Athletics at the 2013 Asian Youth Games

Athletics at the 2nd Asian Youth Games
The Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing
Host city	Nanjing, China
Date(s)	19–22 August
Main stadium	Olympic Sports Center
Participation	376 athletes from 37 nations
Events	34
← 2009 Singapore 2017 Hambantota → 2013 Asian Youth Games

At the 2013 Asian Youth Games, the athletics events were held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province in China from 19–22 August. A total of 34 events were contested, split evenly between the sexes.^[1] The Nanjing Olympic Sports Center was the host stadium for the athletics – this was the venue's second hosting of a multi-sport event after the 2005 National Games of China.^[2]

The events attracted average crowds of 20,000 people per day to the stadium. The competition was open to any youth athletes aged fifteen or sixteen. It was part of the buildup to the 2014 Youth Olympics, to be held at the same location.^[3] A total of 376 athletes from 37 nations participated at the event. Indian athletes were entered as Independent Olympic Participants due to the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association. Poor organisation between the Athletics Federation of India and the national association meant the country sent eighteen athletes who was born before 1997 and could not compete due to their being over the age limit. One of Myanmar's two entrants was dismissed for the same reason.^[4]

The host nation China easily topped the medal table, taking over half the available gold medals (18) and ending the competition with a total of 33 medals. Japan won the next most gold medals with four in their haul of nine medals. Third and fourth placers Thailand and Chinese Taipei shared the second largest medal hauls, each having three golds in their totals of eleven medals. Sri Lanka entered ten athletes, four of them won a medal for their country. Three of North Korea's four entrants also won a medal. Eighteen teams reached the medal table.^[5]

Chinese sprinter Hang Guifen was the only athlete to win two gold medals, having won the girl's 200 metres and 400 metres events. Japan's Yume Ando was a double silver medallist in the boy's throws (discus and shot put) and Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri of Thailand was runner-up in both the boy's short sprints. A fourth multiple medallist was Iranian Ata Asadi who reached the podium in both middle-distance running events.^[5] The standard of performances was much higher than the inaugural edition in 2009 and only ten of the games records from that event went unbeaten. Twenty-six new games records were set, with eight new events being introduced (200 m, 3000 metres, 2000 m steeplechase and hammer throw for both sexes).

The team of athletics officials was led by Singapore's Maurice R. Nicholas, one of the country's top coaches.^[6] An anti-doping programme was led by Japan's Fumihiro Yamasawa.^[7]

Several athletes who competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics a month previously were present at the games.

Medalists

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Xia Zhenkun China	10.71	Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri Thailand	10.73	Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei	10.73
200 m	Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei	21.47	Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri Thailand	21.57	Kenichi Shioyama Japan	21.76
400 m	Xu Zhihang China	48.39	Liu Yu-che Chinese Taipei	49.21	Hu Guihao China	49.54
800 m	Lee Sang-min South Korea	1:54.64	Chaowanon Rattanapan Thailand	1:55.75	Ata Asadi Iran	1:56.73
1500 m	Wang Wei China	4:03.75	Ata Asadi Iran	4:05.09	Ajay Kumar Saroj Independent Athletes	4:05.76
3000 m	Liu Hongliang China	8:25.86	Chikashi Ikeda Japan	8:45.04	Abhishek Pal Independent Athletes	8:45.72
110 m hurdles	Takumu Furuya Japan	13.36	Akila Ravisanka Sri Lanka	13.99	Cheng Chi-hung Chinese Taipei	14.06
400 m hurdles	Witthawat Thumcha Thailand	52.79	Javad Shouryabi Iran	53.89	Anuradha Vidushanka Sri Lanka	54.05
2000 m steeplechase	Ma Hu China	5:53.16	Ainikeerjiang Aihemaiti China	6:00.31	Mohammed Rageh Yemen	6:18.38
High jump	Yuji Hiramatsu Japan	2.06	Arian Zarekani Iran	2.03	Norshafiee Mohd Shah Malaysia	2.00
Pole vault	Hussain Al-Hizam Saudi Arabia	4.70	Muntadher Faleh Iraq	4.60	Afiq Ahmad Alham Malaysia	4.50
Long jump	Huang Chun-sheng Chinese Taipei	7.23	Li Jie China	6.98	Kim Hyun-jong South Korea	6.98
Triple jump	Khathawut Meanim Thailand	15.11	Ivan Solovyev Kazakhstan	14.86	Gao Zhilin China	14.78
Shot put	Han Jianping China	18.87	Yume Ando Japan	18.07	Huo Cheng China	17.00
Discus throw	Cheng Yulong China	62.03	Yume Ando Japan	53.50	Shi Yang China	49.85
Hammer throw	Ding Yuanbo China	73.73	Zoir Sheraliev Tajikistan	62.44	Hussein Thamer Iraq	62.11
Javelin throw	Tsai Jen-wei Chinese Taipei	70.41	Su Zhuqing China	67.51	Lee Sung-ming Chinese Taipei	65.63

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Ge Manqi China	11.91	Parichat Charoensuk Thailand	12.19	Kanchanaporn Sintaksab Thailand	12.26
200 m	Hang Guifen China	23.82	Wang Xuan China	24.35	Yuna Otake Japan	24.41
400 m	Hang Guifen China	53.65	Lin Yu-chieh Chinese Taipei	55.78	Nirmali Madushika Sri Lanka	55.96
800 m	Anjana Thamke Independent Athletes	2:11.47	Savinder Kaur Malaysia	2:14.14	Dilhani Fernando Sri Lanka	2:15.72
1500 m	Zhao Guoyu China	4:35.06	Aprilia Kartina Indonesia	4:36.65	Park Young-sun South Korea	4:38.97
3000 m	Fukiko Ando Japan	9:23.50	Ju Ok-byol North Korea	9:51.78	Paek Hyong-yong North Korea	9:55.08
100 m hurdles	Nana Fujimori Japan	13.69	Nguyễn Thị Lan Vietnam	14.43	Ken Ayuthaya Purnama Indonesia	14.45
400 m hurdles	Yu Ying China	1:03.28	Anastassiya Sergeyeva Kazakhstan	1:03.87	Jong Kyong-suk North Korea	1:05.00
2000 m steeplechase	Fatima Raya Syria	7:07.82	Trần Thị Mai Vietnam	7:29.34	Enkhbayaryn Ariuntungalag Mongolia	7:35.50
High jump	Guan Luwei China	1.65	Chai Yanbo China	1.60	Krobkaew Taemsri Thailand	1.60
Pole vault	Li Chaoqun China	4.00	Yang Shuting China	3.55	Lin Tsai-ying Chinese Taipei	3.55
Long jump	Nguyễn Thị Trúc Mai Vietnam	5.90	Hong Jingwen China	5.78	Parinya Chuaimaroeng Thailand	5.61
Triple jump	Ma Yue China	12.55	Rochelle Macfarlane Independent Athletes	12.38	Lee Hyeon-jeong South Korea	12.28
Shot put	Dong Yu China	16.84	Jeong Yu-sun South Korea	15.26	Jiao Yaping China	14.95
Discus throw	Sun Kangping China	49.28	Zhang Wenjun China	44.87	Pimpisa Songnoo Thailand	36.37
Hammer throw	Mingkamon Koomphon Thailand	59.58	Jiang Mingzhu China	56.33	Zhang Chenyu China	51.73
Javelin throw	Kang Young-in South Korea	54.31	Chang Wan-chi Chinese Taipei	47.75	Lee Yi-hua Chinese Taipei	46.40

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	18	9	6	33
2	Japan	4	3	2	9
3	Thailand	3	4	4	11
4	Chinese Taipei	3	3	5	11
5	South Korea	2	1	3	6
6	Vietnam	1	2	0	3
7	Independent Athletes	1	1	2	4
8	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
8	Syria	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	3	1	4
11	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	2
12	Sri Lanka	0	1	3	4
13	Malaysia	0	1	2	3
13	North Korea	0	1	2	3
15	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
15	Iraq	0	1	1	2
16	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
17	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
17	Yemen	0	0	1	1
Total		34	34	34	102

Results

Boys

100 m

Round 1

19 August

Rank	Athlete	Time
Heat 1
1	Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri (THA)	10.85	Q
2	Lee Hong Kit (HKG)	11.16	Q
3	Syzani Abdul Wahid (SGP)	11.27	Q
4	Arosha Kariyawasam (SRI)	11.35	q
5	Ali Anaal (MDV)	11.63
6	Aymin Al-Amri (OMA)	11.77
7	Damdinchimegiin Shinebayar (MGL)	11.78
8	Ho Chi Fong (MAC)	12.35
Heat 2
1	Xia Zhenkun (CHN)	10.85	Q
2	Cheng Po-yu (TPE)	11.10	Q
3	Ashok Kumar Halder (BAN)	11.54	Q
4	Vladislav Grigoriyev (KAZ)	11.61	q
5	Hussain Shahudhaan Fahumee (MDV)	11.69
6	Wan Ieng Kit (MAC)	11.82
7	Mohebullah Akram (AFG)	13.69
—	Mohit (AOI)	DNS
Heat 3
1	Kenichi Shioyama (JPN)	11.04	Q
2	Wang Shengli (CHN)	11.13	Q
3	Meshaal Al-Mutairi (KUW)	11.16	Q
4	Kim Hyun-ho (KOR)	11.21	q
5	Mohamed Saad (BRN)	11.51	q
6	Mohammed Al-Ali (QAT)	12.15
7	Tashi Dendup (BHU)	12.85
Heat 4
1	Yang Chun-han (TPE)	10.84	Q
2	Naludol Asavaruengsri (THA)	11.22	Q
3	Jaloliddin Khamrokulov (UZB)	11.61	Q
4	Ganboldyn Ankhbayar (MGL)	11.73
5	Salim Al-Abri (OMA)	11.73
6	Saeed Al-Ameeri (BRN)	11.82
—	Soumyadeep Saha (AOI)	DNS

Semifinals

20 August

Rank	Athlete	Time
Heat 1
1	Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri (THA)	10.67	Q
2	Xia Zhenkun (CHN)	10.68	Q
3	Cheng Po-yu (TPE)	10.87	Q
4	Arosha Kariyawasam (SRI)	11.08	q
5	Lee Hong Kit (HKG)	11.13	q
6	Syzani Abdul Wahid (SGP)	11.18
7	Mohamed Saad (BRN)	11.29
8	Ashok Kumar Halder (BAN)	11.47
Heat 2
1	Yang Chun-han (TPE)	10.72	Q
2	Kenichi Shioyama (JPN)	10.96	Q
3	Wang Shengli (CHN)	11.14	Q
4	Meshaal Al-Mutairi (KUW)	11.15
5	Naludol Asavaruengsri (THA)	11.16
6	Kim Hyun-ho (KOR)	11.33
7	Vladislav Grigoriyev (KAZ)	11.47
8	Jaloliddin Khamrokulov (UZB)	11.59

Final

20 August

Rank	Athlete	Time
01 !	Xia Zhenkun (CHN)	10.71
02 !	Nutthapong Veeravongratanasiri (THA)	10.73
03 !	Yang Chun-han (TPE)	10.73
4	Kenichi Shioyama (JPN)	10.84
5	Cheng Po-yu (TPE)	11.06
6	Arosha Kariyawasam (SRI)	11.19
7	Wang Shengli (CHN)	11.19
8	Lee Hong Kit (HKG)	11.63

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