# Athletics at the 1963 GANEFO

At the 1963 GANEFO, the athletics events were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in November. A total of 21 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested at the competition.
Given that the Soviet Union sent a lower standard of athletes to the games, China dominated the athletics competition. China won all but three of the women's events and won eleven gold medals in the men's section. The second most successful nation was North Korea, which won four gold medals, led by a triple gold medal performance by Sin Kim-dan. The next most successful nation was the United Arab Republic (combining Egypt and Syria), which swept the men's distance track events, and also won four gold medals.
This was a major international event for Chinese and North Korean athletes in particular, as they were excluded from the Asian Games, including the 1962 Jakarta Games held a year earlier. The Asian Games sprint and hurdles champion Mohammad Sarengat by China's Gao Jiqiao. Ni Zhiqin won the men's high jump and would break the world record in that event later in his career. His counterpart on the women's side Zheng Fengrong was similarly successful, having become the first Chinese world record breaker in 1957 – here she was only runner-up (behind her teammate Wu Fushan) but won the women's pentathlon event. Another high-profile competitor was men's long jump winner Ali Brakchi, an Algerian who represented France at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Liu Changfung (CHN) | 10.7 | Khum Khen (CAM) | 10.8 | Chen Jiaquan (CHN) | 10.8 |
| 200 metres | Jootje Oroh (INA) | 21.8 | Chen Jiaquan (CHN) | 21.9 | Khum Khen (CAM) | 21.9 |
| 400 metres | Liang Shiqiang (CHN) | 49.5 | Taisto Salminen (FIN) | 49.8 | M. Aminuddin (INA) | 50.3 |
| 800 metres | Nabil Hassan (EGY) | 1:52.3 | Joo Hoon-Hi (PRK) | 1:54.5 | Keijo Ceder (FIN) | 1:55.9 |
| 1500 metres | Nabil Hassan (EGY) | 4:00.8 | Kang Hyong-Man (PRK) | 4:00.9 | Yin Fengwu (CHN) | 4:02.9 |
| 5000 metres | Youssef Abdel Saoud (EGY) | 14:57.5 | Pak Yong-Ho (PRK) | 14:58.8 | Saïd Gerouani Benmoha (MAR) | 15:08.2 |
| 10,000 metres | Youssef Abdel Saoud (EGY) | 31:05.2 | Saïd Gerouani Benmoha (MAR) | 31:09.0 | Lesnussa (INA) Rachid (TUN) | 32:51.1 |
| Marathon | Chun Man-Hyung (PRK) | 2:49:51 | Hwang Kwang-Duk (PRK) | 2:49:52 | Ismail Abidin (INA) | 3:01:41 |
| 110 m hurdles | Gao Jiqiao (CHN) | 14.3 | Mohammed Sarengat (INA) | 14.6 | Abdel Moneim Abdallah (EGY) | 14.8 |
| 400 m hurdles | Liang Shiqiang (CHN) | 52.5 | Abdel Moneim Abdallah (EGY) | 53.7 | Tage Törn (FIN) | 54.9 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Indonesia (INA) Jootje Oroh Soenjoto Mohammad Sarengat Bambang Wahyudi | 41.8 | China (CHN) | 41.9 | Cambodia (CAM) | 43.4 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Indonesia (INA) M. Aminuddin Agus Soegiri Steve Mainake Steven Thenu | 3:20.6 | Philippines (PHI) | 3:21.3 | Cambodia (CAM) | 3:27.3 |
| High jump | Ni Zhiqin (CHN) | 2.01 m | Kang Jupei (CHN) | 1.99 m | Ciriaco Baronda (PHI) | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Hu Zurong (CHN) | 4.40 m | Cai Yishu (CHN) | 4.30 m | Mohammed Abdullah (IRQ) | 4.00 m |
| Long jump | Ali Brakchi (ALG) | 7.51 m | Zhang Qishan (CHN) | 7.36 m | Teymourlenk Shoukri (EGY) | 7.31 m |
| Triple jump | Tian Zhaozhong (CHN) | 16.04 m | Gu Keyan (CHN) | 15.87 m | Teymourlenk Shoukri (EGY) | 14.73 m |
| Shot put | He Yongxian (CHN) | 17.02 m | He Zhengsheng (CHN) | 15.73 m | Ramazan Driza (ALB) | 15.10 m |
| Discus throw | Sun Jiuyuan (CHN) | 48.42 m | Chang Dexiang (CHN) | 47.57 m | Ramazan Driza (ALB) | 43.92 m |
| Hammer throw | Li Yunbiao (CHN) | 62.33 m | Merouane Bitar (SYR) | 51.02 m | He Yungxien (CHN) | 50.84 m |
| Javelin throw | Ma Changlu (CHN) | 66.71 m | J. Gusti Ngurah Manik (INA) | 65.53 m | Ma Facheng (CHN) | 62.57 m |
| Decathlon | Mohammed Abdullah (IRQ) | 5900 pts | Abdul Rab Khan (INA) | 5807 pts | Noriel Roa (PHI) | 4954 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Liu Xingyu (CHN) | 12.4 | Liu Yuying (CHN) | 12.5 | Takuko Inokuchi (JPN) | 12.6 |
| 200 metres | Sin Kim-dan (PRK) | 23.5 | Chin Yihing (CHN) | 25.8 | Willy Tomasoa (INA) | 26.8 |
| 400 metres | Sin Kim-dan (PRK) | 51.4 | Jiang Yumin (CHN) | 57.7 | Souratmi (INA) | 58.8 |
| 800 metres | Sin Kim-dan (PRK) | 1:59.1 | Liu Chunbing (CHN) | 2:18.4 | Suwatini (INA) | 2:20.0 |
| 80 m hurdles | Liu Yuying (CHN) | 11.4 | Ye Lifang (CHN) | 11.8 | Ernawati (INA) | 12.5 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | China (CHN) | 48.2 | Indonesia (INA) Ernawati Souratmi Willy Tomasoa W. Machwijar | 50.5 | Cambodia (CAM) | 52.6 |
| High jump | Wu Fushan (CHN) | 1.70 m | Zheng Fengrong (CHN) | 1.68 m | Oh Sung-Hwan (PRK) | 1.58 m |
| Long jump | Xiao Jieping (CHN) | 5.74 m | Kang Yueli (CHN) | 5.51 m | Ni Luh Armoni Widari (INA) | 5.45 m |
| Shot put | Chong Xiuyun (CHN) | 15.25 m | Chao Yung (CHN) | 14.47 m | Ri Soo-Hak (PRK) | 13.37 m |
| Discus throw | Chao Yung (CHN) | 47.17 m | Wang Shiyu (CHN) | 46.00 m | Ri Ko-Choon (PRK) | 44.13 m |
| Javelin throw | Dong He (CHN) | 47.32 m | Flora Karmomjanen (INA) | 39.45 m | Jeanne Toar (INA) | 39.31 m |
| Pentathlon | Zheng Fengrong (CHN) | 4525 pts | Wu Yunxin (CHN) | 3616 pts | Ni Luh Armoni Widari (INA) | 3407 pts |