Championship Statistics by
K Ken Nakamura

Men
 100m | 200m | 400m 800m |1500m | 5000m 10000m | 3000mSC 110mh | 400mh | LJ | TJ HJ | PV | SP | DT | JT | HT | 4x100 | 4x400 Decathlon

Women
 100m | 200m |400m
800m |1500m | 5000m
10000m | 3000mSC 100mh | 400mh |
LJ | TJ HJ | PV | SP | DT | JT
HT | 4x100 | 4x400 Heptathlon |

             

News
Men 4x400m Relay: Japan team was victorious in all relay events of the 19th Asian Athletics Championship and their men's 4x400m relay team ended the championship with gold medal with a timing of 3:04.72, Saudi Arebia team was on the second place with 3:08.03 and Iran clinched bronze medal in 3:08.58sec
 
Women 4x400m Relay: Miho Shingu lead Japaneese team to gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay with a timing of 3:35.00sec. Kazakstan team finished on the second place with 3:36.61sec while Iraq team won bronze medal with 3:41.91sec.
 
Men 4x100m Relay: It was again Japan whose powerful relay squad won gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay final with a timing of 39.18sec. Hongkong won his first silver medal with a timing of 39.26sec.Chinese Taipai finished on the third place with 39.30sec
 
Women 4x100m relay: Host Japan swept relay title in the women's 4x100m with a timing of 44.05sec while China and Thailand finished on the second place with a timing of 44.23s and 44.62sec respectively.
 
Men Long Jump: Su Xiongfeng of China won the hotly contested final of men's long jump with a season best jump of 8.19m. Supanara Sukhasvasti of Thailand and Rikiya Saruyama of Japan remained locked with the identical distance of 8.05m but Supanara of Thailand won second place on the basis of second best jump of 7.74m.
 
Men Javelin Throw: World Championship medalist Yukifumi Murakami of Japan delivered the promise of setting new championship record in the men's Javelin throw. He hurled the new fibre glass javelin to 83.27m to win gold medal. Jaemyoung Park of Korea took second place position in his 5th attempt with 80.19m. Ivan Zaitcev of Uzbekistan grabbed bronze medal with a distance of 79.22m.
 
Men 110m Hurdles: As expected Liu Xiang of China did not disappoint his fans by winning fourht consecutive Asian Title in the men's 110m Hurdles with a new championship record of 13.22sec. His teammate Shi Dongpeng finished on the second place with 13.56sec. Taekyong Park of Korea took bronze in 13.66sec.
 
Women 100m Hurdles: Sun Yawei sucessfully defended her Asian title with a win in 100m Hurdles final at the 19th Asian Athletics Championship in Kobe. Sun clocked 13.04sec to win the gold medal. Hyelim Jung of Korea was elated with the silver medal finish with a time of 13.11sec. Natalaya Ivoninskaya of Kazakstan won bronze medal in 13.15sec.
 
Women 3000m Steeplechase: Minori Hayakari , 38 of Japan defeated India’s Asian Games Champion Sudha Singh who was bidding to be first women to win both Asian Games and Asian Championship in the final of the women 3000m steeplechase with a new championship record of timing of 9:52.42sec. Sudha settled on the silver place with a performance of 10:08.52sec.  Thi Phuong Nguyen of Vietnam took bronze medal in 10:14.94s
 
Women High Jump: Another close contest was seen in Women's High Jump where Xingjuan Zheng of China succesfully defended her title in women's high jump by beating Kazak and Uzbek jumpers to win gold medal in 1.92m. Svetlana Radzivil of UZB was on second place with 1.92m and Marina Aitova got bronze with 1.89m
 
Women Shot Put: Women Shot put final witnessed the closest competition of the championship so far, featuring two Chinese throwers who were separated by just 1cm between gold and silver medal. In the end, Qianqian Meng emerged winner with 18.31 while favourite Xiangrong Liu settled on second place in 18.30m. Leyla Rajabi of Iran took home bronze medal with a throw of 16.60m.
 
Men 800m: Mohamed Mutlak Al-Azimi of Kuwait became the only athlete to win both 800 and 1500m at the same Asian Championship. Al-Azimi who is in tremendous form this season clocked 1:46.15sec  to win the gold medal and beat defending champion Sajad Moradi of Iran who finished on the second place with a performance of  1:46.35s. India’s Ghamanda Ram finally managed to live up to his potential of being among the best of Asia in 800m by winning his maiden Asian Championship bronze medal in person best timing of 1:46.36s.
 
Women 800m: Vietnam’s Thanh Hang Truong  finally cracked the code to win the titles and she did it today by executing perfect plan to win maiden Asian title in 800m with a timing 2:01.41s. Margarita clocked 2:02.46  to finish on the second place. Both Thanh and Margarita were threatened by India’s Tintu Luka towards the end of the run but she faded to the third place with a timing of 2:02.55s .
 
Men 200m: Asian Games Champion Femi Shun Ogunode of Qatar equalled Asian Championship record with a blistering sprint from start to finish in the men’s 200m final with an impressive performance of 20.41  . Hitoshi Saito of Japan amended his medal position from 2009 with a silver finish in a time of 20.75s..Bronze medal went to defending champion Omar Al-Salfa of UAE with a performance of 20.97s
 
Women 200m: Host Japan’s new sprinting queen Chisato Fukushima became only the fourth sprinter to win both Asian Games and Asian Championships when she won women 200m final of the 19th Asian Athletics Championship with a season best timing of 23.49sec . Gretta Taslakian  of Lebanan won surprisingly silver  medal in 24.01sec. Saori Imai of Japan took bronze medal in 24.06s
 
Men's 5000m: D.R.Mootumaa of Bahrain broke 18 year old Asian Championship record of 13min 41.70sec in the Men's 5000m final with a timing of 13:39.71sec. Its first gold medal for Bahrain in this event at the Championship. Yuki Sato of Japan took over Alemu Bekele Gebre of Bahrain in the last 50m to take silver medal with recording breaking time of 13min 40.78sec. Alemu ended his run with bronze medal in 13min 41.93sec.
 
Women's 5000m: T.D.Chalchissa of Bahrain smashed 16 years old Asian Championship record in the women 5000m in the convincing manner. She led from start to finish and clocked 15min 22.48sec to set new record. Hitomi Niiya of Japan was distinct second with a performance of 15min 34.19sec. Another Japanese runner Yuriko Kobayashi grabbed bronze in 15min 42.59sec.
 
Men 400m Hurdles: It is very rare to see foul starts in one lap event but this time there were two foul starts which resulted into disqualifcation of two finalist Hassan Aman Salmeen of Qatar and Takayuki Kishimoto of Japan. World Junior Silver medalist Takatoshi Abe of Japan won the gold medal with a seson best timing of of 49.64sec. Yuta Imazeki also from Japan finished on the second place in 50.22sec while Chieh Chen of Chinese Taipai won bronze medal in 50.39sec.
 
Women 400m Hurdles: Satomi Kubokura of Japan not only defended her title but also made hat trick of winning three consecutive Asian Championship title in the women 400m hurdles. Satomi clocked 56.52sec to win gold medal. Young and talented Qi Yang of China set new personal best with a performance of 56.69sec and maiden silver medal in the Asian Championship. USA Based C.S. Merril of Sri Lanka earned bronze medal in 57.30sec.
 
Men's Hammer Throw: Ali Zenkawi of Kuwait was 19 years old when he had won his first Asian Championship title in Manila in 2003 in the Men's Hammer Throw and today he repeated that feat for the fourth time to surpass his father's three Asian title in shot put. Ali threw 73.73m to claim his 4th title. In the absence of Koji Murofushi, Hiroshi Noguchi  and Hiroaki Doi carried the Japanese hope and they delivered it by winning silver and bronze medal with a throw of 70.89m and 70.69m respectively.
 
Men High Jump:  World Junior, Asian Games  and Asian Junior Champion Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar is now Asian Champion and he did it that in style, clearing a height of 2.35m , a new personal best and new Asian Championship record ( old 2.32m set in 1995). He was given run for his glory by Syrian Majd Eddin Ghazal ( 2.28m and silver medal) and Chen Wang ( 2.26m and Bronze medal).
 
Women Triple Jump: Former Asian record holder and Asian Games Champion Xie Limei of China set leading Asian mark for this season with a gold medal winning effort of 14.54m in the Women's triple jump final. Xie's winning jump came in the 4th round. World youth Bronze medalist Valeriya Kanatova of Uzbekistan won silver medal with a jump of 14.14m while India's Mayookha Johny won her second medal of this championship. Johny won bronze medal with a jump of 14.11m, a new Indian record.
 
Women Pole Vault: Sha Wu of China was 16 years old when she won her first Asian Championship title in the women's Pole Vault in Manila in 2003. Today she kept Chinese domination in the Women Pole vault by winning gold medal, clearing height of 4.35m. Ling Li, also from China grabbed silver medal with a performance of 4.30m. Yunhee Choi of South Korea won bronze medal with a performance of 4.00m.
 
Men Shot Put: Supporters of Chinese Taipei were emotional when they heard National Antham of Chiense Taipai for the first time in 15 years at the Asian Championship and Chang Mingh-Huang was responsible for this sweet moment which he had achieved by winning men's Shot Put title with a new championship record of 20.14m and beating defending champion Om Prakash Singh who finished on the third place with a throw of 19.47m. Chinese thrower Jun Zhang won silver medal with a throw of 19.77m.
 
Women Heptathlon: Wassanee Winatho (31) of Thailand was ecstatic after winning her first ever Asian Championship title in the most grueling event of Heptathlon by scoring total points of 5710. Humie Takehara of Japan made strong finish in the 800m run which helped her to climb from 4th place to 2nd place with a total points of 5491. Chie Kiriyama paid price for slow 800m and ended on the bronze medal position with totle points of 5442.
Men 3000m Steeplechase: Ali Abubaker Kamal of Qatar won men's 3000m steeple chase final with a season  best timing of 8:30.23sec. Kossinov Artem of Kazakstan won silver medal in 8:35.11sec while  Taher of Bahrain took bronze literally by walking at the finish line in 8:45.47.
 
Men Decathlon :Finally, after two runner up positions, Hadi Sepehrzad of Iran emerged toughest athlete of Asia by winning exciting contest of ten events spread over two days with a total points of 7506 points beating Akihiko Makmura of Japan by just 28 points. Nakamura won silver medal in 7478 points. India's Bhartender Singh Cheema won bronze medal with a performance of 7358 points.
 
Men Triple Jump: Yevgeniy Ektov of Kazakstan beat Asian record holder Li Yanxi of China in the final of the Men's Triple Jump with a jump of 16.91m. Ektov avenged his defeat by Li Yanxi in the Asian Games 2010. Li could managed only 16.70m. Defending champion Roman Valiyev finished third with 16.62m.
 
Men 400m: Yousef Ahmed Masrahi became the first gold medal winner in the men's 400m from Saudi Arabia in the history of Asian Championship with a timing of 45.79sec. His late surge was too much to handle for Hirose Hideyuki of Japan who ended on the second place with 46.03sec. Yuzo Kanemaru also from Japan took bronze medal in 46.38sec. Eariler Ahmed Al-Marjibi of Oman was disqualifed for foul start.
 
Women 400m: Twice Asian Games champion Olga Tereshkova of Kazakhstan added Asian Championship title to her illustrious career in 400m with a timing of 52.37sec. Gulustand Ieso of Iraq not only created new national record for Iraq but also became the first medal winner for Iraq in the Asian Championship 2011. She finished on the second place with 52.80sec. Chen Jingwen of China took bronze in 52.89sec.
 
Men 100m: Bingtian Su of China emerged fastest Asian men in the men's 100m final full of drama on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championship in Kobe. Su clocked 4th fastest timing in Asian Champioship 10.21sec to cross the finish line. Host Japan's favorite Masashi was disqualified for foul start but later was allowed to run who finished on the second place with 10.28sec and his teammate Sota Kawatsura took bronze in 10.30sec.
 
Women 100m: Guzel Khubbieva of Uzbekistan executed the perfect race to complete full set of medal in the Asian Championship with a gold medal in 11.39sec in the 100m Final. Former Asian Games championship was quick to come out of the block and gain intial lead which she futher extended with her agressive style to win the coveted title. Wei Yongli and Yujia Tao of China finished on the distinct second and third place respectively with 11.70s and 11.74sec.
 
Women 1500m: Genzebe Shami Regasa of Bahrain lived upto the expecations of winning gold medal in the women 1500m with a convincing performance of 4:15.91sec. She beat  Truong Thanh Hang of Vietnam who won her first slive medal with a timing of 4:18.40sec. Bronze went to India's O. P. Jaisha with 4:21.41sec
 
Men 1500m: Mohammad Alazemi won first gold medal for Kuwait in the 1500m run with a timing of 3:42.89sec. He also maintained domination of Gulf countires over 1500m run in the Asian Championship. Sajad Moradi of Iran won silver medal.
 
Men Pole Vault: Daichi Sawano was third time proud to be Asian Champion in Pole vault when he cleared 5.50m to claim title. Daichi had won pole vault title in 2002 and 2005. He said "Asian Championship is always special to him and to win gold medal is very proud moment". His next aim is to finish within medal position in the World Championship. Hiroki Ogita also from Japan won his maiden Asian medal with 5.40m.  Chinese Yang Yansheng finsihed on the third place clearing height of 5.40m.
 
Women Discus Throw: China extended their domination in the women discus throw with 16th gold medal from 19th Asian Championship and this time it was Sun Taifeng who hurled 60.89m to win. Ma Xuejun also from China finished on the second place with 59.67m. India's Harwant Kaur won bronze medal with 57.99m.
 
Men 10000m: Bahrain runners dominate 10000m event. M. A. Mahboob of Bahrain won men's 10000m run with a timing of 28:35.49, 4th fasteest in the Asian Championship history. His teammate B.S .Gelasa was close behind on the second place with a timing of 28min 36.30sec. Sizable Japanese crwod cheers for Akinobu Murasawa who finished on the third place with  28min 40.63sec.
 
Women 10000m: S. E. Habitegbrel of Bahrain won gold medal in women 10000m with a timing of 32min 47.80sec. Teammate and 2007 Champion Kareema Jasim Saleh took silver with 32:50.90sec and India's Preeja Sreedharan won Bronze medal in 33:16.55sec. Event was intially led by Japannese runners and then Bahrain Runners came into action with a breakway lap of 74sec and then maintained 80sec lap while gradually increasing pace to 77sec towards end.
 
Women Long Jump :India's Mayookha Johny realised her dream of winning Asian Championship title in the Long Jump with a jump of 6.56m. She is on her way to emaulate her idol, Anju George. Anju had won Asian Championship gold in 2005. Chinese Lu Minjia finished on the second place with 6.52m. Japan's Saeko Okayama finsihed on the 3rd place with 6.51m.
 
Women Javelin Throw: Chinese women dominated Javelin Throw with repeat of 1-2 finish. Liu Chunhua succesfully defended her title with a throw of 58.05m and her teammate Wang Ping took silver in 55.80m. Host Japan's Sato Yuki threw 54.16m to win bronze
 
Women Hammer Throw: Masumi Aya of Japan not only overcome Chinese dominanace but also won her maiden Continental title in the Women Hammer Throw on the rain soggy afternoon in Kobe with a throw of 67.19m, just a few centimeters outside her personal best. Tingting Liu of China was second with 65.42m and sister of Olympic Champion Koji Murofushi, Yuka Murafushi won bronze medal with a distance of 62.50m
 
Men Discus Throw: Asian record holder Ehsan Hadidi of Iran won 4th consecutive Asian title and first gold medal of the 19th Asian Athletics Championship with a 5th round throw of 62.27m. India's Vikas Gowda win silver with 61.58m. Bronze went to Wu Jian of China 56.61m
 
Japan hoping to rise to the occasion in Kobe - Asian champs PREVIEW-
Kobe, Japan - Qualification for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Daegu and next year's Olympic Games should be on the minds of a majority of the athletes as they get down to compete in the 19th Asian Athletics Championships at the Kobe Universiade Stadium, from 7-10 July- IAAF story
   
The 19th Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Kobe from 7-10 July 2011. About 500 athletes from 45 member countries and regions of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) will compete for the prestiguios championship at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium.