Athletics is an Asian Games event since 1951 in New Delhi, India. Among major athletics tournaments of the region, it succeeded the athletics at the Far Eastern Championship Games, which had ceased to be held after 1938.
| Athletics at the Asian Games | |
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| IOC Discipline Code | ATH |
| Governing body | AAA |
| Events | 48 (men: 23; women: 23; mixed: 2) |
| Games | |
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1951 | New Delhi, India | |
| II | 1954 | Manila, Philippines | |
| III | 1958 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| IV | 1962 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| V | 1966 | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| VI | 1970 | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| VII | 1974 | Tehran, Iran | |
| VIII | 1978 | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| IX | 1982 | New Delhi, India | |
| X | 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | |
| XI | 1990 | Beijing, China | |
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea | |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | |
| XVIII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China |
| Event | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 200 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 400 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 800 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 1500 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 5000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 10000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Marathon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | ||
| 110 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 400 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| High jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Pole vault | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Long jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Triple jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Shot put | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Discus throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Hammer throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Javelin throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Decathlon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 10 km walk | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||||||
| 50 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Events | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Event | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 200 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 400 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 | ||||
| 800 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15 | |||
| 1500 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |||||
| 3000 m | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 10000 m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||
| Marathon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||
| 80 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 100 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |||||
| 400 m hurdles | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| High jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Pole vault | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Long jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Triple jump | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Shot put | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Discus throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Hammer throw | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Javelin throw | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Pentathlon | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||
| 10 km walk | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 km walk | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | ||||||
| Events | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 199 | 179 | 123 | 501 | |
| 2 | 196 | 228 | 179 | 603 | |
| 3 | 85 | 102 | 96 | 283 | |
| 4 | 43 | 19 | 23 | 85 | |
| 5 | 34 | 37 | 60 | 131 | |
| 6 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 74 | |
| 7 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 73 | |
| 8 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 35 | |
| 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 | |
| 10 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 47 | |
| 11 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 51 | |
| 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 39 | |
| 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 51 | |
| 14 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 31 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| 16 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 38 | |
| 17 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 54 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (33 entries) | 763 | 769 | 765 | 2,297 | |