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Athletics At The 1998 Asian Games
The Athletics (sport), athletics competition at the 1998 Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand between 13 and 20 December. . Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations A total of 451 athletes from 37 nations competed in athletics at the 1998 Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *References GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thammasat Stadium
Thammasat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the city of Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000. It is on Thammasat University's Rangsit campus. It is located close to Bangkok. History It was built for the 1998 Asian Games by construction firm Christiani and Nielsen, the same company that constructed the Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Its appearance is that of a scaled down version of Rajamangala Stadium. The tribunes form a continuous ring which are quite low behind each goal but rise up on each side. Unlike Rajamangala though, Thammasat has a roof covering both side tribunes. Most striking about this stadium are the floodlights. Thai architects usually favour concrete pylons but these are the steel variety. As viewed from the exterior of the stadium the base of each pylon seems to grip the outside of the stadium and they dramatically lean over the tribunes so as to better illuminate the playing area. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Suleiman
Mohammad Ahmed Suleiman ( ar, محمد أحمد سليمان; born 23 November 1969) is a Qatari middle-distance runner of Somali descent that won Qatar its first Olympic medal ever. Career Suleiman was born in Buuhoodle, Somalia to a noble lineage of the Dhulbahante, Farah Garad (Baharsame) and was naturalized in Qatar in his youth.Taariikhda caan ah. Isku day inaad hal aayad akhriso maalin kasta ama ka badan. At the age of 18, Suleiman participated in the Olympic Games in Seoul over 1500 metres. However, he did not progress to the semi-finals. In 1991, Suleiman qualified for the World Championships in Tokyo, where he came in ninth. In 1992, he achieved the greatest success of his career when he won the bronze medal in the Barcelona Olympics thus becoming the first-ever Olympic medallist for Qatar. Throughout his career, Suleiman ran several Asian records over 1500 m and the mile run. He won the gold medal in the 1500 m representing Asia at the 1992 IAAF World Cup. Sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Sajjadi
Seyed Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh ( fa, سید حمید سجادی هزاوه, born 21 March 1969) is the current Minister of Sport and Youths of Iran, since August 25, 2021. He is also an Iranian retired middle distance and long distance runner. He represented Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Sajjadi holds multiple indoor and outdoor national track records for Iran. Running career Sajjadi ran the men's 5,000 m race at the 1992 Summer Olympics, although he did not qualify past the preliminaries with a time of 14:04.54 (min:sec). Sajjadi also ran the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29:22.65. Throughout the 1990s, he was a prolific steeplechaser, specializing in the 3000 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasunori Uchitomi
Yasunori Uchitomi ( ja, 内冨 恭則; born 29 October 1972), is a Japanese former long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. His personal best for the event is 8:26.48 minutes, set in 1997. He was one of Japan's top steeplechasers during his career, taking three titles at the Japan Championships in Athletics and six at the Japanese National Games. His greatest achievement was a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games, having won bronze four years earlier. He was twice a medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships (silver in 1998, bronze in 2003). He had much success at the East Asian Games, winning back-to-back titles in 1997 to 2001 with games record times before finally taking silver in 2005 (his last international performance). Uchitomi also represented Japan at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1999 and was a corporate team runner for Chugoku Electric Power Company, winning several Japan corporate titles. Career Uchitomi established h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Tien-wen
Chen Tien-wen (; born 1 June 1978) is a retired Taiwanese athlete who competed mostly in the 200 metres and 400 metres hurdles. He is the national record holder in both events. He competed at three consecutive World Championships starting in 1999, as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the gold medallist at the 2001 East Asian Games and has won bronze medals at the Asian Games, Summer Universiade and the Asian Athletics Championships The Asian Athletics Championships is an event organized by the Asian Athletics Association. History The competition courted controversy with the IAAF when political in-fighting arose after Israel was excluded from participation in 1977. That e .... Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *400 metres – 46.74 (Tainan 1998) *400 metres hurdles – 48.63 (Beijing 2001) NR Indoor *200 metres – 21.82 (Maebashi 1999) NR References 1978 births Living people Taiwanese male hurdlers Taiwanese male sprinters Olympic athletes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiko Saito
