# 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 18 and 19 February. A total of 26 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 25 track and field events.
China topped the medal table with 14 golds. Iran was second with three golds while Bahrain finished third with three golds.
The competition featured two Asian indoor records. Mutaz Essa Barshim broke the men's high jump record with a clearance of 2.37 m, bettering Zhu Jianhua's 26-year-ol standard. Li Ling beat the women's Asian indoor record in the pole vault with a mark of 4.50 m.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m | Reza Ghasemi Iran | 6.68 | Lai Chun Ho Hong Kong | 6.78 | Hassan Heidarpour Iran | 6.78 |
| 400 m | Reza Bouazar Iran | 48.09 | Chang Pengben China | 48.47 | Amin Ghelichi Iran | 48.64 |
| 800 m | Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait | 1:47.37 CR NR | Adnan Taes Iraq | 1:49.42 NR | Yang Xiaofei China | 1:50.32 |
| 1500 m | Mohammed Shaween Saudi Arabia | 3:57.84 NR | Mohamed Al-Garni Qatar | 3:58.04 | Omar Al-Rasheedi Kuwait | 3:59.83 |
| 3000 m | Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain | 7:43.88 | Mohamed Al-Garni Qatar | 7:46.17 | Alemu Bekele Bahrain | 7:48.04 |
| 60 m hurdles | Jiang Fan China | 7.74 CR | Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel Kuwait | 7.82 NR | Ji Wei China | 7.85 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | Event cancelled due to lack of entries | Event cancelled due to lack of entries |
| High jump | Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar | 2.37 m AR | Zhang Guowei China | 2.28 m | Majed Al-Din Ghazal Syria | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault | Yang Yansheng China | 5.50 m | Zhang Wei China | 5.40 m | Junya Nagata Japan | 5.30 m |
| Long jump | Li Jinzhe China | 7.98 m | Rikiya Saruyama Japan | 7.63 m | Kumaravel Premkumar India | 7.62 m |
| Triple jump | Dong Bin China | 17.01 m CR | Cao Shuo China | 17.01 m CR | Li Yanxi China | 16.23 |
| Shot put | Zhang Jun China | 19.78 m CR | Wang Guangfu China | 19.40 m | Wang Like China | 19.09 m |
| Heptathlon | Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan | 5928 pts CR | Keisuke Ushiro Japan | 5590 pts | Hiromasa Tanaka Japan | 5033 pts |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m | Wei Yongli China | 7.37 | Tao Yujia China | 7.40 | Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan | 7.44 |
| 400 m | Maryam Tousi Iran | 53.85 NR | Chen Jingwen China | 54.17 | Tang Xiaoyin China | 55.06 |
| 800 m | Zhao Jing China | 2:04.15 | Genzeb Shumi Bahrain | 2:05.96 | Song Tingting China | 2:11.32 |
| 1500 m | Genzeb Shumi Bahrain | 4:15.85 | Betlhem Belayneh United Arab Emirates | 4:16.97 NR | Liu Fang China | 4:18.32 |
| 3000 m | Shitaye Eshete Bahrain | 8:49.27 CR NR | Betlhem Belayneh United Arab Emirates | 8:53.56 NR | Tejitu Daba Bahrain | 8:53.75 |
| 60 m hurdles | Wu Shuijiao China | 8.24 CR | Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan | 8.29 | Sun Yawei China | 8.35 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | China Chen Yanmei Tang Xiaoyin Cheng Chong Chen Jingwen | 3:40.34 | Kazakhstan Natalya Tukova Yekaterina Yermak Margarita Kudinova Alexandra Kuzina | 3:44.85 | Kyrgyzstan Olesia Korovina Anna Bulanova Ksenia Kadkina Iuliia Khodykina | 3:56.11 NR |
| High jump | Zheng Xingjuan China | 1.92 m | Wang Yang China | 1.88 m | Duong Thi Viet Anh Vietnam | 1.84 m |
| Pole vault | Li Ling China | 4.50 m AR | Choi Yun-Hee South Korea | 4.30 m | Megumi Nakada Japan | 4.15 m |
| Long jump | Lu Minjia China | 6.33 m | Anastassiya Kudinova Kazakhstan | 6.23 m | Wang Wupin China | 6.22 m |
| Triple jump | Xie Limei China | 14.06 m | Li Yanmei China | 13.73 m | Lyudmila Grankovskaya Kazakhstan | 13.22 m |
| Shot put | Liu Xiangrong China | 18.37 m CR | Leila Rajabi Iran | 17.51 m | Meng Qianqian China | 16.13 m |
| Pentathlon | Irina Karpova Kazakhstan | 4050 pts | Duong Thi Viet Anh Vietnam | 3812 pts | Sepideh Tavakkoli Iran | 3775 pts |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Bahrain (BHR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |

## Participating nations

A total of 26 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2012 championships
* Bahrain (6)
* China (63)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Hong Kong (7)
* India (14)
* Indonesia (3)
* Iran (13)
* Iraq (1)
* Japan (10)
* Kazakhstan (15)
* Kuwait (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (7)
* Laos (2)
* Macau (6)
* Mongolia (7)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Qatar (3)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Singapore (4)
* South Korea (2)
* Syria (1)
* Thailand (2)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* United Arab Emirates (2)
* Vietnam (3)