The 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, between 19 and 21 February.
| 2016 Asian Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | 19–21 February |
| Host city | Doha, Qatar |
| Venue | Aspire Dome |
| Events | 26 |
| Participation | 267 athletes from 36 nations |
| Records set | 12 championship 3 Asian records |
Three new women's Asian indoor records were set at the competition: 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) in the pole vault by Li Ling, 51.67 seconds for the 400 metres by Kemi Adekoya, and 3:35.07 minutes for the 4 × 400 metres relay set by Bahrain. In total, twelve championship records were improved at the competition. The host nation Qatar topped the medal table with six gold medals (all on the men's side). China was second with five gold medals and Kazakhstan had four titles to its name.[1][2][3]
Five titles from the 2014 edition were defended successfully, including all the men's distance titles. Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla of Qatar won the 800 metres for a second title while his compatriot Mohamad Al-Garni retained both his 1500 metres and 3000 metres gold medals in championship record times. Another championship record defence came from Kuwait's Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel in the 60 metres hurdles. The two other athletes to defend their titles were both high jumpers: Mutaz Essa Barshim took his fourth straight men's title for the host nation and Svetlana Radzivil of Uzbekistan took the honour of being the only returning women's champion to leave undefeated.[1][2][3]
Betlhem Desalegn took a women's distance double in the 1500 m and 3000 m, becoming the first Emirati gold medallist in championships history. Swapna Barman was initially the women's pentathlon runner-up, but was disqualified upon appeal for a lane infringement in the final 800 m event. Other prominent disqualifications were home favourites Samuel Francis and Tosin Ogunode, who fell foul of the false start rule in the men's 60 metres. Three infrequent participants reached the medal table for first time: the Philippines through men's 60 m bronze medallist Eric Cray, Sri Lanka courtesy of women's 800 m runner-up Nimali Waliwarsha Arachchige and men's high jump third-placer Manjula Kumara, and finally Jordan via their women's 4 × 400 m relay team.[1][2][3]
Results edit
Men edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Hassan Taftian (IRI) |
6.56 CR | Reza Ghasemi (IRI) |
6.66 |  Eric Cray (PHI) |
6.70 |
| 400 metres |  Abdelalelah Haroun (QAT) |
45.88 CR |  Abubakar Abbas (BHR) |
46.60 |  Mikhail Litvin (KAZ) |
46.80 |
| 800 metres | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) |
1:46.92 CR | Jamal Hairane (QAT) |
1:48.05 | Mostafa Ebrahimi (IRI) |
1:48.26 |
| 1500 metres | Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT) |
3:36.35 CR | Benson Seurei (BHR) |
3:37.08 | Said Aden Said (QAT) |
3:37.29 |
| 3000 metres | Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT) |
7:39.23 CR | Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR) |
7:40.27 | Said Aden Said (QAT) |
7:44.69 |
| 60 metres hurdles |  Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW) |
7.60 CR NR | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (KUW) |
7.65 |  Zhang Honglin (CHN) |
7.73 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Qatar Mohamed Nasir Abbas Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla Abdelalelah Haroun |
3:08.20 CR | Iran Reza Ghasemi Mehdi Zamani Mostafa Ebrahimi Sajjad Hashemi |
3:11.86 | Only two starters | |
| High jump | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) |
2.35 m |  Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR) |
2.28 m |  Manjula Kumara (SRI) |
2.24 m NR |
| Pole vault | Huang Bokai (CHN) |
5.75 m CR |  Seito Yamamoto (JPN) |
5.60 m | Hiroki Ogita (JPN) |
5.50 m |
| Long jump | Zhang Yaoguang (CHN) |
7.99 m |  Kumaravel Premkumar (IND) |
7.92 m |  Chan Ming Tai (HKG) |
7.85 m |
| Triple jump | Roman Valiyev (KAZ) |
16.69 m | Renjith Maheshwary (IND) |
16.16 m | Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT) |
15.97 m |
| Shot put | Liu Yang (CHN) |
19.30 m | Tian Zhizhong (CHN) |
18.88 m | Om Prakash Karhana (IND) |
18.77 m |
| Heptathlon | Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) |
5831 pts NR | Hu Yufei (CHN) |
5745 pts |  Marat Khaydarov (UZB) |
5619 pts |
Women edit
Medal table edit
- Key
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar* | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | China | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | India | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Syria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 26 | 26 | 25 | 77 | |
Participating nations edit
Afghanistan (1)
Bahrain (17)
China (22)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Hong Kong (7)
India (18)
Indonesia (4)
Iran (19)
Iraq (10)
Japan (12)
Jordan (5)
Kazakhstan (15)
Kuwait (8)
Kyrgyzstan (5)
Lebanon (6)
Macau (5)
Malaysia (11)
Maldives (3)
Mongolia (1)
Oman (4)
Pakistan (4)
Palestine (2)
Philippines (7)
Qatar (21)
Saudi Arabia (8)
Singapore (6)
South Korea (3)
Sri Lanka (5)
Syria (2)
Tajikistan (4)
Thailand (1)
Turkmenistan (5)
United Arab Emirates (5)
Uzbekistan (11)
Vietnam (4)
Yemen (4)
References edit
- ^ a b c Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-21). Al-Garni clinches second successive double on final day of Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
- ^ a b c Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-20). Al-Garni and Adekoya in the spotlight on the second day of the Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
- ^ a b c Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-19). Records tumble on first day of Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
- Results
- Official results. AthleticsAsia. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.