Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games
Appearance
The athletics events at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games were held from October 28 to October 30, 2003 at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium. A total of 42 events were contested at the inaugural edition of the Games.
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) | 10.15 s | Tamunosiki Atorudibo (NGR) | 10.20 s | Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) | 10.36 s |
200 metres | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | 20.57 s | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 20.81 s | Oumar Loum (SEN) | 20.99 s |
400 metres | Ezra Sambu (KEN) | 45.04 s | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) | 45.44 s | Sugath Tillakaratne (SRI) | 45.99 s |
800 metres | Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) | 1:46.92 min | Peter Roko Ashak (SUD) | 1:47.48 min | Samwel Mwera (TAN) | 1:47.98 min |
1500 metres | Abdalla Abdelgadir (SUD) | 3:40.17 min | Peter Roko Ashak (SUD) | 3:40.21 min | Benjamin Chediinya (KEN) | 3:40.65 min |
5000 metres | Hailu Mekonnen (ETH) | 13:49.08 min | Markos Geneti (ETH) | 13:49.61 min | Dennis Keter (KEN) | 13:50.41 min |
10,000 metres | Sileshi Sihine (ETH) | 27:48.40 min | Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETH) | 28:08.79 min | Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (UGA) | 28:12.67 min |
110 metre hurdles | Todd Matthews-Jouda (SUD) | 13.68 s | Masato Naito (JPN) | 13.71 s | Park Tae-Kyong (KOR) | 13.83 s |
400 metre hurdles | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 49.66 s | Ibou Faye (SEN) | 50.08 s | Osita Okagu (NGR) | 50.87 s |
3000 metre steeplechase | John Kemboi Kibowen (KEN) | 8:56.43 min | Arun D'Souza (IND) | 9:05.97 min | Joel Kiptanui Chelimo (KEN) | 9:24.08 min |
4×100 metre relay | Africa | 39.07 s | Senegal (SEN) | 39.58 s | India (IND) | 39.64 s |
4×400 metre relay | Africa | 3:04.61 min | Nigeria (NGR) | 3:05.09 min | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 3:05.35 min |
10 km walk | Moussa Aouanouk (ALG) | 43:33.58 min | Sitaram Basat (IND) | 45:09.40 min | Sakchai Samutkao (THA) | 45:54.04 min |
High jump | Cui Kai (CHN) | 2.18 m | Samson Idiata (NGR) | 2.15 m | Jude Sidonie (SYC) | 2.10 m |
Pole vault | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.25 m | Karim Sène (SEN) | 5.05 m | Rafik Mefti (ALG) | 4.95 m |
Long jump | Nabil Adamou (ALG) | 7.93 m | Ndiss Kaba Badji (SEN) | 7.86 m | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 7.76 m |
Triple jump | Takashi Komatsu (JPN) | 16.65 m | Olivier Sanou (BFA) | 16.16 m | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 15.92 m |
Shot put | Shakti Singh (IND) | 19.05 m | Burger Lambrechts (RSA) | 18.97 m | Navpreet Singh (IND) | 18.81 m |
Discus throw | Anil Kumar (IND) | 60.68 m | Chima Ugwu (NGR) | 59.87 m | Omar Elghazaly (EGY) | 59.77 m |
Hammer throw | Chris Harmse (RSA) | 75.67 m | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | 69.72 m | Samir Haouam (ALG) | 69.37 m |
Javelin throw | Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) | 84.50 m PB | Li Rongxiang (CHN) | 79.01 m | Jagdish Bishnoi (IND) | 75.34 m |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Endurance Ojokolo (NGR) | 11.45 s | Lyubov Perepelova (UZB) | 11.49 s | Delphine Atangana (CMR) | 11.49 s |
200 metres | Delphine Atangana (CMR) | 23.37 s | Saraswati Saha (IND) | 23.43 s | Geraldine Pillay (RSA) | 23.48 s |
400 metres | Estie Wittstock (RSA) | 52.09 s | Doris Jacob (NGR) | 53.08 s | Wassana Winatho (THA) | 53.88 s |
800 metres | Lwiza John (TAN) | 2:01.68 min | Wang Yuanping (CHN) | 2:04.36 min | Berhane Herpassa (ETH) | 2:05.31 min |
1500 metres | Berhane Herpassa (ETH) | 4:17.36 min | Kutre Dulecha (ETH) | 4:18.14 min | Madhuri Singh (IND) | 4:22.32 min |
5000 metres | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 15:47.69 min | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 15:48.21 min | Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA) | 16:33.71 min |
