2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
# 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

The 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 16th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Chinese Taipei Track & Field Association. Events were held at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Republic of China from 12–15 June. A total of 44 events were contested, with the events being evenly split between the sexes.

China narrowly beat Japan to extend its long-running undefeated streak at the competition. China had the most gold medals with twelve and also the highest tally with 24. Japan won eleven events and gathered 21 medals. Qatar had the next most gold medals, with six, while the hosts Chinese Taipei had the third highest medal total at 15. Twenty-two of the participating nations reached the medal table; Pakistan and Oman were the only participants not to medal. China had particular success in the jumps, winning all such events on both the men's and women's programmes. Qatar won no women's medals, but its male athletes won at all distances from 400 metres to 5000 metres.

Three championship records were broken at the event. Iran's men's 200 metres winner Mohammadhossein Abareghi set a championship record of 20.63 seconds in the first round of the event. Oanh Nguyen Thi of Vietnam broke the women's 3000 metres steeplechase with 10:27.29 seconds (nearly twenty seconds ahead of the runner-up). All three medallists in the men's 110 metres hurdles were under the previous record mark, but Japan's Taio Kanai was still clear above the field in 13.33 seconds.

Some of the top performing athletes will go on to compete at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Ashraf Amgad Elseify added the global title to his Asian men's hammer crown. Men's long jumper Shotaro Shiroyama and women's shot putter Navjeet Kaur Dhillon repeated their bronze medallist placings there. Li Xiaohong, women's triple jump runner-up, also took the bronze in Eugene, Oregon.

After the competition, Shahin Mehrdelan, Iran's original winner in the men's shot put, was disqualified after failing his post-event doping test. Shahin Jafari, another Iranian, was elevated to the gold medal.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Takuya Kawakami Japan | 10.47 | Himasha Eashan Sri Lanka | 10.49 | Mohammadhossein Abareghi Iran | 10.50 |
| 200 metres | Mohammadhossein Abareghi Iran | 20.69 | Liang Jingsheng China | 20.96 | Katsumi Hiyoshi Japan | 21.05 |
| 400 metres | Mohamed Nasir Abbas Qatar | 47.31 | Mazen Al-Yasen Saudi Arabia | 47.40 | Sina Rohanimoayed Iran | 47.50 |
| 800 metres | Mohamed Elnour Mohamed Qatar | 1:52.73 | Gao Dongxu China | 1:53.25 | Mustafa Al-Elayawi Iraq | 1:53.31 |
| 1500 metres | Idriss Moussa Youssouf Qatar | 3:53.36 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Qatar | 3:54.74 | Gao Dongxu China | 3:56.11 |
| 5000 metres | Musaab Adam Ali Qatar | 14:34.07 | Makoto Mitsunobu Japan | 14:38.99 | Sharwan Kharb India | 14:39.41 |
| 10,000 metres | Hazuma Hattori Japan | 31:10.60 | Sharwan Kharb India | 31:52.37 | Yaser Salem Bagharab Yemen | 32:22.42 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Taio Kanai Japan | 13.33 CR | Masahiro Kagimoto Japan | 13.51 | Mohammad Amin Barzi Ghamsari Iran | 13.56 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yu Chia-Hsuan Chinese Taipei | 50.49 | Wang Guozhong China | 50.61 | Yusuke Sakanashi Japan | 50.76 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Musaab Adam M Ali Qatar | 9:02.80 | Takumi Murashima Japan | 9:03.35 | Khalil Naseri Iran | 9:03.54 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Japan (JPN) Takuya Kawakami Masaharu Mori Katsumi Hiyoshi Rei Tokuyama | 39.49 | Thailand (THA) Teerasak Sunthanon Kacha Sawangyen Natthawut Chuchuai Pooriphat Kaijun | 39.74 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Cheng Po-Yu Li Hsiang Huang Shu-Wei Yang Chun-Han | 39.91 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Thailand (THA) Jaturong Chimruang Witthawat Thumcha Treenate Krittanukulwong Vitsanu Phosri | 3:08.89 | Iran (IRI) Javad Shooryabi Mohammad Cheshmehzarkordestani Mohammad Sababkar Sina Rohanimoayed | 3:09.61 | Qatar (QAT) Mohamed Nasir Abbas Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Khalid Mohammed Al-Shahrani Mohamed Elnour Mohamed | 3:09.89 |
| 10,000 m walk | Fumitaka Oikawa Japan | 44:08.2 | Lo Po-Ying Chinese Taipei | 45:51.62 | Chang Wei-Lin Chinese Taipei | 46:14.69 |
| High jump | Bai Jiaxu China | 2.10 m | Roman Loshkarev Kazakhstan | 2.08 m | Aryan Zarekani Iran | 2.08 m |
| Pole vault | Huang Bokai China | 5.25 m | Park Taewon South Korea | 4.90 m | Jhang Rihhao Chinese Taipei | 4.90 m |
| Long jump | Lin Qing China | 7.99 m | Chan Ming Tai Hong Kong | 7.70 m | Shotaro Shiroyama Japan | 7.70 m |
| Triple jump | Fang Yaoqing China | 16.32 m | Supot Boonnun Thailand | 15.59 m | Timur Khusnulin Uzbekistan | 15.55 m |
| Shot put | Shahin Jafari Iran | 18.64 m | Shakti Solanki India | 17.09 m | Artyom Davletov Uzbekistan | 16.63 m |
| Discus throw | Mustafa Dagher Al-Saamah Iraq | 59.35 m | Yang Jingkai China | 57.49 m | Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin Malaysia | 56.07 m |
| Hammer throw | Ashraf Amgad Elseify Qatar | 79.71 m | Ahmed Amgad Elseify Qatar | 68.90 m | Abdurauf Musoev Tajikistan | 68.35 m |
| Javelin throw | Hsu Shui-Chang Chinese Taipei | 67.24 m | Kim Woo-jung South Korea | 66.15 m | Piyasiri Intaprasong Thailand | 66.08 m |
| Decathlon | Wang Chen-Yuan Chinese Taipei | 6566 pts | Lien Hung-Yu Chinese Taipei | 5920 pts | Leung Xavier Anthony Hong Kong | 5687 pts |

* $^{nb1}$ Iran's men's 200 metres winner Mohammadhossein Abareghi set a championship record of 20.63 seconds in the first round of the event, but was a little slower in the final.
* $^{nb2}$ Iran's men's shot-put winner Shahin Mehrdelan got disqualified after failing in doping control test in the championships. Minor medallists Shahin Jafari (Iran) and Shakti Solanki (India) were promoted to the gold and silver medals while fourth placer Artyom Davletov (Uzbekistan) was given the bronze medal.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Liang Xiaojing China | 11.58 | Yuan Qiqi China | 11.64 | Shanti Veronica Pereira Singapore | 11.79 |
| 200 metres | Dutee Chand India | 23.74 | Shanti Veronica Pereira Singapore | 23.99 | Nigina Sharipova Uzbekistan | 24.24 |
| 400 metres | Siti Nur Afiqah Abd Razak Malaysia | 53.93 | Liliya Manasipova Uzbekistan | 54.11 | Ngoc Hoang Thi Vietnam | 55.36 |
| 800 metres | Ryoko Hirano Japan | 2:06.75 | Jessy Joseph India | 2:06.77 | Archana Adhav India | 2:09.11 |
| 1500 metres | O Song Mi North Korea | 4:28.38 | Yuki Nakamura Japan | 4:28.75 | Xu Shuangshuang China | 4:28.78 |
| 3000 metres | Daria Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 9:16.23 | Hanami Sekine Japan | 9:17.55 | Sanjivini Jadhav India | 9:35.02 |
| 5000 metres | Maki Izumida JapanDaria Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 16:18.35 | Not awarded | | Kim Ji Hyang North Korea | 16:28.13 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Mako Fukube Japan | 13.98 | Meghana Shetty India | 14.09 | Wong Min Jannah Singapore | 14.14 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Akiko Ito Japan | 58.80 | Kawshalya Madushani Edirippulilage Sri Lanka | 62.31 | Alvin Tehupeiory Indonesia | 62.39 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Oanh Nguyen Thi Vietnam | 10:27.29 CR | Ju Ok Byol North Korea | 10:45.41 | Jang Un Hwa North Korea | 10:55.51 |
| 4×100 metres relay | China (CHN) Wang Rong Cui Yanan Liang Xiaojing Yuan Qiqi | 45.34 | Thailand (THA) Sirilak Palapha Parichat Charoensuk Wanwisa Kongthong On-Uma Chattha | 45.89 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chuang Hsin-Ju Lin Yi-Ting Wang Yu-Hsuan Hu Chia-Chen | 45.94 |
| 4×400 metres relay | India (IND) Jisha V.V. Jessy Joseph Vijaya Kumari G.K Dutee Chand | 3:40.53 | Thailand (THA) Supanich Poolkerd Nawaporn Saekhow Chamaiphon Thongsuk Thanphimon Kaeodi | 3:42.27 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Pan Pei-Yu Lin Yen-Tong Lu Yi-Hsuan Lin Yu-Chieh | 3:43.00 |
| 10,000 m walk | Kaori Kawazoe Japan | 50:38.05 | Diana Aidossova Kazakhstan | 51:39.77 | Dana Aidossova Kazakhstan | 52:13.42 |
| High jump | Wang Lin China | 1.88 m | Lee Ching-Ching Chinese Taipei | 1.75 m | Nadia Anggraini Indonesia | 1.72 m |
| Pole vault | Li Chaoqun China | 4.05 m | Yang Yang China | 4.00 m | Megumi Mizushima Japan | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Li Xiaohong China | 6.27 m | Wang Rong China | 6.15 m | Wen Wan-Ju Chinese Taipei | 5.89 m |
| Triple jump | Wang Rong China | 13.64 m | Li Xiaohong China | 13.62 m | Vidusha Lakshani Heenatimullage Dona Sri Lanka | 12.87 m |
| Shot put | Xu Jiaqi China | 16.50 m | Wang Ningyue China | 15.05 m | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon India | 14.99 m |
| Discus throw | Xie Yuchen China | 55.65 m | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon India | 53.66 m | Natsumi Fujimori Japan | 46.16 m |
| Hammer throw | Hung Hsiu-Wen Chinese Taipei | 56.81 m | Panwat Gimsrang Thailand | 54.66 m | Diana Nussupbekova Kazakhstan | 53.81 m |
| Javelin throw | Shiori Touma Japan | 55.75 m | Kang Qiyan China | 51.97 m | Chang Chu Chinese Taipei | 50.45 m |
| Heptathlon | Kotchakorn Khamrueangsri Thailand | 5290 pts | Swapana Barman India | 4962 pts | Tsao Ya-Han Chinese Taipei | 4806 pts |

## 2014 Medal table

* Host nation (Chinese Taipei)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 12 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | Japan | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei* | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | India | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Thailand | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 45 | 43 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Malaysia
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Chinese Taipei
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
