The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.^[1]

Editions

Edition	Year	Events	Host City	Host Country	Dates	Venue	Medals Winner
1	2004	30	Tehran	Iran	6–8 February	Aftab Enghelab Complex	China
2	2006	26	Pattaya	Thailand	10–12 February	Indoor Athletics Stadium	Kazakhstan
3	2008	26	Doha	Qatar	14–16 February	ASPIRE Dome	India
4	2010	26	Tehran	Iran	24–26 February	Aftab Enghelab Complex	Iran
5	2012	26	Hangzhou	China	18–19 February	Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall	China
6	2014	26	Hangzhou	China	15–16 February	Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall	Qatar
7	2016	26	Doha	Qatar	19–21 February	ASPIRE Dome	Qatar
8	2018	26	Tehran	Iran	1–3 February	Aftab Enghelab Complex	Kazakhstan
9	2020	26	Hangzhou	China	12–13 February	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
10	2023	26	Astana	Kazakhstan	10–12 February	Kazakhstan Sports Palace	Japan
11	2024	26	Tehran	Iran	7–9 February
12	2026			China

Ranking

Year	Ranking by Medals
	1	2	3
2004	China	Iran	Kazakhstan
2006	Kazakhstan	China	Japan
2008	India	China	Kazakhstan
2010	Iran	China	Qatar
2012	China	Iran	Bahrain
2014	Qatar	China	Kazakhstan
2016	Qatar	China	Kazakhstan
2018	Kazakhstan	Iran	Qatar
2023	Japan	Kazakhstan	Qatar

Medals (2004-2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	54	38	37	129
2	Kazakhstan	41	32	32	105
3	Qatar	28	17	11	56
4	Iran	23	35	36	94
5	Japan	20	14	21	55
6	Bahrain	14	12	9	35
7	India	13	30	21	64
8	Kuwait	10	9	5	24
9	Uzbekistan	10	7	10	27
10	Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	7
11	Thailand	3	8	8	19
12	Kyrgyzstan	3	5	2	10
13	Vietnam	3	3	5	11
14	Chinese Taipei	2	4	4	10
15	United Arab Emirates	2	4	3	9
16	Hong Kong	1	4	1	6
17	South Korea	1	3	1	5
18	Malaysia	1	2	2	5
19	Sri Lanka	1	1	4	6
20	Oman	1	0	4	5
21	Bangladesh	1	0	0	1
22	Syria	0	5	2	7
23	Iraq	0	2	0	2
24	Pakistan	0	1	1	2
25	Indonesia	0	0	4	4
26	Turkmenistan	0	0	3	3
27	Philippines	0	0	2	2
28	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		237	237	232	706

Championship records