Asian Athletics Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category Continental Championships
Years 1973—2019
Editions 23
Competitors 2049
Countries 37

The 2021 edition scheduled for Hangzhou (CHN) from 20 to 23 May 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1973 Marikina PHI 18 – 23 November 1973 38 106 14
1975 Seoul KOR 9 – 14 June 1975 39 122 13
1979 Tokyo JPN 31 May – 3 June 1979 38 126 10
1981 Tokyo JPN 5 – 7 June 1981 38 127 10
1983 Kuwait City KUW 3 – 9 November 1983 38 125 16
1985 Jakarta INA 25 – 29 September 1985 42 140 16
1987 Singapore SGP 22 – 26 July 1987 40 128 14
1989 New Delhi IND 14 – 19 November 1989 40 127 19
1991 Kuala Lumpur MAS 19 – 23 October 1991 40 128 17
1993 Manila PHI 30 November – 4 December 1993 41 138 18
1995 Jakarta INA 20 – 24 September 1995 41 128 20
1998 Fukuoka JPN 19 – 22 July 1998 43 146 16
2000 Jakarta INA 28 – 31 August 2000 43 142 20
2002 Colombo SRI 9 – 12 August 2002 43 143 20
2003 Manila PHI 20 – 23 September 2003 43 151 21
2005 Incheon KOR 1 – 4 September 2005 43 146 20
2007 Amman JOR 25 – 29 July 2007 44 147 22
2009 Guangzhou CHN 10 – 14 November 2009 44 148 21
2011 Kobe JPN 7 – 10 July 2011 42 148 20
2013 Pune IND 3 – 7 July 2013 42 142 20
2015 Wuhan CHN 3 – 7 June 2015 42 146 18
2017 Bhubaneswar IND 5 – 9 July 2017 42 151 23
2019 Doha QAT 21 – 24 April 2019 43 150 20

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 326 218 120 664
2 Japan JPN 158 199 215 572
3 India IND 90 108 132 330
4 Qatar QAT 63 39 42 144
5 Kazakhstan KAZ 34 36 45 115
6 Bahrain BRN 32 27 16 75
7 Saudi Arabia KSA 28 21 12 61
8 South Korea KOR 26 58 65 149
9 Thailand THA 25 30 26 81
10 Uzbekistan UZB 19 27 21 67
11 Sri Lanka SRI 19 18 20 57
12 Chinese Taipei TPE 18 40 65 123
13 Iran IRI 18 16 21 55
14 Kuwait KUW 16 18 7 41
15 Philippines PHI 13 11 18 42
16 North Korea PRK 12 10 23 45
17 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 8 3 5 16
18 Malaysia MAS 6 16 28 50
19 Vietnam VIE 6 6 6 18
20 Iraq IRQ 5 8 9 22
21 United Arab Emirates UAE 5 3 3 11
22 Tajikistan TJK 5 2 1 8
23 Syria SYR 3 2 6 11
24 Myanmar MYA 3 2 4 9
25 Israel ISR 3 1 4 8
26 Pakistan PAK 2 3 2 7
27 Indonesia INA 1 9 9 19
28 Hong Kong HKG 1 5 2 8
29 Oman OMA 1 2 4 7
30 Jordan JOR 1 1 3 5
31 Azerbaijan AZE 1 1 1 3
32 Turkmenistan TKM 1 1 0 2
33 Singapore SGP 0 8 5 13
34 Lebanon LBN 0 2 2 4
35 Mongolia MGL 0 1 0 1
36 Cambodia CAM 0 0 2 2
= Nepal NEP 0 0 2 2