# 1983 Asian Athletics Championships

The fifth Asian Championships in Athletics were held in November 1983 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) | Suchart Chairsuvaparb Thailand | 10.47 | Sumet Promna Thailand | 10.52 | Mohamed Purnomo Indonesia | 10.60 |
| 200 metres (wind: -4.2 m/s) | Sumet Promna Thailand | 21.39 | Mohamed Purnomo Indonesia | 21.64 | Jang Jae-keun South Korea | 21.70 |
| 400 metres | Isidro del Prado Philippines | 46.24 | Aouf Abdulrahman Yousef Iraq | 46.74 | Mohamed Nordin Jadi Malaysia | 46.76 |
| 800 metres | Najem Abdullah Mutlaq Kuwait | 1:49.43 | Khalid Khalifa Kuwait | 1:49.97 | Wang Lung-hua Chinese Taipei | 1:49.98 |
| 1500 metres | Suresh Yadav India | 3:44.74 | Susumu Yoshida Japan | 3:45.67 | Najem Abdullah Mutlaq Kuwait | 3:45.77 |
| 5000 metres | Zhang Guowei China | 14:07.72 | Raj Kumar India | 14:22.56 | Park Kyung-Duk South Korea | 14:25.85 |
| 10,000 metres | Zhang Guowei China | 29:45.41 | Park Kyung-Duk South Korea | 30:04.89 | Mohammad Vojdanzadeh Iran | 30:20.88 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Hwang Wen-cheng [zh] Chinese Taipei | 8:54.85 | Hector Begeo Philippines | 8:55.57 | Anokh Singh India | 9:05.80 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Wu Chin-jing Chinese Taipei | 13.90 | Yu Zhicheng China | 14.16 | Ahmed Hamada Jassim Bahrain | 14.24 (NR) |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ahmed Hamada Jassim Bahrain | 49.43 | Shigenori Ohmori Japan | 50.69 | Lin Cheng-jih Chinese Taipei | 51.09 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | China Cai Jianming He Baodong Yu Zhuanghui Yuan Guoqiang | 40.16 | Thailand Prasit Boonprasert Somsak Boontud Suchart Chairsuvaparb Sumet Promna | 40.25 | South Korea Kim Yong-il Sung Nak-kun Choi Yong-joon Park Sung-jun | 40.60 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Iraq Fahim Abdul-Sada Aouf Abdulrahman Yousef Abbas Ali Lafta Heitham Nadim | 3:07.98 | India Ghulam Kibria Charanjit Singh Bajwa Pavittar Singh Rajinder Sharma | 3:11.02 | Philippines Isidro Del Prado Honesto Larce Leopoldo Arnillo Renato Unso | 3:11.09 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Chand Ram India | 1:30:14 | Zhang Fuzin China | 1:32:14 | Buta Singh India | 1:43:19 |
| High jump | Zhu Jianhua China | 2.31 | Qassim Mohammed Iraq | 2.10 | Chin Yi-Shik South Korea | 2.05 |
| Pole vault | Zhang Chen China | 5.00 | Ku Chin-shui Chinese Taipei | 4.80 | Sunder Singh Tanwar India | 4.50 |
| Long jump | Liu Yuhuang China | 7.97 | Lee Bou-chai Chinese Taipei | 7.70 | Koji Umemoto Japan | 7.60 |
| Triple jump | Mai Guoqiang China | 16.25 | Yasushi Ueta Japan | 16.10 | Park Yeong-jun South Korea | 15.80 |
| Shot put | Mohammed Al-Zinkawi Kuwait | 17.90 | Balwinder Singh India | 16.89 | Iqbal Singh India | 16.72 |
| Discus throw | Li Weinan China | 55.40 | Ajmer Singh India | 52.30 | Nejim Abdulrazak Kuwait | 51.00 |
| Hammer throw | Xie Yingqi China | 65.78 | Masayuki Kawata Japan | 65.60 | Raghubir Singh Bal India | 60.52 |
| Javelin throw | Masami Yoshida Japan | 79.50 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Japan | 70.16 | Chen Hung-yen Chinese Taipei | 68.20 |
| Decathlon | Lee Fu-an Chinese Taipei | 7641 | Ku Chin-shui Chinese Taipei | 7438 | Takeshi Kojo Japan | 7277 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s) | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 11.82 | Valapa Pinij Thailand | 12.01 | Shen Su-Feng Chinese Taipei | 12.07 |
| 200 metres (wind: -2.9 m/s) | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 24.07 | P.T. Usha India | 24.68 | Mo Myung-Hee South Korea | 24.72 |
| 400 metres | P.T. Usha India | 54.20 | Junko Yoshida Japan | 54.65 | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 55.66 |
| 800 metres | Huo Lianzhu China | 2:08.92 | Im Chun-Sil North Korea | 2:09.20 | Geng Xiuquan China | 2:10.02 |
| 1500 metres | Geng Xiuquan China | 4:30.72 | Gao Suju China | 4:31.10 | Kim Lyong-Soon North Korea | 4:31.13 |
| 3000 metres | Kim Lyong-Soon North Korea | 9:39.64 | Kim Chun-Hwa North Korea | 9:41.34 | Kim Soon-Hwa South Korea | 9:47.19 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.0 m/s) | Emi Sasaki (Akimoto) Japan | 13.63 | Liu Huajin China | 13.82 | Lin Yueh-Hsiang Chinese Taipei | 14.04 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yoko Sato Japan | 59.89 | Chizuko Akimoto Japan | 59.95 | Agrifina de la Cruz Philippines | 61.26 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Thailand Jaree Patarach Sarinee Phenglaor Walapa Pinij Wanna Popirom | 46.12 | Chinese Taipei Shen Su-feng Lin Ruei-er Jen Yui-chu Lin Li-shui | 46.42 | Japan Arisa Aman [ja] Chizuko Akimoto Junko Yoshida Emi Akimoto-Sasaki | 46.47 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Thailand Ratjai Sripet Walapa Tangjitnusorn Usa Chanaphani Reim Sriteingtrong | 3:48.62 | Chinese Taipei Shen Su-feng Lin Ruei-er Jen Yui-chu Lin Li-shui | 3:58.52 | Jordan Khadija Al-Matari Wannas Abu Kartoumah Faten Al-Omari Amneh Odeh Mershed | 4:17.41 |
| High jump | Zheng Dazhen China | 1.84 | Ge Ping China | 1.84 | Kim Hee-sun South Korea | 1.81 |
| Long jump | Liao Wenfen China | 6.21 | Elma Muros Philippines | 6.09 | Huang Donghuo China | 6.08 |
| Shot put | Lu Cheng China | 17.38 | So Bok-Hui North Korea | 14.61 | Woo Kyon-Sun South Korea | 14.12 |
| Discus throw | Jiao Yunxiang China | 53.00 | Chun Hwa-Kyung South Korea | 47.20 | Jeanette Ayoub Lebanon | 37.06 |
| Javelin throw | Xin Xiaoli China | 53.48 | Lee Huei-Cheng Chinese Taipei | 42.48 | – | – |
| Heptathlon | Hisako Hashimoto Japan | 5486 | Ye Lianying China | 5394 | Chen Jin-Yun Chinese Taipei | 5075 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 16 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Philippines (PHI) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Iran (IRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 38 | 38 | 37 | 113 |