Asia Masters Athletics Championships

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Asia Masters Athletics Championships
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Website asia-masters-athletics.com

The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biannual championship of Asia Masters Athletics (AMA), one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), known as the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) from its formation in 1977 until 2001. WMA is the global governing body for the division of Masters athletics. [1] It is held in opposite years from the World Masters Athletics Championships. The event also hosts the Asia Masters General Assembly, the political gathering of the AMA which selects the locations of subsequent championships. [2] [3]

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Taipei, Taiwan was selected to hold the 2012 championships. This is significant because China was a member of AMA at the time. Taiwan had hosted the championships previously but since China joined AMA, it had blocked bids on the island. This could be a softening of the difficult relations between the two capitols which both have claimed each other's territories since 1949. [4]

The last AMA Championships was held on December 2–6, 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. [5] The latest event of the AMA Championship after the Covid-19 Pandemic is being held on November 8–12, 2023 in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. [6] [7]

The next AMA Championships (The 23rd AMAC 2025) will be held on November 5-10, 2025 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Championships

EditionYearCityCountry
1 1981 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2 1983 New Delhi Flag of India.svg  India
3 1985 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
4 1986 Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
5 1988 Tainan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
6 1990 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
7 1992 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
8 1994 Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
9 1996 Seoul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
10 1998 Okinawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
11 2000 Bangalore Flag of India.svg  India
12 2002 Dalian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
13 2004 Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
14 2006 Bangalore Flag of India.svg  India
15 2009 Chiang Mai Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
16 2010 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
17 2012 Taipei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
18 2014 Kitakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
19 2016 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
20 2017 Rugao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
21 2019 Kuching Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
22 2023 Capas Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
23 2025 Chennai Flag of India.svg  India

19th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2016 Medal Table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 775528160
2Flag of India.svg  India 757071216
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 633226121
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 28312685
5Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 264853127
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 21131044
7Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2111638
8Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 17132454
9Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 14283577
10Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 14211853
11Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 12131742
12Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 916833
13Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 66618
14Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3418
15Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1012
16Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1012
17Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1001
18Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0101
19Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0101
No RankFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5106
No RankFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4104
No RankFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1102
No RankFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 1023
No RankFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1001
Total

20th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2017 Medal Table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 209184129522
2Flag of India.svg  India 374366146
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 34281678
4Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 323747116
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 31232478
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2413441
7Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 18121343
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 11192454
9Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 98522
10Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 81312
11Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 76619
12Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 55616
13Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 45918
14Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 29817
15Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0101
16Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0000
No RankFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 0000
No RankFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0000
No RankFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0000
No RankFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 0000
Total

References

  1. "AMA - Asia Masters Athletics". www.world-masters-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
  2. "Asia Masters Athletics". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. "Asia Masters Athletics Championships Results". Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. "China bows to Asia Masters Athletics, allows big meet in Taiwan". 28 December 2010.
  5. "21st Asia Masters Athletics Championship".
  6. "22nd Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2023".
  7. "22nd Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2023 in New Clark City".