The athletics events at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games were held from 28–30 October 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
* Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | India (IND)* | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | South Africa (SAF) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Nigeria (NGR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sudan (SUD) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 |  African team | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Cameroon (CMR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 24 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | |
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 28 October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Results 29 October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- Results 30 October. AfroAsianGames.org (web.archive). Retrieved on 2009-07-16.
- AfricAthle
- Tunisathle
- 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)
