The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biennial championship of Asia Masters Athletics (AMA), one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), known as the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) from its formation in 1977 until 2001. WMA is the global governing body for the division of Masters athletics. It is held in opposite years from the World Masters Athletics Championships. The event also hosts the Asia Masters General Assembly, the political gathering of the AMA which selects the locations of subsequent championships.
Taipei, Taiwan was selected to hold the 2012 championships. This is significant because China was a member of AMA at the time. Taiwan had hosted the championships previously but since China joined AMA, it had blocked bids on the island. This could be a softening of the difficult relations between the two capitols which both have claimed each other's territories since 1949.
The last AMA Championships was held on December 2–6, 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The latest event of the AMA Championship after the Covid-19 Pandemic is being held on November 8–12, 2023 in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines.
The next AMA Championships (The 23rd AMAC 2025) will be held on November 5-10, 2025 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Championships
Edition Year City Country 1 1981 Singapore 2 1983 New Delhi 3 1985 Singapore 4 1986 Jakarta 5 1988 Tainan 6 1990 Kuala Lumpur 7 1992 Singapore 8 1994 Jakarta 9 1996 Seoul 10 1998 Okinawa 11 2000 Bangalore 12 2002 Dalian 13 2004 Bangkok 14 2006 Bangalore 15 2009 Chiang Mai 16 2010 Kuala Lumpur 17 2012 Taipei 18 2014 Kitakami 19 2016 Singapore 20 2017 Rugao 21 2019 Kuching 22 2023 Capas 23 2025 Chennai
Results 2016 19th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2016 Medal Table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 77 55 28 160 2 75 70 71 2163 63 32 261214 28 31 26 855 26 48 53 1276 21 13 10 447 21 11 6 388 17 13 24 549 14 28 35 7710 14 21 18 5311 12 13 17 4212 9 16 8 3313 6 6 6 1814 3 4 1 815 1 0 1 216 1 0 1 217 1 0 0 118 0 1 0 119 0 1 0 1No Rank 5 1 0 6No Rank 4 1 0 4No Rank 1 1 0 2No Rank 1 0 2 3No Rank 1 0 0 1 Total
http://www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/amac2016/?frontpagetab=4
2017 20th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2017 Medal Table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 209 184 129 5222 37 43 66 1463 34 28 16784 32 37 47 1165 31 23 24 786 24 13 4 417 18 12 13 438 11 19 24 549 9 8 5 2210 8 1 3 1211 7 6 6 1912 5 5 6 1613 4 5 9 1814 2 9 8 1715 0 1 0 116 0 0 0 0No Rank 0 0 0 0No Rank 0 0 0 0No Rank 0 0 0 0No Rank 0 0 0 0 Total
http://www.amac2017.cn/Category_131/Index.aspx
2019 2023 Results:
2025 Results:
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