Asian track and field continental records

The Asian continental track and field records are the best performances by athletes of the Asian Athletics Association , which have been set in disciplines of track and field. Only those disciplines were recorded in which the Continental Association also officially holds a record. These best performances were ratified in accordance with the regulations of the Continental Association.

Olympic disciplines

Open-air continental records, men (24 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
100 m	9.99 s (0.9)	Samuel Francis	QAT	07/26/2007	Amman
200 m	20.03 s (0.6)	Shingo Suetsugu	JPN	06/07/2003	Yokohama
400 m	44.56 s	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky	OMN	08/12/1988	Budapest
800 m	1: 42.79 min	Yusuf Saad camel	BHR	07/29/2008	Monaco
1500 m	3: 29.14 min	Rashid Ramzi	BHR	07/14/2006	Rome
5000 m	12: 51.98 min	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QAT	07/14/2006	Rome
10,000 m	26: 38.76 mi	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	09/05/2003	Brussels
marathon	2:06:16 h	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	10/13/2002	Chicago
110 m hurdles	12.88 s (1.1)	Liu Xiang	CHN	07/11/2006	Lausanne
400 m hurdles	47.53 s	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	09/27/2000	Sydney
3000 m obstacle	7: 53.63 min	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QAT	09/03/2004	Brussels
high jump	2.39 m	Zhu Jianhua	CHN	06/10/1984	Eberstadt
		Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	08/23/2012	Lausanne
Pole vault	5.90 m	Grigory Yegorov	KAZ	08/19/1993	Stuttgart
				09/10/1993	London
		Igor Potapovich		07/10/1996	Nice
	5.92 m #			06/13/1992	Dijon
	5.92 mi #			02/19/1998	Stockholm
Long jump	8.48 m (0.6)	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi	KSA	07/02/2006	Sotteville
Triple jump	17.59 m (0.0)	Li Yanxi	CHN	10/26/2009	Jinan
Shot put	21.13 m	Sultan Abdulmajeed Alhabashi	KSA	05/08/2009	Doha
Discus throw	69.32 m	Ehsan Hadadi	IRI	06/03/2008	Tallinn
Hammer throw	84.86 m	Koji Murofushi	JPN	06/29/2003	Prague
Javelin throw	87.60 m	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi	JPN	05/27/1989	San Jose
Decathlon	8725 points	Dmitry Karpov	KAZ	08/24/2004	Athens
	10.50w s (2.2) (100 m) , 7.81 m (−0.9) (long jump) , 15.93 m (shot put) , 2.09 m (high jump) , 46.81 s (400 m) , 13.97 s (1.5) (110 m hurdles) , 51.65 m (discus throw) , 4.60 m (pole vault) , 55.54 m (javelin throw) , 4: 38.11 min (1500 m)
20 km walk	1:17:36 h	Wang Zhen	CHN	03/30/2012	Taicang
50 km walk	3:36:06 h	Yu Chaohong	CHN	10/22/2005	Nanjing
4 × 100 m relay	38.03 s	Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	09/01/2007	Osaka
4 × 400 m relay	3: 00.76 min	Shunji Karube Koji Ito Jun Osakada Shigekazu Omori	JPN	08/03/1996	Atlanta
As of January 1, 2013

Open-air continental records, women (23 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
100 m	10.79 s (0.0)	Li Xuemei	CHN	10/18/1997	Shanghai
200 m	22.01 s (0.0)	Li Xuemei	CHN	10/22/1997	Shanghai
400 m	49.81 s	Ma Yuqin	CHN	09/11/1993	Beijing
800 m	1: 55.54 min	Liu Dong	CHN	09/09/1993	Beijing
1500 m	3: 50.46 min	Qu Yunxia	CHN	09/11/1993	Beijing
5000 m	14: 28.09 min	Jiang Bo	CHN	10/23/1997	Shanghai
10,000 m	29: 31.78 min	Wang Junxia	CHN	09/08/1993	Beijing
marathon	2:19:12 h	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	09/25/2005	Berlin
100 m hurdles	12.44 s (−0.8)	Olga Shishigina	KAZ	06/27/1995	Lucerne
400 m hurdles	53.96 s	Han Qing	CHN	09/09/1993	Beijing
		Song Yinglan		11/22/2001	Guangzhou
3000 m obstacle	9: 20.55 min	Ruth Jebet	BRN	08/28/2014	Wuhan
high jump	1.99 m	Marina Aitowa	KAZ	07/13/2009	Athens
Pole vault	4.64 m	Gao Shuying	CHN	06/02/2007	New York City
Long jump	7.01 m (1.4)	Yao Weili	CHN	06/05/1993	Jinan
Triple jump	15.25 m (1.7)	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	04.09.2010	Split
Shot put	21.76 m	Li Meisu	CHN	04/23/1988	Shijiazhuang
Discus throw	71.68 m	Xiao Yanling	CHN	03/14/1992	Beijing
Hammer throw	76.99 m	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	05/24/2012	Ostrava
Javelin throw	66.13 m	Lu Huihui	CHN	08/30/2015	Fuzhou
Heptathlon	6942 points	Ghada Shouaa	SYR	05/26/1996	Götzis
	13.78 s (0.3) (100 m hurdles) , 1.87 m (high jump) , 15.64 m (shot put) , 23.78 s (0.6) (200 m) , 6.77 m ( 0.6) (long jump) , 54.74 m (javelin) , 2: 13.61 min (800 m)
20 km walk	1:25:15 h	Shenjie Qieyang	CHN	08/11/2012	London
4 × 100 m relay	42.23 s	Xiao Lin Li Yali Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	CHN	10/23/1997	Shanghai
4 × 400 m relay	3: 24.28 min	To Xiaohong Bai Xiaoyun Cao Chunying Ma Yuqin	CHN	09/13/1993	Beijing
As of January 1, 2013

Non-Olympic disciplines

Open-air continental records, men (22 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
1000 m	2: 14.72 min	Yusuf Saad camel	BHR	07/22/2008	Stockholm
A mile	3: 47.97 min	Daham Najim Bashir	QAT	07/29/2005	Oslo
2000 m	4: 55.57 min	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	06/08/1995	Rome
3000 m	7: 30.76 min	Gamal Belal Salem	QAT	05/13/2005	Doha
10 km road run	27:57 min	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	07/27/2008	Cardiff
		Nicholas KEMBOI		09/25/2011	Utrecht
15 km road run	42:36 min +	Atsushi Satō	JPN	10/14/2007	Udine
20,000 m	57: 48.7 min	Toshihiko Seko	JPN	05/11/1985	Odawara
20 km road run	57:24 min +	Atsushi Satō	JPN	10/14/2007	Udine
One hour	20,410 m	Seiji Kushibe	JPN	10/20/1996	Tokyo
half marathon	1:00:25 h	Atsushi Satō	JPN	10/14/2007	Udine
25,000 m	1: 13: 55.8 h	Toshihiko Seko	JPN	03/22/1981	Christchurch
25 km road run	1:13:14 h +	Takayuki Matsumiya	JPN	02/27/2005	Kumamoto
30,000 m	1: 29: 18.8 h	Toshihiko Seko	JPN	03/22/1981	Christchurch
30 km road race	1:28:00 h	Takayuki Matsumiya	JPN	02/27/2005	Kumamoto
100 km road run	6:13:33 h	Takahiro Sunada	JPN	06/21/1998	Tokoro
20,000 m walk	1: 18: 03.3 h	Lingtang Bo	CHN	04/04/1994	Beijing
30,000 m walk	No officially held record
50,000 m walk	3: 48: 13.7 h	Yongsheng Zhao	CHN	05/07/1994	Mountains
4 × 200 m relay	1: 22.66 min	Reanchai Seerhawong Vissanu Sophanich Ekkachai Janthana Parakeet Suwonprateep	THA	04/29/2000	Philadelphia
4 × 800 m relay	7: 06.66 min	Abdulrahman Suleiman Salem Amer Al-Badri Majed Saeed Sultan Abubaker Ali Kamal	QAT	08/25/2006	Brussels
4 × 1500 m relay	No officially held record
Marathon relay	1:58:58 h	Takayuki Matsumiya Yuki Sato Atsushi Satō Kazuo Ietani Michitaka Hosokawa Takanobu Ōtsubo	JPN	11/23/2005	Chiba
As of January 1, 2013

