# 2016 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

The 2016 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 17th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Vietnam Athletics Federation. Athletes born between 1997 and 2000 competed in 44 events, divided evenly between the sexes. The competition took place over four days from 3–6 June at Thống Nhất Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A total of 45 countries entered athletes into the tournament, eighteen of which reached the medal table. The competition, including its opening and closing ceremonies, was broadcast live on Vietnamese carrier VTV6.
Japan topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a total of 27, overturning a long period of Chinese dominance. China was a comfortable second, with 22 medals, half of which were gold. India was the next best performing nation and the only other to reach double digits in the medal count, taking seven golds. The hosts Vietnam took two golds and placed seventh in the medals overall. Two championship records were broken, both by Japanese: Junya Sado won the men's javelin throw in 77.97 m (255 ft 9+1⁄2 in) and Chika Mukai took the 3000 m steeplechase in 10:21.04 minutes.
Malaysia's Khairul Hafiz Jantan was the most successful athlete of the competition, winning three medals: the 100 metres gold, and silvers in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Yang Chun-han was the only man to take two golds, topping the podium in the latter two events. On the women's side, there were two double gold medallists: Jisna Mathew led India to a 400 m individual and relay double, while Lili Das scored a middle-distance double. Japan's Haruko Ishizuka took 400 m bronze after winning the hurdles gold and her compatriots Shinichi Yukinaga and Nanaka Kori also took minor medals in the discus after becoming shot put winners.
The event was held in the month before the global 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. Several of Asia's medallists at that competition were not present at the regional meet, although Qatar's Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz became a double discus throw champion and India's Neeraj Chopra improved from a silver in Ho Chi Minh to a world under-20 gold with a world junior record throw. The 2016 world under-20 high jump bronze medallist Mohamat Allamine Hamdi managed only sixth on the Asian stage that year.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Khairul Hafiz Jantan Malaysia | 10.36 | Ippei Takeda [fr] Japan | 10.41 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed Saudi Arabia | 10.45 |
| 200 metres | Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei | 20.73 | Khairul Hafiz Jantan Malaysia | 21.15 | Wataru Inuzuka Japan | 21.16 |
| 400 metres | Mizuki Obuchi Japan | 47.52 | Taha Hussein Yaseen Iraq | 47.55 | Abdullah Djimet Souleiman Saudi Arabia | 47.83 |
| 800 metres | Amoj Jacob India | 1:51.82 | Idriss Mousa Youssouf Qatar | 1:52.28 | Mohammed Raheem Al-Bazaznah Iraq | 1:52.78 |
| 1500 metres | Ajay Kumar Saroj India | 3:57.55 | Idriss Mousa Youssouf Qatar | 3:58.28 | Ata Assadi Iran | 4:03.37 |
| 5000 metres | Takato Suzuki Japan | 14:16.42 | Akira Aizawa Japan | 14:32.08 | Gavit Murli Kumar India | 14:49.41 |
| 10,000 metres | Sota Watanabe Japan | 31:23.93 | Abhishek Pal India | 31:24.06 | Tadvi Kisan Narshi India | 32:07.12 |
| 110 m hurdles | Mohd Rizzua Haizad Muhamad Malaysia | 14.00 | May Mon Paulose India | 14.02 | Zhang Tao China | 14.05 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yoshihiro Watanabe Japan | 50.86 | Feng Zhiqiang China | 51.49 | Kim Hyun-bin South Korea | 52.55 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Mohamed Khamis Saifeldin Qatar | 9:26.79 | Lê Trung Đức Vietnam | 9:27.40 | Lê Quang Hoà Vietnam | 9:31.86 |
| 10,000 m walk | Zhang Yao China | 44:33.00 | Yasushi Morita Japan | 44:33.79 | Song Yun-hwa South Korea | 45:38.45 |
| 4×100 m relay | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Yeh Shou-Bo Yang Chun-Han Liu Chao-Hsuan Shen Yu-Sen | 39.75 | Malaysia (MAS) Asnawi Hashim Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi Khairul Hafiz Jantan | 39.91 | Thailand (THA) Chayut Khongprasit Sakchai Laomool Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri Pipat Nupuang | 40.36 |
| 4×400 m relay | Thailand (THA) Vitsanu Phosri Nattapong Kongkraphan Phitchaya Sunthonthuam Phanuwat Bunfueangfu | 3:11.59 | India (IND) Murugan Kiran Malik Pankaj Kupar Harsh Amoj Jacob | 3:12.12 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ahmed Saleh Mahda Abdallah Djimat Souleyman Sabir Said Essa Yasir Yahya Hazazi | 3:12.37 |
