# Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games – Results

These are the results of the athletics competition at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games which took place from October 28 to October 30, 2003 in Hyderabad, India.

## Men's results
### 100 meters

October 30 Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Olusoji Fasuba | Nigeria | 10.15 |
| | Tamunosiki Atorudibo | Nigeria | 10.20 |
| | Shingo Suetsugu | Japan | 10.36 |
| 4 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 10.46 |
| 5 | Chen Haijian | China | 10.52 |
| 6 | Chinnain Thirugnanadurai | India | 10.75 |
| | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | DNS |
| | Oumar Loum | Senegal | DNS |

### 200 meters

October 29 Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.57 |
| | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.81 |
| | Oumar Loum | Senegal | 20.99 |
| 4 | Yang Yaozu | China | 21.17 |
| 5 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.21 |
| 6 | Bolaji Lawal | Nigeria | 21.22 |
| 7 | Piyush Kumar | India | 21.39 |
| 8 | Siapade Marius Loua | Ivory Coast | 21.50 |

### 400 meters

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 45.04 |
| | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.44 |
| | Sugath Thilakaratne | Sri Lanka | 45.99 |
| 4 | Manoj Lal | India | 46.18 |
| 5 | Denis Rypakov | Kazakhstan | 47.04 |
| 6 | Purukottam Ramchandran | India | 47.05 |
| 7 | Lloyd Zvasiya | Zimbabwe | 48.81 |
| | Vincent Mumo | Kenya | DNF |

### 800 meters

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:46.92 |
| | Peter Roko Ashak | Sudan | 1:47.48 |
| | Samuel Mwera | Tanzania | 1:47.98 |
| 4 | Ghamanda Ram | India | 1:48.56 |
| 5 | Sasidharan Punnakkatuseary | India | 1:50.16 |
| 6 | John Lozada | Philippines | 1:50.18 |

### 1500 meters

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Abdalla Abdelgadir | Sudan | 3:40.17 |
| | Peter Roko Ashak | Sudan | 3:40.21 |
| | Benjamin Kipkurui | Kenya | 3:40.65 |
| 4 | Daniel Zegeye | Ethiopia | 3:44.74 |
| 5 | Chaminda Indika Wijekoon | Sri Lanka | 3:51.66 |
| 6 | Sunil Jayaweera | Sri Lanka | 3:53.42 |
| 7 | Gulab Chand | India | 3:53.90 |
| 8 | Sunil Kumar | India | 3:57.92 |

### 5000 meters

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Hailu Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 13:49.08 |
| | Markos Geneti | Ethiopia | 13:49.61 |
| | Dennis Keter | Kenya | 13:50.41 |
| 4 | John Yuda Msuri | Tanzania | 13:54.30 |
| 5 | Aman Saini | India | 14:13.38 |
| | Gulab Chand | India | DNF |

### 10,000 meters

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 27:48.40 |
| | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 28:08.79 |
| | Boniface Toroitich Kiprop | Uganda | 28:12.67 |
| 4 | Dejene Berhanu | Ethiopia | 28:37.57 |
| 5 | Aman Saini | India | 32:00.72 |
| 6 | Shivanada Nandhombal | India | 32:55.31 |

### 110 meters hurdles

October 30 Wind: -2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Todd Matthews-Jouda | Sudan | 13.68 |
| | Masato Naito | Japan | 13.71 |
| | Park Tae-Kyong | South Korea | 13.83 |
| 4 | Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja | Madagascar | 13.94 |
| 5 | Cao Jing | China | 14.01 |
| 6 | Naunidh Sekhun | India | 14.26 |
| 7 | Dienma Afiesimama | Nigeria | 14.37 |
| 8 | Félou Doudou Sow | Senegal | 14.39 |

### 400 meters hurdles

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 49.66 |
| | Ibou Faye | Senegal | 50.08 |
| | Osita Okagu | Nigeria | 50.87 |
| 4 | Vara Prasad Reddy Pureddy | India | 51.31 |
| 5 | Apisit Kuttiyawan | Thailand | 51.36 |
| 6 | Oumar Diarra | Mali | 52.04 |
| 7 | Lensley Juhel | Mauritius | 53.78 |
| 8 | Kanwar Rackesh Rockey | India | 53.91 |

### 3000 meters steeplechase

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | John Kemboi | Kenya | 8:56.43 |
| | Arun D'Souza | India | 9:05.97 |
| | Joel Chelimo | Kenya | 9:24.08 |
| 4 | Gunarahtna Santha | Sri Lanka | 9:53.87 |
| | Tewodros Shiferaw | Ethiopia | DNF |
| | Jha Ranjan | India | DNS |

### 4 × 100 meters relay

October 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Africa | Olusoji Fasuba, Tamunosiki Atorudibo, Saul Weigopwa, Frankie Fredericks | 39.07 |
| | Senegal | Abdou Demba Lam, Malang Sané, Jaques Sambou, Oumar Loum | 39.58 |
| | India | Amit Saha, Chinnain Thirugnanadurai, Piyush Kumar, Sanjay Ghosh | 39.64 |
| 4 | Thailand | | 39.85 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | | 40.41 |
| 6 | Oman | | 41.30 |

### 4 × 400 meters relay

October 30
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Africa | Ezra Sambu, Osita Okagu, Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, Ismail Ahmed Ismail | 3:04.61 |
| | Nigeria | Abayomi Agunbiade, Saul Weigopwa, James Godday, Bolaji Lawal | 3:05.09 |
| | Zimbabwe | Crispen Mutakanyi, Temba Ncube, Talkmore Nyongani, Jeffrey Wilson | 3:05.35 |
| 4 | India | Purukottam Ramchandran, Manoj Lal, Satbir Singh, Bhupinder Singh | 3:05.76 |
| 5 | Thailand | | 3:06.94 |
| 6 | Philippines | Ernie Candelario, Jimar Aing, R. Marfil, R. Taniuan | 3:07.78 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | B. Pushpakumara, D.D. Neclaka, H.N Bandara, Manoj Pushpakumara | 3:10.78 |
| | Senegal | | DNS |

### 10,000 meters walk

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Moussa Aouanouk | Algeria | 43:33.58 |
| | Sitaram Basat | India | 45:09.40 |
| | Sakchai Samutkao | Thailand | 45:54.04 |
| 4 | Mohd Sharrulhaizy Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | 47:30.82 |
| 5 | Kazeem Adeyemi | Nigeria | 50:20.23 |
| 6 | Oluwole Odunuga | Nigeria | 50:25.42 |
| | Gurdev Singh | India | DNF |
| | Rezki Yahi | Algeria | DNF |

### High jump

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Cui Kai | China | 2.18 |
| | Samson Idiata | Nigeria | 2.15 |
| | Jude Sidonie | Seychelles | 2.10 |
| 4 | Obiora Arinze | Nigeria | 2.05 |
| 5 | Khemraj Naiko | Mauritius | 2.05 |
| 6 | Hari Shankar Roy | India | 2.05 |
| 7 | Wang Zhouzhou | China | 2.00 |

### Pole vault

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Grigoriy Yegorov | Kazakhstan | 5.25 |
| | Karim Sène | Senegal | 5.05 |
| | Rafik Mefti | Algeria | 4.95 |
| 4 | Yang Mu-hui | Chinese Taipei | 4.85 |
| 5 | Jitender Kumar | India | 4.85 |
| | Jannie Botha | South Africa | NM |
| | Fanie Jacobs | South Africa | NM |

### Long jump

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Nabil Adamou | Algeria | 7.93 |
| | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Senegal | 7.86 |
| | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | South Africa | 7.76 |
| 4 | Zhou Can | China | 7.49 |
| 5 | Sanjay Kumar Rai | India | 7.42 |
| 6 | Wayne Peppin | India | 7.29 |
| 7 | Olivier Sanou | Burkina Faso | 7.11 |

### Triple jump

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Takashi Komatsu | Japan | 16.65 |
| | Olivier Sanou | Burkina Faso | 16.16 |
| | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | South Africa | 15.92 |
| 4 | Wu Ji | China | 15.76 |
| 5 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Senegal | 15.61 |
| 6 | Lee Kang-min | South Korea | 15.52 |
| 7 | Amajeet Singh | India | 15.43 |
| 8 | Dominic Ekwemu | Nigeria | 15.43 |

### Shot put

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Shakti Singh | India | 19.05 |
| | Burger Lambrechts | South Africa | 18.97 |
| | Navpreet Singh | India | 18.81 |
| 4 | Bahadur Singh | India | 18.68 |
| 5 | Chima Ugwu | Nigeria | 18.42 |
| 6 | Satoshi Hatase | Japan | 16.76 |
| 7 | Yasser Ibrahim Farag | Egypt | 16.65 |
| 8 | Victor Omogberale | Nigeria | 16.63 |

### Discus throw

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Anil Kumar | India | 60.68 |
| | Chima Ugwu | Nigeria | 59.87 |
| | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly | Egypt | 59.77 |
| 4 | Johannes van Wyk | South Africa | 57.96 |
| 5 | Walid Boudaoui | Algeria | 51.77 |
| | Gursewak Singh | India | DNS |

### Hammer throw

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Chris Harmse | South Africa | 75.67 |
| | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan | 69.72 |
| | Samir Haouam | Algeria | 69.37 |
| 4 | Viktor Ustinov | Uzbekistan | 66.41 |
| 5 | Ahmed Abderraouf | Egypt | 66.15 |
| 6 | Pramod Kumar Tiwari | India | 64.61 |
| 7 | Rakesh Rakesh | India | 64.22 |
| | Mohsen El Anany | Egypt | DNS |

### Javelin throw

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Gerhardus Pienaar | South Africa | 84.50 |
| | Li Rongxiang | China | 79.01 |
| | Jagdish Bishnoi | India | 75.34 |
| 4 | Brian Erasmus | South Africa | 75.23 |
| 5 | Park Jae-Myong | South Korea | 73.10 |
| 6 | Willie Human | South Africa | 70.28 |
| 7 | Jannie Botha | South Africa | 59.11 |

## Women's results
### 100 meters

October 30 Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 11.45 |
| | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 11.49 |
| | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 11.49 |
| 4 | Geraldine Pillay | South Africa | 11.60 |
| 5 | Saraswati Saha | India | 11.68 |
| 6 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | 11.74 |
| 7 | Qin Wangping | China | 12.17 |
| | Emem Edem | Nigeria | DQ |

### 200 meters

October 29 Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | 23.37 |
| | Saraswati Saha | India | 23.43 |
| | Geraldine Pillay | South Africa | 23.48 |
| 4 | Estie Wittstock | South Africa | 23.59 |
| 5 | Louise Ayétotché | Ivory Coast | 23.71 |
| 6 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 23.77 |
| 7 | Chen Lisha | China | 24.04 |
| | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | DNS |

### 400 meters

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Estie Wittstock | South Africa | 52.09 |
| | Doris Jacob | Nigeria | 53.08 |
| | Wassana Winatho | Thailand | 53.88 |
| 4 | Tatyana Roslanova | Kazakhstan | 53.89 |
| 5 | Jincy Phillip | India | 54.95 |
| | Svetlana Bodritskaya | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Glory Nwosu | Nigeria | DQ |
| | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | DNS |

### 800 meters

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:01.68 |
| | Wang Yuanping | China | 2:04.36 |
| | Berhane Herpassa | Ethiopia | 2:05.31 |
| 4 | Grace Ebor | Nigeria | 2:07.10 |
| 5 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 2:07.23 |
| 6 | Madhuri Singh | India | 2:07.51 |
| 7 | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 2:09.00 |
| 8 | Tomoko Matsushima | Japan | 2:11.33 |

### 1500 meters

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Berhane Herpassa | Ethiopia | 4:17.36 |
| | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 4:18.14 |
| | Madhuri Singh | India | 4:22.32 |
| 4 | Sunita Rani | India | 4:22.60 |
| 5 | Liu Xiaoping | China | 4:24.08 |
| 6 | Svetlana Lukasheva | Kazakhstan | 4:26.31 |
| | Lwiza John | Tanzania | DNF |

### 5000 meters

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 15:47.69 |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 15:48.21 |
| | Dorcus Inzikuru | Uganda | 16:33.71 |
| 4 | Madhuri Gurunule | India | 17:42.30 |
| 5 | Aruna Devi Laishram | India | 17:52.72 |
| | Pushpa Devi | India | DNS |
| | Sujeewa Nilmini Jayasena | Sri Lanka | DNS |

