The 2005
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 ...
were the 16th edition of the international
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
competition between
Asia
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n nations. It was held in
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
between 1–4 September 2005.
Results
Men
* The original bronze medalist,
Anil Kumar
Anil Kumar (born 1958) is an Indian-American former senior partner and director at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded McKinsey's offices in Silicon Valley and India and created its Internet practice (representin ...
, was disqualified for doping.
Women
Medal table
Participating nations
* (2)
* (2)
* (2)
* (50)
* (22)
* (12)
* (41)
* (5)
* (11)
* (7)
* (69)
* (33)
* (13)
* (7)
* (1)
* (4)
* (6)
* (16)
* (1)
* (2)
* (7)
* (6)
* (7)
* (14)
* (17)
* (22)
* (11)
* (63)
* (28)
* (4)
* (3)
* (26)
* (2)
* (9)
* (11)
See also
*
2005 in athletics (track and field)
References
GBR Athletics
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Asian Athletics Championships
Asian Championships
An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
;Aquatics
* Asia ...
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
2005 in Asian sport
Sport in Incheon
International athletics competitions hosted by South Korea