The track and field competition at the 2015 Military World Games was held from 4–11 October 2015 at the KAFAC Sports Complex in Mungyeong. The stadium is named after the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps. The marathon races took place on 11 October and followed a route around the city with a finish point at the track and field main stadium.By Discipline - Marathon. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.KAFAC Sports Complex. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. A number of para-athletics exhibition events were added to the programme for the first time, covering men's and women's shot put, and track races over 100 m, 200 m, and 1500 m for men.Track & Field. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.Sheftick, Gary (2015-10-07). USA Wins First Three Para Golds at World Games. Military. Retrieved on 2015-10-11.
The programme expanded to contain 40 athletics events – a new high. In track and field there were 20 events for men and 18 for women, while the marathon had individual and team aspects for both sexes (the team format being a new addition). Men's hammer throw, women's 400 metres hurdles, high jump and shot put all returned to the programme after being dropped at the previous edition. Women's discus throw made its debut at the games. The women's 10,000 metres was not contested on this occasion, however.CISM Río de Janeiro BRA 17 - 23 July. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-19.
After an absence from the 2011 games, Russia returned and topped the medal table in the sport for the third time in its history.CISM Military World Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. It sent a full strength team and came away with ten gold medals among a haul of nineteen. Bahrain has its most successful edition in clear second place with six golds and twelve medals in total (all its medallists were African-born). China had the third highest gold medals, with four, while Poland had the third greatest medal total at ten. Thirty nations reached the medal table. The host nation won one medal – a gold courtesy of men's pole vaulter Jin Min-sub.Track & Field Medal Standings. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
A total of twelve games records were broken or equalled in the athletics competitions.New Records. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. Two athletes defended their 2011 titles: men's javelin thrower Ari Mannio and women's hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu. It was Zhang's fourth successive gold medal, retaining her position as the only woman to win the event since its introduction in 2003, and she also improved the games record for a fourth time straight. The only athlete to win two individual titles, Ekaterina Koneva claimed a horizontal jumps double for Russia. Rosângela Santos won the most medals with a 100 metres individual and relay title double as well as a 200 metres bronze.
Four champions from the 2015 World Championships in Athletics were in attendance. Russia's Sergey Shubenkov (110 m hurdles) and Mariya Kuchina (high jump) won their disciplines, but Maryna Arzamasova (800 m) and Piotr Małachowski (discus throw) were both beaten into runner-up spots on the world military stage.Mills, Steven (2015-10-08). Mixed fortunes for world champions at World Military Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. Seventeen-year-old World Youth champion Salwa Eid Naser became the youngest winner of the women's 400 m title.Etchells, Daniel (2015-10-07). Russia claim hurdles double at World Military Games. Inside the Games. Retrieved on 2015-10-11.
Records NameEventCountryRecordTypeYousef Masrahi Men's 400 metres 45.18 Ali Al-Deraan Men's 800 metres 1:45.50 Majd Eddin Ghazal Men's high jump 2.31 m , NREl Hassan El-Abbassi Men's 10,000 metres 27:41.76 Rosângela Santos Women's 100 metres 11.17 Nataliia Lupu Women's 800 metres 1:59.99 Ruth Jebet Women's 3000 metres steeplechase 9:30.24 Kemi Adekoya Women's 400 metres hurdles 55.30 =Zhang Li Women's javelin throw 62.95 m Zhang Wenxiu Women's hammer throw 74.87 m Ekaterina Koneva Women's triple jump 14.28 m Ekaterina RenzhinaNadezhda KotlyarovaKseniya RyzhovaAntonina Krivoshapka Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 3:28.75
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.16 NR 10.18 10.25200 metres 20.64 20.74 20.77400 metres 45.18 45.57 45.73800 metres 1:45.50 1:45.70 1:46.361500 metres 3:44.79 3:44.98 3:45.645000 metres 13:23.70 13:26.19 13:31.4810,000 metres 27:41.76 28:03.86 28:11.46110 m hurdles 13.43 13.79 13.84400 m hurdles 49.43 49.88 49.913000 m s'chase 8:24.68 8:25.54 8:26.714 × 100 m relayRobert KubaczykGrzegorz ZimniewiczKamil MasztakDariusz Kuć 39.35Mayobanex de ÓleoYohandris AndújarStanly del CarmenYancarlos Martínez 39.41Vinoj MuthumuniMohamed Abdul LadeefMohamed Abdul RasheedYupun Abeykoon 39.434 × 400 m relayTimofey ChalyyDenis AlekseyevIvan ShablyuevPavel Ivashko 3:03.01Miloud LaredjSoufiane BouhaddaLarbi BourradaAbdelmalik Lahoulou 3:03.78Arturo RamírezAlberth BravoJosé MeléndezFreddy Mezones 3:04.10Marathon 2:15:07 2:15:37 2:16:51Team marathon Błażej BrzezińskiMarcin ChabowskiHenryk Szost 6:51:23 Manuel Cañar SandovalAngel Chasi ToalomboMarco Erazo Montero 7:07:23 William CheborLinus ChumbaPaul Malakwen Kosgei 7:08:00High jump 2.31 m , NR 2.28 m 2.24 mPole vault 5.40 m 5.30 m 5.20 mLong jump 7.66 m 7.64 m 7.63 mTriple jump 17.01 m 16.56 m 16.55 mShot put 20.08 m 19.60 m 19.37 mDiscus throw 66.01 m 62.12 m 60.97 mHammer throw 75.88 m 74.77 m 66.98 mJavelin throw 79.78 m 78.62 m 77.37 m
Women 100 metres 11.17 11.46 11.50200 metres 23.18 23.33 23.38400 metres 51.39 51.81 51.99800 metres 1:59.99 2:00.57 2:00.721500 metres 4:07.58 4:11.51 4:14.945000 metres 15:23.85 15:35.21 15:35.75100 m hurdles 13.06 13.29 13.38400 m hurdles 55.30 55.74 57.453000 m s'chase 9:30.24 9:40.69 9:41.464 × 100 m relayAline Torres SenaVitória Cristina RosaFranciela KrasuckiRosângela Santos 43.87Yekaterina GalitskayaNadezhda KotlyarovaEkaterina RenzhinaNina Morozova 44.20Xie ZeruWang XuanYang HongguangHuang Guifen 45.054 × 400 m relayEkaterina RenzhinaNadezhda KotlyarovaKseniya RyzhovaAntonina Krivoshapka 3:28.75 Olha ZemlyakNataliya PyhydaHanna RyzhykovaNataliia Lupu 3:30.66Salwa Eid NaserEdidiong OdiongIman EssaKemi Adekoya 3:32.62 NRMarathon 2:31:25 2:31:40 2:32:20Team marathon Olha Kalendarova-OchalIwona LewandowskaMonika Stefanowicz 7:41:32 Li RuilingLuo ChuanMa Yugui 7:52:09 Meghan CurranBrenda SchrankEmily Shertzer 8:49:05High jump 1.95 m 1.84 m 1.80 mLong jump 6.39 m 6.36 m 6.33 mTriple jump 14.28 m 13.82 m 13.80 mShot put 18.14 m 17.90 m 17.64 m Discus throw 62.07 m 59.07 m 57.52 m Hammer throw 74.87 m 68.01 m 67.54 m Javelin throw 62.95 m 57.99 m 55.79 m
Medal table
References
Results Track & Field. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. Track & Field Medallists by Event. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. Track & Field Medal Standings. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09. Records New Records. Korea2015MWG. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
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