2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

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2008 Asian Indoor Championships
2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships logo.png
DatesFebruary 14–16
Host city Flag of Qatar.svg Doha, Qatar
Venue ASPIRE Dome
Events26
Participation202 athletes from
29 nations

The 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Doha, Qatar, between 14 and 16 February.

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Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 m Samuel Francis
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
6.62
CR
Leung Chun Wai
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
6.79 Vyacheslav Muravyev
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
6.79
400 m Liu Xiaosheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
47.82
CR
Sergey Zaikov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
48.12 Ali Shirook
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
48.24
NR
800 m Yusuf Saad Kamel
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
1:48.03
=CR
Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
1:48.68 Masato Yokota
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1:49.30
1500 m Thamer Kamal Ali
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
3:40.86
CR
Chatholi Hamza
Flag of India.svg  India
3:41.18
NR
Abubaker Ali Kamal
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
3:42.50
3000 m Sultan Khamis Zaman
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
7:49.31 Surendra Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
7:49.47
NR
James Kwalia
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
7:50.76
60 m hurdles Ji Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7.79 Abdul Rashid
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
7.98Muhammad Sajjad
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
8.01
4×400 m relay Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Yonas Al-Hosah
Ali Al-Deraan
Ismail Al-Sabiani
Edrees Hawsawi
3:14.25
CR
Flag of India.svg  India
V. B. Bineesh
Gurvinder Pal Singh
Virender Kumar Pankaj
Thannickkal Aboobcker
3:16.53Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Mohamed Sagayroon
Adam Ali
Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla
Azmy Sulaiman
3:17.93
High jump Sergey Zasimovich
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2.24
CR
Majed Al-Din Ghazal
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
2.21 Rashid Al-Mannai
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
2.18
Pole vault Daichi Sawano
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5.45 Takafumi Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5.35 Leonid Andreev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
5.35
Long jump Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
8.24
AR
Saleh Al-Haddad
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
7.88
NR
Hussein Al-Sabee
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
7.72
Triple jump Roman Valiyev
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
16.32 Amarjeet Singh
Flag of India.svg  India
16.24
NR
Theerayut Philakong
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
16.04
NR
Shot put Ahmad Gholoum
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
18.55
CR
Om Prakash Karhana
Flag of India.svg  India
18.37 Yao Yongguang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
18.16
Heptathlon P. J. Vinod
Flag of India.svg  India
5561 pts
=NR
Hadi Sepehrzad
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
5515 pts
NR
Hiromasa Tanaka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5306 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
60 m Roqaya Al-Gassra
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
7.40
CR , NR
Wang Yingju
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7.47 Nongnuch Sanrat
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
7.49
400 m Roqaya Al-Gassra
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
53.28
CR , NR
Marina Maslyonko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
53.38 Mandeep Kaur
Flag of India.svg  India
54.28
800 m Sinimol Paulose
Flag of India.svg  India
2:03.43
CR , NR
Sushma Devi
Flag of India.svg  India
2:04.66 Margarita Matsko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2:04.85
1500 m Sinimol Paulose
Flag of India.svg  India
4:15.42
CR , NR
Sushma Devi
Flag of India.svg  India
4:21.78 Sara Bakheet
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
4:26.70
3000 m Preeja Sreedharan
Flag of India.svg  India
9:12.26
CR , NR
Kavita Raut
Flag of India.svg  India
9:26.01 Sara Bakheet
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
9:40.47
60 m hurdles Liu Jing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
8.31
CR
Anastassiya Soprunova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
8.34 Leelavathi Veerappan
Flag of India.svg  India
9.21
4×400 m relay Flag of India.svg  India
Mandeep Kaur
Manjit Kaur
Sini Jose
Chitra K. Soman
3:37.46
AR
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Tatyana Azarova
Marina Maslyonko
Viktoriya Yalovtseva
Anna Gavriushenko
3:38.10Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Jutamass Tawoncharoen
Saowalee Kaewchuay
Kanya Harnthong
Treewadee Yongphan
3:43.22
High jump Tatyana Efimenko
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
1.91 Anna Ustinova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
1.91 Yekaterina Yevseyeva
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
1.88
Pole vault Ikuko Nishikori
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4.10 Roslinda Samsu
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
4.10 Takayo Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4.10
Long jump Chen Yaling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
6.39 Anju Bobby George
Flag of India.svg  India
6.38 M. A. Prajusha
Flag of India.svg  India
6.09
Triple jump Olga Rypakova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
14.23
CR
Li Qian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
13.76 Liu Yanan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
13.39
Shot put Gong Lijiao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
18.12
CR
Iolanta Ulyeva
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
15.99 Juttaporn Krasaeyan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
14.73
Pentathlon Irina Naumenko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
4235 pts Wassana Winatho
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
4184 pts
NR
Olga Lapina
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
3906 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of India.svg  India 59317
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5229
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 46414
4Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3047
5Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3025
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2136
7Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2013
8Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1102
9Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1001
10Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0202
11Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0145
12Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0112
13Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0101
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0101
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 0101
16Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0011
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0011
Totals (17 entries)26262678

Participating nations

A total of 29 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2008 championships.

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