West Asian Athletics Championships are an athletics event organised by the West Asian Athletics Association (WAAA) and contested by 13 nations of Western Asia. The inaugural event took place in 2010 in Aleppo, Syria. The competition was organized after the discontinuation of the West Asian Games.
In 2024, some of the West Asian Championships events were held during the 2024 Doha Diamond League.
Editions Seniors Edition Year City Country Date Events Nations Top of themedal table 12010 Aleppo 18–20 September 46 12 22012 Dubai 12–15 December 45 12 32018 Amman 8–11 July 44 10 42023 Doha 26–29 April 42 12 52024 Basra 29 May – 1 June 45 10
U20 2022 West Asian U20 Athletics Championships
U18 2013 West Asian U18 Athletics Championships
Participating nations
Medals (2010-2024) Source:https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/west-asian-champs
Medals by Editions NumberEventsGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 - 2010 46 46 46 48 1402 - 2012 45 45 40 32 1173 - 2018 44 44 34 27 1054 - 2023 42 42 42 41 1255 - 2024 45 45 46 40 131Total222 222 208 188 618
Championships records Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m9.97 Barakat Al-Harthi9 July 20182018 ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan200 m20.62 Abdulaziz Abdou Atafi1 June 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq400 m45.40Ammar Ismail Yahiya Ibrahim30 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq800 m1500 m5000 m10,000 m110 m hurdles13.67 Yacoub Mohamed Al-Yohal26 April 20232023 ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar400 m hurdles49.94Ismail Daoudi Abakar28 April 20232023 ChampionshipsDoha, QatarHigh jumpPole vault5.21 mAmeer Subeih Sehioud31 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqShot put20.65 mAbdelrahman Mahmoud27 April 20232023 ChampionshipsDoha, QatarJavelin throw75.10 mAli Essa Abdulghani29 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq10000m walk (track)46:55.00Hamid Reza Zouravand29 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq4 × 100 m relay39.43B .M. Al-HarthiA. A. Al-BaloushiR. H. Al-AsimiM. O. Al-Saadi29 April 20232023 ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4 × 400 m relay
Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m200 m400 m800 m1500 m5000 m16:01.80Bontu Edao Rebitu28 April 20232023 ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10,000 mHigh jump1.77 mMariyam Abd.Abdulhameed31 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqPole vault3.80 mMahsa Mirzatabibi29 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqLong jump6.22 m ()Reyhaneh Mobini Arani30 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqTriple jump12.82 m ()Maryam Kazemi1 June 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqDiscus throw49.42 mMahla Mahrooghi1 June 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqHammer throw56.52 mMelika Norouzi Ashgar30 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqJavelin throw50.57 mMana Hosseini31 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, IraqHeptathlon5249 ptsFatemeh Mohitizadeh31 May–1 June 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq5000 metres race walk (track)27:39.00Fatemeh Zahra Ghalenoui30 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq4 × 100 m relay4 × 400 m relay
Mixed EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace4 × 400 m relay3:27.12M. A. ChunchunS. F. AbboudT. H. YaseenB. M. Mahmoud29 May 20242024 ChampionshipsBasra, Iraq
See also Athletics at the West Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships Maghreb Athletics Championships Athletics at the SEA Games
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