10,000 metres | Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH) | 33:01.12 min | Eyerusalem Kuma (ETH) | 33:20.19 min | Sujeewa Jayasena (SRI) | 35:53.45 min |
100 metre hurdles | Angela Atede (NGR) | 13.18 s | Feng Yun (CHN) | 13.20 s | Damaris Agbugba (NGR) | 13.21 s |
400 metre hurdles | Natalya Torshina (KAZ) | 55.81 s | Yao Yuehua (CHN) | 56.29 s | Wassana Winatho (THA) | 57.09 s |
4×100 metre relay | South Africa (RSA) | 43.75 s | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 43.75 s | Thailand (THA) | 43.90 s |
4×400 metre relay | Nigeria (NGR) | 3:29.75 min | Africa | 3:32.16 min | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3:32.41 min |
10 km walk | Bahia Boussad (ALG) | 51:23.70 min | Jasmin Kaur (IND) | 51:36.60 min | Estle Viljoen (RSA) | 52:01.30 min |
High jump | Marina Aitova (KAZ) | 1.88 m | Bobby Aloysius (IND) | 1.88 m | Marizca Gertenbach (RSA) | 1.75 m |
Pole vault | Zhang Na (CHN) | 4.10 m | Annelie van Wyk (RSA) | 4.00 m | Qin Xia (CHN) | 3.90 m |
Long jump | Anju Bobby George (IND) | 6.53 m | Lerma Gabito (PHL) | 6.30 m | Esther Aghatise (NGR) | 6.30 m |
Triple jump | Huang Qiuyan (CHN) | 13.50 m | Tatyana Bocharova (KAZ) | 13.34 m | Salamatu Alimi (NGR) | 13.00 m |
Shot put | Li Meiju (CHN) | 17.61 m | Li Fengfeng (CHN) | 17.21 m | Juthaporn Krasaeyan (THA) | 16.63 m |
Discus throw | Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND) | 61.93 m | Li Yanfeng (CHN) | 60.42 m | Song Aimin (CHN) | 58.41 m |
Hammer throw | Liu Yinghui (CHN) | 68.03 m | Zhao Wei (CHN) | 65.22 m | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 60.60 m |
Javelin throw | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 55.49 m | Gurmeet Kaur (IND) | 53.37 m | Ha Xiaoyan (CHN) | 51.96 m |
Heptathlon | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 5884 pts[1] | Justine Robbeson (RSA) | 5587 pts[1] | Soma Biswas (IND) | 5532 pts[1] |
Medal table
- Key
The host country, India, is highlighted in lavender blue
1 | China | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
2 | India | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
3 | Ethiopia | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
4 | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
5 | Nigeria | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
6 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Sudan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
9 | African team | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Kenya | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
12 | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Namibia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Senegal | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
16 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
21 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
22 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
22 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
24 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
24 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
24 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
24 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |
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References
- Day reports
- Afro-Asian Games - Preview. IAAF (2003-10-27). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Weerawansa, Dinesh (2003-10-28). Gold honours shared - Afro-Asian Games Athletics, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Weerawansa, Dinesh (2003-10-29). Fredericks flies to 200m title - Afro-Asian Games, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Weerawansa, Dinesh (2003-10-30). Ethiopian distance runners and Nigerian sprinters dominate – Afro-Asian Games – Last day.. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Results
- Results 28th October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Results 29th October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Results 30th October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Specific
- ^ a b c Mohan, K.P. (2003-10-29). Fredericks' day at Gachibowli. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.
External links
- Official website (at web.archive.org)