1973 Asian Athletics Championships

The inaugural Asian Athletics Championships were held in 1973 at the Rodriguez Sports Center in Marikina, Rizal, Philippines from November 18–23, 1973.[1][2]

1973 Asian Championships
DatesNovember 18–23
Host cityPhilippines Marikina, Rizal, Philippines
VenueRodriguez Sports Center
Participationat least 14 nations

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
(wind: -0.5 m/s)
Anat Ratanapol
 Thailand
10.4Suchart Chairsuvaparb
 Thailand
10.5Takao Ishizawa
 Japan
10.6
200 metres
(wind: +0.2 m/s)
Anat Ratanapol
 Thailand
21.0Soo Wen-Ho
 Taiwan
21.2Tokal Mokalam
 Philippines
21.6
400 metresYoshiharu Tomonaga
 Japan
46.8Koiiro Shika
 Japan
47.6Ho Mun Cheong
 Singapore
47.8
800 metresMuhammad Younis
 Pakistan
1:51.2Sri Ram Singh
 India
1:51.5Kazuyoshi Mizuno
 Japan
1:52.2
1500 metresKazuyoshi Mizuno
 Japan
3:47.4Muhammad Younis
 Pakistan
3:48.2Dashondha Singh
 India
3:50.4
5000 metresIchio Sato
 Japan
14:16.9Shivnath Singh
 India
14:17.0Katsuaki Isohata
 Japan
14:18.2
10,000 metresIchio Sato
 Japan
29:54.4Shivnath Singh
 India
29:54.8Katsuaki Isohata
 Japan
29:55.8
MarathonCho Je-Hyung
 South Korea
2:27:31Park Chang-Yuel
 South Korea
2:33:45Jit Bahadur Chetri
   Nepal
2:35:38
3000 metre steeplechaseTakaharu Koyama
 Japan
9:04.0Shibib Dagher Al-Lami
 Iraq
9:10.9Mohammad Vojdanzadeh
 Iran
9:22.0
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -2.9 m/s)
Shigeo Oki
 Japan
14.3Ahmad Ishtiaq Mubarak
 Malaysia
14.3Marcelo Benauro
 Philippines
14.4
400 metres hurdlesAbdulkadir Guiapar
 Philippines
52.2Talib Faisal Al-Saffar
 Iraq
52.7Tai Shi-Yan
 Taiwan
53.1
4 × 100 metres relay  Japan
Takao Ishizawa
Kazuo Iwamoto
Susumu Shimizu
Yoshiharu Tomonaga
40.0  Thailand
Suchart Chairsuvaparb
Somsak Boontud
Prasit Boonprasert
Anat Ratanapol
40.0  India
Abdul Aziz
Adrian Kennedy
K. Natarajan
A.P. Ramaswamy
40.3
4 × 400 metre relay  Japan
Susumu Shimizu
Yoshiharu Tomonaga
Kazuyoshi Mizuno
Koiiro Shika
3:10.2  Philippines
Abdulkadir Guiapar
Clemente Lupangco
Santos Magno
Ernesto Tabayan
3:12.8  Singapore
Ho Mun Cheong
Godfrey Jalleh
Canagasabai Kunalan
Cheah Kim Tech
3:13.2
20 kilometre road walkYoshio Morikawa
 Japan
1:11:31Francis Xavier
 India
Khoo Chong Beng
 Malaysia
High jumpTeymour Ghiassi
 Iran
2.15Kazunori Koshikawa
 Japan
2.15Yon Ismail
 Malaysia
2.05
Pole vaultHisaki Suzuki
 Japan
4.36Hong Sang-pyo
 South Korea
4.36
Long jumpChen Chin-long
 Taiwan
7.82wSoo Wen-Ho
 Taiwan
7.57wSatish Pillai
 India
7.53w
Triple jumpMohinder Singh Gill
 India
15.96wCheng Ming-chi
 Taiwan
15.31T.C. Yohannan
 India
14.96
Shot putJagraj Singh Mann
 India
17.00Gurdeep Singh
 India
16.37Bahadur Singh Chouhan
 India
15.75
Discus throwJalal Keshmiri
 Iran
51.20Praveen Kumar
 India
49.08Toji Hayashi
 Japan
48.04
Hammer throwAjmer Singh
 India
60.42Jeung Sub-kil
 South Korea
49.20Oumvan Narith
Khmer Republic
41.24
Javelin throwAllah Dad
 Pakistan
63.58Nashatar Singh Sidhu
 Malaysia
63.28Gopal Kidyoor
 India
58.28
DecathlonVijay Singh Chauhan
 India
7245Junichi Onizuka
 Japan
7076Chen Chin-long
 Taiwan
6752

