| Asian Youth Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | midyear |
| Frequency | biennial |
| Inaugurated | 2015 |
| Organised by | AAA |
The Asian Youth Athletics Championships (U18) (Asian Youth U18 Athletics Championships) is a biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. First held in 2015, it a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen. [1] The competition was the fourth continental athletics competition to be held for that age level, following in the steps of the South American, Oceanian and African events. Its first edition came at a time of rising interest in such competitions, with the first African championships being held in 2013, and the European Athletics Youth Championships scheduled for the following year. [2] [3] In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association's president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raise the importance of continental level competition among the region's countries. [1]
| Edition | Year | Events | Host City | Host Country | Dates | Venue | Champion |
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| 1 | 2015 | 40 | Doha |  Qatar | 8–11 May | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | |
| 2 | 2017 | 40 | Bangkok |  Thailand | 20–23 May | National Stadium | |
| 3 | 2019 | 40 | Hong Kong |  Hong Kong | 15–17 March | Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground | |
| 4 | 2022 | 40 | Kuwait |  Kuwait | 13–16 October | Al Kuwait Kaifan Stadium | |
| 5 | 2023 | 40 | Tashkent |  Uzbekistan | 20–23 April |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref | ||||||||||||
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| 100 m | 11.77 (+0.4 m/s) | Feng Lulu |  China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| 200 m | 23.83 (-0.8 m/s) | Li Yuting | China | 17 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [20] | ||||||||||||
| 400 m | 53.02 | Salwa Eid Naser Naser |  Bahrain | 10 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [21] | ||||||||||||
| 800 m | 2:09.03 | Rao Xinyu | China | 17 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [22] | ||||||||||||
| 1500 m | 4:19.95 | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | Bahrain | 11 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [23] | ||||||||||||
| 3000 m | 9:30.17 | Fatuma Jewaro Chebsi |  India | 8 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [24] | ||||||||||||
| 100 m hurdles | 13.62 | Deng Xuelin | China | 9 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [25] | ||||||||||||
| 400 m hurdles | 59.71 | Liang Yina | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| 2000 m steeplechase | 7:01.06 | Tian Wanhua | China | 10 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [26] | ||||||||||||
| High jump | 1.83 m | Lu Jiawen | China | 17 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [27] | ||||||||||||
| Pole vault | 4.15 m | Niu Chunge | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Long jump | 6.11 m (-0.3 m/s) | Gong Luying | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Triple jump | 12.97 m (-1.1 m/s) | Li Chunting | China | 17 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [28] | ||||||||||||
| Shot put | 17.51 m | Yu Tianxiao | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Discus throw | 49.69 m | Yang Xin | China | 16 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [29] | ||||||||||||
| Hammer throw | 67.81 m | Ji Li | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Javelin throw (500 g) | 61.97 m | Yu Yuzhen | China | 8 May 2015 | 2015 Championships | Doha, Qatar | [30] | ||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | 5345 pts | Adina Makhsutova |  Kazakhstan | 16–17 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [31] | ||||||||||||
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| 5000 m walk (track) | 22:54.69 | Jiao Shuangshuang | China | 15 March 2019 | 2019 Championships | Hong Kong | [32] | ||||||||||||
| Sprint medley relay | 2:09.63 | Feng Lulu Tao Yanan Liang Yina Mo Jiadie | China | May 2017 | 2017 Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 44 | 31 | 18 | 93 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 21 | 31 | 26 | 78 |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 19 | 11 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 7 | 16 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 |  Indonesia (INA) | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BHR) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| 20 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 |  Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 |  Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Syria (SYR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Nepal (NEP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 |  Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 |  Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (30 entries) | 159 | 160 | 158 | 477 | |
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