### 10,000 meters

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ejegayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia | 33:01.12 |
| | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 33:20.19 |
| | Sujeewa Jayasena | Sri Lanka | 35:53.45 |
| 4 | Aruna Devi Laishram | India | 37:56.82 |
| 5 | Pushpa Devi | India | 38:08.74 |

### 100 meters hurdles

October 29 Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Angela Atede | Nigeria | 13.18 |
| | Feng Yun | China | 13.20 |
| | Damaris Agbugba | Nigeria | 13.21 |
| 4 | Christy Akinremi | Nigeria | 13.49 |
| 5 | Su Yiping | China | 13.66 |
| 6 | Maria-Joëlle Conjungo | Central African Republic | 13.94 |
| 7 | Priya Kadayamnatrajan | India | 14.36 |
| | J. J. Shobha | India | DNF |

### 400 meters hurdles

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 55.81 |
| | Yao Yuehua | China | 56.29 |
| | Wassana Winatho | Thailand | 57.09 |
| 4 | Aïssata Soulama | Burkina Faso | 57.99 |
| 5 | Kate Chiwedu Obilor | Nigeria | 57.99 |
| 6 | Carole Kaboud Mebam | Cameroon | 58.47 |
| 7 | Chithra Chithu | India | 1:01.37 |
| | Gnima Faye | Senegal | DNS |

### 4 × 100 meters relay

October 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | Africa I | Geraldine Pillay, Endurance Ojokolo, Chinedu Odozor, Emem Edem | 43.75 | |
| | Africa II | Amandine Allou Affoue, Angela Atede, Louise Ayétotché, Delphine Atangana | 43.86 | |
| | Thailand | Sangwan Jaksunin, Jutamass Tawoncharoen, Pacharin Jandang, Sujirat Sukha | 43.90 | NR |
| 4 | India | K.M. Greeshma, Rakhi Saha, Poonam Tomar, Saraswati Saha | 44.86 | |
| 5 | Nigeria | | 45.09 | |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | | 45.16 | |
| 7 | Senegal | | 46.09 | |

### 4 × 400 meters relay

October 30
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Africa I | Doris Jacob, Glory Nwosu, Estie Wittstock, Ngozi Nwokocha | 3:29.75 |
| | Africa II | Louise Ayétotché, Joy Eze, Kate Chiwedu Obilor, Lwiza Msyani John | 3:32.16 |
| | Kazakhstan | Natalya Torshina, Svetlana Bodritskaya, Tatyana Roslanova, Olga Tereshkova | 3:32.41 |
| 4 | India | Pinki Parmanik, Kalpana Reddy, Sathi Geetha, Jincy Phillip | 3:33.78 |
| 5 | Thailand | | 3:38.36 |

### 10,000 meters walk

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Bahia Boussad | Algeria | 51:23.70 |
| | Jasmine Kaur | India | 51:36.60 |
| | Estle Viljoen | South Africa | 52:01.30 |
| 4 | Geetha Nandani Gallage | Sri Lanka | 52:58.80 |
| 5 | Amsale Yakob | Ethiopia | 53:07.50 |
| 6 | Raveena Antil | India | 54:43.90 |
| 7 | Yumnam Bala Devi | India | 56:07.10 |

### High jump

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Marina Aitova | Kazakhstan | 1.88 |
| | Bobby Aloysius | India | 1.88 |
| | Marizca Gertenbach | South Africa | 1.75 |
| 4 | Amina Lemgherbi | Algeria | 1.70 |
| 5 | Anika Smit | South Africa | 1.70 |
| 6 | Sahana Kumari | India | 1.70 |
| 7 | Nneka Ukuh | Nigeria | 1.70 |

### Pole vault

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Zhang Na | China | 4.10 |
| | Annelie van Wyk | South Africa | 4.00 |
| | Qin Xia | China | 3.90 |
| 4 | Samantha Dodd | South Africa | 3.80 |
| 5 | Chang Ko-hsin | Chinese Taipei | 3.80 |
| 6 | Sureka Vazhalipillisur | India | 3.20 |
| 7 | Karamjeet Kaur | India | 3.20 |
| | Margaretha Du Plessis | South Africa | NM |

### Long jump

October 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Anju Bobby George | India | 6.53 |
| | Lerma Gabito | Philippines | 6.30 |
| | Esther Aghatise | Nigeria | 6.30 |
| 4 | Kadiatou Camara | Mali | 6.30 |
| 5 | Marestella Torres | Philippines | 6.29 |
| 6 | Grace Umelo | Nigeria | 6.14 |
| | Chinedu Odozor | Nigeria | DNS |
| | Liang Shuyan | China | DNS |

### Triple jump

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Huang Qiuyan | China | 13.50 |
| | Tatyana Bocharova | Kazakhstan | 13.34 |
| | Salamatu Alimi | Nigeria | 13.00 |
| 4 | Zhang Hao | China | 12.85 |
| 5 | Linda Osifo | Nigeria | 12.75 |
| 6 | Nkechi Mbaoma | Nigeria | 12.52 |
| | Anju Bobby George | India | DQ |

### Shot put

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Li Meiju | China | 17.61 |
| | Li Fengfeng | China | 17.21 |
| | Juthaporn Krasaeyan | Thailand | 16.63 |
| 4 | Veronica Abrahamse | South Africa | 16.60 |
| 5 | N. Latha | India | 14.93 |
| 6 | Miriam Ibekwe | Nigeria | 14.78 |
| 7 | Alifatou Djibril | Togo | 14.73 |
| 8 | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi | Egypt | 14.66 |
| | Hiba Mecilhi | Egypt | DNS |

### Discus throw

October 30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Neelam Jaswant Singh | India | 61.94 |
| | Li Yanfeng | China | 60.42 |
| | Song Aimin | China | 58.41 |
| 4 | Elizna Naudé | South Africa | 56.93 |
| 5 | Harwant Kaur | India | 53.36 |
| 6 | Anne Otutu | Nigeria | 53.36 |
| 7 | Alifatou Djibril | Togo | 52.00 |
| 8 | Hiba Mecilhi | Egypt | 50.86 |
| 9 | Won Sun-Mi | South Korea | 45.71 |

### Hammer throw

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Liu Yinghui | China | 68.03 |
| | Zhao Wei | China | 65.22 |
| | Marwa Hussein | Egypt | 60.60 |
| 4 | Hardeep Kaur | India | 58.11 |
| 5 | Olufunke Adeoye | Nigeria | 56.07 |
| 6 | Ritu Rani | India | 49.93 |
| 7 | Doris Ange Ratsimbazafy | Madagascar | 48.69 |

### Javelin throw

October 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 55.49 |
| | Gurmeet Kaur | India | 53.37 |
| | Ha Xiaoyan | China | 51.96 |
| 4 | Sorochukwu Ihuefo | Nigeria | 51.50 |
| 5 | Cecilia Kiplangat | Kenya | 51.43 |
| 6 | Anne Maheshi De Silva | Sri Lanka | 51.38 |
| 7 | Chang Jung-yeon | South Korea | 51.19 |
| 8 | Lindy Leveaux | Seychelles | 49.41 |

### Heptathlon

October 28–29
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| | J. J. Shobha | India | 13.76 | 1.63 | 11.93 | 24.01 | 6.23 | 43.36 | 2:20.95 | 5884 |
| | Justine Robbeson | South Africa | 14.03 | 1.69 | 11.69 | 25.02 | 5.63 | 51.42 | 2:36.02 | 5587 |
| | Soma Biswas | India | 14.19 | 1.63 | 10.83 | 24.90 | 5.97 | 41.22 | 2:21.86 | 5532 |
| 4 | Pramila Ganapathy | India | 14.52 | 1.72 | 11.35 | 25.28 | 5.84 | 38.46 | 2:22.91 | 5487 |
| 5 | Watchaporan Masim | Thailand | 14.70 | 1.66 | 10.75 | 27.15 | 5.27 | 38.40 | 2:58.60 | 4615 |
| 6 | Yuliya Tarasova | Uzbekistan | 15.87 | 1.51 | 10.70 | 26.89 | 5.29 | 33.16 | 2:45.08 | 4351 |
| | Patience Okoro | Nigeria | 14.52 | 1.63 | 12.25 | 25.87 | DNS | – | – | DNF |
| | Sarah Bouaoudia | Algeria | 14.57 | 1.66 | 9.37 | 25.36 | DNS | – | – | DNF |