Open-air continental records, women (21 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
1000 m	2: 41.08 min	Miho Sato	JPN	06/19/2002	Yokohama
A mile	4: 17.75 min	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BHR	09/14/2007	Brussels
2000 m	5: 29.43 min +!	Wang Junxia	CHN	09/12/1993	Beijing
	5: 31.88 min #	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BHR	06/07/2009	Eugene
3000 m	8: 06.11 min	Wang Junxia	CHN	09/13/1993	Beijing
10 km road run	30:52 min a +	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	02/05/2006	Marugame
	31:44 min #	Masako Chiba		02/11/1996	Karatsu
15 km road run	46:55 min +	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	02/05/2006	Marugame
20,000 m	1: 06: 48.8 h	Izumi Maki	JPN	09/19/1993	Amagasaki
20 km road run	No officially held record
	1:03:14 ha + #	Masako Chiba	JPN	01/19/1997	Tokyo
	1:03:41 h + #	Kayoko Fukushi		02/05/2006	Marugame
One hour	17,952 m	Junko Kataoka	JPN	10/01/1994	Tokyo
half marathon	1:07:26 h	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	02/05/2006	Marugame
	1:06:43 ha #	Masako Chiba		01/19/1997	Tokyo
25,000 m	1: 33: 53.4 h	Tamaki Okuno	JPN	10/10/1996	Tokyo
25 km road run	1:22:13 h +	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	09/25/2005	Berlin
	1:22:08 ha + #	Naoko Takahashi		December 6, 1998	Bangkok
30,000 m	1: 53: 03.6 h	Tamaki Okuno	JPN	10/10/1996	Tokyo
30 km road race	1:38:49 h +	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	09/25/2005	Berlin
100 km road run	6:33:11 h	Tomoe Abe	JPN	06/25/2000	Tokoro
Decathlon	7798 points	Irina Naumenko	KAZ	09/26/2004	Talence
	12.58 s (0.4) (100 m) , 34.63 m (discus throw) , 3.30 m (pole vault) , 37.57 m (javelin throw) , 55.91 s (400 m ) , 14.42 s (0.4) (100 m hurdles) , 5.98 m (1.0) (long jump) , 12.51 m (shot put) , 1.77 m (high jump) , 4: 59.03 min (1500 m )
10,000 m walk	41: 37.9 min	Hongmiao Gao	CHN	04/07/1994	Beijing
20,000 m walk	1: 29: 32.4 h	Song Hongjuan	CHN	10/24/2003	Changsha
4 × 200 m relay	No officially held record
4 × 800 m relay	8: 16.2 min	Liu Dong Chen Yumei Qu Yunxia Liu Li	CHN	10/03/1991	Shanghai
Marathon relay	2:11:41 h	Jiang Bo Dong Yanmei Zhao Fengting Ma Zaijie Lan Lixin Lin Na	CHN	02/28/1998	Beijing
As of January 1, 2013

Hall

Indoor continental records, men (22 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
50 m	5.69 s +	Gennadiy Chernovol	KAZ	02/24/2002	Liévin
60 m	6.51 s	Talal Mansour Al-Rahim	QAT	03/06/1993	Karlsruhe
200 m	20.63 s	Koji Ito	JPN	05.03.1999	Maebashi
400 m	45.76 s	Shunji Karube	JPN	03/09/1997	Paris
800 m	1: 45.26 min	Yusuf Saad camel	BHR	03/09/2008	Valencia
1000 m	2: 17.06 min	Belal Mansoor Ali	BHR	02/24/2008	Ghent
1500 m	3: 36.28 min	Belal Mansoor Ali	BHR	02/20/2007	Stockholm
1 mile	3: 57.05 min	Mohamed Sulaiman	QAT	02/20/1993	Birmingham
3000 m	7: 39.77 min	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QAT	02/11/2006	Pattaya
5000 m	13: 19.10 min	Essa Ismail Rashed	QAT	02/03/2010	Dusseldorf
50 m hurdles	6.44 s +	Liu Xiang	CHN	02/28/2004	Liévin
60 m hurdles	7.41 s	Liu Xiang	CHN	02/18/2012	Birmingham
high jump	2.37 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	02/19/2012	Hangzhou
Pole vault	5.92 m	Igor Potapovich	KAZ	02/19/1998	Stockholm
Long jump	8.27 m	Su Xiongfeng	CHN	03/11/2010	Nanjing
Triple jump	17.09 m	Oleg Sakirkin	KAZ	02/27/1993	Moscow
Shot put	20.16 m	Zhang Jun	CHN	02/13/2012	Nanjing
Heptathlon	6229 points	Dmitriy Karpov	KAZ	02/16/2008	Tallinn
	7.07 s (60 m) , 7.21 m (long jump) , 16.23 m (shot put) , 2.07 m (high jump) , 7.99 s (60 m hurdles) , 5.15 m (pole vault) , 2: 43.69 min (1000 m)
5000 m walking	19: 14.00	Sergey Korepanov	KAZ	01/28/1995	Karagandy
4 × 200 m relay	1: 27.04 min	Wataru Iwanaga Tatsuo Sugimoto Kuniaki Masukawa Haruyasu Kato	JPN	03/03/1991	Yokohama
4 × 400 m relay	3: 05.90 min	Kazuhiro Takahashi Jun Osakada Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	JPN	03/06/1999	Maebashi
4 × 800 m relay	No officially held record
	8: 48.6 min ht #	Syunzi Kawasaki Katsumi Nakao S. Kawasho T. Sugisaki	JPN	03/19/1961	Tokyo

Indoor continental records, women (22 disciplines)

discipline	power	athlete	country	date	place
50 m	6.31 s +	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	02/25/2001	Liévin
60 m	7.09 s	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	02/07/1999	Stuttgart
200 m	22.99 s	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	03/09/2001	Lisbon
400 m	52.27 s	Yajun Li	CHN	02/24/1996	Beijing
800 m	2: 00.78 min	Miho Sugimori	JPN	02/22/2003	Yokohama
1000 m	2: 46.6 min ht	Xiujuan Geng	CHN	03/27/1987	Beijing
1500 m	3: 59.79 min	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BHR	03/09/2008	Valencia
1 mile	4: 24.71 min	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BHR	02/20/2010	Birmingham
3000 m	8: 41.34 min	Yanmei Dong	CHN	03/10/2001	Lisbon
5000 m	16: 07.75 min OT	Yuan Jin	CHN	03/03/2007	Seattle
50 m hurdles	6.70 s	Olga Shishigina	KAZ	02/05/1999	Budapest
60 m hurdles	7.82 s	Olga Shishigina	KAZ	02/21/1999	Liévin
high jump	1.98 m	Svetlana Zalevskaya	KAZ	03/02/1996	Samara
Pole vault	4.50 m	Ling LI	CHN	02/19/2012	Hangzhou
Long jump	6.82 m	Juan Yang	CHN	03/13/1992	Beijing
Triple jump	15.14 m	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	03/13/2010	Doha
Shot put	21.10 m	Xinmei Sui	CHN	03/03/1990	Beijing
Pentathlon	4582 points	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	02/10/2006	Pattaya
	8.68 s (60 m hurdles) , 1.87 m (high jump) , 12.90 m (shot put) , 6.55 m (long jump) , 2: 23.26 min (800 m)
3000 m walking	12: 42.65 min	Yuko Sato	JPN	02/11/1994	Osaka
4 × 200 m relay	1: 42.80 min	Masayo Kitagawa Ayako Nomura Kimiko Yokoyama Kyoko Kumata	JPN	03/03/1991	Yokohama
4 × 400 m relay	3: 37.46 min	Mandeep Kaur Manjeet Kaur Sini Jose Chitra Soman	IND	02/16/2008	Doha
4 × 800 m relay	No officially held record

Legend

symbol	meaning
	Current world record
A.	Erected at an altitude of 1000 meters or more
a	Route favors faster times and does not comply with the regulations (IAAF rule 260.28)
w	Favored by wind (the back wind was more than 2 m / s)
i	Scored in the hall. Records (outdoor records) can be set in a stadium with or without a roof since 1998 (IAAF rule 260.18a).
est	estimated
ht	Hand stop
!	Time measurement by means of a photocell
+	Record set on part of a longer route
*	Subject to ratification by the IAAF
#	Not an officially ratified outdoor record (some indoor records are marked with this symbol)
╳	not ratified because no doping control was carried out
OT	Oversized career
(X, X)	In brackets: wind in meters per second (minus figures: headwind)

literature

• IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegue 2011: Part 1 (PDF; 6.3 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 2.3 MB), Part 3 (PDF; 4 MB), Part 4 (PDF; 3.1 MB), Part 5 (PDF; 5.5 MB)

• IAAF Statistics Handbook Istanbul 2012: Part 1 (PDF; 7 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 4.9 MB), Part 3 (PDF; 1.5 MB), Part 4 (PDF; 1.3 MB), Part 5 (PDF; 1.6 MB)

Web links

• Continental records held on the IAAF website
• Official website of the Asian Athletics Association