# 2001 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

The 2001 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 19–22 July in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. A total of 43 events were contested, which were divided equally between male and female athletes aside from the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 10.49 | Liu Dapeng (CHN) | 10.80 | Yusuke Shimizu (JPN) | 10.89 |
| 200 metres (Wind: +2.9 m/s) | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 20.81 w | Tatsuro Yoshino (JPN) | 21.11 w | Yusuke Omae (JPN) | 21.22 w |
| 400 metres | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.16 | Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin (MAS) | 46.41 NR | Takeharu Nakahara (JPN) | 46.88 |
| 800 metres | Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT) | 1:51.15 | Adam Abdou (QAT) | 1:51.36 | Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW) | 1:52.46 |
| 1500 metres | Jamal Noor (QAT) | 3:47.68 | Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) | 3:49.92 | Atta Miran (PAK) | 3:50.48 |
| 5000 metres | Abdulaziz Al-Ameri (QAT) | 14:20.72 CR | Yukihiro Motoda (JPN) | 14:33.94 | Chiang Chieh-Wen (TPE) | 14:47.72 |
| 10,000 metres | Hamed Mohamed (QAT) | 30:56.38 | Majid Aman Awadh (QAT) | 30:59.21 | Omid Mehrabi (IRI) | 32:23.40 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Shi Dongpeng (CHN) | 14.05 CR | Nassim Brahimi (QAT) | 14.33 | Yuji Ohashi (JPN) | 14.37 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 50.94 | Masahira Yoshikata (JPN) | 51.32 | Song Jung-Ho (KOR) | 51.50 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Yoshiyuki Musha (JPN) | 9:07.89 | Ali Heidari (IRI) | 9:15.65 | Bahrin Arifin Jumat (BRU) | 11:41.04 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Thailand (THA) | 40.11 | Japan (JPN) Tomoko Motegi Tatsuro Yoshino Yusuke Shimizu Yuji Ohashi | 40.35 | Malaysia (MAS) | 41.06 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Japan (JPN) Naoki Ihara Takeharu Nakahara Masahira Yoshikata Tomohiro Ito | 3:12.11 | India (IND) | 3:12.15 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 3:18.17 |
| 10,000 metres walk | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | 43:16.67 CR | Takayuki Tanii (JPN) | 43:47.23 | Koji Takada (JPN) | 44:10.73 |
| High jump | Park Jun-Hwan (KOR) | 2.15 m | Xu Hao (CHN) | 2.12 m | Hiroaki Akai (JPN) | 2.06 m |
| Pole vault | Sompong Saombankuay (THA) | 4.90 m | Hsieh Lieng-Che (TPE) | 4.60 m | Mohamed Al-Ghadban (KUW) | 4.60 m |
| Long jump | Chao Chih-chien (TPE) | 7.66 m | Cai Peng (CHN) | 7.65 m | Hiroyuki Oishi (JPN) | 7.61 m (w) |
| Triple jump | Wang Yinglei (CHN) | 15.99 m | Kazuyoshi Ishikawa (JPN) | 15.92 m | Park Hyun-Jin (KOR) | 15.91 m (w) |
| Shot put | Amit Tyagi (IND) | 17.66 m | Hui Zhenbao (CHN) | 17.48 m | Chang Ming-huang (TPE) | 17.20 m |
| Discus throw | Wu Tao (CHN) | 60.14 m CR | Xu Yongyi (CHN) | 56.26 m | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 55.28 m |
| Hammer throw | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | 68.08 m CR | Mohamed Al-Dashti (KUW) | 62.58 m | Rakesh Kumar Yadav (IND) | 61.27 m |
| Javelin throw | Chen Qi (CHN) | 77.22 m CR | Ahmed Abou Jalala (QAT) | 70.37 m | Hamad Al-Khalifa (QAT) | 69.41 m |
| Decathlon | Pavel Dubitskiy (KAZ) | 7051 pts | Leonid Andreev (UZB) | 6897 pts | Akira Oshima (JPN) | 6721 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ni Xiaoli (CHN) | 11.74 | Mukti Saha (IND) | 11.90 | Lin Lengmei (CHN) | 12.01 |
| 200 metres (Wind: +2.9 m/s) | Ni Xiaoli (CHN) | 23.91 w | Rina Fujimaki (JPN) | 24.27 w | Mukti Saha (IND) | 24.28 w |
| 400 metres | Zhai Lin (CHN) | 53.91 | Manjit Kaur (IND) | 54.11 | Zhou Wei (CHN) | 54.79 |
| 800 metres | Yang Wei (CHN) | 2:08.77 | No Yoo-Yeon (KOR) | 2:10.23 | Oliva Sadi (INA) | 2:11.77 |
| 1500 metres | Yang Wei (CHN) | 4:28.36 | No Yoo-Yeon (KOR) | 4:31.28 | Kaori Urata (JPN) | 4:34.02 |
| 5000 metres | Zhang Yuhong (CHN) | 16:17.80 | Hiromi Koga (JPN) | 16:18.57 | Zhang Yang (CHN) | 16:21.41 |
| 10,000 metres | Zhang Yuhong (CHN) | 35:28.24 | Zhang Yang (CHN) | 35:31.91 | Chen Shu-Hua (TPE) | 38:33.79 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Yelena Nikitenko (KAZ) | 13.91 | Mukti Saha (IND) | 14.12 | Yukiko Taniguchi (JPN) | 14.20 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Chiu Hsiao-Chuan (TPE) | 62.81 | Lau Lai Ha (HKG) | 70.60 | Only two finishers | Only two finishers |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Japan (JPN) Yuka Hayashi Rina Fujimaki Kanui Takahashi Ayumi Ushihara | 46.11 | China (CHN) | 46.45 | Thailand (THA) | 47.00 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | China (CHN) | 3:41.65 | India (IND) ? ? Manjit Kaur Pratima Gaonkar | 3:42.34 | Vietnam (VIE) | 3:52.34 |
| 10,000 metres walk | Sachiko Konishi (JPN) | 48:12.05 | Guo Dongmei (CHN) | 48:21.76 | Mika Tanaka (JPN) | 49:57.73 |
| High jump | Marina Korzhova (KAZ) | 1.85 m | Li Rong (CHN) | 1.79 m | Noengrothai Chaipetch (THA) | 1.73 m |
| Pole vault | Sun Yufei (CHN) | 4.11 m CR | Roslinda Samsu (MAS) | 3.70 m | Lin Ya-Luen (TPE) | 3.70 m |
| Long jump | Zhou Yangxia (CHN) | 6.21 m | Jeong Soon-Ok (KOR) | 5.84 m | Lin Yueh-Chin (TPE) | 5.58 m |
| Triple jump | Tatyana Bocharova (KAZ) | 13.24 m | Zhou Yangxia (CHN) | 13.23 m | Yang Ya-Wen (TPE) | 12.55 m |
| Shot put | Zhang Xiaoyu (CHN) | 18.04 m | Lin Chia-ying (TPE) | 14.25 m | Yeh Nai-Ching (TPE) | 11.69 m |
| Discus throw | Xu Shaoyang (CHN) | 58.03 m | Seema Antil (IND) | 53.04 m | Yeh Nai-Ching (TPE) | 47.49 m |
| Hammer throw | Yang Meiping (CHN) | 65.21 m CR | Rose Inggriana (INA) | 45.39 m | Archana Bara (IND) | 44.79 m |
| Javelin throw | Yi Chunmei (CHN) | 56.43 m | Buoban Pamang (THA) | 54.51 m | Hidemi Ueki (JPN) | 48.69 m |
| Heptathlon | Anna Karpova (KAZ) | 4992 pts | Hsieh Yi-Lun (TPE) | 4455 pts | Kao Wan-Ling (TPE) | 4282 pts |

## 2001 Medal Table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 19 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | India (IND) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 43 | 43 | 42 | 128 |