2017 Asian Championships
Dates6–9 July
Host cityIndia Bhubaneswar, India
VenueKalinga Stadium
Events42
Participation560 athletes from
41 nations

The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.[1] Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.[2]

The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event.[3] On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the Asian Athletics Association Council. The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.

The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years.[4] Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.

The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.[5]

Venues and infrastructure

Newly prepared synthetic track of Kalinga Stadium

The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators.[6] The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event.[7] After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.[8] The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.

Logo and Mascot

Mascot Olly during the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.

On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot.[9] It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.

Culture

Cultural program on AAC2017
Fireworks on the Opening Day

Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela.[10] Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.

Media Coverage

Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.

Doping

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.[11]

Event summary

Men

Track

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Hassan Taftian
 Iran		10.25[12] Femi Ogunode
 Qatar		10.26 Yang Chun-han
 Chinese Taipei		10.31
200 metres
 Yang Chun-han
 Chinese Taipei		20.66 Park Bong-go
 South Korea		20.76 Femi Ogunode
 Qatar		20.79
400 metres
 Mohammad Anas
 India		45.77 Arokia Rajiv
 India		46.14 Ahmed Mubarak Al-Saadi
 Oman		46.39
800 metres
 Ebrahim Al-Zofairi
 Kuwait		1:49.47 Jamal Hairane
 Qatar		1:49.94 Jinson Johnson
 India		1:50.07
1500 metres
 Ajay Kumar Saroj
 India		3:45.85 Jamal Hairane
 Qatar		3:46.90 Moslem Niadoost
 Iran		3:48.53
5000 metres
 Govindan Lakshmanan
 India		14:54.48 Yaser Salem Bagharab
 Qatar		14:55.89 Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri
 Saudi Arabia		14:56.83
10,000 metres
 Govindan Lakshmanan
 India		29:55.87 Gopi Thonakal
 India		29:58.89 Adilet Kyshtakbekov
 Kyrgyzstan		30:06.65
110 metres hurdles
 Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel
 Kuwait		13.50 Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha
 Kuwait		13.59 Ahmed Khader Al-Muwallad
 Saudi Arabia		13.61
400 metres hurdles
 Eric Cray
 Philippines		49.57 Chen Chieh
 Chinese Taipei		49.75 Jabir M.P.
 India		50.22
3000 metres steeplechase
 Hossein Keyhani
 Iran		8:43.82 Yaser Salem Bagharab
 Qatar		8:46.16 Ali Ahmad Al-Amri
 Saudi Arabia		8:52.64
4 × 100 metres relay
  China (CHN)
Tang Xingqiang
Liang Jinsheng
Bie Ge
Xu Haiyang
Xu Zhouzheng*		39.38  Thailand (THA)
Kritsada Namsuwan
Bandit Chuangchai
Jirapong Meenapra
Jaran Sathoengram
Ruttanapon Sowan*		39.38  Hong Kong (HKG)
So Chun Hong
Ng Ka Fung
Tang Yik Chun
Tsui Chi Ho
Wan Hin Chung*		39.53
4 × 400 metres relay
  India (IND)
Kunhu Muhammed
Amoj Jacob
Arokia Rajiv
Mohammad Anas
Mohan Kumar*
Sachin Roby*		3:02.92  Sri Lanka (SRI)
Tharusha Dananjaya
Kalinga Kumarage
Ajith Premakumara
Dilip Ruwan		3:04.80  Thailand (THA)
Apisit Chamsri
Nattapong Kongkraphan
Jirayu Pleenaram
Phitchaya Sunthonthuam
Vitsanu Phosri*		3:06.48
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

  • Athletes with stars competed in the heats but not the finals, and received medals.

Field

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
 Woo Sang-hyeok
 South Korea		2.30 m =PB Zhang Guowei
 China		2.28 m Majd Eddin Ghazal
 Syria		2.24 m
Pole vault
 Ding Bangchao
 China		5.65 m Masaki Ejima
 Japan		5.65 m AJR Ernest John Obiena
 Philippines		5.50 m
Long jump
 Huang Changzhou
 China		8.09 m Chan Ming Tai
 Hong Kong		8.03 m Shotaro Shiroyama
 Japan		7.97 m
Triple jump
 Zhu Yaming
 China		16.82 m Mark Harry Diones
 Philippines		16.45 m Xu Xiaolong
 China		16.45 m
Shot put
 Ali Samari
 Iran		19.80 m Tejinder Pal Singh
 India		19.77 m Ivan Ivanov
 Kazakhstan		19.41 m
Discus throw
 Ehsan Haddadi
 Iran		64.54 m Muhammad Irfan
 Malaysia		60.96 m Vikas Gowda
 India		60.81 m
Hammer throw
 Dilshod Nazarov
 Tajikistan		76.69 m Wang Shizhu
 China		73.81 m Lee Yun-chul
 South Korea		73.77 m NR
Javelin throw
 Neeraj Chopra
 India		85.23 m CR Ahmed Bader Magour
 Qatar		83.70 m Davinder Singh Kang
 India		83.29 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Decathlon
 Sutthisak Singkhon
 Thailand		7732 pts PB Kazuya Kawasaki
 Japan		7584 pts Guo Qi
 China		7495 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Track

