2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, between 19 and 21 February.

2016 Asian Indoor Championships
Dates19–21 February
Host cityDoha, Qatar
VenueAspire Dome
Events26
Participation267 athletes from
36 nations
Records set12 championship
3 Asian records

Three new women's Asian indoor records were set at the competition: 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) in the pole vault by Li Ling, 51.67 seconds for the 400 metres by Kemi Adekoya, and 3:35.07 minutes for the 4 × 400 metres relay set by Bahrain. In total, twelve championship records were improved at the competition. The host nation Qatar topped the medal table with six gold medals (all on the men's side). China was second with five gold medals and Kazakhstan had four titles to its name.[1][2][3]

Five titles from the 2014 edition were defended successfully, including all the men's distance titles. Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla of Qatar won the 800 metres for a second title while his compatriot Mohamad Al-Garni retained both his 1500 metres and 3000 metres gold medals in championship record times. Another championship record defence came from Kuwait's Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel in the 60 metres hurdles. The two other athletes to defend their titles were both high jumpers: Mutaz Essa Barshim took his fourth straight men's title for the host nation and Svetlana Radzivil of Uzbekistan took the honour of being the only returning women's champion to leave undefeated.[1][2][3]

Betlhem Desalegn took a women's distance double in the 1500 m and 3000 m, becoming the first Emirati gold medallist in championships history. Swapna Barman was initially the women's pentathlon runner-up, but was disqualified upon appeal for a lane infringement in the final 800 m event. Other prominent disqualifications were home favourites Samuel Francis and Tosin Ogunode, who fell foul of the false start rule in the men's 60 metres. Three infrequent participants reached the medal table for first time: the Philippines through men's 60 m bronze medallist Eric Cray, Sri Lanka courtesy of women's 800 m runner-up Nimali Waliwarsha Arachchige and men's high jump third-placer Manjula Kumara, and finally Jordan via their women's 4 × 400 m relay team.[1][2][3]

Results
Further information: 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Hassan Taftian (IRI)6.56 CR  Reza Ghasemi (IRI)6.66  Eric Cray (PHI)6.70
400 metres  Abdelalelah Haroun (QAT)45.88 CR  Abubakar Abbas (BHR)46.60  Mikhail Litvin (KAZ)46.80
800 metres  Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT)1:46.92 CR  Jamal Hairane (QAT)1:48.05  Mostafa Ebrahimi (IRI)1:48.26
1500 metres  Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT)3:36.35 CR  Benson Seurei (BHR)3:37.08  Said Aden Said (QAT)3:37.29
3000 metres  Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT)7:39.23 CR  Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR)7:40.27  Said Aden Said (QAT)7:44.69
60 metres hurdles  Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW)7.60 CR NR  Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (KUW)7.65  Zhang Honglin (CHN)7.73
4×400 m relay  Qatar
Mohamed Nasir Abbas
Baker Haydel Abdalla
Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla
Abdelalelah Haroun		3:08.20 CR  Iran
Reza Ghasemi
Mehdi Zamani
Mostafa Ebrahimi
Sajjad Hashemi		3:11.86 Only two starters
High jump  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)2.35 m  Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR)2.28 m  Manjula Kumara (SRI)2.24 m NR
Pole vault  Huang Bokai (CHN)5.75 m CR  Seito Yamamoto (JPN)5.60 m  Hiroki Ogita (JPN)5.50 m
Long jump  Zhang Yaoguang (CHN)7.99 m  Kumaravel Premkumar (IND)7.92 m  Chan Ming Tai (HKG)7.85 m
Triple jump  Roman Valiyev (KAZ)16.69 m  Renjith Maheshwary (IND)16.16 m  Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT)15.97 m
Shot put  Liu Yang (CHN)19.30 m  Tian Zhizhong (CHN)18.88 m  Om Prakash Karhana (IND)18.77 m
Heptathlon  Akihiko Nakamura (JPN)5831 pts NR  Hu Yufei (CHN)5745 pts  Marat Khaydarov (UZB)5619 pts

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Viktoriya Zyabkina (KAZ)7.27 CR  Yuan Qiqi (CHN)7.33  Dutee Chand (IND)7.37
400 metres  Kemi Adekoya (BHR)51.67 AR CR  Elina Mikhina (KAZ)53.85  Quách Thị Lan (VIE)55.69
800 metres  Marta Hirpato Yota (BHR)2:04.59  Nimali Waliwarsha Arachchige (SRI)2:04.88  Tatyana Neroznak (KAZ)2:06.32
1500 metres  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)4:21.65  Tigist Belay (BHR)4:22.17  Sugandha Kumari (IND)4;29.06
3000 metres  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)8:44.59  Ruth Jebet (BHR)8:47.24  Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE)8:48.62
60 metres hurdles  Anastasiya Soprunova (KAZ)8.17  Anastasiya Pilipenko (KAZ)8.17  Valentina Kibalnikova (UZB)8.32
4×400 m relay  Bahrain
Salwa Eid Naser
Uwaseun Yusuf Jamal
Iman Isa Jassim
Kemi Adekoya		3:35.07 AR  Iran
Farzaneh Fasihi
Elnaz Kompani
Sepideh Tavakkoli
Maryam Tousi		4:06.51  Jordan
Farah Rasem Yacoub Hashem
Khattab Omar Boshnak
Sulaiman Maradat
Abdelqader Alqadi		4:10.55
High jump  Svetlana Radzivil (UZB)1.92 m  Nadiya Dusanova (UZB)1.88 m  Zheng Xingjuan (CHN)1.84 m
Pole vault  Li Ling (CHN)4.70 m AR CR  Ren Mengqian (CHN)4.30 m  Tomomi Abiko (JPN)4.15 m
Long jump  Mayookha Johny (IND)6.35 m  Bui Thi Thu Thao (VIE)6.30 m  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)6.22 m
Triple jump  Olga Rypakova (KAZ)14.32 m CR  Mayookha Johny (IND)14.00 m NR  Irina Ektova (KAZ)13.48 m
Shot put  Geng Shuang (CHN)18.06 m  Guo Tianqian (CHN)17.44 m  Noora Jasim (BHR)16.26 m
Pentathlon  Ekaterina Voronina (UZB)4224 pts  Sepideh Tavakkoli (IRI)3828 pts  Chie Kiriyama (JPN)3637 pts

Medal table
Mutaz Essa Barshim's fourth straight gold medal helped Qatar top the medal table.
Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Qatar*61310
2 China55212
3 Kazakhstan42410
4 Bahrain3519
5 Uzbekistan2125
6 United Arab Emirates2013
7 Iran1416
8 India1337
9 Japan1135
10 Kuwait1102
11 Sri Lanka0112
 Vietnam0112
13 Syria0101
14 Hong Kong0011
 Jordan0011
 Philippines0011
Totals (16 nations)26262577

Participating nations

References
  1. Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-21). Al-Garni clinches second successive double on final day of Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  2. Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-20). Al-Garni and Adekoya in the spotlight on the second day of the Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
  3. Ramsak, Bob (2016-02-19). Records tumble on first day of Asian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-22.
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