# 2023 Asian Athletics Championships

The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships was the 25th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 12 to 16 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the first time that Thailand hosted this event since 1973. Held at the Supachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, it also served as a qualification stage for athletes to participate at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The previous edition that should have been held in Hangzhou, China, in May 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Venue

The 24th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships was held at Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Thailand)
| Rank | teams | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | China | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Thailand* | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Hiroki Yanagita Japan | 10.02 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed Saudi Arabia | 10.19 | Hassan Taftian Iran | 10.23 |
| 200 metres details | Towa Uzawa Japan | 20.23 CR | Yang Chun-Han Chinese Taipei | 20.48 | Koki Ueyama Japan | 20.53 |
| 400 metres details | Kentaro Sato Japan | 45.00 | Fuga Sato Japan | 45.13 | Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi Arabia | 45.19 |
| 800 metres details | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Qatar | 1:45.33 | Krishan Kumar India | 1:45.88 | Ebrahim Alzofairi Kuwait | 1:46.11 |
| 1500 metres details | Ajay Kumar Saroj India | 3:41.51 | Yusuke Takahashi Japan | 3:42.04 | Liu Dezhu China | 3:42.30 |
| 5000 metres details | Hyuga Endo Japan | 13:34.94 | Kazuya Shiojiri Japan | 13:43.92 | Gulveer Singh India | 13:48.33 |
| 10,000 metres details | Ren Tazawa Japan | 29:18.44 | Shadrack Kimutai Koech Kazakhstan | 29:31.63 | Abhishek Pal India | 29:33.26 |
| 110 metres hurles details | Shunya Takayama Japan | 13.29 | Xu Zhuoyi China | 13.39 | Yaqoub Alyouha Kuwait | 13.56 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Bassem Hemeida Qatar | 48.64 | Yusaku Kodama Japan | 48.96 | Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan India | 49.09 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Ryoma Aoki Japan | 8:34.91 | Yaser Salem Bagharab Qatar | 8:37.11 | Seiya Sunada Japan | 8:39.17 |
| 4×100 metres relay details | Thailand Natawat Iamudom Soraoat Dapbang Chayut Khongprasit Puripol Boonson | 38.55 CR NR | China Wu Zhiqiang Xie Zhenye Chen Jiapeng Chen Guanfeng | 38.87 | South Korea Simon Lee Ko Seung-hwan Shin Min-kyu Park Won-jin | 38.99 |
| 4×400 metres relay details | Sri Lanka Aruna Dharshana Rajitha Niranjan Pabasara Niku Kalinga Kumarage Pasindu Kodikara* | 3:01.56 CR NR | India Amoj Jacob Muhammed Variyathodi Mijo Kurian Rajesh Ramesh Rahul Kadam* Nihal William* | 3:01.80 | Qatar Bassem Hemeida Abubaker Abdalla Ismail Abakar Ashraf Osman Abdirahman Hassan* Doudai Oumar* | 3:04.26 SB |
| 20 km racewalk details | Yutaro Murayama Japan | 1:24:40 | Wang Kaihua China | 1:25:29 | Vikash Singh India | 1:29:32 |
| High jump details | Woo Sanghyeok South Korea | 2.28 m | Sarvesh Anil Kushare India | 2.26 m | Tawan Kaeodam Thailand | 2.26 m |
| Pole vault details | Ernest John Obiena Philippines | 5.91 m CR | Hussain Asim Alhizam Saudi Arabia | 5.56 m | Huang Bokai China | 5.51 m |
| Long jump details | Lin Yu-tang Chinese Taipei | 8.40 m CR | Murali Sreeshankar India | 8.37 m | Zhang Mingkun China | 8.08 m |
| Triple jump details | Abdulla Aboobacker India | 16.92 m | Hikaru Ikehata Japan | 16.73 m | Kim Jang-woo South Korea | 16.59 m |
| Shot put details | Tajinderpal Singh Toor India | 20.23 m | Mehdi Saberi Iran | 19.98 m | Ivan Ivanov Kazakhstan | 19.87 m |
| Discus throw details | Abuduaini Tuergong China | 61.19 m | Eissa Zankawi Kuwait | 60.23 m | Muhammad Irfan Bin Shamshuddin Malaysia | 59.63 m |
| Hammer throw details | Wang Qi China | 72.13 m | Sukhrob Khodjaev Uzbekistan | 71.83 m | Shota Fukuda Japan | 71.80 m |
| Javelin throw details | Genki Dean Japan | 83.15 m | Manu Devarakeshavi Prakasha India | 81.01 m | Muhammad Yasir Pakistan | 79.93 m |
| Decathlon details | Yuma Maruyama Japan | 7745 | Sutthisak Singkhon Thailand | 7626 | Tejaswin Shankar India | 7527 |
* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Shanti Pereira Singapore | 11.20 NR | Farzaneh Fasihi Iran | 11.39 | Ge Manqi China | 11.40 |
| 200 metres details | Shanti Pereira Singapore | 22.70 CR | Jyothi Yarraji India | 23.13 | Li Yuting China | 23.25 |
| 400 metres details | Nadeesha Ramanayaka Sri Lanka | 52.61 PB | Aishwarya Kailash Mishra India | 53.07 | Haruna Kuboyama Japan | 53.80 |
| 800 metres details | Tharushi Karunarathna Sri Lanka | 2:00.66 CR NR | K.M. Chanda India | 2:01.58 | Gayanthika Artigala Sri Lanka | 2:03.25 |
| 1500 metres details | Nozomi Tanaka Japan | 4:06.75 CR | Yume Goto Japan | 4:13.25 | Gayanthika Artigala Sri Lanka | 4:14.39 |
| 5000 metres details | Yuma Yamamoto Japan | 15:51.16 | Parul Chaudhary India | 15:52.35 | Ankita India | 16:03.33 |
| 10,000 metres details | Haruka Kokai Japan | 32:59.36 | Momoka Kawaguchi Japan | 33:18.72 | Bayartsogt Munkhzaya Mongolia | 33:24.79 NR |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Jyothi Yarraji India | 13.08 | Asuka Terada Japan | 13.13 | Masumi Aoki Japan | 13.26 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Robyn Lauren Brown Philippines | 57.50 | Eri Utsunomiya Japan | 57.73 | Ami Yamamoto Japan | 57.80 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Parul Chaudhary India | 9:38.76 | Xu Shuangshuang China | 9:44.54 | Reimi Yoshimura Japan | 9:48.48 |
| 4×100 metres relay details | China Liang Xiaojing Wei Yongli Yuan Qiqi Ge Manqi | 43.35 | Japan Miu Kurashige Arisa Kimishima Remi Tsuruta Midori Mikase | 43.95 | Thailand Supawan Thipat Supanich Poolkerd On-Uma Chattha Athicha Phetkun | 44.56 |
| 4×400 metres relay details | Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Ngoc Hoàng Thị Minh Hành Nguyễn Thị Huyền Nguyễn Thị Hằng | 3:32.36 | Sri Lanka Nadeesha Ramanayaka Lakshima Mendis Nishendra Harshani Fernando Tharushi Dissanayaka | 3:33.27 NR | India Rezoana Mallick Heena Aishwarya Kailash Mishra Jyothika Sri Dandi Subha Venkatesan | 3:33.73 |
| 20 km racewalk details | Yang Liujing China | 1:32:37 | Priyanka Goswami India | 1:34:24 | Yukiko Umeno Japan | 1:36:17 |
| High jump details | Kristina Ovchinnikova Kazakhstan | 1.86 m | Yelizaveta Matveyeva Kazakhstan | 1.86 m | Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistan | 1.83 m |
| Pole vault details | Li Ling China | 4.66 m =CR | Niu Chunge China | 4.51 m | Chayanisa Chomchuendee Thailand | 4.10 m |
| Long jump details | Sumire Hata Japan | 6.97 m CR, NR | Shaili Singh India | 6.54 m | Zhong Jiawei China | 6.46 m |
| Triple jump details | Mariko Morimoto Japan | 14.06 m | Zeng Rui China | 14.01 m | Nguyễn Thị Hường Vietnam | 13.68 m |
| Shot put details | Song Jiayuan China | 18.88 m | Abha Khatua India | 18.06 m | Manpreet Kaur India | 17.00 m |
| Discus throw details | Feng Bin China | 66.42 m CR | Wang Fang [de] China | 58.49 m | Subenrat Insaeng Thailand | 55.80 m |
| Hammer throw details | Zhao Jie China | 69.39 m | Joy McArthur Japan | 66.56 m | Raika Murakami Japan | 64.17 m |
| Javelin throw details | Marina Saito Japan | 61.67 m | Liu Shiying China | 61.51 m | Dilhani Lekamge Sri Lanka | 60.93 m NR |
| Heptathlon details | Ekaterina Voronina Uzbekistan | 6098 | Swapna Barman India | 5840 | Yuki Yamasaki Japan | 5696 |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×400 metres relay details | India Rajesh Ramesh Aishwarya Kailash Mishra Amoj Jacob Subha Venkatesan | 3:14.70 CR | Sri Lanka Aruna Dharshana Tharushi Dissanayaka Kalinga Kumarage Nadeesha Ramanayaka | 3:15.41 NR | Japan Kenki Imaizumi Haruna Kuboyama Fuga Sato Nanako Matsumoto | 3:15.71 |

## Participating nations

A total of 42 countries participated.
* India (51)
* Afghanistan (2)
* Bangladesh (5)
* Bhutan (1)
* Cambodia (3)
* China (45)
* Chinese Taipei (30)
* Hong Kong (33)
* Indonesia (16)
* Iran (10)
* Iraq (6)
* Japan (74)
* Jordan (5)
* Kazakhstan (30)
* Kuwait (4)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Laos (6)
* Lebanon (4)
* Macau (5)
* Malaysia (27)
* Maldives (13)
* Mongolia (4)
* Myanmar (2)
* Nepal (8)
* Oman (13)
* Pakistan (3)
* Palestine (4)
* Philippines (21)
* Qatar (16)
* Saudi Arabia (15)
* Singapore (15)
* South Korea (19)
* Sri Lanka (13)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (62)
* Timor-Leste (2)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* Uzbekistan (25)
* Vietnam (19)
* Yemen (2)