The 2013 Asian Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the biennial athletics competition between Asian nations. It was held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune, India between 3–7 July.Competition Calendar . Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.Four more gold medals and two championship records for China at Asian Champs. IAAF (2013-07-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.Chinese sprinters take away 100m titles at Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-04). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.Eshete sets 10,000m championship record at Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-04). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.Two championship records while China's hurdles legacy continues at the Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-06). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.Desalegn lands distance double at Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-13. Around 522 athletes from 42 nations competed at the event. It was the first time since 1989 that India had hosted the championships.Fourteen Asian athletes coming to defend their title at Pune . Asian Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

Prior to the competition, the election of the Asian Athletics Association president was convened in Pune. Qatar's Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad (an IAAF vice-president) defeated the incumbent, Suresh Kalmadi of India, by a margin of 20 votes to 18.Dahlan ousts Kalmadi as Asian athletics chief. Gulf Times (2013-07-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-07. Kalmadi, on bail for corruption charges stemming from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, did not attend the championships.Kalmadi gives it a miss - Asian Track and Field Championships is shorn of big names. The Calcutta Telegraph (2013-07-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-07. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan, declared the event open at the championships opening ceremony

China, the traditional regional leader at the competition, easily took the top spot in the medal rankings with sixteen gold medals and 27 medals in total. This maintained its streak as the best nation of the tournament – a run dating back to the 1983 edition. Second-placed Bahrain took five golds and fifteen medals overall (although Ali Khamis Khamis, the 400 metres runner-up, was their only native-born medallist).Brahme, Chinmay (2013-07-06). Without formal coaching Bahrain’s teen star sprints his way to silver. Indian Express. Retrieved on 2013-07-07. Japan placed third in the medal rankings with four golds and had the second greatest overall haul with 20 medals. In fifth place the hosts India had the next biggest haul, with 17 medals in total, although Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan had a greater number of gold medals.

The overall quality of the competition was reduced as several top Asian athletes were absent. Mutaz Essa Barshim was the only Asian 2012 Olympic medallist who intended to participate, but he withdrew due to a back injury. Thirteen champions from 2011 were present and six of them (Su Bingtian, Yousef Masrahi, Dejene Regassa, Shitaye Eshete, Satomi Kubokura, and Wassanee Winatho) successfully defended their title.

A total of eight championships records were bettered at the competition: Shitaye Eshete broke the longest-standing of these by winning the women's 10,000 metres in 32:17.29 minutes, breaking Zhong Huandi's time from 1989. The organisers used a performance-based points system to assign the titles of best athlete at the championships: Saudi 400 metres champion Yousef Masrahi was the best male with 1172 points while Bahrain's steeplechase winner Ruth Jebet was the best female with 1142 points.Championship & Best Athletes. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

The Athletics Federation of India withdrew an unnamed female shot putter from their squad for a failed doping test one day before the opening of the championships.Doping hits Indian athletics ahead of Asian Championships. Times of India (2013-07-05). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

Hosting issues The competition was originally set to take place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of the state, ordered the removal of Sri Lanka from the competition on the grounds of war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan Civil War. This request was ignored by the Athletics Federation of India and in February 2013 Chennai withdrew as hosts of the championships. J’lalithaa cancels Asian Athletic Games over Sri Lanka’s participation . The Nation (Sri Lanka) (2013-02-21). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

The federation approached the state governments of Jharkhand and Delhi, with the venues of Ranchi and New Delhi being suggested, but both states refused the host duties. Finally, in May the Maharashtra government agreed to host the event in Pune on the same dates agreed for the Chennai event. Pune already had a suitable track and field stadium that had recently played host to the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008. The budget given for the championships, however, was significantly reduced.Pune confirmed as Asian championships venue. The Hindu (2013-05-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

Medal summary Men

100 metres 10.17 10.27 10.30200 metres 20.87 20.92 20.92400 metres 45.08 45.65 45.95800 metres 1:46.92 1:47.01 1:48.561500 metres 3:39.51 3:40.75 3:40.965000 metres 13:53.25 13:57.23 14:05.8810,000 metres 28:47.26 28:58.67 29:35.42110 metres hurdles 13.61 13.78 13.88400 metres hurdles 49.86 50.07 50.353000 metres steeplechase 8:34.77 8:37.40 8:48.484 × 100 metres relay Tang Yik ChunLai Chun HoNg Ka FungTsui Chi Ho38.94 Kazuma Oseto Kei TakaseSota KawatsuraYuichi Kobayashi39.11 Guo FanXie ZhenyeSu BingtianChen Qiang39.174 × 400 metres relay Mohammed Ali Al-BishiFahhad Mohammed Al SubaieMohammed Al-SalhiYousef Masrahi3:02.53 CR Yusuke IshitsukaYuzo KanemaruKazuya WatanabeHideyuki Hirose3:04.46 Chanaka Dulan PriyashanthaDilan AlokaKasun SeneviratneAnjana Madushan3:04.92 High jump 2.21 m 2.21 mNot awarded Pole vault 5.60 m 5.20 m 5.20 m Long jump 7.95 m 7.92 m 7.89 m Triple jump 16.77 m 16.76 m 16.58 m Shot put 19.68 m 19.61 m 19.45 m Discus throw 64.90 m 61.93 m 60.82 m Hammer throw 78.32 m 74.70 m 74.19 m Javelin throw 79.76 m 79.62 m NR 75.03 m Decathlon 8037 pts CR 7620 pts 7383 pts

Women 100 metres 11.29 11.53 11.63200 metres 23.62 23.71 23.82400 metres 52.49 53.37 53.43 NR800 metres 2:02.47 2:04.16 2:04.481500 metres 4:13.67 4:14.04 4:16.735000 metres 15:12.84 CR NR 15:22.17 15:38.6310,000 metres 32:17.29CR 32:39.39 32.47.44100 metres hurdles 13.25 13.44 14.01400 metres hurdles 56.82 57.78 58.213000 metres steeplechase 9:40.84 CR 9:56.27 10:09.804 × 100 metres relay Tao YujiaLi ManyuanLin HuijunWei Yongli44.01 Saori KitakazeChisato FukushimaMayumi WatanabeAnna Fujimori44.38 Phatsorn JaksuninkornOrranut KlomdeeTassaporn WannakitJintara Seangdee44.444 × 400 metres relay NirmlaTintu LukaAnu Mariam JosePoovamma Raju Machettira3:32.26 Chen LinCheng ChongGeng QingyuZhao Yanmin3:35.31 Asami ChibaSayaka AokiSatomi KubokuraManami Kira3:35.72 High jump 1.90 m 1.88 m 1.88 m Pole vault 4.54 m CR 4.40 m 4.15 m Long jump 6.55 m 6.36 m 6.30 m Triple jump 14.18 m 13.89 m 13.75 m Shot put 18.67 m 18.18 m 17.76 m Discus throw 55.88 m 55.70 m 55.32 m Hammer throw 72.78 m CR 67.16 m 63.41 m Javelin throw 60.65 m CR 60.16 m NR 55.30 m Heptathlon 5818 pts 5599 pts 5451 pts

Medal table

Participating nations

(5) (20) (5) (2) (2) (43) (17) (16) (101) (4) (20) (5) (51) (1) (24) (6) (5) (2) (4) (5) (7) (5) (2) (4) (3) (5) (5) (1) (14) (17) (14) (4) (18) (18) (3) (3) (22) (3) (5) (19) (8) (5)

References

Medal table . Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07. Results Final Results. Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.

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