The third Asian Athletics Championships were held in 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres(wind: -1.6 m/s)Suchart Chairsuvaparb 10.63Suh Mei-Guh 10.75Akira Harada 10.80200 metres(wind: -1.7 m/s)Yasuhiro Harada 21.34Shunzo Shito 21.34Toshio Toyota 21.39400 metresShoichi Handa 47.45Abbas Al-Aibi 47.47Fahim Sada47.51800 metresFalah Naji Jarallah 1:49.5aToshifumi Shigenari 1:49.6aSant Kumar 1:50.1a1500 metresRatan Singh Bhadouria 3:49.8aTakashi Ishii 3:50.1aToshifumi Shigenari 3:50.9a5000 metresHideki Kita 13:55.3aTakao Nakamura 13:59.8aGopal Singh Saini 13:59.8a10,000 metresToshihiko Seko 28:59.2aKunimitsu Ito 29:00.2aTakeshi So 29:02.5a3000 metre steeplechaseMasanari Shintaku 8:40.8aHitoshi Iwabuchi 8:57.2aGopal Singh Saini 9:12.4a110 metres hurdles(wind: +0.7 m/s)Yoshifumi Fujimori 14.29Satbir Singh 14.53Jabbar Rahima 14.72400 metres hurdlesHussein Kadhum 51.18Takashi Nagao 51.53Yukihiro Yoshimatsu 52.144 × 100 metres relay Yasuhiro HaradaJunichi UsuiShunzo ShitoAkira Harada39.70 Somsak BoontudSuchart ChairsuvaparbAnat RatanapolPrasit Boonprasert40.20 Adille SumariwallaRamaswamy GnanasekaranO.L. ThomasThamizharasan40.414 × 400 metres relay Hussein Ali NasayyifHeitham NadimFahim Abdul-SadaAbbas Al-Aibi3:08.8a Eiji NatoriYasuhiro HaradaTakayuki IsobeTakashi Nagao3:08.9a P.V. KamarajPiara SinghHarkamaljit SinghUday Krishna Prabhu3:11.8a20 kilometre road walkHakam Singh 1:35:40Wang Qiang 1:35:48Vellasamy Subramaniam 1:36:27High jumpKazunori Koshikawa 2.15Takao Sakamoto 2.15Takashi Katamine 2.15Pole vaultItsuo Takanezawa 5.20Tomomi Takahashi 5.10Yosuhiro Kigawa 5.00Long jumpJunichi Usui 7.97Suresh Babu 7.94Toshihisa Yoshimoto 7.91wTriple jumpZhou Zhenxian 17.02Motokuni Hiratani 16.52wMasami Nakanishi 16.50wShot putMohammed Al-Zinkawi 17.78Zhao Baoqin 17.50Bahadur Singh Chouhan 17.47Discus throwKiyotaka Kawasaki 55.34Li Weinan 54.64Michio Kita 53.06Hammer throwShigenobu Murofushi 66.73Masayuki Kawata 65.94Raghubir Singh Bal 61.52Javelin throwShen Maomao 86.50Toshihiro Yamada 78.46Masahiko Takita 78.46DecathlonAtsushi Kasai 7096Toshikazu Kobayashi 6983Jin Xuewei 6975
Women 100 metres(wind: -1.8 m/s)Emiko Konishi 12.09Ying Yaping 12.10Mo Myung-Hee 12.11200 metres(wind: 0.0 m/s)Sumiko Kaibara 24.45Mo Myung-Hee 24.49Emiko Konishi 24.72400 metresChung Byong-Soon 54.33Rita Sen 54.99Yumiko Aoi 55.66800 metresChung Byong-Soon 2:06.1aChang Yong-Ae 2:10.2aTakako Sanda 2:11.8a1500 metresKim Ok-Sun 4:25.0aKim Chun-Hwa 4:29.1aLü Hongxiang 4:31.3a3000 metresKim Ok-Sun 9:24.9aYang Yenying 9:30.8aKim Chun-Hwa 9:31.4a100 metres hurdles(wind: +1.2 m/s)Emi Akimoto 14.17Dai Jianhua 14.33Tamie Motegi 14.45400 metres hurdlesYumiko Aoi 60.46Marina Chin Leng Sim 61.63Zhan Xin 61.844 × 100 metre relay Yukiko OsakoSumiko KaiharaEmiko KonishiEmi Akimoto-Sasaki45.85 Buspranee RatanapolUsanee LaopinkarnPusadee SangvijitWalapa Pinij46.03 Veena ChandolaRita SenAngel Mary JosephSrirupa Chatterjee46.934 × 400 metre relay Yoshie IizukaMasae KiguchiHiromi HatanoYumiko Aoi3:45.9a Marina ChinZaiton OthmanVengadasalam AngamahSaik Oik Cum3:46.3a Mirna AyoCarmen TorresLorena MorcillaLydia De Vega3:57.5aHigh jumpZheng Dazhen 1.87Tamami Yagi 1.81Hisayo Fukumitsu 1.81Long jumpSumie Awara 6.42wZou Wa 6.27wKazuko Ishizu 6.05wShot putShen Lijuan 17.48Yukari Seo 14.78Yumiko Asari 14.12Discus throwLi Xiaohui 58.62Yukari Seo 46.64Yumiko Asari 44.16Javelin throwLi Xia 58.44Yao Juiying 54.82Naomi Shibusawa 51.16PentathlonYe Peisu 4139Tomoko Uchida 3753Sachie Sekiguchi 3706
Medal table
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