1979 Asian Athletics Championships

The third Asian Athletics Championships were held in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.

1979 Asian Championships
DatesMay 31-June 3
Host cityJapan Tokyo, Japan
Venue National Olympic Stadium
Participationat least 10 nations

Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -1.6 m/s)
Suchart Chairsuvaparb
  Thailand
10.63 Suh Mei-Guh
  South Korea
10.75 Akira Harada
  Japan
10.80
200 metres
(wind: -1.7 m/s)
Yasuhiro Harada
  Japan
21.34 Shunzo Shito
  Japan
21.34 Toshio Toyota
  Japan
21.39
400 metres Shoichi Handa
  Japan
47.45 Abbas Al-Aibi
  Iraq
47.47 Fahim Sada
  Iraq
47.51
800 metres Falah Naji Jarallah
  Iraq
1:49.5a Toshifumi Shigenari
  Japan
1:49.6a Sant Kumar
  India
1:50.1a
1500 metres Ratan Singh Bhadouria
  India
3:49.8a Takashi Ishii
  Japan
3:50.1a Toshifumi Shigenari
  Japan
3:50.9a
5000 metres Hideki Kita
  Japan
13:55.3a Takao Nakamura
  Japan
13:59.8a Gopal Singh Saini
  India
13:59.8a
10,000 metres Toshihiko Seko
  Japan
28:59.2a Kunimitsu Ito
  Japan
29:00.2a Takeshi So
  Japan
29:02.5a
3000 metre steeplechase Masanari Shintaku
  Japan
8:40.8a Hitoshi Iwabuchi
  Japan
8:57.2a Gopal Singh Saini
  India
9:12.4a
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.7 m/s)
Yoshifumi Fujimori
  Japan
14.29 Satbir Singh
  India
14.53 Jabbar Rahima
  Iraq
14.72
400 metres hurdles Hussein Kadhum
  Iraq
51.18 Takashi Nagao
  Japan
51.53 Yukihiro Yoshimatsu
  Japan
52.14
4 × 100 metres relay   Japan
Yasuhiro Harada
Junichi Usui
Shunzo Shito
Akira Harada
39.70   Thailand
Somsak Boontud
Suchart Chairsuvaparb
Anat Ratanapol
Prasit Boonprasert
40.20   India
Adille Sumariwalla
Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran
O.L. Thomas
Thamizharasan
40.41
4 × 400 metres relay   Iraq
Hussein Ali Nasayyif
Heitham Nadim
Fahim Abdul-Sada
Abbas Al-Aibi
3:08.8a   Japan
Eiji Natori
Yasuhiro Harada
Takayuki Isobe
Takashi Nagao
3:08.9a   India
P.V. Kamaraj
Piara Singh
Harkamaljit Singh
Uday Krishna Prabhu
3:11.8a
20 kilometre road walk Hakam Singh
  India
1:35:40 Wang Qiang
  People's Republic of China
1:35:48 Vellasamy Subramaniam
  Malaysia
1:36:27
High jump Kazunori Koshikawa
  Japan
2.15 Takao Sakamoto
  Japan
2.15 Takashi Katamine
  Japan
2.15
Pole vault Itsuo Takanezawa
  Japan
5.20 Tomomi Takahashi
  Japan
5.10 Yosuhiro Kigawa
  Japan
5.00
Long jump Junichi Usui
  Japan
7.97 Suresh Babu
  India
7.94 Toshihisa Yoshimoto
  Japan
7.91w
Triple jump Zhou Zhenxian
  People's Republic of China
17.02 Motokuni Hiratani
  Japan
16.52w Masami Nakanishi
  Japan
16.50w
Shot put Mohammed Al-Zinkawi
  Kuwait
17.78 Zhao Baoqin
  People's Republic of China
17.50 Bahadur Singh Chouhan
  India
17.47
Discus throw Kiyotaka Kawasaki
  Japan
55.34 Li Weinan
  People's Republic of China
54.64 Michio Kita
  Japan
53.06
Hammer throw Shigenobu Murofushi
  Japan
66.73 Masayuki Kawata
  Japan
65.94 Raghubir Singh Bal
  India
61.52
Javelin throw Shen Maomao
  People's Republic of China
86.50 Toshihiro Yamada
  Japan
78.46 Masahiko Takita
  Japan
78.46
Decathlon Atsushi Kasai
  Japan
7096 Toshikazu Kobayashi
  Japan
6983 Jin Xuewei
  People's Republic of China
6975

