# Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games

The athletics competition at the 1986 Asian Games was held in Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Talal Mansour Qatar | 10.30 GR | Hiroki Fuwa Japan | 10.44 | Zheng Chen China | 10.47 |
| 200 m details | Jang Jae-keun South Korea | 20.71 =GR | Li Feng China | 20.97 | Masahiro Nagura Japan | 21.10 |
| 400 m details | Susumu Takano Japan | 45.00 GR | Isidro del Prado Philippines | 45.96 | Mohammed Al-Malki Oman | 46.42 |
| 800 m details | Kim Bok-joo South Korea | 1:49.15 | Ryu Tae-kyung South Korea | 1:49.89 | Najem Al-Sowailem Kuwait | 1:50.31 |
| 1500 m details | Shuji Oshida Japan | 3:43.88 | Ryu Tae-kyung South Korea | 3:44.51 | Mohamed Suleiman Qatar | 3:44.68 |
| 5000 m details | Kim Jong-yoon South Korea | 13:50.63 GR | Masanari Shintaku Japan | 13:52.65 | Yutaka Kanai Japan | 13:53.73 |
| 10,000 m details | Masanari Shintaku Japan | 28:26.74 GR | Kim Jong-yoon South Korea | 28:30.54 | Toshihiko Seko Japan | 29:31.90 |
| 110 m hurdles details | Yu Zhicheng China | 14.07 GR | Lu Qianbin China | 14.34 | Kim Jin-tae South Korea | 14.37 |
| 400 m hurdles details | Ahmed Hamada Bahrain | 49.31 GR | Ryoichi Yoshida Japan | 49.40 | Jasem Al-Dowaila Kuwait | 50.22 |
| 3000 m steeplechase details | Shigeyuki Aikyo Japan | 8:36.98 GR | Cheng Shouguo China | 8:37.33 | Hajime Nagasato Japan | 8:42.30 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | China Cai Jianming Li Feng Yu Zhuanghui Zheng Chen | 39.17 GR | Japan Hideyuki Arikawa Hirofumi Miyazaki Hirofumi Koike Hiroki Fuwa | 39.31 | South Korea Sung Nak-kun Jang Jae-keun Kim Jong-il Shim Duk-sup | 39.66 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Japan Koichi Konakatomi Kenji Yamauchi Hiromi Kawasumi Susumu Takano | 3:02.33 GR | Iraq Aouf Abdul-Rahman Ziad Ali Abbas Ali Fahim Abdul-Sada | 3:07.28 | Philippines Romeo Gido Honesto Larce Leopoldo Arnillo Isidro del Prado | 3:09.26 |
| Marathon details | Takeyuki Nakayama Japan | 2:08:21 GR | Hiromi Taniguchi Japan | 2:10:08 | Yoo Jae-sung South Korea | 2:16:55 |
| 20 km walk details | Sun Xiaoguang China | 1:25:46 GR | Jiang Shaohong China | 1:26:57 | Chand Ram India | 1:28:03 |
| High jump details | Zhu Jianhua China | 2.31 | Liu Yunpeng China | 2.27 | Shuji Ujino Japan | 2.21 |
| Pole vault details | Ji Zebiao China | 5.40 GR | Liang Xueren China | 5.30 | Lee Jae-bok South Korea | 5.00 |
| Long jump details | Kim Jong-il South Korea | 7.94 | Junichi Usui Japan | 7.92 | Chen Zunrong China | 7.80 |
| Triple jump details | Norifumi Yamashita Japan | 17.01 GR | Park Young-jun South Korea | 15.97 | Zou Zhenxian China | 15.76 |
| Shot put details | Ma Yongfeng China | 18.30 | Gong Yitian China | 17.82 | Yoshihisa Urita Japan | 17.51 |
| Discus throw details | Li Weinan China | 58.28 | Yuko Maeda Japan | 54.14 | Manjit Singh India | 52.80 |
| Hammer throw details | Shigenobu Murofushi Japan | 69.20 | Luo Jun China | 66.34 | Lü Dongping China | 66.28 |
