Asian Masters Athletics Championships

Asia Masters Athletics Championships
Genre
Frequencybiennial
Websiteasia-masters-athletics.com

The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biannual 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

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.[4]

The last AMA championships was held on December 2–6, 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.[5] 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.[6][7]

Championships

Edition Year City Country
1 1981 Singapore  Singapore
2 1983 New Delhi  India
3 1985 Singapore  Singapore
4 1986 Jakarta  Indonesia
5 1988 Tainan  Taiwan
6 1990 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
7 1992 Singapore  Singapore
8 1994 Jakarta  Indonesia
9 1996 Seoul  South Korea
10 1998 Okinawa  Japan
11 2000 Bangalore  India
12 2002 Dalian  China
13 2004 Bangkok  Thailand
14 2006 Bangalore  India
15 2009 Chiang Mai  Thailand
16 2010 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
17 2012 Taipei  Taiwan
18 2014 Kitakami  Japan
19 2016 Singapore  Singapore
20 2017 Rugao  China
21 2019 Kuching  Malaysia
22 2022 Capas  Philippines

19th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2016 Medal Table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 77 55 28 160
2  India 75 70 71 216
3  Japan 63 32 26 121
4  Chinese Taipei 28 31 26 85
5  Sri Lanka 26 48 53 127
6  Thailand 21 13 10 44
7  Philippines 21 11 6 38
8  Indonesia 17 13 24 54
9  Singapore 14 28 35 77
10  Malaysia 14 21 18 53
11  Hong Kong 12 13 17 42
12  Mongolia 9 16 8 33
13  Kazakhstan 6 6 6 18
14  Iran 3 4 1 8
15  Brunei 1 0 1 2
16  Uzbekistan 1 0 1 2
17  South Korea 1 0 0 1
18  Bangladesh 0 1 0 1
19  Pakistan 0 1 0 1
No Rank  New Zealand 5 1 0 6
No Rank  Australia 4 1 0 4
No Rank  Turkey 1 1 0 2
No Rank  Russia 1 0 2 3
No Rank  United States 1 0 0 1
Total

20th Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2017 Medal Table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 209 184 129 522
2  India 37 43 66 146
3  Japan 34 28 16 78
4  Sri Lanka 32 37 47 116
5  Chinese Taipei 31 23 24 78
6  Thailand 24 13 4 41
7  Iran 18 12 13 43
8  Hong Kong 11 19 24 54
9  Kazakhstan 9 8 5 22
10  Indonesia 8 1 3 12
11  Malaysia 7 6 6 19
12  Philippines 5 5 6 16
13  Singapore 4 5 9 18
14  Mongolia 2 9 8 17
15  Uzbekistan 0 1 0 1
16  Fiji 0 0 0 0
No Rank  Austria 0 0 0 0
No Rank  Ireland 0 0 0 0
No Rank  New Zealand 0 0 0 0
No Rank  United States 0 0 0 0
Total

References

  1. ^ "AMA - Asia Masters Athletics". www.world-masters-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
  2. ^ "Asia Masters Athletics". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. ^ "Asia Masters Athletics Championships Results". Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. ^ "China bows to Asia Masters Athletics, allows big meet in Taiwan". 28 December 2010.
  5. ^ "21st Asia Masters Athletics Championship".
  6. ^ "22nd Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2023".
  7. ^ "22nd Asia Masters Athletics Championships 2023 in New Clark City".