1979 Asian Athletics Championships
The third Asian Championships in Athletics were held in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.
| 1979 Asian Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 31-June 3 |
| Host city |  |
| Venue | National Olympic Stadium |
| Participation | at least 10 nations |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Suchart Chairsuvaparb | 10.63 | Suh Mei-Guh | 10.75 | Akira Harada | 10.80 |
| 200 metres | Yasuhiro Harada | 21.34 | Shunzo Shito | 21.34 | Toshio Toyota | 21.39 |
| 400 metres | Shoichi Handa | 47.45 | Abbas Al-Aibi%3B_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%E2%80%931972).svg.png){kind=small} | 47.47 | Fahim Sada | 47.51 |
| 800 metres | Falah Naji Jarallah | 1:49.5a | Toshifumi Shigenari | 1:49.6a | Sant Kumar | 1:50.1a |
| 1500 metres | Ratan Singh Bhadouria | 3:49.8a | Takashi Ishii | 3:50.1a | Toshifumi Shigenari | 3:50.9a |
| 5000 metres | Hideki Kita | 13:55.3a | Takao Nakamura | 13:59.8a | Gopal Singh Saini | 13:59.8a |
| 10000 metres | Toshihiko Seko | 28:59.2a | Kunimitsu Ito | 29:00.2a | Takeshi So | 29:02.5a |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Masanari Shintaku | 8:40.8a | Hitoshi Iwabuchi | 8:57.2a | Gopal Singh Saini | 9:12.4a |
| 110 metres hurdles | Yoshifumi Fujimori | 14.29 | Satbir Singh | 14.53 | Jabbar Rahima | 14.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hussein Kadhum | 51.18 | Takashi Nagao | 51.53 | Yukihiro Yoshimatsu | 52.14 |
| High jump | Kazunori Koshikawa | 2.15 | Takao Sakamoto | 2.15 | Takashi Katamine | 2.15 |
| Pole vault | Itsuo Takanezawa | 5.20 | Tomomi Takahashi | 5.10 | Yosuhiro Kigawa | 5.00 |
| Long jump | Junichi Usui | 7.97 | Suresh Babu | 7.94 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto | 7.91w |
| Triple jump | Zhou Zhenxian | 17.02 | Motokuni Hiratani | 16.52w | Masami Nakanishi | 16.50w |
| Shot put | Mohammed Al-Zinkawi | 17.78 | Zhao Baoqin | 17.50 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan | 17.47 |
| Discus throw | Kiyotaka Kawasaki | 55.34 | Li Weinan | 54.64 | Michio Kita | 53.06 |
| Hammer throw | Shigenobu Murofushi | 66.73 | Masayuki Kawata | 65.94 | Raghubir Singh Bal | 61.52 |
| Javelin throw | Shen Maomao | 86.50 | Toshihiro Yamada | 78.46 | Masahiko Takita | 78.46 |
| Decathlon | Atsushi Kasai | 7096 | Toshikazu Kobayashi | 6983 | Jin Xuewei | 6975 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Hakam Singh | 1:35:40 | Wang Qiang | 1:35:48 | Vellasamy Subramaniam | 1:36:27 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | | 39.70 | | 40.20 | | 40.41 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | | 3:08.8a | | 3:08.9a | | 3:11.8a |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Emiko Konishi | 12.09 | Ying Yaping | 12.10 | Mo Myung-Hee | 12.11 |
| 200 metres | Sumiko Kaibara | 24.45 | Mo Myung-Hee | 24.49 | Emiko Konishi | 24.72 |
| 400 metres | Chung Byong-Soon | 54.33 | Rita Sen | 54.99 | Yumiko Aoi | 55.66 |
| 800 metres | Chung Byong-Soon | 2:06.1a | Chang Yong-Ae | 2:10.2a | Takako Sanda | 2:11.8a |
| 1500 metres | Kim Ok-Sun | 4:25.0a | Kim Chun-Hwa | 4:29.1a | Lü Hongxiang | 4:31.3a |
| 3000 metres | Kim Ok-Sun | 9:24.9a | Yang Yenying | 9:30.8a | Kim Chun-Hwa | 9:31.4a |
| 100 metres hurdles | Emi Akimoto | 14.17 | Dai Jianhua | 14.33 | Tamie Motegi | 14.45 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yumiko Aoi | 60.46 | Marina Chin Leng Sim | 61.63 | Zhan Xin | 61.84 |
| High jump | Zheng Dazhen | 1.87 | Tamami Yagi | 1.81 | Hisayo Fukumitsu | 1.81 |
| Long jump | Sumie Awara | 6.42w | Zou Wa | 6.27w | Kazuko Ishizu | 6.05w |
| Shot put | Shen Lijuan | 17.48 | Yukari Seo | 14.78 | Yumiko Asari | 14.12 |
| Discus throw | Li Xiaohui | 58.62 | Yukari Seo | 46.64 | Yumiko Asari | 44.16 |
| Javelin throw | Li Xia | 58.44 | Yao Juiying | 54.82 | Naomi Shibusawa | 51.16 |
| Pentathlon | Ye Peisu | 4139 | Tomoko Uchida | 3753 | Sachie Sekiguchi | 3706 |
| 4 × 100 metre relay | | 45.85 | | 46.03 | | 46.93 |
| 4 × 400 metre relay | | 3:45.9a | | 3:46.3a | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3:57.5a |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 20 | 18 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 nations) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | |
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