# Asian Race Walking Championships

The Asian Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Asia, organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). It was established in 2006 and has featured races for senior men (20 km and 50 km) and women (20 km). After the inaugural event 2006 in Wajima, Japan, the competition was split into two events: the 20 km (both men and women) were incorporated into the All-Japan Race Walking competitions held in mid March in Nomi, Japan. The 50 km event was held about a month later in mid April in Wajima, Japan. This is established until the year 2008. There are still annual national 50 km championships held in Wajima, but the further fate of the 50 km event within the Asian Race Walking Championships remains unknown.

## Editions

| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
| 1 | 2006 | Wajima, Ishikawa | Japan | April 16 |
| 2 | 2007 | Nomi, (Neagari), Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 25 |
| 2 | 2007 | Wajima, Ishikawa (50 km) | Japan | April 15 |
| 3 | 2008 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 16 |
| 3 | 2008 | Wajima, Ishikawa (50 km) | Japan | April 13 |
| 4 | 2009 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 15 |
| 5 | 2010 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 14 |
| 6 | 2011 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 13 |
| 7 | 2012 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 11 |
| 8 | 2013 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 10 |
| 9 | 2014 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 16 |
| 10 | 2015 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 15 |
| 11 | 2016 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 20 |
| 12 | 2017 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 19 |
| 13 | 2018 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 18 |
| 14 | 2019 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 17 |
| 15 | 2023 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 20 |
| 16 | 2025 | Nomi, Ishikawa (20 km) | Japan | March 16 |

## Results

Results were compiled from the Athletics Weekly, the Asian Athletics Association, the IAAF, the Fédération Suisse de Marche and the Tilastopaja webpages.

### Men's results
#### 20 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2006 | Xu Xingde (CHN) | 1:22:17 | Kōichirō Morioka (JPN) | 1:24:44 | Rustam Kuvatov (KAZ) | 1:25:08 |
| 2007 | Takayuki Tanii (JPN) | 1:21:09 | Kōichirō Morioka (JPN) | 1:21:30 | Akihiro Sugimoto (JPN) | 1:23:17 |
| 2008 | Kōichirō Morioka (JPN) | 1:21:55 | Ronglong Zhang (CHN) | 1:23:32 | Rustam Kuvatov (KAZ) | 1:24:01 |
| 2009 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | 1:20:38 | Yu Wei (CHN) | 1:20:41 | Park Chil-sung (KOR) | 1:20:45 |
| 2010 | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:20:06 | Isamu Fujisawa (JPN) | 1:20:12 | Byun Young-jun (KOR) | 1:22:07 |
| 2011 | Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) | 1:19:31 | Wang Gang (CHN) | 1:22:18 | Yusuke Yachi (JPN) | 1:22:27 |
| 2012 | Zhu Chundong (CHN) | 1:21:22 | Gurmeet Singh (IND) | 1:21:31 | Byun Young-jun (KOR) | 1:21:42 |
| 2013 | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:18:34 | Li Tianlei (CHN) | 1:21:28 | Gurmeet Singh (IND) | 1:21:38 |
| 2014 | Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) | 1:19:24 NR | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:21:01 | Gurmeet Singh (IND) | 1:21:30 |
| 2015 | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:16:36 WR | Isamu Fujisawa (JPN) | 1:19:08 | Daisuke Matsunaga (JPN) | 1:19:08 |
| 2016 | Gurmeet Singh (IND) | 1:20:29 | Isamu Fujisawa (JPN) | 1:20:49 | Georgiy Sheiko (KAZ) | 1:21:52 |
| 2017 | Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) | 1:19:50 | Georgiy Sheiko (KAZ) | 1:20:47 | Irfan Kolothum Thodi (IND) | 1:20:59 |
| 2018 | Daisuke Matsunaga (JPN) | 1:20:55 | Fumitaka Oikawa (JPN) | 1:21:32 | Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) | 1:21:52 |
| 2019 | Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) | 1:17:15 | Masatora Kawano (JPN) | 1:17:24 | Koki Ikeda (JPN) | 1:17:25 |
| 2023 | Akshdeep Singh (IND) | 1:20:57 | Choe Byeongkwang (KOR) | 1:21:20 | Wen Yongjie (CHN) | 1:22:44 |

#### 50 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2006 | Zhao Jianguo (CHN) | 3:41:10 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | 3:43:02 | Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) | 3:43:38 |
| 2007 | Zhao Chengliang (CHN) | 3:44:26 | Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) | 3:47:40 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | 3:53:24 |
| 2008 | Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) | 3:41:55 | Takayuki Tanii (JPN) | 3:49:33 | Yusuke Yachi (JPN) | 3:52:37 |

### Women's results
#### 20 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2006 | Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) | 1:30:22 | Sha Yang (CHN) | 1:31:09 | Lihua Sun (CHN) | 1:31:30 |
| 2007 | Mayumi Kawasaki (JPN) | 1:28:57 NR | Sachiko Konishi (JPN) | 1:33:05 | Kim Mi-jung (KOR) | 1:34:54 |
| 2008 | Mayumi Kawasaki (JPN) | 1:31: | Sha Yang (CHN) | 1:32:23 | Masumi Fuchise (JPN) | 1:32:37 |
| 2009 | Masumi Fuchise (JPN) | 1:30:49 | Kumi Otoshi (JPN) | 1:31:42 | Yanfei Li (CHN) | 1:32:16 |
| 2010 | Masumi Fuchise (JPN) | 1:29:35 | Kumi Otoshi (JPN) | 1:30:36 | Chiaki Asada (JPN) | 1:32:27 |
| 2011 | Kumi Otoshi (JPN) | 1:30:44 | Masumi Fuchise (JPN) | 1:31:52 | Chiaki Asada (JPN) | 1:34:01 |
| 2012 | Huiqin Ding (CHN) | 1:30:14 | Rei Inoue (JPN) | 1:34:06 | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc (VIE) | 1:35:13 |
| 2013 | Kumi Otoshi (JPN) | 1:33:49 | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc (VIE) | 1:35:26 | Jeon Yeong-eun (KOR) | 1:35:49 |
| 2014 | Zhou Tongmei (CHN) | 1:31:58 | Rei Inoue (JPN) | 1:32:56 | Khushbir Kaur (IND) | 1:33:37 NR |
| 2015 | Yongbo Hou (CHN) | 1:29:25 | Kumiko Okada (JPN) | 1:29:46 | Jeon Yeong-eun (KOR) | 1:30:35 |
| 2016 | Rui Liang (CHN) | 1:28:43 | Kumiko Okada (JPN) | 1:30:03 | Lee Jeong-eun (KOR) | 1:33:57 |
| 2017 | Wang Na (CHN) | 1:30:51 | Kumiko Okada (JPN) | 1:33:21 | Yeongeun Jeon (KOR) | 1:34:35 |
| 2018 | Duan Dandan (CHN) | 1:35:12 | Ravina (IND) | 1:35:35 | Yuki Yoshizumi (JPN) | 1:35:52 |
| 2019 | Ma Zhenxia (CHN) | 1:28:28 | Zhuoma Qiji (CHN) | 1:29:06 | Zhuoma Caixiang (CHN) | 1:29:28 |
| 2023 | Lan Gao (CHN) | 1:29:25 | Ayane Yanai (JPN) | 1:30:58 | Priyanka Goswami (IND) | 1:32:27 |

## All time medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 13 | 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 2 | China | 12 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | India | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |