West Asian Athletics Championships

West Asian Athletics Championships are an athletics event organised by the West Asian Athletics Association (WAAA) and contested by 13 nations of Western Asia. The inaugural event took place in 2010 in Aleppo, Syria.^[1] The competition was organized after the discontinuation of the West Asian Games.

In 2024, some of the West Asian Championships events were held during the 2024 Doha Diamond League.^[2]

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Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Events	Nations	Top of the medal table
1	2010	Aleppo	Syria	18–20 September	46	12	Bahrain
2	2012	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	12–15 December	45	12	Iran
3	2018	Amman	Jordan	8–11 July	44	10	Bahrain
4	2023	Doha	Qatar	26–29 April	42	12	Qatar
5	2024	Basra	Iraq	29 May – 1 June	45	10	Iran

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	46	40	19	105
2	Bahrain (BHR)	40	20	16	76
3	Qatar (QAT)	28	16	15	59
4	Iraq (IRQ)	25	28	37	90
5	Kuwait (KUW)	20	21	23	64
6	Oman (OMA)	13	11	14	38
7	Lebanon (LBN)	11	22	15	48
8	Jordan (JOR)	11	7	13	31
9	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	10	16	14	40
10	Syria (SYR)	10	14	13	37
11	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	7	12	7	26
12	Yemen (YEM)	1	1	0	2
13	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (13 entries)		222	208	188	618

Number	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 - 2010	46	46	46	48	140
2 - 2012	45	45	40	32	117
3 - 2018	44	44	34	27	105
4 - 2023	42	42	42	41	125
5 - 2024	45	45	46	40	131
Total	222	222	208	188	618

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.97 (+1.7 m/s)	Barakat Al-Harthi	Oman	9 July 2018	2018 Championships	Amman, Jordan	^[4]
200 m	20.62 (±0.0 m/s)	Abdulaziz Abdou Atafi	Saudi Arabia	1 June 2024	2024 Championships	Basra, Iraq	^[5]
400 m	45.40	Ammar Ismail Yahiya Ibrahim	Qatar	30 May 2024	2024 Championships	Basra, Iraq	^[6]
800 m
1500 m
5000 m
10,000 m
110 m hurdles	13.67 (+1.5 m/s)	Yacoub Mohamed Al-Yohal	Kuwait	26 April 2023	2023 Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[7]
400 m hurdles	49.94	Ismail Daoudi Abakar	Qatar	28 April 2023	2023 Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[8]
High jump
Pole vault	5.21 m	Ameer Subeih Sehioud	Iraq	31 May 2024	2024 Championships	Basra, Iraq	^[9]
Shot put	20.65 m	Abdelrahman Mahmoud	Bahrain	27 April 2023	2023 Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[10]
Javelin throw	75.10 m	Ali Essa Abdulghani	Saudi Arabia	29 May 2024	2024 Championships	Basra, Iraq	^[11]
10000m walk (track)	46:55.00	Hamid Reza Zouravand	Iran	29 May 2024	2024 Championships	Basra, Iraq	^[12]
4 × 100 m relay	39.43	B .M. Al-Harthi A. A. Al-Baloushi R. H. Al-Asimi M. O. Al-Saadi	Oman	29 April 2023	2023 Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[13]
4 × 400 m relay

West Asian Athletics Championships

Editions

Seniors

U20

U18

Participating nations

Medals (2010-2024)

Medals by Editions

Championships records

Men

Women

Mixed

See also

Links

References

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