1981 Asian Athletics Championships

Host City Tokyo
Country JPN
Held 5 – 7 June 1981
Competitors 127
Countries 10

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 1
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 1
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 1
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Japan JPN 19 20 15 54
2 China CHN 11 4 2 17
3 India IND 5 5 9 19
4 Thailand THA 1 4 1 6
5 Kuwait KUW 1 1 0 2
6 Malaysia MAS 1 0 3 4
7 Philippines PHI 0 2 1 3
8 Iraq IRQ 0 1 1 2
= Saudi Arabia KSA 0 1 1 2
10 South Korea KOR 0 0 5 5

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Suchart Chairsuvaparb THA Yuan Guoqiang CHN Sumet Promna THA
200 m, Men Toshio Toyota JPN Sumet Promna THA Hirohito Yamazaki JPN
400 m, Men Takayuki Isobe JPN Eiji Natori JPN Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef IRQ
800 m, Men Abraham Rajan IND Khaled Khalifa KUW Takatsune Teranishi JPN
1,500 m, Men Takashi Ishii JPN Sukhwant Singh IND Sant Kumar IND
5,000 m, Men Gopal Saini IND Yasunori Watanabe JPN Park Won-Keun KOR
10,000 m, Men Kunimitsu Ito JPN Tatsuya Moriguchi JPN Kazuyoshi Kudo JPN
110 m Hurdles, Men Yoshifumi Fujimori JPN Katsumi Kashiwazaki JPN Satbir Singh IND
400 m Hurdles, Men Takashi Nagao JPN Shigenori Omori JPN Yukihiro Yoshimatsu JPN
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Hisatoshi Shintaku JPN Gopal Saini IND Anokh Singh IND
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Japan JPN Thailand THA South Korea KOR
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Japan JPN Iraq IRQ India IND
20 km Walk, Men Siri Chand Ram IND Ranjit Singh IND Vellasamy Subramaniam MAS
High Jump, Men Zhu Jianhua CHN Takao Sakamoto JPN Shuji Ujino JPN
Pole Vault, Men Tomomi Takahashi JPN Rihan Obaid KSA Abdullah Awadh KSA
Long Jump, Men Liu Yuhuang CHN Junichi Usui JPN Toshihisa Yoshimoto JPN
Triple Jump, Men Zou Zhenxian CHN Masami Nakanishi JPN Yasushi Ueta JPN
Shot Put, Men Mohamed Al-Zinkawi KUW Bahadur Singh IND Vijay Bahadur Singh IND
Discus Throw, Men Li Weinan CHN Michio Kita JPN Raghubir Singh Bal IND
Hammer Throw, Men Shigenobu Murofushi JPN Masayuki Kawata JPN Nobuyuki Ifuku JPN
Javelin Throw, Men Shen Maomao CHN Yoshinori Kuriyama JPN Masami Yoshida JPN
Decathlon, Men Sabir Ali IND Nobuya Saito JPN Zhu Qilin CHN
100 m, Women Yukiko Osako JPN Usanee Laopingkarn THA Emiko Konishi JPN
200 m, Women Emiko Konishi JPN Tomi Osaka JPN Lydia de Vega PHI
400 m, Women Junko Yoshida JPN Lydia de Vega PHI Saik Oik Cum MAS
800 m, Women Geeta Zutshi IND Kumiko Mega JPN Kim Chun-Hui KOR
1,500 m, Women Zhang Xiunen CHN Geeta Zutshi IND Kim Chun-Hui KOR
3,000 m, Women Akemi Masuda JPN Nanae Sasaki JPN Jiang Zhourong CHN
100 m Hurdles, Women Emi Akimoto-Sasaki JPN Dai Jianhua CHN Noriko Ehara JPN
400 m Hurdles, Women Yumiko Aoi JPN Hu Aiping CHN M. D. Valsamma IND
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Japan JPN Thailand THA South Korea KOR
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Malaysia MAS Philippines PHI India IND
High Jump, Women Hisayo Fukumitsu JPN Zheng Dazhen CHN Megumi Sato JPN
Long Jump, Women Wu Feng CHN Atsuko Adada JPN Mercy Kuttan-Mathews IND
Shot Put, Women Shen Lijuan CHN Kayoko Hayashi JPN Yukari Seo JPN
Discus Throw, Women Li Xiaohui CHN Harumi Suzuki JPN Reiko Honma JPN
Javelin Throw, Women Tang Guoli CHN Naomi Shibusawa JPN Kanae Takahashi JPN
Heptathlon, Women Ye Peisu CHN Tomoko Uchida JPN Zaiton Othman MAS