Indoor athletics at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Last updated August 21, 2023

Indoor athletics has been contested at every Asian Indoor Games and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games since the inaugural games at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, except the first combined games at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The programme includes track and field events in 26 events (17 events each). The World Athletics and Asian Athletics Association are the world and continental respectively governing body.

Editions

There are five Asian Indoor Games and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games that indoor athletics competed. The 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea was only the games that excluded indoor athletics.

Games	Year	Host nation	Venue	Best nation	Ref.
I	2005	Thailand	Indoor Athletics Stadium, Pattaya	Kazakhstan	^[1]
II	2007	Macau	Macau East Asian Games Dome, Cotai	China	^[2]
III	2009	Vietnam	Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium, Hanoi	Kazakhstan	^[3]
V	2017	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat Indoor Athletics Arena, Ashgabat	Kazakhstan	^[4]
VI	2024	Thailand	Indoor Athletics Stadium, Pattaya

Events

Men's events

Event	05	07	09	17	Years
Current program
60 metres	X	X	X	X	4
400 metres	X	X	X	X	4
800 metres	X	X	X	X	4
1500 metres	X	X	X	X	4
3000 metres	X	X	X	X	4
60 metres hurdles	X	X	X	X	4
4 × 400 metres relay	X	X	X	X	4
High jump	X	X	X	X	4
Pole vault	X	X	X	X	4
Long jump	X	X	X	X	4
Triple jump	X	X	X	X	4
Shot put	X	X	X	X	4
Heptathlon	X	X	X	X	4

Total	13	13	13	13

Women's events

Event	05	07	09	17	21	Years
Current program
60 metres	X	X	X	X		4
400 metres	X	X	X	X		4
800 metres	X	X	X	X		4
1500 metres	X	X	X	X		4
3000 metres	X	X	X	X		4
60 metres hurdles	X	X	X	X		4
4 × 400 metres relay	X	X	X	X		4
High jump	X	X	X	X		4
Long jump	X	X	X	X		4
Triple jump	X	X	X	X		4
Shot put	X	X	X	X		4
Heptathlon	X	X	X	X		4
Past events
Event	05	07	09	17	21	Years
Pole vault	X	X	X	–		3

Total	13	13	13	12

Nations

Nations	05	07	09	17	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)			X	5	2
American Samoa (ASA)				1	1
Athlete Refugee Team (ART)				5	1
China (CHN)	X	X	X	43	4
Chinese Taipei (TPE)	X	X	X	7	4
Cook Islands (COK)				1	1
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)				2	1
Fiji (FIJ)				10	1
Guam (GUM)				2	1
Hong Kong (HKG)	X	X	X	11	4
India (IND)	X	X	X	11	4
Iran (IRI)	X	X	X	9	4
Iraq (IRQ)			X	2	2
Jordan (JOR)				22	1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	X	X	X	14	4
Kiribati (KIR)				4	1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)		X	X	5	3
Lebanon (LBN)		X		2	1
Macau (MAC)	X	X	X	3	4
Maldives (MDV)	X	X	X	4	4
Marshall Islands (MHL)				2	1
Nauru (NRU)				2	1
Oman (OMA)	X	X	X	2	4
Pakistan (PAK)	X	X		11	3
Palau (PLW)				2	1
Palestine (PLE)				2	1
Philippines (PHI)				5	1
Qatar (QAT)	X	X	X	11	4
Samoa (SAM)				1	1
Saudi Arabia (KSA)		X	X	18	3
Solomon Islands (SOL)				3	1
South Korea (KOR)	X	X	X	10	4
Sri Lanka (SRI)		X	X	6	3
Syria (SYR)	X		X	1	3
Tajikistan (TJK)		X	X	8	3
Thailand (THA)	X	X	X	43	4
Turkmenistan (TKM)			X	35	2
Tuvalu (TUV)				2	1
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	X		X	3	3
Uzbekistan (UZB)		X	X	12	3
Vanuatu (VAN)				5	1
Vietnam (VIE)	X	X	X	7	4

Nations	16	20		42
Track and field athletes

Medal table

Updated after the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	25	15	15	55
2	China (CHN)	18	12	8	38
3	India (IND)	14	6	7	27
4	Thailand (THA)	9	24	28	61
5	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	9	6	2	17
6	Qatar (QAT)	9	4	6	19
7	Iran (IRI)	5	5	7	17
8	Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	4	1	8
9	Vietnam (VIE)	2	6	4	12
10	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	0	4	6
11	Kuwait (KUW)	1	5	1	7
12	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	4	1	6
13	Bahrain (BRN)	1	3	1	5
14	Syria (SYR)	1	2	0	3
15	Pakistan (PAK)	1	1	1	3
16	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	1	2
16	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	1	2
18	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	3	5
19	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	2	3
19	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	1	2	3
21	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
22	Philippines (PHI)	0	1	0	1
22	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
24	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	2	2
25	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
	Oman (OMA)	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		103	104	101	308

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References

↑ "1st Asian Indoor Games Bangkok 2005". Bangkok Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "2nd Asian Indoor Games Macau 2007". Macau Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 13 December 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "3rd Asian Indoor Games Hanoi 2009". Vietnam Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat 2017". Ashgabat Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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[1] "1st Asian Indoor Games Bangkok 2005". Bangkok Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[2] "2nd Asian Indoor Games Macau 2007". Macau Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 13 December 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[3] "3rd Asian Indoor Games Hanoi 2009". Vietnam Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[4] "5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat 2017". Ashgabat Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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