# 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

The 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 13th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 12 to 15 July at the Madya Stadium in Jakarta. It was the third occasion that the Indonesian capital had hosted the event, following the inaugural edition in 1986 and the fifth hosting in 1994. A total of 44 events were contested, which were divided equally between male and female athletes.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lai Chun Ho (HKG) | 10.43 | Shehan Abeypitiyage (SRI) | 10.55 | Tsui Chi Ho (HKG) | 10.56 |
| 200 metres | Omar Juma Al-Salfa (UAE) | 21.04 | Huang Xiang (CHN) | 21.26 | Adel Jaber Al-Asseri (KSA) | 21.38 |
| 400 metres | Ismail Al-Sabani (KSA) | 46.33 | Yu Cheng (CHN) | 46.93 | Seong Hyeok-Je (KOR) | 47.40 |
| 800 metres | Musaab Bala (QAT) | 1:52.45 | Amir Moradi (IRI) | 1:52.62 | Janaka Weerasinghe (SRI) | 1:53.53 |
| 1500 metres | Charles Koech (QAT) | 3:48.46 | Emad Noor (KSA) | 3:49.47 | Xu Song (CHN) | 3:52.81 |
| 5000 metres | Charles Koech (QAT) | 14:29.55 | Ryuji Kashiwabara (JPN) | 14:52.05 | Jeong Jin-Hyeok (KOR) | 15:00.39 |
| 10,000 metres | Majid Saleh Bashir (BHR) | 33:08.17 | Mohammad Faraji (IRI) | 34:25.74 | Ridwan (INA) | 34:33.28 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Jin Nakamura (JPN) | 13.69 | Ko Wen-Ting (TPE) | 13.70 | Sami Al-Haydar (KSA) | 13.87 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Tomoharu Kino (JPN) | 50.76 | Lee Seung-yun (KOR) | 50.95 | Jassim Waleed Al-Mas (KUW) | 52.16 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Majid Saleh Bashir (BHR) | 8:56.90 | Wang Chiu-Chun (TPE) | 9:17.42 | Mohammad Faraji (IRI) | 9:24.72 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Japan (JPN) Genki Kawai Seiya Hane Kohei Yoshida Shogo Yano | 40.22 | Thailand (THA) Poommanus Jankem Wattana Deewong Weerawat Pharueang Suppachai Chimdee | 40.31 | Hong Kong (HKG) Chan Kei Fung Tsui Chi Ho Tong Hang Lai Chun Ho | 41.17 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Thailand (THA) Yotsanee Chanwit Chanatip Ruckburee Saharat Sammayan Suppachai Chimdee | 3:10.86 | India (IND) Jithin Paul Parveen Kumar Inderjit Singh Shejil Varghese | 3:12.94 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Faris Al-Sharaheli Adel Jaber Al-Asseri Emad Noor Ismail Al-Sabani | 3:15.65 |
| 10,000 metres walk | Yang Tao (CHN) | 43:21.27 | Geng Lingfu (CHN) | 43:43.91 | Hiroki Nagaiwa (JPN) | 45:07.14 |
| High jump | Lakshmanan Yogaraj (IND) | 2.14 m | Chen Cheng (CHN) | 2.14 m | Manato Onoda (JPN) | 2.11 m |
| Pole vault | Yuya Ariake (JPN) | 5.20 m | Liao Shu-Kai (TPE) | 4.80 m | Nikita Filippov (KAZ) | 4.80 m |
| Long jump | Weng Yongfeng (CHN) | 8.05 m CR | Mubarak Al-Jaseer (KSA) | 7.74 m (w) | Li Jinzhe (CHN) | 7.47 m |
| Triple jump | Mohamed Yusuf Salman (BHR) | 16.64 m | Jiang Wei (CHN) | 16.10 m | Yang Yang (CHN) | 16.06 m |
| Shot put | Grigoriy Kamulya (UZB) | 19.96 m | Sergey Dementev (UZB) | 18.43 m | Jasdeep Singh Dhillon (IND) | 18.04 m |
| Discus throw | Mosta'an Motamed (IRI) | 58.69 m | Hamed Mansour (SYR) | 56.36 m | Huang Wei (CHN) | 55.31 m |
| Hammer throw | Park Yeong-Sik (KOR) | 65.03 m | Alisher Eshbekov (TJK) | 64.57 m | Odai Amir Hwafdeh (QAT) | 57.45 m |
| Javelin throw | Bobur Shokirjonov (UZB) | 66.03 m | Park Won-Kil (KOR) | 64.70 m | Rajimatollah Tatari (IRI) | 63.71 m |