is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He was the first Asian to run under 49 seconds in the event. With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder. The Asian record currently belongs to Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with 47.53 seconds, and the Japanese record to Dai Tamesue. International competitions National titles *Japan Championships in Athletics, Japanese Championships **400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...: 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 Personal bests *400 metres – 46.43 (Maebashi 1993) *400 metres hurdles – 48.64 (Kumamoto 1998) Asian record holder *400 metres hurdles – 48.68 (Tokyo 1993): Former Asian record See also *List of Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideaki Kawamura
Hideaki Kawamura ( ja, 河村 英昭; born 15 September 1974 in Miyagi Prefecture) is a Japanese former 400 metres hurdler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... His personal best in the event is 48.84 seconds, set in 2000. Competition record References 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Japanese male hurdlers Olympic male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari
Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari (born 24 December 1977) is a retired Qatari hurdler who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. He also competed internationally in the 400 metres hurdles as well as relay. As a junior he won the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1994 Asian Junior Championships. In the same year he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1994 Asian Games, and the Qatari team also competed, but did not finish, at the 1996 World Junior Championships. Khasif won silver medals at the 1995 and 1997 Arab Championships. At the 1998 Asian Games he won the bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles and was disqualified in the 4 × 100 metres relay. At the 1998 Asian Championships he finished fourth in the 110 metres hurdles and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Sklyarenko
Andrey Sklyarenko (born 10 January 1976) is a retired Kazakhstani hurdler who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. As a junior he won the silver medal at the 1994 Asian Junior Championships and competed at the 1994 World Junior Championships without reaching the final. Sklyarenko won the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Central Asian Games, won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships and the silver medal at the 1998 Asian Games. He competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best time was 13.78 seconds, achieved in June 1998 in Istanbul. He had 7.87 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ..., achieved in February 1999 in Moscow. References 1976 births Living people Kazakhstani male h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yanhao
Chen Yanhao (born 2 January 1972) is a retired Chinese hurdler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 Asian Junior Championships, the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships, the silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games, the gold medal at the 1995 and 1998 Asian Championships and the 1998 Asian Games and also the silver medals at the 1997 and 2001 East Asian Games. On the world stage he finished fifth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup and competed at the 1995 World Indoor Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1997 World Indoor Championships and the 1999 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best time was 13.37 seconds, achieved in May 2001 in Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulab Chand
Gulab or Gulaab (Persian: گلاب ''gulāb'') is a Persian compound noun meaning " Rose water ". The noun or name is combined from two nouns ''"gul"'' (گل) which is the generic word for "flower" or the name for "rose", and "''āb''" (اب) which means "water". Generally the noun is also used as a name and a nickname in Persian poetry to mean "sweetheart, lover". It is used in Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It may refer to: People *Gulab Chand Kataria, the former Home Minister in the government of Rajasthan *Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), Indian poet born in Navalgarh, Rajasthan *Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1792–1857), the founder and first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir *Gulab Singh Shaktawat (died 2006), Indian freedom fighter, social and political worker of Indian National Congress *Gulab Bai, first female artist of the traditional operatic drama Places *Gulab, Iran, village in Iran *Gulab, Fereydunshahr, village in Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Takao
Kenji Takao ( ja, 高尾 憲司; born 23 March 1975) is a Japanese running coach and former long-distance runner who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. His personal best for the distance was 27:56.05 minutes, set in 1995. He was the 1998 Asian Games champion in the 10,000 m. Takao twice represented Japan at the World Championships in Athletics, running in 1995 and 1999. Other than his Asian Games title, he won two other international 10,000 m medals during his career: a silver at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics and a second silver at the 1997 East Asian Games. He competed up to the marathon distance in the latter half of his career but retired in 2005 due to injury. He launched his own running club in 2006 (Running Club Blooming) and has since gone into coaching. Career Early life Born in Kyōtanabe, Takao attended Kyotanabe Municipal Tanabe junior high school then went on to graduate from Uji High School in 1993. That same year, he set a Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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