Asian Athletics Championships

The Asian Athletics Championships is an event organized by the Asian Athletics Association.

The competition courted controversy with the International Association of Athletics Federations when political in-fighting arose due to the barring of Israel from participation in 1977. That edition of the competition was cancelled and championships between 1979 and 1989 were regarded by the IAAF as unofficial and called the "Asian Track and Field Meeting" as a result. The situation was resolved when Israel began competing in European Athletic Association events instead.^[1]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Events	Nations	Athletes	Top of the medal table
1	1973	Marikina	Philippines	18–23 November	Rodriguez Sports Center	37			Japan
2	1975	Seoul	South Korea	9–14 June	Dongdaemun Stadium	39			Japan
3	1979	Tokyo	Japan	31 May – 3 June	National Olympic Stadium	38			Japan
4	1981	Tokyo	Japan	5–7 June	National Olympic Stadium	37			Japan
5	1983	Kuwait City	Kuwait	3–9 November	Kuwait National Stadium	38			China
6	1985	Jakarta	Indonesia	25–29 September	Bung Karno Stadium	42			China
7	1987	Singapore	Singapore	22–26 July	National Stadium	40			China
8	1989	New Delhi	India	14–19 November	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	40			China
9	1991	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	19–23 October	Stadium Merdeka	40			China
10	1993	Manila	Philippines	30 November – 4 December	Rizal Memorial Stadium	41			China
11	1995	Jakarta	Indonesia	20–24 September	Bung Karno Stadium	41			China
12	1998	Fukuoka	Japan	19–22 July	Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium	43			China
13	2000	Jakarta	Indonesia	28–31 August	Bung Karno Stadium	43	37	441	China
14	2002	Colombo	Sri Lanka	9–12 August	Sugathadasa Stadium	43			China
15	2003	Manila	Philippines	20–23 September	Rizal Memorial Stadium	43			China
16	2005	Incheon	South Korea	1–4 September	Incheon Munhak Stadium	43	35	536	China
17	2007	Amman	Jordan	25–29 July	Amman International Stadium	44	34		China
18	2009	Guangzhou	China	10–14 November	Olympic Stadium	44	37	505	China
19	2011	Kobe	Japan	7–10 July	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	42	40	464	China
20	2013	Pune	India	3–7 July	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex	42	42	522	China
21	2015	Wuhan	China	3–7 June	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium	42	40	497	China
22	2017	Bhubaneswar	India	5–9 July	Kalinga Stadium	42	41	560	India
23	2019	Doha	Qatar	21–24 April	Khalifa International Stadium	43	42	595	Bahrain
24	2021	Hangzhou	China	20-23 May	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center
25	2023	Pattaya	Thailand	12-16 July	Pattaya Stadium

All-time medal table

As of 2019


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	317	219	120	656
2	Japan (JPN)	156	195	221	572
3	India (IND)	88	108	131	327
4	Qatar (QAT)	63	39	41	143
5	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	34	36	45	115
6	Bahrain (BHR)	32	27	16	75
7	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	28	21	12	61
8	South Korea (KOR)	27	58	64	149
9	Thailand (THA)	25	30	26	81
10	Uzbekistan (UZB)	19	27	21	67
11	Sri Lanka (SRI)	19	18	21	58
12	Iran (IRI)	18	16	21	55
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	17	40	62	119
14	Kuwait (KUW)	16	18	7	41
15	Philippines (PHI)	13	11	18	42
16	North Korea (PRK)	12	11	23	46
17	Vietnam (VIE)	8	4	6	18
18	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	8	2	5	15
19	Malaysia (MAS)	6	16	26	48
20	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	6	4	3	13
21	Iraq (IRQ)	5	9	9	23
22	Tajikistan (TJK)	5	2	1	8
23	Syria (SYR)	3	2	6	11
24	Myanmar (MYA)	3	2	4	9
25	Israel (ISR)	3	1	4	8
26	Pakistan (PAK)	2	3	2	7
27	Indonesia (INA)	1	9	9	19
28	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	5	2	8
29	Oman (OMA)	1	2	4	7
30	Jordan (JOR)	1	1	3	5
31	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	1	1	3
32	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	1	0	2
33	Singapore (SIN)	0	8	5	13
34	Lebanon (LIB)	0	2	2	4
35	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
36	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	2	2
36	Nepal (NEP)	0	0	2	2
Totals (37 nations)		939	949	945	2833