2026 Asian U20 Athletics Championships
| 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 28-31 May 2026 |
| Host city | Hong Kong |
| Venue | Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground |
| Level | Junior (under-20) |
| Events | 45 |
The 2026 Asian U20 Athletics Championships is the 22nd edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organized by the Asian Athletics Association. Athletes born between 2007 and 2009 competed in 45 events, divided evenly between the sexes, and one mixed event. The competition took place over four days from the 28th to 31st of May at the Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground in Hong Kong. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Asian Championship served as a qualifying tournament for 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships to be held in August at Eugene, Oregon, USA. [5]
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
Dai Hongyu China | 10.28 | Kwok Chun Ting Hong Kong | 10.35 (10.346) |
Tsubasa Yasukawa Japan | 10.35 (10.350) |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) |
Abdul Quddus Ahmed Ali United Arab Emirates | 20.85 | Chen Jinxin China | 21.12 | Sadew Rajakaruna Sri Lanka | 21.13 |
| 400 metres | Suleiman Abdulrahman United Arab Emirates | 44.85 CR NR | Khala Ngare Mahamat Qatar | 45.19 | Youssouf Abdelaziz Djibrine Qatar | 45.58 |
| 800 metres | Venkatram Reddy Mogali India | 1:48.27 | ND Liyanage Gagabada Liyanage Sri Lanka | 1:49.22 | Atsuki Watanabe Japan | 1:49.29 |
| 1500 metres | Mubarik Abdi Said Qatar | 3:44.40 | Chien Tzu–chieh Chinese Taipei | 3:45.58 | Wang Jiahao China | 3:46.92 |
| 3000 metres | Mubarik Abdi Said Qatar | 7:56.08 | Chien Tzu–chieh Chinese Taipei | 8:00.42 | Yota Mashiko Japan | 8:00.86 |
| 5000 metres | Ryo Kurimura Japan | 14:39.31 | Timur Nasimov Uzbekistan | 15:34.09 | Tsagaadai Angar Mongolia | 15:37.38 |
| 110 metres hurdles (99 cm) (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
Jeremy Koga Japan | 13.05 | Koki Takajo Japan | 13.24 | Chen Yi-xuan Chinese Taipei | 13.46 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Taiju Goto Japan | 49.25 | Faycal Mahamat Abdallah Qatar | 50.54 | Naif Rashid A Alsubaie Saudi Arabia | 51.08 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Nikhil Chandrashekar India | 9:25.44 | Yuu Kato Japan | 9:27.30 | Jerico Cadag Philippines | 9:35.10 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |  South KoreaChoi Myung-jin Kim Dong-jin Choi Seong-won Jun Chae-min | 39.75 |  ThailandThiraphat Anantarattanakun Chutithat Pruksorranan Phattarakorn Insaeng Anucha Sa-gabankhok | 39.83 | Chinese Taipei Lin Chia-le Lyu Zong-han Hsieh Cheng-kuei Chung Chih-hsiang | 39.86 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | China Ye Weixin Li Yongjie Yang Jia Xu Xinlong | 3:04.88 | Qatar Mahamat Abdallah A Abdelsadick Mohammed Musa A Musa Samir Moussa Hassan Youssouf Abdelaziz Djibrine | 3:05.06 | India Piyush Raj Sayed Sabeer Ranjith Kumar S Mohammed Ashfaq | 3:05.54 |
| 5,000 metres walk | Nitin Gupta India | 19:47.49 | Lo Sheng-qin Chinese Taipei | 19:56.17 | Chihiro Obata Japan | 20:06.73 |
| High jump | Basant India | 2.20 m | Tharusha Mendis Sri Lanka | 2.14 m | Kim Jun-ki South Korea | 2.12 m |
| Pole vault | Zeng Liang China | 5.45 m | Naoya Inoue Japan | 5.40 m | Abdulla Saad Qatar | 5.20 m |
| Long jump | Shahnavaz Khan India | 7.84 m | Jithin Arjunan RC India | 7.66 m | Sarvar Meyliyev Uzbekistan | 7.60 m |
| Triple jump | Wang Zhuoyue China | 16.42 m | Cai Ziqi China | 16.03 m | Han Gye-ol South Korea | 15.59 m |
| Shot put (6 kg) |
Park Si-hoon South Korea | 20.65 m | Wu Chenqi China | 18.75 m | Zayed Essam Albishi Saudi Arabia | 18.03 m |
| Discus throw (1.75 kg) |
Maxim Sazhnev Kazakhstan | 60.45 m | Nishchay India | 60.10 m | Hamad Dhawi Alsultan Qatar | 59.47 m |
| Hammer throw (6 kg) |
Wang Ankang China | 75.07 m | Abdelrahman Mohamed Ibrahim Qatar | 72.53 m | Andrew Atuobeng Japan | 70.64 m |
| Javelin throw | Ruslan Sadullaev Uzbekistan | 75.01 m | Leon Iwasaka Japan | 70.46 m | Jang Ha-jin South Korea | 70.31 m |
| Decathlon U20 | Rahul Jakhar India | 7185 pts | Upkar India | 6854 pts | Askar Omirzak Kazakhstan | 6774 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
Dana Noor Salem Qatar | 11.47 | Chen Xinxuan China | 11.54 | Nipam India | 11.62 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.4 m/s) |
DRR Pathirana Unnehelage Sri Lanka | 24.07 (24.062) |
Zhenglin Zhou China | 24.07 (24.068) |
Aarti India | 24.12 |
| 400 metres | Aminat Kamarudeen United Arab Emirates | 52.72 | Chen Yi-cen Chinese Taipei | 53.16 | Neeru Pathak India | 53.23 |
| 800 metres | Hanon Sasaki Japan | 2:05.44 | Deng Yue China | 2:05.70 | TA Pemasiri Mahadura Gedara Sri Lanka | 2:07.10 |
| 1500 metres | TA Pemasiri Mahadura Gedara Sri Lanka | 4:31.41 | Maryam Ahmadi Iran | 4:33.35 | Song Da-won South Korea | 4:35.42 |
| 3000 metres | Pan Shuanglu China | 9:36.02 | Hanieh Shahpari Iran | 9:49.42 | Dilnoza Hoshimova Uzbekistan | 10:29.72 |
| 5000 metres | Muskan India | 16:53.08 | Kim Hyo-joo South Korea | 17:18.66 | Sadafbonu Nusratilloeva Uzbekistan | 18:08.17 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
Zhang Keyi China | 13.38 | Nana Ishihara Japan | 13.76 | Alina Golovina Kazakhstan | 13.93 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mariam Kareem United Arab Emirates | 56.93 | Liu Chen-yu Chinese Taipei | 59.46 | Margarita Kossinova Kazakhstan | 1:01.06 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Rei Taya Japan | 10:22.52 | Hanieh Shahpari Iran | 10:26.34 | Sadafbonu Nusratilloeva Uzbekistan | 10:37.32 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | China Zhang Keyi Zhou Zhenglin Zhang Qian Chen Xinxuan | 44.78 | India Kajal Hirabhai Vaja Bhavana G Aarti Nipam | 45.05 | Chinese Taipei Chen Yi-cen Liu Chen-yu Zhan Pei-rong Su Yi-han | 45.61 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | India Bhumika Sanjay Nehate Tahura Khatun Sehnoor Bawa Neeru Pathak | 3:38.07 | Kazakhstan Milana Zubareva Margarita Kossinova Mariya Zinevich Sofya Kidenko | 3:43.63 | Hong Kong Cheng Tsz Yan Lee Tsz Yiu Jane Christa Ming Suet Karlsson Chow Chi Kiu | 3:49.94 |
| 5,000 metres walk | Sun Yuyao China | 23:42.10 | Kwon Seor-hin South Korea | 23:48.20 | Tang Lijia China | 24:28.04 |
| High jump | Pooja Singh India | 1.93 m CR NR | Chen Meiqi China | 1.80 m | Lin Pei-hsuan Chinese Taipei MDA Demalaporuwe Kankanamalage Sri Lanka | 1.72 m |
| Pole vault | Li Xiying China | 4.05 m | Anna Cherkashina Kazakhstan | 4.00 m | Saera Watanabe Japan | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Liang Morong China | 6.05 m | Kim Soo-ji South Korea | 5.94 m | Yuhi Narisawa Japan | 5.93 m |
| Triple jump | Xie Yiqing China | 13.36 m | Sadhana Ravi India | 12.84 m | Mariya Chshipacheva Kazakhstan | 12.70 m |
| Shot put | He Yuxiao China | 15.30 m | Zhai Xiaohan China | 15.28 m | Lee Ye-ram South Korea | 14.65 m |
| Discus throw | Amanat Kamboj India | 52.24 m | Ma Chenyi China | 51.30 m | Koko Konda Japan | 49.74 m |
| Hammer throw | Chen Jiajun China | 65.46 m | Yang Chae-min South Korea | 57.62 m | Salma Haitham Rashid United Arab Emirates | 55.42 m |
| Javelin throw | Tai Yu-chin Chinese Taipei | 56.91 m | Ana Bhianca Espenilla Philippines | 52.20 m | Kim Min-ji South Korea | 51.51 m |
| Heptathlon | Lin Pei-hsuan Chinese Taipei | 4730 pts | He Wing Hei Hong Kong | 3102 pts | Only two athletics finished | |
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 metres relay | United Arab Emirates Saeed Shoaib Omar Aminat Kamarudeen Suleiman Abdulrahman Mariam Kareem | 3:18.81 | Chinese Taipei Tsai Sin-you Liu Chen-yu Lyu Zong-han Chen Yi-cen | 3:23.92 | Sri Lanka SWR Senarath Mudiyanselage WDW Sakra Pedige OS Silva Jayathungalage RMAP Dajahetti Muhamderamge | 3:28.66 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Hong Kong)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 14 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | India | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Qatar | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | South Korea | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Iran | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Hong Kong* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
References
- ↑ "Hong Kong to host Asian U20 Athletics championships", Kai Tak Sports Park
- ↑ "More Records | Asian Athletics". asianathletics.com. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Pooja Singh breaks 14-year-old high jump national record at Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2026". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Results". hkaaa.com. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 2026". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- Results at Asian Athletics