuan Chinese Taipei	7.73
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	17.51w	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	17.31	Ryu Jae-Kyun South Korea	16.32
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	18.89	Ma Yongfeng Mainland China	18.81	Shirappa D. Eashan India	17.32
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...	Zhang Jinglong Mainland China	61.18	Wang Daoming Mainland China	55.90	Mansur Ghorbani Iran	52.70
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	71.30	Yu Guangming Mainland China	69.84	Akiyoshi Ikeda Japan	66.52
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...	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	77.26	Kim Ki-Hoon South Korea	75.86	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Kazuhiro Mizoguchi was a javelin thrower from Japan. He set the world best year performance in 1989, throwing 87.60 metres at a meet in San José, California, USA on May 27, 1989.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	75.84
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...	Munehiro Kaneko Munehiro Kaneko -Achievements:-References:... Japan	7799	Guu Jin-Shoei Chinese Taipei	7623	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	7453
20 kilometre road walk	Mao Xinyuan Mao Xinyuan Mao Xinyuan is a retired male race walker from PR China. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	1:23:16	Hirofumi Sakai Hirofumi Sakai Hirofumi Sakai is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	1:23:17	Li Mingcai Li Mingcai Li Mingcai is a retired male race walker from PR China. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Achievements:-References:*... Mainland China	1:25:08
50 kilometre road walk	Zhou Zhaowen Mainland China	4:08:33	Zhai Wanbo Mainland China	4:10:17	Tadahiro Kosaka Tadahiro Kosaka Tadahiro Kosaka is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992 and 1996.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	4:16:59
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	38.99	Chinese Taipei	39.27	Japan	39.61
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	3:05.82	Qatar	3:09.96	Malaysia	3:10.03

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	11.80	Wang Huei-Chen Chinese Taipei	12.09	Lee Young-Sook South Korea	12.10
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...	Han Qing Mainland China	23.42	Wang Huei-Chen Chinese Taipei	23.89	Tian Yumei Mainland China	24.01
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...	Li Guilian Mainland China	52.13	P.T. Usha India	52.86	Li Wenhong Mainland China	53.20
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...	Li Wenhong Mainland China	2:01.04	Zheng Lijuan Mainland China	2:01.53	Rosa Kutty Rosa Kutty Rosa Kutty is a former Indian woman athlete who participated in 1996 and 2000 Olympics in 4x 400 relay race. She won silver medal in 1998 Asian Games in 800 mt race. She is from Aayavana, Muvattupuzha in Kerala and now live inMangalore in Karnataka... India	2:04.05
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...	Zheng Lijuan Mainland China	4:23.11	Jiang Shuling Mainland China	4:23.97	Khin Khin Htwe Myanmar	4:25.03
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	8:57.12	Kim Chun-Mae North Korea	8:57.63	Wang Huabi Mainland China	8:59.00
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	31:50.98	Wang Xiuting Wang Xiuting Wang Xiuting, , is a Chinese former long-distance runner.She rose to prominence with a victory in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. She represented China in the long race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and came in 28th place... Mainland China	31:52.18	Akemi Matsuno Akemi Matsuno is a retired female long-distance runner from Japan.-Achievements:-External links:... Japan	31:56.93
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Zhao Youfeng Zhao Youfeng Zhao Youfeng is a former long-distance runner from PR China. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in 5th place. She set her personal best in the same year, clocking 2:27:06.-Achievements:... Mainland China	2:35:19	Kumi Araki Kumi Araki is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. She represented her native country in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She won the silver medal in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.... Japan	2:35:34	Lee Mi-Ok Lee Mi-Ok Lee Mi-Ok is a retired female long-distance runner from South Korea. She set her personal best in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise-References:... South Korea	2:36:31
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...	Liu Huajin Mainland China	12.73	Luo Bing Luo Bing Luo Bing may refer to the following people:Luo Bing , a fictional character in the novel The Book and the SwordLuo Bing , a Chinese athlete... Mainland China	12.97	Chizuko Akimoto Japan	13.81
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...	Chen Yuying Mainland China	56.05	Chen Dongmei Mainland China	56.89	Elma Muros Elma Muros Elma Muros-Posadas is the Philippines' Long Jump Queen and Iron Lady. Now retired, Filipina track and field he won a total of 15 gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games.... Philippines	59.47
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....	Megumi Sato Megumi Sato (athlete) is a retired Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Fukuoka.At the Olympic Games she finished eleventh in 1988 and seventh in 1992. She won the bronze medal at the 1987 Summer Universiade and 1990 Goodwill Games. On the regional level she won the 1986... Japan	1.94	Kim Hee-sun South Korea	1.90	Cao Zhongping Mainland China	1.90
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...	Xiong Qiying Xiong Qiying Xiong Qiying is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 7.03 metres, achieved in October 1997 in Shanghai.-Achievements:-References:... Mainland China	6.69	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	6.64	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	6.51
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....	Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei is a Chinese shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She also won the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the Asian Games in 1990 and 1994 and the Asian Championships in 1995... Mainland China	20.55	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	20.46	Chong Chun-Hwa North Korea	14.61
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...	Hou Xuemei Hou Xuemei Hou Xuemei is a retired Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 68.62 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Tianjin. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.... Mainland China	63.56	Yu Hourun Yu Hourun Yu Hourun is a retired Chinese discus thrower.Her personal best throw was 68.62 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Beijing. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.-Achievements:... Mainland China	62.60	Ikuko Kitamori Ikuko Kitamori is a former female track and field athlete from Japan, who competed for her native country in the women's discus throw event.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	53.82
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 Li Mainland China	66.00	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	61.92	Emi Matsui Emi Matsui is a former female track and field athlete. She competed for her native Japan in the women's javelin throw.-Achievements:-References:*... Japan	56.04
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:...	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	6231	Dong Yuping Mainland China	5355	Ma Chun-Ping Chinese Taipei	5213
10 kilometre road walk	Chen Yueling Chen Yueling Chen Yueling in Liaoning, China) is now an American race walker, who became the first ever female Olympic Race waling champion in 1992 while competing for China.... Mainland China	44:47:00	Jin Bingjie Jin Bingjie Jin Bingjie is a retired Chinese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Mainland China	46:57:00	Fusako Masuda Fusako Masuda -Achievements:-References:... Japan	47:09:00
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	44.36	India	44.99	Thailand	45.24
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...	Mainland China	3:33.57	Indonesia	3:38.45	Malaysia	3:38.52

Medal table

1	Mainland China	29	20	11	60
2	Japan	7	5	13	25
3	Qatar	3	2	0	5
4	South Korea	2	6	4	12
5	Pakistan	1	0	1	2
6	Oman	1	0	0	1
7	Chinese Taipei	0	4	2	6
8	India	0	3	2	5
9	North Korea	0	1	3	4
10	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
11	Indonesia	0	1	0	1
12	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
13	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1

External links

Results - GBR Athletics

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