Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships are athletics competitions organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) every two years . The first championships took place in 2004 in the Iranian capital Tehran .

Events

No.	year	city	country	date	Stadion	Competitions	Athletes
01.	2004	Tehran	Iran	February 6th to 8th	Aftab Enghelab Complex	30th
02.	2006	Pattaya	Thailand	June 9-14	Dongdaemun Stadium	26th	192
03.	2008	Doha	Qatar	May 31st to June 3rd	Aspire Academy	26th	202
04th	2010	Tehran	Iran	June 5th to 7th	Aftab Enghelab Complex	26th	193
05.	2012	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	November 3rd to 9th	Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall	25th	195
06th	2014	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	September 25-29	Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall	26th	227
07th	2016	Doha	Qatar	February 19-21	Aspire Academy	26th	267
08th.	2018	Tehran	Iran	February 1st to 3rd	Aftab Enghelab Complex	26th
-	2020	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	February 12-13	called off	26 (planned)

Championship records

Men

discipline	record	athlete	date	place
60 m	6.51 s	Hassan Taftian	1st February 2018	Tehran
400 m	45.88 s	Abdalelah Haroun	20th February 2016	Doha
800 m	1: 46.92 min	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	February 21, 2016	Doha
1500 m	3: 36.35 min	Mohamad al-Garni	20th February 2016	Doha
3000 m	7: 39.23 min	Mohamad al-Garni	February 21, 2016	Doha
60 m hurdles	7.60 s	Abdulaziz al-Mandeel	February 21, 2016	Doha
high jump	2.38 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	1st February 2018	Tehran
Pole vault	5.75 m	Huang Bokai	20th February 2016	Doha
Long jump	8.24 m	Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi	February 16, 2008	Doha
Triple jump	17.01 m	Dong bin	19th February 2012	Hangzhou
Shot put	19.78 m	Zhang Jun	19th February 2012	Hangzhou
Heptathlon	5928 points	Dmitry Karpov	19th February 2012	Hangzhou
4 x 400 meter relay	3: 08.20 min	Mohamed Nasir Abbas Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Abdalelah Haroun	February 21, 2016	Doha

Women

discipline	record	Athlete	date	place
60 m	7.20 s	Liang Xiaojing	February 2, 2018	Tehran
400 m	51.19 s AR	Kemi Adekoya	20th February 2016	Doha
800 m	2: 03.43 min	Sinimol Paulose	February 16, 2008	Doha
1500 m	4: 15.42 min	Sinimol Paulose	February 14, 2008	Doha
3000 m	8: 43.16 min	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	February 16, 2014	Hangzhou
60 m hurdles	8.02 s	Wu Shuijiao	15th February 2014	Hangzhou
high jump	1.96 m	Svetlana Radzivil	February 16, 2014	Hangzhou
Pole vault	4.70 m AR	Li Ling	19th February 2016	Doha
Long jump	6.40 m	Maho Hanaoka	February 11, 2006	Pattaya
Triple jump	14.32 m	Olga Rypakova	20th February 2016	Doha
Shot put	18.37 m	Liu Xiangrong	February 18, 2012	Hangzhou
Pentathlon	4582 points AR	Olga Rypakova	February 10, 2006	Pattaya
4 x 400 meter relay	3: 35.07 min AR	Salwa Eid Naser Aminat Yusuf Jamal Iman Essa Jasim Kemi Adekoya	February 21, 2016	Doha

Eternal medal table

A total of 211 gold, 211 silver and 207 bronze medals were won by athletes for 28 countries at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. The following table contains the 20 most successful nations in lexicographical order (status: after the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2018).

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
01	People's Republic of China	52	36	31	119
02	Kazakhstan	35	29	29	95
03	Qatar	26th	13	9	48
04th	Iran	22nd	35	36	93
05	Bahrain	14th	12	9	35
06th	Japan	14th	9	17th	40
07th	India	12	24	20th	56
08th	Kuwait	9	9	5	23
09	Uzbekistan	8th	6th	9	23
10	Saudi Arabia	4th	1	1	6th
11	Thailand	3	8th	7th	18th
12	Kyrgyzstan	3	5	2	10
13	United Arab Emirates	2	4th	3	9
14th	Vietnam	2	2	5	9
15th	Hong Kong	1	3	1	5
16	Taiwan	1	3	4th	8th
17th	Malaysia	1	2	2	5
18th	Sri Lanka	1	1	4th	6th
19th	Oman	1	0	4th	5
20th	Syria	0	5	1	6th

Web links

• asianathletics.org: website of the Asian Athletics Association (English)
• gbrathletics.com: Medal winner of the Asian Athletics Championships until 2006 (English)