The 17th
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 held on the
Amman International Stadium in
Amman,
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
between 25 July and 29 July 2007. It was moved in the last minute from original host country
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
due to the unrest in that country.
Countries like
China did not send their best athletes, instead choosing to prepare for the
2007 World Championships which were staged a month later.
Results
Men
Women
Medals table
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See also
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2007 in athletics (track and field)
References
Results
Results, day 1 - Asian Athletics Association(archived)
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- GBR Athletics
Daily reports
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External links
Asian Athletics Association
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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
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International athletics competitions hosted by Jordan
Sports competitions in Amman
Asian
2007 in Asian sport
July 2007 sports events in Asia