| High jump | Keitaro Fujita Japan | 2.16 m | Muhammad Syazwan Ahmad Malaysia | 2.14 m | Hussein Al-Ibraheemi Iraq | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | Muntadher Faleh Abdulwahid Iraq | 5.25 m | Phassapong Unsum-ang Thailand | 5.20 m =NJR | Ali Mohsen Abed Zid Iraq | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | Zhong Peifeng China | 7.84 m | Tomoya Nomura Japan | 7.75 m w | Kazuma Adachi Japan | 7.73 m |
| Triple jump | Sung Jin-syuk South Korea | 16.19 m | Liu Mingxuan China | 16.05 m | Sonu Kumar India | 15.99 m |
| Shot put | Shinichi Yukinaga Japan | 18.41 m | Amin Lotfollahi Iran | 17.57 m | Mehdi Rostami Iran | 17.53 m |
| Discus throw | Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz Qatar | 60.49 m | Yume Ando Japan | 58.80 m NJR | Shinichi Yukinaga Japan | 54.79 m |
| Hammer throw | Ashish Jakhar India | 69.00 m | Hussein Thamir Abdelwahed Iraq | 65.71 m | Zhalolhon Tilavoldikhuzhayev Uzbekistan | 63.77 m |
| Javelin throw | Junya Sado Japan | 77.97 m CR | Neeraj Chopra India | 77.60 m | Arshad Nadeem Pakistan | 73.40 m NJR |
| Decathlon | Yuma Maruyama [de] Japan | 6748 pts | Wang Chen-yu Chinese Taipei | 6624 pts | Krishna Kumar India | 6551 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Liu Qun China | 11.84 | Chloe Chan Pui Kei Hong Kong | 11.85 NJR | On-Uma Chattha Thailand | 11.88 |
| 200 metres | Lê Tú Chinh Vietnam | 23.94 | Supanich Poolkerd Thailand | 24.41 | Noor Eewan Syafiqah Md Sabri Malaysia | 24.50 |
| 400 metres | Jisna Mathew India | 53.85 | Huang Guifen China | 54.92 | Haruko Ishizuka Japan | 55.40 |
| 800 metres | Lili Das India | 2:06.64 | Airi Ikezaki Japan | 2:07.21 | Arina Kleshchukova Kyrgyzstan | 2:07.56 |
| 1500 metres | Lili Das India | 4:29.50 | Mina Ueda Japan | 4:30.76 | Harmilankaur Bains IndiaPak Jin-hyang North Korea | 4:33.02 |
| 3000 metres | Nana Kuraoka Japan | 9:31.46 | Pak Jin-hyang North Korea | 9:50.72 | Choe Hyon-ju North Korea | 10:01.94 |
| 5000 metres | Hana Omori Japan | 16:57.39 | Misaki Ogata Japan | 17:04.76 | Choe Hyon-ju North Korea | 17:08.79 |
| 100 m hurdles | Yu Jiaru China | 13.79 | Cheng Tang-hsiu Chinese Taipei | 13.97 | Lin Shih-ting Chinese Taipei | 14.11 |
| 400 m hurdles | Haruko Ishizuka Japan | 57.91 | Khuất Phương Anh Vietnam | 59.78 | Lin Yu-chieh Chinese Taipei | 60.02 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Chika Mukai Japan | 10:21.04 CR | Ro Hyo-gong North Korea | 10:31.02 | Ju Ok-byol North Korea | 10:41.91 |
| 10,000 m walk | Wang Wenjing China | 50:23.89 | Cun Hailu China | 50:37.03 | Ravina India | 51:09.48 |
| 4×100 m relay | Thailand (THA) Parichat Charoensuk On-Uma Chatta Sureewan Runan Suwimon Khongthong | 45.23 | China (CHN) Liu Qun Huang Guifen Huang Jiaxen Yu Jiaru | 45.41 | Hong Kong (HKG) Leung Kwan-yi Chan Ka-sin Kong Chun-ki Chloe Chan Pui-kei | 45.84 NJR |
| 4×400 m relay | India (IND) Jisna Mathew Shaharbana Sidhique Thadiyan Parambil Subha V Liniet George | 3:43.57 | Vietnam (VIE) Khuất Phương Anh Can Thi Thuy Nguyen Thi Hang Hoang Thi Minh Hanh | 3:44.56 NJR | Thailand (THA) Supanich Poolkerd Thanphimon Kaeodi Manrika Phonyam Apinya Athiwet | 3:50.79 |
| High jump | Chai Yanbo China | 1.74 m | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya Kazakhstan | 1.74 m | Tsai Ching-jung Chinese Taipei | 1.71 m |
| Pole vault | Chen Qiaoling China | 4.15 m | Misaki Morota Japan | 3.80 m | Wu Chia-ju Chinese Taipei | 3.60 m |
| Long jump | Nguyễn Thị Trúc Mai Vietnam | 6.34 m NJR | Parinya Chuaimaroeng Thailand | 6.28 m NJR | Yao Jiayu China | 6.04 m |
| Triple jump | Kirthana Ramasamy Malaysia | 13.20 m NJR | Mariya Ovchinnikova Kazakhstan | 13.19 m | Anna Gorodkova Kazakhstan | 12.97 m |
| Shot put | Nanaka Kori Japan | 15.89 m NJR | Dong Yu China | 14.23 m | Liu Ziyue China | 14.22 m |
| Discus throw | Yang Huanhuan China | 51.47 m | Nanaka Kori Japan | 48.04 m | Zhou Zixuan China | 46.57 m |
| Hammer throw | Zhao Fan China | 61.77 m | Ji Li China | 58.11 m | Mingkamon Koomphon Thailand | 56.44 m |
| Javelin throw | Su Lingdan China | 57.32 m | Chang Chu Chinese Taipei | 53.14 m | Varvara Nazarova Kazakhstan | 52.76 m NR |
| Heptathlon | Du Jiani China | 5031 pts | Aleksandra Yurkevskaya Uzbekistan | 4859 pts | Nguyễn Linh Na Vietnam | 4564 pts |

## 2016 Medal table
### Key

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 13 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Vietnam (VIE)* | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 |