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.3 m/s)
Amelita Alanes
 Philippines
11.6wMichiko Morita
 Japan
12.0wSayo Yamato
 Japan
12.0w
200 metres
(wind: +1.1 m/s)
Michiko Morita
 Japan
24.7Amelita Alanes
 Philippines
25.0Satomi Fukuda
 Japan
25.2
400 metresNobuko Kawano
 Japan
55.2Keiko Ikoma
 Japan
56.1Maimoon Azlan
 Singapore
56.1
800 metresNobuko Kawano
 Japan
2:08.1Chee Swee Lee
 Singapore
2:08.1Harumi Fugimoto
 Japan
2:09.6
1500 metresMiyako Inoue
 Japan
4:26.8Lee Chiu-Hsia
 Taiwan
4:28.0Rachel Halle
 Israel
4:34.6
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.3 m/s)
Tomomi Hayashida
 Japan
13.6wLin Yet-Hsiang
 Taiwan
13.9wGan Bee Wah
 Singapore
14.2w
200 metres hurdles
(wind: +3.5 m/s)
Tomomi Hayashida
 Japan
27.6wHeather Merican
 Singapore
28.5wLin Yet-Hsiang
 Taiwan
28.6w
4 × 100 metres relay  Japan
Sayo Yamato
Satomi Fukuda
Keiko Ikoma
Michiko Morita
46.7  Singapore
Glory Barnabas
Gan Bee Wah
Heather Merican
Shirley Fernando
47.0  Philippines
?
Aida Mantawel
Carmen Torres
Amelita Alanes
47.7
4 × 400 metres relay  Philippines
Amelita Alanes
Aida Mantawel
Carmen Torres
Rosalinda Yumol
3:48.9  Singapore
Maimoon Azlan
Glory Barnabas
Chee Swee Lee
Hua Kim Chew
3:50.1  Taiwan
Chi Cheng
Puang Chiu-ging
Lin Chun-yu
Lee Chiu-hsia
3:57.8
High jumpOrit Abramovich
 Israel
1.68Gladys Chai Ng Mei
 Malaysia
1.58Maryam Sedarati
 Iran
1.58
Long jumpKumi Kawada
 Japan
6.07Lin Yet-Hsiang
 Taiwan
5.84Li Hua-Wa
 Taiwan
5.71
Shot putPaik Ok-Ja
 South Korea
15.05Kayoko Hayashi
 Japan
13.63Chen Fu-Mei
 Taiwan
12.93
Discus throwJosephine de la Viña
 Philippines
50.74Kayoko Hayashi
 Japan
45.28Paik Ok-Ja
 South Korea
44.52
Javelin throwMieko Takasaka
 Japan
49.74Erlinda Lavandia
 Philippines
45.38Proch Thin
Kampuchea
43.48
PentathlonLin Chun-Yu
 Taiwan
4025Kumi Kawada
 Japan
3963Li Hua-Wa
 Taiwan
3578

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)188834
2  India (IND)45615
3  Philippines (PHI)43310
4  Taiwan (TWN)26715
5  South Korea (KOR)2316
6  Thailand (THA)2204
7  Pakistan (PAK)2103
8  Iran (IRN)2024
9  Israel (ISR)1012
10  Singapore (SIN)0448
11  Malaysia (MAS)0314
12  Iraq (IRQ)0202
13  Cambodia (CAM)0022
14  Nepal (NEP)0011
Totals (14 entries)373736110

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