# Athletics at the 1982 Asian Games

The athletics at the 1982 Asian Games were held in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Rabuan Pit Malaysia | 10.68 | Jang Jae-keun South Korea | 10.72 | Suchart Jairsuraparp Thailand | 10.76 |
| 200 m details | Jang Jae-keun South Korea | 20.89 GR | Toshio Toyota Japan | 21.13 | Rabuan Pit Malaysia | 21.25 |
| 400 m details | Susumu Takano Japan | 46.65 | K. K. Premachandran India | 47.27 | Guo Shunqi China | 47.36 |
| 800 m details | Charles Borromeo India | 1:46.81 GR | Kim Bok-joo South Korea | 1:47.55 | Falah Naji Iraq | 1:47.73 |
| 1500 m details | Falah Naji Iraq | 3:43.49 GR | Yutaka Hirai Japan | 3:45.26 | Suresh Yadav India | 3:45.62 |
| 5000 m details | Masanari Shintaku Japan | 13:53.74 GR | Zhang Guowei China | 13:58.09 | Raj Kumar India | 13:59.90 |
| 10,000 m details | Zhang Guowei China | 29:37.56 GR | Kenji Ide Japan | 29:37.71 | Park Won-keun South Korea | 29:38.17 |
| 110 m hurdles details | Yoshifumi Fujimori Japan | 14.09 GR | Zhang Shensheng China | 14.51 | Praveen Jolly India | 14.52 |
| 400 m hurdles details | Takashi Nagao Japan | 50.60 GR | Shigenori Omori Japan | 50.83 | Ahmed Hamada Bahrain | 50.99 |
| 3000 m steeplechase details | Tadasu Kawano Japan | 8:47.36 | Gopal Saini India | 8:50.28 | Hector Begeo Philippines | 8:52.40 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | China Wang Shaoming He Baodong Yu Zhuanghui Yuan Guoqiang | 39.82 GR | Thailand Somsak Boontud Suchart Jairsuraparp Prasit Boonprasert Sumet Promna | 39.92 | Japan Yoshihiro Shimizu Junichi Usui Kazunori Asaba Toshio Toyota | 39.97 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Japan Kazunori Asaba Shigenori Omori Hiromi Kawasumi Junichi Usui | 3:06.75 GR | Iraq Hussein Ali Abbas Laibi Hussein Ali Aouf Abdul-Rahman | 3:08.34 | China Yuan Guoqiang He Baodong Tan Honghai Guo Shunqi | 3:09.57 |
| Marathon details | Kim Yang-kon South Korea | 2:22:21 | Fumiaki Abe Japan | 2:24:09 | Hosur Kukkappa Seetarama India | 2:25:07 |
| 20 km walk details | Chand Ram India | 1:29:29 GR | Wang Chuntang China | 1:29:50 | Zhang Fuxin China | 1:33:34 |
| 50 km walk details | Wang Chuntang China | 4:09:36 GR | Qiu Shiyong China | 4:19:43 | Akira Fujisaki Japan | 4:39:41 |
| High jump details | Zhu Jianhua China | 2.33 GR | Cai Shu China | 2.22 | Takao Sakamoto Japan | 2.14 |
| Pole vault details | Tomomi Takahashi Japan | 5.30 GR | Teruhisa Kamiya Japan | 5.11 | Zhang Cheng China | 5.00 |
| Long jump details | Kim Jong-il South Korea | 7.94 | Liu Yuhuang China | 7.89 | Junichi Usui Japan | 7.87 |
| Triple jump details | Zou Zhenxian China | 16.80 GR | Yasushi Ueta Japan | 16.23 | Sammudi Balasubramaniam India | 16.14 |
| Shot put details | Bahadur Singh Chouhan India | 18.54 GR | Mohammad Al-Zinkawi Kuwait | 17.56 | Balwinder Singh India | 17.44 |
| Discus throw details | Li Weinan China | 58.50 GR | Kuldip Singh India | 53.50 | Li Zheng China | 53.34 |
| Hammer throw details | Shigenobu Murofushi Japan | 71.14 GR | Masayuki Kawata Japan | 66.96 | Xie Yingqi China | 64.48 |
| Javelin throw details | Toshihiko Takeda Japan | 75.04 | Yang Eun-myung South Korea | 73.62 | Gurtej Singh India | 71.58 |
| Decathlon details | Weng Kangqiang China | 7431 GR | Zhai Yingjian China | 7232 | Monassar Mohamed Saleh Qatar | 7009 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Lydia de Vega Philippines | 11.76 | P. T. Usha India | 11.95 | Mo Myung-hee South Korea | 11.99 |
| 200 m details | Hiromi Isozaki Japan | 24.22 | P. T. Usha India | 24.32 | Mo Myung-hee South Korea | 24.49 |
| 400 m details | Hiromi Isozaki Japan | 54.43 GR | Junko Yoshida Japan | 54.75 | Padmini Thomas India | 55.14 |
| 800 m details | Chang Yong-ae North Korea | 2:05.69 GR | Geeta Zutshi India | 2:05.77 | Guo Guimei China | 2:06.59 |
| 1500 m details | Chang Yong-ae North Korea | 4:18.40 GR | Geeta Zutshi India | 4:23.22 | Kim Ok-sun North Korea | 4:26.58 |
| 3000 m details | Kim Ok-sun North Korea | 9:30.22 | Kim Chun-hwa North Korea | 9:32.36 | Shino Izutsu Japan | 9:34.44 |
| 100 m hurdles details | Emi Akimoto Japan | 13.63 | Chizuko Akimoto Japan | 13.98 | Dai Jianhua China | 14.00 |
| 400 m hurdles details | M. D. Valsamma India | 58.47 GR | Yumiko Aoi Japan | 59.08 | Liu Guihua China | 59.42 |
| 4 × 100 m relay details | Japan Emiko Konishi Hiromi Isozaki Emi Akimoto Junko Yoshida | 45.13 GR | Thailand Walapa Tangjitnusorn Jaree Patarach Sumalee Poosup Pusadee Sangvijit | 45.97 | South Korea Mo Myung-hee Chun Jung-shik Park Mi-sun Chun Kyung-mi | 46.27 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Japan Hitomi Koshimoto Junko Yoshida Izumi Takahata Hiromi Isozaki | 3:37.44 GR | India Rita Sen Hamida Banu M. D. Valsamma Padmini Thomas | 3:38.32 | China Liang Yueling Liu Guihua Guo Guimei Gao Yanqing | 3:39.84 |
| High jump details | Zheng Dazhen China | 1.89 GR | Hisayo Fukumitsu Japan | 1.87 | Yang Wenqin China | 1.85 |
| Long jump details | Liao Wenfen China | 6.41 GR | Mercy Kuttan India | 6.26 | Li Huirong China | 6.20 |
| Shot put details | Li Meisu China | 17.77 GR | Shen Lijuan China | 17.25 | Tetsuko Watase Japan | 13.90 |
| Discus throw details | Li Xiaohui China | 57.24 GR | Xin Xiaoyan China | 52.20 | Harumi Suzuki Japan | 47.20 |
| Javelin throw details | Emi Matsui Japan | 60.52 GR | Li Shufen China | 58.12 | Minori Mori Japan | 54.70 |
| Heptathlon details | Ye Peisu China | 5594 GR | Ye Lianying China | 5493 | Tomoko Uchida Japan | 5423 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 15 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Malaysia (MAL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |