# 2017 Asian Athletics Championships

The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.
The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event. On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the Asian Athletics Association Council. The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.
The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years. Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.
The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.

## Venues and infrastructure

The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators. The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event. After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.

## Logo and Mascot

On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot. It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.

## Culture

Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela. Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.

## Media Coverage

Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.

## Doping

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.

## Event summary
### Men
#### Track

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Hassan Taftian Iran | 10.25 | Femi Ogunode Qatar | 10.26 | Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei | 10.31 |
| 200 metres details | Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei | 20.66 | Park Bong-go South Korea | 20.76 | Femi Ogunode Qatar | 20.79 |
| 400 metres details | Mohammad Anas India | 45.77 | Arokia Rajiv India | 46.14 | Ahmed Mubarak Al-Saadi Oman | 46.39 |
| 800 metres details | Ebrahim Al-Zofairi Kuwait | 1:49.47 | Jamal Hairane Qatar | 1:49.94 | Jinson Johnson India | 1:50.07 |
| 1500 metres details | Ajay Kumar Saroj India | 3:45.85 | Jamal Hairane Qatar | 3:46.90 | Moslem Niadoost Iran | 3:48.53 |
| 5000 metres details | Govindan Lakshmanan India | 14:54.48 | Yaser Salem Bagharab Qatar | 14:55.89 | Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri Saudi Arabia | 14:56.83 |
| 10,000 metres details | Govindan Lakshmanan India | 29:55.87 | Gopi Thonakal India | 29:58.89 | Adilet Kyshtakbekov Kyrgyzstan | 30:06.65 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel Kuwait | 13.50 | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha Kuwait | 13.59 | Ahmed Khader Al-Muwallad Saudi Arabia | 13.61 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Eric Cray Philippines | 49.57 | Chen Chieh Chinese Taipei | 49.75 | Jabir M.P. India | 50.22 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Hossein Keyhani Iran | 8:43.82 | Yaser Salem Bagharab Qatar | 8:46.16 | Ali Ahmad Al-Amri Saudi Arabia | 8:52.64 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | China (CHN) Tang Xingqiang Liang Jinsheng Bie Ge Xu Haiyang Xu Zhouzheng* | 39.38 | Thailand (THA) Kritsada Namsuwan Bandit Chuangchai Jirapong Meenapra Jaran Sathoengram Ruttanapon Sowan* | 39.38 | Hong Kong (HKG) So Chun Hong Ng Ka Fung Tang Yik Chun Tsui Chi Ho Wan Hin Chung* | 39.53 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed Amoj Jacob Arokia Rajiv Mohammad Anas Mohan Kumar* Sachin Roby* | 3:02.92 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Tharusha Dananjaya Kalinga Kumarage Ajith Premakumara Dilip Ruwan | 3:04.80 | Thailand (THA) Apisit Chamsri Nattapong Kongkraphan Jirayu Pleenaram Phitchaya Sunthonthuam Vitsanu Phosri* | 3:06.48 |
| 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) |||||| |
* Athletes with stars competed in the heats but not the finals, and received medals.

#### Field

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea | 2.30 m =PB | Zhang Guowei China | 2.28 m | Majd Eddin Ghazal Syria | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault details | Ding Bangchao China | 5.65 m | Masaki Ejima Japan | 5.65 m AJR | Ernest John Obiena Philippines | 5.50 m |
| Long jump details | Huang Changzhou China | 8.09 m | Chan Ming Tai Hong Kong | 8.03 m | Shotaro Shiroyama Japan | 7.97 m |
| Triple jump details | Zhu Yaming China | 16.82 m | Mark Harry Diones Philippines | 16.45 m | Xu Xiaolong China | 16.45 m |
| Shot put details | Ali Samari Iran | 19.80 m | Tejinder Pal Singh India | 19.77 m | Ivan Ivanov Kazakhstan | 19.41 m |
| Discus throw details | Ehsan Haddadi Iran | 64.54 m | Muhammad Irfan Malaysia | 60.96 m | Vikas Gowda India | 60.81 m |
| Hammer throw details | Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan | 76.69 m | Wang Shizhu China | 73.81 m | Lee Yun-chul South Korea | 73.77 m NR |
| Javelin throw details | Neeraj Chopra India | 85.23 m CR | Ahmed Bader Magour Qatar | 83.70 m | Davinder Singh Kang India | 83.29 m |
| 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) |||||| |

#### Combined

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Decathlon details | Sutthisak Singkhon Thailand | 7732 pts PB | Kazuya Kawasaki Japan | 7584 pts | Guo Qi China | 7495 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
#### Track

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan | 11.39 | Olga Safronova Kazakhstan | 11.45 | Dutee Chand India | 11.52 |
| 200 metres details | Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan | 23.10 | Rumeshika Rathnayake Sri Lanka | 23.43 | Olga Safronova Kazakhstan | 23.47 |
| 400 metres details | Quách Thị Lan Vietnam | 52.78 | Jisna Mathew India | 53.32 | M. R. Poovamma India | 53.36 |
| 800 metres details | Nimali Liyanarachchi Sri Lanka | 2:05.23 | Gayanthika Abeyrathne Sri Lanka | 2:05.27 | Fumika Omori Japan | 2:06.50 |
| 1500 metres details | PU Chitra India | 4:17.92 | Geng Min China | 4:19.15 | Ayako Jinnouchi Japan | 4:19.90 |
| 5000 metres details | Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 15:57.95 | Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates | 15:59.95 | Sanjivani Jadhav India | 16:00.24 |
| 10,000 metres details | Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 32:21.21 | Yuka Hori Japan | 32:23.26 | Mizuki Matsuda Japan | 32:46.61 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Jung Hye-lim South Korea | 13.16 | Ayako Kimura Japan | 13.30 | Wang Dou China | 13.36 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Nguyễn Thị Huyền Vietnam | 56.14 | Anu Raghavan India | 57.22 | Sayaka Aoki Japan | 58.18 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Sudha Singh India | 9:59.47 | Hyo Gyong North Korea | 10:13.94 | Nana Sato Japan | 10:18.11 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rima Kashafutdinova Viktoriya Zyabkina Merjen Ishangulyyeva Olga Safronova | 43.53 | China (CHN) Sun Fengyan Kong Lingwei Lin Huijun Feng Lulu | 44.50 | India (IND) Merlin Joseph Himashree Roy Srabani Nanda Dutee Chand | 44.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Vietnam (VIE) Nguyễn Thị Oanh Quách Thị Lan Hoàng Thị Ngọc Nguyễn Thị Huyền | 3:33.22 | Japan (JPN) Sayaka Aoki Kana Ichikawa Seika Aoyama Manami Kira | 3:37.74 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Svetlana Golendova Elina Mikhina Adelina Akhmetova Merjen Ishangulyeva | 3:37.95 |

#### Field

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump details | Nadiya Dusanova Uzbekistan | 1.84 m | Yeung Man Wai Hong KongWang Xueyi ChinaLiu Jingyi China | 1.80 m | Not awarded | |
| Pole vault details | Chen Qiaoling China | 4.40 m | Li Ling China | 4.20 m | Chayanusa Chomchuendee Thailand | 4.10 m |
| Long jump details | Bùi Thị Thu Thảo Vietnam | 6.54 m | Nellickal V. Neena India | 6.54 m | Nayana James India | 6.42 m |
| Triple jump details | Mariya Ovchinnikova Kazakhstan | 13.72 m | Irina Ektova Kazakhstan | 13.62 m | N.V. Sheena India | 13.42 m |
| Shot put details | Manpreet Kaur India | DQ (from 2016) | Guo Tianqian China | 17.91 m | Aya Ota Japan | 15.45 m |
| Discus throw details | Chen Yang China | 60.41 m | Subenrat Insaeng Thailand | 56.82 m | Lu Xiaoxin China | 55.27 m |
| Hammer throw details | Luo Na China | 69.92 m | Liu Tingting China | 69.45 m | Hitomi Katsuyama Japan | 60.22 m |
| Javelin throw details | Li Lingwei China | 63.06 m CR | Dilhani Lekamage Sri Lanka | 58.11 m PB | Annu Rani India | 57.32 m |
| 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) |||||| |

#### Combined

* Chronology: 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon details | Swapna Barman India | 5942 pts PB | Meg Hemphill Japan | 5883 pts | Purnima Hembram India | 5798 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 count
### Key

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND)* | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Vietnam (VIE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KWT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 16 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Malaysia (MYS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 42 | 42 | 41 | 125 |

## Participating nations

A total 560 athletes from 41 nations attended the event.
* Afghanistan (7)
* Bangladesh (18)
* Bahrain (1)
* Bhutan (1)
* Cambodia (2)
* China (50)
* Chinese Taipei (23)
* Hong Kong (15)
* India (87)
* Indonesia (4)
* Iran (14)
* Iraq (10)
* Japan (54)
* Jordan (4)
* Kazakhstan (29)
* Kuwait (18)
* Kyrgyzstan (6)
* Lebanon (8)
* Macau (5)
* Malaysia (19)
* Maldives (10)
* Mongolia (4)
* Myanmar (3)
* Nepal (5)
* North Korea (4)
* Oman (9)
* Pakistan (5)
* Philippines (7)
* Qatar (10)
* Saudi Arabia (14)
* Singapore (9)
* South Korea (21)
* Sri Lanka (21)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (7)
* Thailand (27)
* Timor-Leste (3)
* United Arab Emirates (8)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Vietnam (6)
* Yemen (3)

## Gallery

* Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
* Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
* Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
* Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
* Athletes from Afghanistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from China bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from Japan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from Kazakhstan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from Pakistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from Malaysia bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from Sri Lanka bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Athletes from India bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
* Hiba Omar from Syria bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.