| Decathlon | Alexandr Chernov (KAZ) | 6434 pts | Yun Yeong-Hak (KOR) | 6226 pts | Ahmed Al-Maqbali (OMA) | 5773 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Sintara Seangdee (THA) | 11.75 | Han Huijiang (CHN) | 11.88 | Serafi Anelies Unani (INA) | 11.93 |
| 200 metres | Sintara Seangdee (THA) | 24.10 | Tassaporn Wannakit (THA) | 24.43 | Liu Tingting (CHN) | 24.64 |
| 400 metres | Chen Lin (CHN) | 53.68 | Huang Meiling (CHN) | 54.74 | Yen Tai-Ting (TPE) | 55.29 |
| 800 metres | Tong Xiaomei (CHN) | 2:06.64 | Tintu Luka (IND) | 2:08.63 | Bindu Simon Rajam (IND) | 2:11.13 |
| 1500 metres | Liu Fang (CHN) | 4:28.50 | Bindu Simon Rajam (IND) | 4:29.18 | Viktoriya Poliudina (KGZ) | 4:31.45 |
| 3000 metres | Michi Numata (JPN) | 9:33.86 | Savita Dhankhar (IND) | 9:39.83 | Viktoriya Poliudina (KGZ) | 9:41.21 |
| 5000 metres | Hao Xiaofan (CHN) | 17:08.84 | Kasumi Nishihara (JPN) | 17:11.14 | Akiko Matsuyama (JPN) | 17:20.11 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Deng Ru (CHN) | 13.59 | Wang Li (CHN) | 13.84 | Nazomi Yamamoto (JPN) | 13.95 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ghofran Al-Mouhmad (SYR) | 57.85 | Deng Xiaoqing (CHN) | 58.76 | Taissa Makhmayeva (KAZ) | 59.30 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Marina Podkorytova (KAZ) | 10:57.59 | Bara'h Awadallah (JOR) | 11:32.90 | Novita Andriani (INA) | 11:37.25 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Thailand (THA) Kamonch Sornplod Sintara Seangdee Tassaporn Wannakit Athchima Engchuan | 45.95 | China (CHN) Deng Ru Huang Meiling Liu Tingting Han Huijiang | 45.98 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chuang Chih-Han Chang Hsin-Fang Yen Tai-Ting Lin Wen-Wen | 47.05 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | China (CHN) Han Huijiang Tong Xiaomei Huang Meiling Chen Lin | 3:39.67 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Natalya Tukova Yelena Geptina Margarita Kudinova Taissa Makhmayeva | 3:42.20 | India (IND) Juana Murmu Chinchu Jose Anu Mariam Jose Tintu Luka | 3:42.47 |
| 10,000 metres walk | Yu Miao (CHN) | 46:17.44 CR | Li Yanfei (CHN) | 46:46.52 | Kumiko Okada (JPN) | 47:01.45 |
| High jump | Jessica Fung Wai Yee (HKG) | 1.78 m | Xu Jie (CHN) | 1.74 m | Duong Thi Viet Anh (VIE) | 1.70 m |
| Pole vault | Tomoko Sumiishi (JPN) | 3.90 m | Huang Minming (CHN) | 3.90 m | Miki Motomiya (JPN) | 3.70 m |
| Long jump | Bao Sha (CHN) | 6.32 m | Li Yanmei (CHN) | 6.28 m | Bae Chan-Mi (KOR) | 6.10 m |
| Triple jump | Li Yanmei (CHN) | 13.60 m | Maria Londa (INA) | 13.24 m | Hu Qian (CHN) | 13.01 m |
| Shot put | Meng Qianqian (CHN) | 16.49 m | Ma Qiao (CHN) | 14.68 m | Sofiya Burkhanova (UZB) | 14.16 m |
| Discus throw | Xi Shangxue (CHN) | 52.63 m | Jin Yuanyuan (CHN) | 52.40 m | Li Wen-hua (TPE) | 52.15 m |
| Hammer throw | Galina Mityaeva (TJK) | 57.83 m | Lee Jae-Young (KOR) | 54.15 m | Tatyana Bem (KAZ) | 52.24 m |
| Javelin throw | Li Lingwei (CHN) | 54.72 m | Anastasiya Svechnikova (UZB) | 51.58 m | Riyoko Miyamoto (JPN) | 50.76 m |
| Heptathlon | Chu Chia-Ling (TPE) | 4871 pts | Lee Yi-Jung (TPE) | 4730 pts | Olga Lapina (KAZ) | 4697 pts |

## 2008 Medal Table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 14 | 16 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | India (IND) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |