At the 2001 East Asian Games, the athletics events were held in Osaka, Japan from 23 to 26 May 2001. A total of 45 events were contested, 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. All events were held at the Nagai Stadium, with the exception of the racewalking and half marathon events. A team of Australian athletes took part in the competition but they were excluded from the medal tally.East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. This was the last time that Kazakhstan competed in the competition.
In the third edition of the multi-sport event, 20 Games records were made over the four-day athletics competition. China had the greatest gold medal haul with 27, largely due to the success of their women athletes, who won all but three of the 22 women's events. The hosts, Japan, won the most medals overall, winning 11 golds, 22 silvers and 51 medals in total. The women's events over 400 metres brought a number of Japanese records: Kazue Kakinuma broke the 400 m sprint record, Makiko Yoshida set a new record in the 400 metres hurdles, and the 4×400 metres relay team made a new national best of 3:33.06. Seventeen-year-old Liu Xiang set a new 110 metres hurdles record of 13.42 for the first gold medal of his career.
All the Games records in the relay races were broken, meaning that both Shingo Suetsugu (who broke the 200 metres record) and Bu Fanfang (who broke the 400 m record) made new Games records in multiple events. Some athletes took on two individual events in the competition schedule and doubled their medal hauls: Gennadiy Chernovol took 100 m gold and 200 m silver while his Kazakh compatriot Mihail Kolganov won gold in the 800 and 1500 m. Wu Wen-Chien did a bronze double in the 5000 m and steeplechase for Chinese Taipei, and Dong Yanmei won two golds in the 5000 and 10,000 m events. Kumiko Ikeda of Japan set personal bests in the long jump and 100 metres hurdles for a silver and bronze medal, respectively.Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-28). Day three of the East Asian Games in Osaka. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
Records NameEventCountryRecordTypeShingo Suetsugu 200 metres 20.34 GRLiu Xiaomei 200 metres 22.87 GR Xu Zizhou 400 metres 45.25 GR Mihail Kolganov 800 metres 1:49.00 GR Katsuhiko Hanada 10,000 metres 28:42.19 GR Liu Xiang 110 metres hurdles 13.42 GR Chen Tien-Wen 400 metres hurdles 49.18 GR Yasunori Uchitomi 3000 m steeplechase 8:33.98 GR Shingo KawabataAkihiro YasuiShingo SuetsuguHideki Ishizuka 4×100 metres relay 38.93 GR Mitsuhiro SatoJun OsakadaDai TamesueRyuji Muraki 4×400 metres relay 3:03.74 GR Kazuo Ietani Half marathon 1:04:49 GR Koji Murofushi Hammer throw 79.68 GRGuan Yingnan Long jump 6.61 GRLiu Hongyu 20 km walk 1:32:06 GR Li Rongxiang Javelin throw 81.55 GR Bu Fanfang 400 metres 52.31 GR Dong Yanmei 5000 metres 15:32.71 GR Feng Yun 100 metres hurdles 13.12 GR Zeng XiujunLiu XiaomeiQin WangpingLi Xuemei 4×100 metres relay 44.08 GR Yan JiankuiLi YulianChen YixiangBu Fanfang 4×400 metres relay 3:30.51 GR Mizuki Noguchi Half marathon 1:11:18 GR Miki Imai High jump 1.92 GR Svetlana Kazanina Heptathlon 6078 GR Manabu Yokoyama Pole vault 5.60 GR Miho SugimoriKazue KakinumaSakie NobuokaMakiko Yoshida 4×400 metre relay 3:33.06 NR Makiko Yoshida 400 metres hurdles 57.33 NR Kazue Kakinuma 400 metres 52.95 NR
Key:WR — World record AR — Asian record GR — Games record NR — National record
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.28 10.31 10.44200 metres 20.34 GR 20.55 20.92400 metres 45.25 GR 45.47 46.17800 metres 1:49.00 GR 1:49.18 1:49.391500 metres † 3:46.43 3:49.63 3:51.135000 metres 13:56.23 14:08.53 14:15.5010,000 metres 28:42.19 GR 28:50.20 29:33.23110 metre hurdles 13.42 GR 13.47 13.98400 metre hurdles 49.18 GR 49.28 49.423000 metre steeplechase 8:33.98 GR 8:36.48 8:44.154×100 metre relayShingo KawabataAkihiro YasuiShingo SuetsuguHideki Ishizuka 38.93 GR 39.29 40.134×400 metre relayMitsuhiro SatoJun OsakadaDai TamesueRyuji Muraki 3:03.74 GRNo other medalling teamNo other medalling team Half marathon 1:04:49 GR 1:08:24 1:09:4720 km walk 1:24:10 1:24:26 1:24:41 High jump 2.23 2.20 2.15 Pole vault 5.60 GR 5.20 5.20 Long jump 8.07 8.02 7.77 Triple jump 16.56 16.45 16.13 Shot put 18.70 18.50 17.43 Discus throw 60.08 55.88 55.74 Hammer throw 79.68 GR 72.17 68.55 Javelin throw 81.55 GR 76.36 71.44 Decathlon 7567 7536 7416
Women 100 metres 11.48 11.58 11.71200 metres 22.87 GR 23.39 23.69400 metres 52.31 GR 52.39 52.95 NR800 metres 2:03.21 2:03.43 2:08.981500 metres 4:12.13 4:16.09 4:21.815000 metres 15:32.71 GR 15:44.51 15:47.0210,000 metres 32:30.35 32:36.15 32:47.21100 metre hurdles 13.12 GR 13.33 13.48 PB400 metre hurdles † 56.43 56.94 57.33 NR4×100 metre relay Zeng XiujunLiu XiaomeiQin WangpingLi Xuemei 44.08 GR 44.24Only two starters4×400 metre relayYan JiankuiLi YulianChen YuxiangBu Fanfang 3:30.51 GRMiho SugimoriKazue KakinumaSakie NobuokaMakiko Yoshida 3:33.06 NR 3:50.89 Half marathon 1:11:18 GR 1:13:31 1:13:5320 km walk 1:32:06 GR 1:32:31 1:35:36 High jump 1.92 GR 1.90 1.80 Pole vault 4.20 4.05 4.05 Long jump 6.61 GR 6.52 PB 6.38 w Triple jump 13.80 13.51 13.20 Shot put 18.47 18.07 16.92 Discus throw 60.99 55.28 50.87 Hammer throw † 63.98 63.12 60.27 Javelin throw 61.10 56.61 55.13 Heptathlon 6078 GR 5597Only two finishers
Events marked † were won by Australian guest athletes: Men's 1500 m – Clinton Mackevicius in 3:44.87 Women's 400 m hurdles – Sonia Brito with 56.17 Women's hammer – Bronwyn Eagles with 67.08 m
Medal table
References General East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). Day One of the East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25). Day two of the East Asian Games in Osaka. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Sato, Shigemi (2001-5-27). Ma's protege wins second gold at East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-28). Day three of the East Asian Games in Osaka. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-28). Day Four of the East Asian Games in Osaka. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. Specific
External links Official Olympic Council of Asia website