2017 Asian Athletics Championships

2017 Asian Championships
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Host city	Bhubaneswar, India
Date(s)	6–9 July
Main stadium	Kalinga Stadium
Participation	560 athletes from; 41 nations
Events	42
	← Wuhan 2015 Doha 2019 → ;

The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1] Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.^[2]

The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event.^[3] On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the Asian Athletics Association Council. The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.

The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years.^[4] Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.

The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.^[5]

Venues and infrastructure

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The Kalinga Stadium.

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Newly prepared synthetic track of Kalinga Stadium

The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators.^[6] The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event.^[7] After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.^[8] The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.

Logo and Mascot

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Mascot Olly during the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.

On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot.^[9] It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.

Culture

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Cultural program on AAC2017

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Fireworks on the Opening Day

Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela.^[10] Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.^{[citation needed]}

Media Coverage

Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.

Doping

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.^[11]

Event summary

Men

Track

Chronology: 2013 \| 2015 \| 2017 \| 2019 \| 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Hassan Taftian Iran (IRI)	10.25^[12]	Femi Ogunode Qatar (QAT)	10.26	Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei (TPE)	10.31
200 metres details	Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei (TPE)	20.66	Park Bong-go South Korea (KOR)	20.76	Femi Ogunode Qatar (QAT)	20.79
400 metres details	Mohammad Anas India (IND)	45.77	Arokia Rajiv India (IND)	46.14	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Saadi Oman (OMA)	46.39
800 metres details	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi Kuwait (KWT)	1:49.47	Jamal Hairane Qatar (QAT)	1:49.94	Jinson Johnson India (IND)	1:50.07
1500 metres details	Ajay Kumar Saroj India (IND)	3:45.85	Jamal Hairane Qatar (QAT)	3:46.90	Moslem Niadoost Iran (IRI)	3:48.53
5000 metres details	Govindan Lakshmanan India (IND)	14:54.48	Yaser Salem Bagharab Qatar (QAT)	14:55.89	Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri Saudi Arabia (KSA)	14:56.83
10,000 metres details	Govindan Lakshmanan India (IND)	29:55.87	Gopi Thonakal India (IND)	29:58.89	Adilet Kyshtakbekov Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	30:06.65
110 metres hurdles details	Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel Kuwait (KWT)	13.50	Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha Kuwait (KWT)	13.59	Ahmed Khader Al-Muwallad Saudi Arabia (SAU)	13.61
400 metres hurdles details	Eric Cray Philippines (PHI)	49.57	Chen Chieh Chinese Taipei (TPE)	49.75	Jabir M.P. India (IND)	50.22
3000 metres steeplechase details	Hossein Keyhani Iran (IRI)	8:43.82	Yaser Salem Bagharab Qatar (QAT)	8:46.16	Ali Ahmad Al-Amri Saudi Arabia (KSA)	8:52.64
4 × 100 metres relay details	China (CHN) Tang Xingqiang Liang Jinsheng Bie Ge Xu Haiyang Xu Zhouzheng*	39.38	Thailand (THA) Kritsada Namsuwan Bandit Chuangchai Jirapong Meenapra Jaran Sathoengram Ruttanapon Sowan*	39.38	Hong Kong (HKG) So Chun Hong Ng Ka Fung Tang Yik Chun Tsui Chi Ho Wan Hin Chung*	39.53
4 × 400 metres relay details	India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed Amoj Jacob Arokia Rajiv Mohammad Anas Mohan Kumar* Sachin Roby*	3:02.92	Sri Lanka (SRI) Tharusha Dananjaya Kalinga Kumarage Ajith Premakumara Dilip Ruwan	3:04.80	Thailand (THA) Apisit Chamsri Nattapong Kongkraphan Jirayu Pleenaram Phitchaya Sunthonthuam Vitsanu Phosri*	3:06.48
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Athletes with stars competed in the heats but not the finals, and received medals.

Field

Chronology: 2013 \| 2015 \| 2017 \| 2019 \| 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea (KOR)	2.30 m =PB	Zhang Guowei China (CHN)	2.28 m	Majd Eddin Ghazal Syria (SYR)	2.24 m
Pole vault details	Ding Bangchao China (CHN)	5.65 m	Masaki Ejima Japan (JPN)	5.65 m AJR	Ernest John Obiena Philippines (PHI)	5.50 m
Long jump details	Huang Changzhou China (CHN)	8.09 m	Chan Ming Tai Hong Kong (HKG)	8.03 m	Shotaro Shiroyama Japan (JPN)	7.97 m
Triple jump details	Zhu Yaming China (CHN)	16.82 m	Mark Harry Diones Philippines (PHI)	16.45 m	Xu Xiaolong China (CHN)	16.45 m
Shot put details	Ali Samari Iran (IRI)	19.80 m	Tejinder Pal Singh India (IND)	19.77 m	Ivan Ivanov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	19.41 m
Discus throw details	Ehsan Haddadi Iran (IRI)	64.54 m	Muhammad Irfan Malaysia (MAS)	60.96 m	Vikas Gowda India (IND)	60.81 m
Hammer throw details	Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan (TJK)	76.69 m	Wang Shizhu China (CHN)	73.81 m	Lee Yun-chul South Korea (KOR)	73.77 m NR
Javelin throw details	Neeraj Chopra India (IND)	85.23 m CR	Ahmed Bader Magour Qatar (QAT)	83.70 m	Davinder Singh Kang India (IND)	83.29 m
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Combined

Chronology: 2013 \| 2015 \| 2017 \| 2019 \| 2021

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon details	Sutthisak Singkhon Thailand (THA)	7732 pts PB	Kazuya Kawasaki Japan (JPN)	7584 pts	Guo Qi China (CHN)	7495 pts
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)