# 2016 Asian Dragon Boat Championships

The 2016 Asian Dragon Boat Championships was hosted from November 11–12, 2016 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan and was organized by the Philippine Canoe-Kayak Federation.
The 2016 edition marked the first time the Philippines hosted the continental tournament.

## Events

Events in 4 categories will be held in two days.
* Rank
* Junior Mixed (for ages 15-18)
* Men
* Women

## Participants

10 nations entered the tournament but four nations (Brunei, India, Iran, Singapore) did not compete in a single event leaving six nations as participants.
* Brunei
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Iran
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Philippines (hosts)
* Singapore
* Thailand

## Results
### Junior Mixed
#### Small Boat 500 meters

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat |||
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 02:11.974 |
| 2 | Philippines | 02:12.631 |
| Final |||
| | Philippines | 02:10.387 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 02:11.197 |

#### Small Boat 200 meters

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat |||
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 51.360 |
| 2 | Philippines | 51.49 |
| Final |||
| | Chinese Taipei | 50.65 |
| | Philippines | 51.54 |

### Men
#### Standard Boat
##### 500 meters

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat |||
| 1 | Philippines | 01:51.564 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 01:56.517 |
| Final |||
| | Philippines | 01:52.720 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 01:57.602 |

##### 200 meters
###### Heats

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat 1 |||
| 1 | Philippines | 44.655 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 46.777 |
| Heat 2 |||
| 1 | Philippines | 46.935 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 49.692 |

###### Final

| Rank | Team | Time |
| | Philippines | 46.93 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 49.93 |
Source:

#### Small Boat
##### 500 meters
###### Heats

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat 1 |||
| 1 | Philippines | 02:08.622 |
| 2 | Japan | 02:08.929 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 02:09.379 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 02:14.479 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 02:16.497 |
| Heat 2 |||
| 1 | Indonesia | 02:06.683 |
| 2 | Philippines | 02:06.758 |
| 3 | Japan | 02:07.035 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 02:10.553 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 02:13.635 |

###### Final

| Rank | Team | Time |
| | Japan | 02:03.764 |
| | Philippines | 02:03.847 |
| | Indonesia | 02:03.890 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 02:07.457 |
Source:

##### 200 meters
###### Heats

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat 1 |||
| 1 | Indonesia | 49.742 |
| 2 | Japan | 50.912 |
| 3 | Philippines | 51.325 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 51.585 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 52.535 |
| Heat 2 |||
| 1 | Indonesia | Unknown |
| 2 | Japan | Unknown |
| 3 | Philippines | Unknown |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | Unknown |
| 5 | Hong Kong | Unknown |

###### Final

| Team | Time |
| Philippines | 46.808 |
| Japan | 48.681 |
| Indonesia | 48.903 |
Source:

### Women
#### Small Boat 500 meters

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat |||
| 1 | Thailand | 02:10.101 |
| 2 | Philippines | 02:12.778 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 02:15.005 |
| - | Hong Kong | DNS |
| Final |||
| | Thailand | 02:19.145 |
| | Philippines | 02:22.128 |
| | Indonesia | 02:22.795 |

#### Small Boat 200 meters

| Rank | Team | Time |
| Heat |||
| 1 | Philippines | 55.425 |
| 2 | Thailand | 55.530 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 56.618 |
| - | Hong Kong | DNS |
| Final |||
| | Philippines | 54.453 |
| | Thailand | 54.753 |
| | Indonesia | 55.351 |
| - | Hong Kong | DNS |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Philippines (PHI) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |