1979 Asian Athletics Championships
| 1979 Asian Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 31-June 3 |
| Host city |  Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue | National Olympic Stadium |
| Participation | at least 10 nations |
The third Asian Athletics Championships were held in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) |
Suchart Chairsuvaparb Thailand |
10.63 | Suh Mei-Guh South Korea |
10.75 | Akira Harada Japan |
10.80 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s) |
Yasuhiro Harada Japan |
21.34 | Shunzo Shito Japan |
21.34 | Toshio Toyota Japan |
21.39 |
| 400 metres | Shoichi Handa Japan |
47.45 | Abbas Al-Aibi.svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
47.47 | Fahim Sada Iraq |
47.51 |
| 800 metres | Falah Naji Jarallah Iraq |
1:49.5a | Toshifumi Shigenari Japan |
1:49.6a | Sant Kumar India |
1:50.1a |
| 1500 metres | Ratan Singh Bhadouria India |
3:49.8a | Takashi Ishii Japan |
3:50.1a | Toshifumi Shigenari Japan |
3:50.9a |
| 5000 metres | Hideki Kita Japan |
13:55.3a | Takao Nakamura Japan |
13:59.8a | Gopal Singh Saini India |
13:59.8a |
| 10,000 metres | Toshihiko Seko Japan |
28:59.2a | Kunimitsu Ito Japan |
29:00.2a | Takeshi So Japan |
29:02.5a |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Masanari Shintaku Japan |
8:40.8a | Hitoshi Iwabuchi Japan |
8:57.2a | Gopal Singh Saini India |
9:12.4a |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
Yoshifumi Fujimori Japan |
14.29 | Satbir Singh India |
14.53 | Jabbar Rahima Iraq |
14.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hussein Kadhum Iraq |
51.18 | Takashi Nagao Japan |
51.53 | Yukihiro Yoshimatsu Japan |
52.14 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Japan Yasuhiro Harada Junichi Usui Shunzo Shito Akira Harada |
39.70 | Thailand Somsak Boontud Suchart Chairsuvaparb Anat Ratanapol Prasit Boonprasert |
40.20 | India Adille Sumariwalla Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran O.L. Thomas Thamizharasan |
40.41 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Iraq Hussein Ali Nasayyif Heitham Nadim Fahim Abdul-Sada Abbas Al-Aibi |
3:08.8a | Japan Eiji Natori Yasuhiro Harada Takayuki Isobe Takashi Nagao |
3:08.9a | India P.V. Kamaraj Piara Singh Harkamaljit Singh Uday Krishna Prabhu |
3:11.8a |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Hakam Singh India |
1:35:40 | Wang Qiang People's Republic of China |
1:35:48 | Vellasamy Subramaniam Malaysia |
1:36:27 |
| High jump | Kazunori Koshikawa Japan |
2.15 | Takao Sakamoto Japan |
2.15 | Takashi Katamine Japan |
2.15 |
| Pole vault | Itsuo Takanezawa Japan |
5.20 | Tomomi Takahashi Japan |
5.10 | Yosuhiro Kigawa Japan |
5.00 |
| Long jump | Junichi Usui Japan |
7.97 | Suresh Babu India |
7.94 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto Japan |
7.91w |
| Triple jump | Zhou Zhenxian People's Republic of China |
17.02 | Motokuni Hiratani Japan |
16.52w | Masami Nakanishi Japan |
16.50w |
| Shot put | Mohammed Al-Zinkawi Kuwait |
17.78 | Zhao Baoqin People's Republic of China |
17.50 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan India |
17.47 |
| Discus throw | Kiyotaka Kawasaki Japan |
55.34 | Li Weinan People's Republic of China |
54.64 | Michio Kita Japan |
53.06 |
| Hammer throw | Shigenobu Murofushi Japan |
66.73 | Masayuki Kawata Japan |
65.94 | Raghubir Singh Bal India |
61.52 |
| Javelin throw | Shen Maomao People's Republic of China |
86.50 | Toshihiro Yamada Japan |
78.46 | Masahiko Takita Japan |
78.46 |
| Decathlon | Atsushi Kasai Japan |
7096 | Toshikazu Kobayashi Japan |
6983 | Jin Xuewei People's Republic of China |
6975 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s) |
Emiko Konishi Japan |
12.09 | Ying Yaping People's Republic of China |
12.10 | Mo Myung-Hee South Korea |
12.11 |
| 200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Sumiko Kaibara Japan |
24.45 | Mo Myung-Hee South Korea |
24.49 | Emiko Konishi Japan |
24.72 |
| 400 metres | Chung Byong-Soon South Korea |
54.33 | Rita Sen India |
54.99 | Yumiko Aoi Japan |
55.66 |
| 800 metres | Chung Byong-Soon South Korea |
2:06.1a | Chang Yong-Ae North Korea |
2:10.2a | Takako Sanda Japan |
2:11.8a |
| 1500 metres | Kim Ok-Sun North Korea |
4:25.0a | Kim Chun-Hwa North Korea |
4:29.1a | Lü Hongxiang People's Republic of China |
4:31.3a |
| 3000 metres | Kim Ok-Sun North Korea |
9:24.9a | Yang Yenying People's Republic of China |
9:30.8a | Kim Chun-Hwa North Korea |
9:31.4a |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s) |
Emi Akimoto Japan |
14.17 | Dai Jianhua People's Republic of China |
14.33 | Tamie Motegi Japan |
14.45 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yumiko Aoi Japan |
60.46 | Marina Chin Leng Sim Malaysia |
61.63 | Zhan Xin People's Republic of China |
61.84 |
| 4 × 100 metre relay | Japan Yukiko Osako Sumiko Kaihara Emiko Konishi Emi Akimoto-Sasaki |
45.85 | Thailand Buspranee Ratanapol Usanee Laopinkarn Pusadee Sangvijit Walapa Pinij |
46.03 | India Veena Chandola Rita Sen Angel Mary Joseph Srirupa Chatterjee |
46.93 |
| 4 × 400 metre relay | Japan Yoshie Iizuka Masae Kiguchi Hiromi Hatano Yumiko Aoi |
3:45.9a | Malaysia Marina Chin Zaiton Othman Vengadasalam Angamah Saik Oik Cum |
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3:57.5a |
| High jump | Zheng Dazhen People's Republic of China |
1.87 | Tamami Yagi Japan |
1.81 | Hisayo Fukumitsu Japan |
1.81 |
| Long jump | Sumie Awara Japan |
6.42w | Zou Wa People's Republic of China |
6.27w | Kazuko Ishizu Japan |
6.05w |
| Shot put | Shen Lijuan People's Republic of China |
17.48 | Yukari Seo Japan |
14.78 | Yumiko Asari Japan |
14.12 |
| Discus throw | Li Xiaohui People's Republic of China |
58.62 | Yukari Seo Japan |
46.64 | Yumiko Asari Japan |
44.16 |
| Javelin throw | Li Xia People's Republic of China |
58.44 | Yao Juiying People's Republic of China |
54.82 | Naomi Shibusawa Japan |
51.16 |
| Pentathlon | Ye Peisu People's Republic of China |
4139 | Tomoko Uchida Japan |
3753 | Sachie Sekiguchi Japan |
3706 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN)* | 20 | 18 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | |