# 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Pattaya, Thailand, between 10 and 12 February. This was the first edition to be hosted in the country. A total of 24 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 26 track and field events.
Kazakhstan topped the medal table with seven golds. China was second with six golds while Japan finished third with four golds.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m | Gong Wei China | 6.64 CR | Wachara Sondee Thailand | 6.65 NR | Vyacheslav Muravyev Kazakhstan | 6.67 |
| 400 m | Mohammed Al-Rawahi Oman | 47.90 CR, NR | Jukkatip Pojaroen Thailand | 48.62 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan | 48.65 |
| 800 m | Salem Amer Al-Badri Qatar | 1:50.93 | Adam Ali Qatar | 1:51.29 | Ghamanda Ram India | 1:51.45 |
| 1500 m | Daham Najim Bashir Qatar | 3:44.04 CR | Saleh Marzouk Bahrain | 3:46.29 | Pritam Bind India | 3:47.23 |
| 3000 m | Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar | 7:39.77 AR | Tareq Mubarak Taher Bahrain | 7:49.84 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Bahrain | 7:50.10 |
| 60 m hurdles | Liu Lilu China | 7.79 | Chen Ming China | 7.84 | Mohd Faiz Mohamed Malaysia | 7.91 NR |
| 4x400 m relay | Thailand Jukkatip Pojaroen Banjong Lachua Tulapong Sutaso Supachai Phachsay | 3:15.53 CR | None awarded | | None awarded | |
| High jump | Naoyuki Daigo Japan | 2.17 | Salem Nasser Bahrain | 2.13 | Huang Haiqiang China | 2.13 |
| Pole vault | Daichi Sawano Japan | 5.60 CR | Yang Yansheng China | 5.40 | Aleksandr Akhmedov Kazakhstan | 5.30 |
| Long jump | Zhang Xin China | 7.76 | Daisuke Arakawa Japan | 7.75 | Saleh Al-Haddad Kuwait | 7.52 |
| Triple jump | Roman Valiyev Kazakhstan | 16.24 | Mohammad Hazouri Syria | 16.20 | Yevgeniy Ektov Kazakhstan | 15.93 |
| Shot put | Sarayudh Pinitjit Thailand | 17.49 NR | Mashari Mohammad Kuwait | 17.29 | Sergey Rubtsov Kazakhstan | 16.89 |
| Heptathlon | Pavel Dubitskiy Kazakhstan | 5619 pts CR | Hsiao Szu-pin Chinese Taipei | 5563 pts NR | Pavel Andreev Uzbekistan | 5421 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m | Nongnuch Sanrat Thailand | 7.48 | Sangwan Jaksunin Thailand | 7.54 | Orranut Klomdee Thailand | 7.59 |
| 400 m | Anna Gavriushenko Kazakhstan | 54.89 | Saowalee Kaewchuay Thailand | 55.15 | Marina Ivanova Kazakhstan | 57.26 |
| 800 m | Zamira Amirova Uzbekistan | 2:07.01 CR | Sinimol Paulose India | 2:07.39 | Viktoriya Yalovtseva Kazakhstan | 2:08.92 |
| 1500 m | Sinimol Paulose India | 4:18.29 CR | O. P. Jaisha India | 4:18.50 | Svetlana Lukasheva Kazakhstan | 4:19.50 |
| 3000 m | Zhu Xiaolin China | 9:25.60 CR | Sun Weiwei China | 9:25.69 | O. P. Jaisha India | 9:26.72 |
| 60 m hurdles | Zhang Rong China | 8.40 | Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan | 8.49 | Dedeh Erawati Indonesia | 8.54 |
| 4x400 m relay | Kazakhstan Svetlana Lukasheva Marina Ivanova Viktoriya Yalovtseva Anna Gavriushenko | 3:41.39 CR | Thailand Yuangjan Panthakarn Saowalee Kaewchuay Sunantha Kinnareewong Wassana Winatho | 3:42.28 | India Korda Maridula Sinimol Paulose Rupinder Kaur C. Bhubneshwari | 3:53.24 |
| High jump | Marina Aitova Kazakhstan | 1.93 CR | Tatyana Efimenko Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 | Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistan | 1.91 |
| Pole vault | Ikuko Nishikori Japan | 4.20 =CR | Mami Nakano Japan | 4.10 | Sun Lei China | 4.00 |
| Long jump | Maho Hanaoka Japan | 6.40 CR | Anju Bobby George India | 6.32 | Olesya Belyayeva Kazakhstan | 6.29 |
| Triple jump | Yelena Parfenova Kazakhstan | 13.91 CR | Olesya Belyayeva Kazakhstan | 13.33 | Thitima Muangjan Thailand | 12.64 |
| Shot put | Qian Chunhua China | 17.12 | Juttaporn Krasaeyan Thailand | 15.34 | Hamida Al-Habsi Oman | 9.87 |
| Pentathlon | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan | 4582 pts AR | Liu Haili China | 4220 pts | Wassana Winatho Thailand | 4168 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 table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | China | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | India | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Oman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 76 |

## Participating nations

A total of 25 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2006 championships.
* Bahrain (5)
* Cambodia (5)
* China (19)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Hong Kong (5)
* India (11)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iraq (2)
* Japan (12)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (18)
* Kuwait (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (5)
* Lebanon (3)
* Malaysia (9)
* Maldives (2)
* Oman (2)
* Pakistan (2)
* Qatar (6)
* Singapore (6)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (46)
* Uzbekistan (6)