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -1.8 m/s)
Emiko Konishi
  Japan
12.09 Ying Yaping
  People's Republic of China
12.10 Mo Myung-Hee
  South Korea
12.11
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
Sumiko Kaibara
  Japan
24.45 Mo Myung-Hee
  South Korea
24.49 Emiko Konishi
  Japan
24.72
400 metres Chung Byong-Soon
  South Korea
54.33 Rita Sen
  India
54.99 Yumiko Aoi
  Japan
55.66
800 metres Chung Byong-Soon
  South Korea
2:06.1a Chang Yong-Ae
  North Korea
2:10.2a Takako Sanda
  Japan
2:11.8a
1500 metres Kim Ok-Sun
  North Korea
4:25.0a Kim Chun-Hwa
  North Korea
4:29.1a Lü Hongxiang
  People's Republic of China
4:31.3a
3000 metres Kim Ok-Sun
  North Korea
9:24.9a Yang Yenying
  People's Republic of China
9:30.8a Kim Chun-Hwa
  North Korea
9:31.4a
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.2 m/s)
Emi Akimoto
  Japan
14.17 Dai Jianhua
  People's Republic of China
14.33 Tamie Motegi
  Japan
14.45
400 metres hurdles Yumiko Aoi
  Japan
60.46 Marina Chin Leng Sim
  Malaysia
61.63 Zhan Xin
  People's Republic of China
61.84
4 × 100 metre relay   Japan
Yukiko Osako
Sumiko Kaihara
Emiko Konishi
Emi Akimoto-Sasaki
45.85   Thailand
Buspranee Ratanapol
Usanee Laopinkarn
Pusadee Sangvijit
Walapa Pinij
46.03   India
Veena Chandola
Rita Sen
Angel Mary Joseph
Srirupa Chatterjee
46.93
4 × 400 metre relay   Japan
Yoshie Iizuka
Masae Kiguchi
Hiromi Hatano
Yumiko Aoi
3:45.9a   Malaysia
Marina Chin
Zaiton Othman
Vengadasalam Angamah
Saik Oik Cum
3:46.3a   Philippines
Mirna Ayo
Carmen Torres
Lorena Morcilla
Lydia De Vega
3:57.5a
High jump Zheng Dazhen
  People's Republic of China
1.87 Tamami Yagi
  Japan
1.81 Hisayo Fukumitsu
  Japan
1.81
Long jump Sumie Awara
  Japan
6.42w Zou Wa
  People's Republic of China
6.27w Kazuko Ishizu
  Japan
6.05w
Shot put Shen Lijuan
  People's Republic of China
17.48 Yukari Seo
  Japan
14.78 Yumiko Asari
  Japan
14.12
Discus throw Li Xiaohui
  People's Republic of China
58.62 Yukari Seo
  Japan
46.64 Yumiko Asari
  Japan
44.16
Javelin throw Li Xia
  People's Republic of China
58.44 Yao Juiying
  People's Republic of China
54.82 Naomi Shibusawa
  Japan
51.16
Pentathlon Ye Peisu
  People's Republic of China
4139 Tomoko Uchida
  Japan
3753 Sachie Sekiguchi
  Japan
3706

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)20182159
2  People's Republic of China78318
3  Iraq (IRQ)3126
4  India (IND)23813
5  North Korea (PRK)2215
  South Korea (KOR)2215
7  Thailand (THA)1203
8  Kuwait (KUW)1001
9  Malaysia (MAS)0213
10  Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (10 entries)383838114
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