| Javelin throw details | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Japan | 76.60 GR | Kim Jae-sang South Korea | 74.44 | Park Jong-sam South Korea | 74.12 |
| Decathlon details | Chen Zebin China | 7255 | Takeshi Kojo Japan | 7171 | Park Young-jun South Korea | 7163 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 11.53 GR | P. T. Usha India | 11.67 | Ratjai Sripet Thailand | 11.75 |
| 200 m details | P. T. Usha India | 23.44 GR | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 23.47 | Park Mi-sun South Korea | 23.80 |
| 400 m details | P. T. Usha India | 52.16 GR | Shiny Abraham India | 53.32 | Hiromi Isozaki Japan | 53.76 |
| 800 m details | Lim Chun-ae South Korea | 2:05.72 | Yang Liuxia China | 2:06.04 | Josephine Mary Singarayar Malaysia | 2:07.44 |
| 1500 m details | Lim Chun-ae South Korea | 4:21.38 | Yang Liuxia China | 4:22.07 | Kim Wei-ja South Korea | 4:23.47 |
| 3000 m details | Lim Chun-ae South Korea | 9:11.92 GR | Zhang Xiuyun China | 9:12.64 | Suman Rawat India | 9:14.70 |
| 10,000 m details | Wang Xiuting China | 32:47.77 GR | Kumi Araki Japan | 33:20.75 | Xiao Hongyan China | 33:47.22 |
| 100 m hurdles details | Chen Kemei China | 13.78 | Chizuko Akimoto Japan | 13.88 | Naomi Jojima Japan | 14.07 |
| 400 m hurdles details | P. T. Usha India | 56.08 GR | Zhao Qianqian China | 59.37 | Chen Juying China | 59.37 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | China Pan Weixin Shao Liwei Luo Xin Tian Yumei | 44.78 GR | Thailand Jaree Patarach Reawadee Srithoa Ratjai Sripet Walapa Tangjitnusorn | 45.14 | South Korea Yoon Mi-kyong An Sin-young Park Mi-sun Lee Young-sook | 45.59 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | India M. D. Valsamma Vandana Rao Shiny Abraham P. T. Usha | 3:34.58 GR | Japan Keiko Honda Hitomi Koshimoto Ayako Arai Hiromi Isozaki | 3:39.77 | China Zhao Qianqian Lin Zhenglan Chen Juying Huang Jing | 3:41.59 |
| Marathon details | Eriko Asai Japan | 2:41:03 GR | Misako Miyahara Japan | 2:41:36 | Wen Yanmin China | 2:42:21 |
| 10 km walk details | Guan Ping China | 48:40 GR | Xu Yongjiu China | 49:50 | Hideko Hirayama Japan | 51:12 |
| High jump details | Megumi Sato Japan | 1.89 =GR | Zheng Dazhen China | 1.89 =GR | Kim Hee-sun South Korea | 1.89 =GR |
| Long jump details | Liao Wenfen China | 6.37 | Huang Donghuo China | 6.19 | Minako Isogai Japan | 6.14 |
| Shot put details | Huang Zhihong China | 17.51 | Cong Yuzhen China | 17.44 | Aya Suzuki Japan | 15.06 |
| Discus throw details | Hou Xuemei China | 59.28 GR | Li Xiaohui China | 58.94 | Lee Sang-yuk South Korea | 50.26 |
| Javelin throw details | Li Baolian China | 59.42 | Emi Matsui Japan | 55.00 | Jang Sun-hee South Korea | 52.78 |
| Heptathlon details | Zhu Yuqing China | 5580 GR | Ye Lianying China | 5413 | Ji Jeong-mi South Korea | 5067 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 17 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 11 | 13 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Malaysia (MAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |