2008 Asian Cycling Championships

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2008 Asian Cycling Championships
Venue Flag of Japan.svg Nara, Japan
Date(s) (2008-04-10 - 2008-04-17)10–17 April 2008
VelodromeNara Keirin Velodrome
  2007
2009  

The 2008 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Nara Keirin Velodrome, Nara, Japan from 10 to 17 April 2008. [1]

Contents

Medal summary

Road

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual road race Fumiyuki Beppu
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Temur Mukhamedov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Takashi Miyazawa
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Individual time trial Eugen Wacker
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Alexey Kolessov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Yukiya Arashiro
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual road race Gao Min
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Miho Oki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Choi Hye-kyeong
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Individual time trial Li Meifang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Liu Yongli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Mayuko Hagiwara
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Track

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Sprint Azizulhasni Awang
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Choi Lae-seon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Tang Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1 km time trial Mohd Rizal Tisin
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Li Wenhao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yudai Nitta
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Keirin Azizulhasni Awang
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Kiyofumi Nagai
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Choi Lae-seon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Individual pursuit Hossein Nateghi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Alexey Kolessov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Kim Dong-hun
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Points race Ilya Chernyshov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Kazuhiro Mori
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Vadim Shaekhov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Scratch Reona Sumi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Temur Mukhamedov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Lee Wei-cheng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Omnium Wu Po-hung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Alexey Lyalko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Kwok Ho Ting
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
MadisonFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Wong Kam Po
Kwok Ho Ting
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Vadim Shaekhov
Temur Mukhamedov
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Shin Dong-hyun
Lee Chan-woo
Team sprintFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zhang Qiang
Tang Qi
Li Wenhao
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Azizulhasni Awang
Mohd Rizal Tisin
Mohd Edrus Yunus
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kiyofumi Nagai
Tomohiro Nagatsuka
Yudai Nitta
Team pursuitFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Wei
Qu Xuelong
Chen Libin
Ma Teng
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Amir Zargari
Mostafa Seyed-Rezaei
Mehdi Sohrabi
Hossein Nateghi
Abbas Saeidi Tanha
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Makoto Iijima
Kazuhiro Mori
Reona Sumi
Takayuki Kawanishi

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Sprint Zheng Lulu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gong Jinjie
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Huang Ting-ying
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
500 m time trial Gong Jinjie
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fatehah Mustapa
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Huang Ting-ying
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Keirin Zheng Lulu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fatehah Mustapa
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Jutatip Maneephan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Individual pursuit Li Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ha Seon-ha
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Leow Hoay Sim
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Points race Kim Eun-hee
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Chanpeng Nontasin
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Li Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scratch Park Eun-mi
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Santia Tri Kusuma
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Diao Xiaojuan
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Team sprintFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zheng Lulu
Gong Jinjie
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Hsiao Mei-yu
Huang Ting-ying
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
You Jin-a
Lee Eun-ji

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 93214
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3317
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23611
4Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2259
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1304
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1135
7Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1102
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1023
9Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1001
10Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0314
11Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0112
12Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0101
Totals (12 entries)21212163

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References

  1. "Asian Cycling Championships" (PDF). Japan Cycling Federation . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 21 June 2022.