Sport climbing competition at the 2026 Asian Beach Games was held at the West Gate of the Tianya Haijiao Scenic Spot in Sanya, China from 28 to 29 April 2026. A total of 72 athletes from 12 nations participated.
In the qualifying round of the men's individual, Zhao Yicheng set a new world record for the climb, clocking in at 4.58 seconds, bettering Samuel Watson's 4.64 seconds; he would go on to win the gold without actually contesting the final against Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi, as Zhao was awarded the win due to Al Hilmi's false start, the only occurrence in the knockout stages of that event.
The women's individual saw all 4 semifinalists come from China, with Zhou Yafei winning gold over Deng Lijuan, and Zhang Shaoqin claiming bronze over Qin Yumei, who herself had only made the semifinal due to her quarterfinal opponent, top seed Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi, falling short of the finish button, as Qin's time of 11.96 in that round was the second-slowest recorded in the knockout stages.
In the relay events, the men's final saw a rematch between China's Zhao and Indonesia's Al Hilmi (paired up with Long Jianguo and Raharjati Nursamsa respectively); this time the competitors raced to a proper conclusion, with China beating Indonesia and setting a world record in the process, and Kazakhstan's Rishat Khaibullin and Rashid Khaibullin winning bronze. In the women's event, Dewi and Kadek Adi Asih won gold for Indonesia, having set a world record earlier in the competition, with South Korea winning silver and China the bronze.
Medalists Men Speed Speed relayLong JianguoZhao YichengAntasyafi Robby Al HilmiRaharjati NursamsaRashid KhaibullinRishat Khaibullin
Women Speed Speed relayKadek Adi AsihDesak Made Rita Kusuma DewiJeong Ji-minSung Han-a-reumDeng LijuanZhou Yafei
Medal table
Results Men Speed 28 April
Qualification RankAthleteTime 1 4.58 2 4.72 3 4.81 4 4.83 5 4.85 6 4.92 7 4.94 8 4.97 9 5.014 10 5.015 11 5.052 12 5.056 13 5.180 14 5.182 15 5.20 16 5.23 17 5.36 18 5.37 19 5.39 20 5.60 21 5.61 22 5.65 23 5.79 24 5.815 25 5.817 26 5.94 27 6.00 28 6.08 29 6.09 30 6.56 31 6.69 32 6.86 33 7.14 34 7.19 35 7.20 36 7.23 37 8.61 38 10.12 39 Fall 39 Fall
Knockout round
Speed relay 29 April
Qualification RankTeamTime 1 Antasyafi Robby Al HilmiRaharjati Nursamsa 10.14 2 Amir MaimuratovDamir Toktarov10.26 3 Long JianguoZhao Yicheng10.35 4 Rashid KhaibullinRishat Khaibullin10.82 5 Ramaski Aswin KristantoAditya Tri Syahria10.89 6 Jung Yong-junShin Eun-cheol11.00 7 Shuto FujinoMotonori Tabuchi11.11 8 Chu ShouhongWu Peng11.12 9 Choi Jong-binLee Yong-su11.73 10 Phanuphong BunprakopAphiwit Limpanichpakdee 11.79 11 Denzel ChuaEzell Low 12.12 12 Ryo OmasaJun Yasukawa 12.82 13 Milad AlipourReza Alipour 13.15 14 Sirapob JirajaturapakNawaphon Suwannarat13.57 15 Evgenii GorshkovNikita Ruzmikin 14.23 16 Sergey AplatchikovIlia Zhidkov15.21 17 Juan Miguel AzupardoJohn Forones15.47 18 Gerardo AcebedoKevin Jeffrey Pascua21.68
Knockout round
Women Speed 28 April
Qualification RankAthleteTime 1 6.27 2 6.34 3 6.40 4 6.60 5 6.70 6 6.80 7 6.82 8 6.94 9 6.95 10 6.99 11 7.07 12 7.50 13 7.52 14 7.62 15 7.68 16 7.71 17 7.74 18 8.09 19 8.31 20 8.46 21 8.50 22 8.63 23 8.82 24 8.99 25 9.39 26 9.44 27 10.07 28 10.86 29 14.08 30 14.21 31 17.94 32 18.27
Knockout round
Speed relay 29 April
Qualification RankTeamTime 1 Deng LijuanZhou Yafei 13.50 2 Qin YumeiZhang Shaoqin 13.92 3 Jeong Ji-minSung Han-a-reum 14.09 4 Kadek Adi AsihDesak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 14.27 5 Karin HayashiRen Koyamatsu 14.89 6 Puja LestariAmanda Narda Mutia 15.20 7 Fumika KawakamiAi Takeuchi 15.64 8 Anna BalarshinaTamara Ulzhabayeva 16.81 9 Hwang Ji-minPi Ye-na 17.60 10 Napat DisyabutNarada Disyabut 17.75 11 Alina LvovaArina Novitskaya 17.94 12 Elena MikhailovaAlina Tian 24.18 13 Precious CabuyaYca Dizon 28.40 14 Anna FrolovaLeila Musuralieva 34.33
Knockout round
References
External links Results Book Sport climbing schedule World Climbing tournament page