2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

2008 Asian Indoor Championships

Host city	Doha, Qatar
Date(s)	February 14–16
Main stadium	ASPIRE Dome
Participation	202 athletes from 29 nations
Events	26
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The 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Doha, Qatar, between 14 and 16 February.

Results

For more details on this topic, see 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Samuel Francis Qatar (QAT)	6.62 CR	Leung Chun Wai Hong Kong (HKG)	6.79	Vyacheslav Muravyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	6.79
400 m	Liu Xiaosheng China (CHN)	47.82 CR	Sergey Zaikov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	48.12	Ali Shirook United Arab Emirates (UAE)	48.24 NR
800 m	Yusuf Saad Kamel Bahrain (BRN)	1:48.03 =CR	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Iran (IRI)	1:48.68	Masato Yokota Japan (JPN)	1:49.30
1500 m	Thamer Kamal Ali Qatar (QAT)	3:40.86 CR	Chatholi Hamza India (IND)	3:41.18 NR	Abubaker Ali Kamal Qatar (QAT)	3:42.50
3000 m	Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar (QAT)	7:49.31	Surendra Singh India (IND)	7:49.47 NR	James Kwalia Qatar (QAT)	7:50.76
60 m hurdles	Ji Wei China (CHN)	7.79	Abdul Rashid Pakistan (PAK)	7.98	Muhammad Sajjad Pakistan (PAK)	8.01
4×400 m relay	Saudi Arabia Yonas Al-Hosah Ali Al-Deraan Ismail Al-Sabiani Edrees Hawsawi	3:14.25 CR	India V. B. Bineesh Gurvinder Pal Singh Virender Kumar Pankaj Thannickkal Aboobcker	3:16.53	Qatar Mohamed Sagayroon Adam Ali Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla Azmy Sulaiman	3:17.93
High jump	Sergey Zasimovich Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2.24 CR	Majed Al-Din Ghazal Syria (SYR)	2.21	Rashid Al-Mannai Qatar (QAT)	2.18
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano Japan (JPN)	5.45	Takafumi Suzuki Japan (JPN)	5.35	Leonid Andreev Uzbekistan (UZB)	5.35
Long jump	Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi Saudi Arabia (KSA)	8.24 AR	Saleh Al-Haddad Kuwait (KUW)	7.88 NR	Hussein Al-Sabee Saudi Arabia (KSA)	7.72
Triple jump	Roman Valiyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	16.32	Amarjeet Singh India (IND)	16.24 NR	Theerayut Philakong Thailand (THA)	16.04 NR
Shot put	Ahmad Gholoum Kuwait (KUW)	18.55 CR	Om Prakash Karhana India (IND)	18.37	Yao Yongguang China (CHN)	18.16
Heptathlon	P. J. Vinod India (IND)	5561 pts =NR	Hadi Sepehrzad Iran (IRI)	5515 pts NR	Hiromasa Tanaka Japan (JPN)	5306 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)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 m	Roqaya Al-Gassra Bahrain (BRN)	7.40 CR, NR	Wang Yingju China (CHN)	7.47	Nongnuch Sanrat Thailand (THA)	7.49
400 m	Roqaya Al-Gassra Bahrain (BRN)	53.28 CR, NR	Marina Maslyonko Kazakhstan (KAZ)	53.38	Mandeep Kaur India (IND)	54.28
800 m	Sinimol Paulose India (IND)	2:03.43 CR, NR	Sushma Devi India (IND)	2:04.66	Margarita Matsko Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2:04.85
1500 m	Sinimol Paulose India (IND)	4:15.42 CR, NR	Sushma Devi India (IND)	4:21.78	Sara Bakheet Bahrain (BRN)	4:26.70
3000 m	Preeja Sreedharan India (IND)	9:12.26 CR, NR	Kavita Raut India (IND)	9:26.01	Sara Bakheet Bahrain (BRN)	9:40.47
60 m hurdles	Liu Jing China (CHN)	8.31 CR	Anastassiya Soprunova Kazakhstan (KAZ)	8.34	Leelavathi Veerappan India (IND)	9.21
4×400 m relay	India Mandeep Kaur Manjit Kaur Sini Jose Chitra K. Soman	3:37.46 AR	Kazakhstan Tatyana Azarova Marina Maslyonko Viktoriya Yalovtseva Anna Gavriushenko	3:38.10	Thailand Jutamass Tawoncharoen Saowalee Kaewchuay Kanya Harnthong Treewadee Yongphan	3:43.22
High jump	Tatyana Efimenko Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	1.91	Anna Ustinova Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1.91	Yekaterina Yevseyeva Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1.88
Pole vault	Ikuko Nishikori Japan (JPN)	4.10	Roslinda Samsu Malaysia (MAS)	4.10	Takayo Kondo Japan (JPN)	4.10
Long jump	Chen Yaling China (CHN)	6.39	Anju Bobby George India (IND)	6.38	M. A. Prajusha India (IND)	6.09
Triple jump	Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan (KAZ)	14.23 CR	Li Qian China (CHN)	13.76	Liu Yanan China (CHN)	13.39
Shot put	Gong Lijiao China (CHN)	18.12 CR	Iolanta Ulyeva Kazakhstan (KAZ)	15.99	Juttaporn Krasaeyan Thailand (THA)	14.73
Pentathlon	Irina Naumenko Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4235 pts	Wassana Winatho Thailand (THA)	4184 pts NR	Olga Lapina Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3906 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)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	5	9	3	17
2	China	5	2	2	9
3	Kazakhstan	4	6	4	14
4	Qatar	3	0	4	7
5	Bahrain	3	0	2	5
6	Japan	2	1	3	6
7	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	3
8	Kuwait	1	1	0	2
9	Kyrgyzstan	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	2	0	2
11	Thailand	0	1	4	5
12	Pakistan	0	1	1	2
13	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Syria	0	1	0	1
16	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
16	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Total		26	26	26	78

Participating nations

A total of 29 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2008 championships.

Bahrain (10)
China (16)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Hong Kong (6)
India (31)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (5)
Iraq (3)

Japan (12)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (23)
Kuwait (8)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Laos (2)
Lebanon (2)
Macau (1)

Malaysia (3)
Maldives (2)
Oman (3)
Pakistan (5)
Palestine (1)
Qatar (19)
Saudi Arabia (11)
Singapore (3)

References

External links

Official website (archived)
Asian Athletics Association

Championships of the Asian Athletics Association

Outdoor Championships (records) Indoor Championships (records) Junior Championships Youth Championships Cross Country Championships Marathon Championship Race Walking Championships

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Indoor	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Junior	1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Youth	2015

See also: Athletics at the Asian Games

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