2016 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

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17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships
HoChiMinhCity2016logo.png
Dates3–6 June
Host city Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Venue Thống Nhất Stadium
LevelJunior (under-20)
Events44
Records set2 championship records

The 2016 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 17th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Vietnam Athletics Federation. Athletes born between 1997 and 2000 competed in 44 events, divided evenly between the sexes. The competition took place over four days from 3–6 June at Thống Nhất Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A total of 45 countries entered athletes into the tournament, eighteen of which reached the medal table. The competition, including its opening and closing ceremonies, was broadcast live on Vietnamese carrier VTV6. [1]

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Japan topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a total of 27, overturning a long period of Chinese dominance. China was a comfortable second, with 22 medals, half of which were gold. India was the next best performing nation and the only other to reach double digits in the medal count, taking seven golds. The hosts Vietnam took two golds and placed seventh in the medals overall. Two championship records were broken, both by Japanese: Junya Sado won the men's javelin throw in 77.97 m (255 ft 9+12 in) and Chika Mukai took the 3000 m steeplechase in 10:21.04 minutes. [2]

The host stadium in 2008 Thong Nhat Stadium.JPG
The host stadium in 2008

Malaysia's Khairul Hafiz Jantan was the most successful athlete of the competition, winning three medals: the 100 metres gold, and silvers in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Yang Chun-han was the only man to take two golds, topping the podium in the latter two events. On the women's side, there were two double gold medallists: Jisna Mathew led India to a 400 m individual and relay double, while Lili Das scored a middle-distance double. Japan's Haruko Ishizuka took 400 m bronze after winning the hurdles gold and her compatriots Shinichi Yukinaga and Nanaka Kori also took minor medals in the discus after becoming shot put winners. [2]

The event was held in the month before the global 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. Several of Asia's medallists at that competition were not present at the regional meet, although Qatar's Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz became a double discus throw champion and India's Neeraj Chopra improved from a silver in Ho Chi Minh to a world under-20 gold with a world junior record throw. The 2016 world under-20 high jump bronze medallist Mohamat Allamine Hamdi managed only sixth on the Asian stage that year.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Khairul Hafiz Jantan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
10.36 Ippei Takeda  [ fr ]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
10.41 Abdullah Abkar Mohammed
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
10.45
200 metres Yang Chun-han
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
20.73 Khairul Hafiz Jantan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
21.15 Wataru Inuzuka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
21.16
400 metres Mizuki Obuchi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
47.52 Taha Hussein Yaseen
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
47.55 Abdullah Djimet Souleiman
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
47.83
800 metres Amoj Jacob
Flag of India.svg  India
1:51.82 Idriss Mousa Youssouf
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:52.28 Mohammed Raheem Al-Bazaznah
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
1:52.78
1500 metres Ajay Kumar Saroj
Flag of India.svg  India
3:57.55 Idriss Mousa Youssouf
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
3:58.28 Ata Assadi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
4:03.37
5000 metres Takato Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
14:16.42 Akira Aizawa
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
14:32.08 Gavit Murli Kumar
Flag of India.svg  India
14:49.41
10,000 metres Sota Watanabe
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
31:23.93 Abhishek Pal
Flag of India.svg  India
31:24.06 Tadvi Kisan Narshi
Flag of India.svg  India
32:07.12
110 m hurdles Mohd Rizzua Haizad Muhamad
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
14.00 May Mon Paulose
Flag of India.svg  India
14.02 Zhang Tao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14.05
400 m hurdles Yoshihiro Watanabe
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
50.86 Feng Zhiqiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
51.49 Kim Hyun-bin
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
52.55
3000 m steeplechase Mohamed Khamis Saifeldin
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
9:26.79 Lê Trung Đức
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
9:27.40 Lê Quang Hoà
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
9:31.86
10,000 m walk Zhang Yao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
44:33.00 Yasushi Morita
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
44:33.79 Song Yun-hwa
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
45:38.45
4×100 m relayFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
Yeh Shou-Bo
Yang Chun-Han
Liu Chao-Hsuan
Shen Yu-Sen
39.75Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)
Asnawi Hashim
Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap
Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi
Khairul Hafiz Jantan
39.91Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
Chayut Khongprasit
Sakchai Laomool
Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri
Pipat Nupuang
40.36
4×400 m relayFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
Vitsanu Phosri
Nattapong Kongkraphan
Phitchaya Sunthonthuam
Phanuwat Bunfueangfu
3:11.59Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)
Murugan Kiran
Malik Pankaj
Kupar Harsh
Amoj Jacob
3:12.12Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)
Ahmed Saleh Mahda
Abdallah Djimat Souleyman
Sabir Said Essa
Yasir Yahya Hazazi
3:12.37
High jump Keitaro Fujita
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2.16 m Muhammad Syazwan Ahmad
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
2.14 m Hussein Al-Ibraheemi
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
2.14 m
Pole vault Muntadher Faleh Abdulwahid
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
5.25 m Phassapong Unsum-ang
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
5.20 m =NJR Ali Mohsen Abed Zid
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
5.10 m
Long jump Zhong Peifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7.84 m Tomoya Nomura
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7.75 m w Kazuma Adachi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7.73 m
Triple jump Sung Jin-syuk
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
16.19 m Liu Mingxuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
16.05 m Sonu Kumar
Flag of India.svg  India
15.99 m
Shot put Shinichi Yukinaga
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
18.41 m Amin Lotfollahi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
17.57 m Mehdi Rostami
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
17.53 m
Discus throw Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
60.49 m Yume Ando
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
58.80 m NJR Shinichi Yukinaga
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
54.79 m
Hammer throw Ashish Jakhar
Flag of India.svg  India
69.00 m Hussein Thamir Abdelwahed
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
65.71 m Zhalolhon Tilavoldikhuzhayev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
63.77 m
Javelin throw Junya Sado
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
77.97 m CR Neeraj Chopra
Flag of India.svg  India
77.60 m Arshad Nadeem
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
73.40 m NJR
Decathlon Yuma Maruyama
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
6748 pts Wang Chen-yu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
6624 pts Krishna Kumar
Flag of India.svg  India
6551 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Liu Qun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
11.84 Chloe Chan Pui Kei
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
11.85 NJR On-Uma Chattha
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
11.88
200 metres Lê Tú Chinh
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
23.94 Supanich Poolkerd
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
24.41 Noor Eewan Syafiqah Md Sabri
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
24.50
400 metres Jisna Mathew
Flag of India.svg  India
53.85 Huang Guifen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
54.92 Haruko Ishizuka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
55.40
800 metres Lili Das
Flag of India.svg  India
2:06.64 Airi Ikezaki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2:07.21 Arina Kleshchukova
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
2:07.56
1500 metres Lili Das
Flag of India.svg  India
4:29.50 Mina Ueda
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4:30.76 Harmilankaur Bains
Flag of India.svg  India
Pak Jin-hyang
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
4:33.02
3000 metres Nana Kuraoka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
9:31.46 Pak Jin-hyang
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
9:50.72 Choe Hyon-ju
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
10:01.94
5000 metres Hana Omori
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
16:57.39 Misaki Ogata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
17:04.76 Choe Hyon-ju
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
17:08.79
100 m hurdles Yu Jiaru
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
13.79 Cheng Tang-hsiu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
13.97 Lin Shih-ting
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
14.11
400 m hurdles Haruko Ishizuka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
57.91 Khuất Phương Anh
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
59.78 Lin Yu-chieh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
60.02
3000 m steeplechase Chika Mukai
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
10:21.04 CR Ro Hyo-gong
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
10:31.02 Ju Ok-byol
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
10:41.91
10,000 m walk Wang Wenjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
50:23.89 Cun Hailu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
50:37.03 Ravina
Flag of India.svg  India
51:09.48
4×100 m relayFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
Parichat Charoensuk
On-Uma Chatta
Sureewan Runan
Suwimon Khongthong
45.23Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Liu Qun
Huang Guifen
Huang Jiaxen
Yu Jiaru
45.41Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
Leung Kwan-yi
Chan Ka-sin
Kong Chun-ki
Chloe Chan Pui-kei
45.84 NJR
4×400 m relayFlag of India.svg  India  (IND)
Jisna Mathew
Shaharbana Sidhique Thadiyan Parambil
Subha V
Liniet George
3:43.57Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)
Khuất Phương Anh
Can Thi Thuy
Nguyen Thi Hang
Hoang Thi Minh Hanh
3:44.56 NJRFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
Supanich Poolkerd
Thanphimon Kaeodi
Manrika Phonyam
Apinya Athiwet
3:50.79
High jump Chai Yanbo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1.74 m Nadezhda Dubovitskaya
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
1.74 m Tsai Ching-jung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
1.71 m
Pole vault Chen Qiaoling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4.15 m Misaki Morota
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3.80 m Wu Chia-ju
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
3.60 m
Long jump Nguyễn Thị Trúc Mai
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
6.34 m NJR Parinya Chuaimaroeng
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
6.28 m NJR Yao Jiayu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
6.04 m
Triple jump Kirthana Ramasamy
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
13.20 m NJR Mariya Ovchinnikova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
13.19 m Anna Gorodkova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
12.97 m
Shot put Nanaka Kori
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
15.89 m NJR Dong Yu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14.23 m Liu Ziyue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14.22 m
Discus throw Yang Huanhuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
51.47 m Nanaka Kori
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
48.04 m Zhou Zixuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
46.57 m
Hammer throw Zhao Fan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
61.77 m Ji Li
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
58.11 m Mingkamon Koomphon
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
56.44 m
Javelin throw Su Lingdan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
57.32 m Chang Chu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
53.14 m Varvara Nazarova
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
52.76 m NR
Heptathlon Du Jiani
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5031 pts Aleksandra Yurkevskaya
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
4859 pts Nguyễn Linh Na
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
4564 pts

2016 Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1310427
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)117422
3Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)74617
4Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)3317
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)2349
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)2349
7Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)*2327
8Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)2204
9Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)1236
10Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1023
11Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)0246
12Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0224
13Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0123
14Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)0112
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)0112
16Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)0033
17Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)0011
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)0011
Totals (18 entries)444445133

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