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Viktoriya Zyabkina
 Kazakhstan		11.39[12] Olga Safronova
 Kazakhstan		11.45 Dutee Chand
 India		11.52
200 metres
 Viktoriya Zyabkina
 Kazakhstan		23.10 Rumeshika Rathnayake
 Sri Lanka		23.43 Olga Safronova
 Kazakhstan		23.47
400 metres
 Quách Thị Lan
 Vietnam		52.78[12][13] Jisna Mathew
 India		53.32 M. R. Poovamma
 India		53.36
800 metres
 Nimali Liyanarachchi
 Sri Lanka		2:05.23 Gayanthika Abeyrathne
 Sri Lanka		2:05.27 Fumika Omori
 Japan		2:06.50
1500 metres
 PU Chitra
 India		4:17.92 Geng Min
 China		4:19.15 Ayako Jinnouchi
 Japan		4:19.90
5000 metres
 Darya Maslova
 Kyrgyzstan		15:57.95 Alia Saeed Mohammed
 United Arab Emirates		15:59.95 Sanjivani Jadhav
 India		16:00.24
10,000 metres
 Darya Maslova
 Kyrgyzstan		32:21.21 Yuka Hori
 Japan		32:23.26 Mizuki Matsuda
 Japan		32:46.61
100 metres hurdles
 Jung Hye-lim
 South Korea		13.16 Ayako Kimura
 Japan		13.30 Wang Dou
 China		13.36
400 metres hurdles
 Nguyễn Thị Huyền
 Vietnam		56.14 Anu Raghavan
 India		57.22 Sayaka Aoki
 Japan		58.18
3000 metres steeplechase
 Sudha Singh
 India		9:59.47 Hyo Gyong
 North Korea		10:13.94 Nana Sato
 Japan		10:18.11
4 × 100 metres relay
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Rima Kashafutdinova
Viktoriya Zyabkina
Merjen Ishangulyyeva
Olga Safronova		43.53  China (CHN)
Sun Fengyan
Kong Lingwei
Lin Huijun
Feng Lulu		44.50  India (IND)
Merlin Joseph
Himashree Roy
Srabani Nanda
Dutee Chand		44.57
4 × 400 metres relay
  Vietnam (VIE)
Nguyễn Thị Oanh
Quách Thị Lan
Hoàng Thị Ngọc
Nguyễn Thị Huyền		3:33.22[12][13]  Japan (JPN)
Sayaka Aoki
Kana Ichikawa
Seika Aoyama
Manami Kira		3:37.74  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Svetlana Golendova
Elina Mikhina
Adelina Akhmetova
Merjen Ishangulyeva		3:37.95

Field

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
 Nadiya Dusanova
 Uzbekistan		1.84 m Yeung Man Wai
 Hong Kong
Wang Xueyi
 China
Liu Jingyi
 China		1.80 m Not awarded
Pole vault
 Chen Qiaoling
 China		4.40 m Li Ling
 China		4.20 m Chayanusa Chomchuendee
 Thailand		4.10 m
Long jump
 Bùi Thị Thu Thảo
 Vietnam		6.54 m Nellickal V. Neena
 India		6.54 m Nayana James
 India		6.42 m
Triple jump
 Mariya Ovchinnikova
 Kazakhstan		13.72 m Irina Ektova
 Kazakhstan		13.62 m N.V. Sheena
 India		13.42 m
Shot put
 Manpreet Kaur
 India		DQ (from 2016) Guo Tianqian
 China		17.91 m Aya Ota
 Japan		15.45 m
Discus throw
 Chen Yang
 China		60.41 m Subenrat Insaeng
 Thailand		56.82 m Lu Xiaoxin
 China		55.27 m
Hammer throw
 Luo Na
 China		69.92 m Liu Tingting
 China		69.45 m Hitomi Katsuyama
 Japan		60.22 m
Javelin throw
 Li Lingwei
 China		63.06 m CR Dilhani Lekamage
 Sri Lanka		58.11 m PB Annu Rani
 India		57.32 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Heptathlon
 Swapna Barman
 India		5942 pts PB Meg Hemphill
 Japan		5883 pts Purnima Hembram
 India		5798 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal count

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India (IND)*1061329
2 China (CHN)87520
3 Kazakhstan (KAZ)4217
4 Iran (IRI)4015
5 Vietnam (VIE)4004
6 South Korea (KOR)2114
7 Kuwait (KWT)2103
8 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)2013
9 Sri Lanka (SRI)1405
10 Thailand (THA)1225
11 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1113
 Philippines (PHI)1113
13 Tajikistan (TJK)1001
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
15 Japan (JPN)06814
16 Qatar (QAT)0617
17 Hong Kong (HKG)0213
18 Malaysia (MYS)0101
 North Korea (PRK)0101
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
21 Saudi Arabia (KSA)0033
22 Oman (OMN)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (23 entries)424241125

Participating nations

A total 560 athletes from 41 nations attended the event.

References

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