Athletics at the 1986 Asian Games
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	29 September – 5 October
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The athletics competition at the 1986 Asian Games was held in Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Talal Mansour  Qatar	10.30 GR	Hiroki Fuwa  Japan	10.44	Zheng Chen  China	10.47
200 m details	Jang Jae-keun  South Korea	20.71 =GR	Li Feng  China	20.97	Masahiro Nagura  Japan	21.10
400 m details	Susumu Takano  Japan	45.00 GR	Isidro del Prado  Philippines	45.96	Mohammed Al-Malki  Oman	46.42
800 m details	Kim Bok-joo  South Korea	1:49.15	Ryu Tae-kyung  South Korea	1:49.89	Najem Al-Sowailem  Kuwait	1:50.31
1500 m details	Shuji Oshida  Japan	3:43.88	Ryu Tae-kyung  South Korea	3:44.51	Mohamed Suleiman  Qatar	3:44.68
5000 m details	Kim Jong-yoon  South Korea	13:50.63 GR	Masanari Shintaku  Japan	13:52.65	Yutaka Kanai  Japan	13:53.73
10,000 m details	Masanari Shintaku  Japan	28:26.74 GR	Kim Jong-yoon  South Korea	28:30.54	Toshihiko Seko  Japan	29:31.90
110 m hurdles details	Yu Zhicheng  China	14.07 GR	Lu Qianbin  China	14.34	Kim Jin-tae  South Korea	14.37
400 m hurdles details	Ahmed Hamada  Bahrain	49.31 GR	Ryoichi Yoshida  Japan	49.40	Jasem Al-Dowaila  Kuwait	50.22
3000 m steeplechase details	Shigeyuki Aikyo  Japan	8:36.98 GR	Cheng Shouguo  China	8:37.33	Hajime Nagasato  Japan	8:42.30
4 × 100 m relay details	China Cai Jianming Li Feng Yu Zhuanghui Zheng Chen	39.17 GR	Japan Hideyuki Arikawa Hirofumi Miyazaki Hirofumi Koike Hiroki Fuwa	39.31	South Korea Sung Nak-kun Jang Jae-keun Kim Jong-il Shim Duk-sup	39.66
4 × 400 m relay details	Japan Koichi Konakatomi Kenji Yamauchi Hiromi Kawasumi Susumu Takano	3:02.33 GR	Iraq Aouf Abdul-Rahman Ziad Ali Abbas Ali Fahim Abdul-Sada	3:07.28	Philippines Romeo Gido Honesto Larce Leopoldo Arnillo Isidro del Prado	3:09.26
Marathon details	Takeyuki Nakayama  Japan	2:08:21 GR	Hiromi Taniguchi  Japan	2:10:08	Yoo Jae-sung  South Korea	2:16:55
20 km walk details	Sun Xiaoguang  China	1:25:46 GR	Jiang Shaohong  China	1:26:57	Chand Ram  India	1:28:03
High jump details	Zhu Jianhua  China	2.31	Liu Yunpeng  China	2.27	Shuji Ujino  Japan	2.21
Pole vault details	Ji Zebiao  China	5.40 GR	Liang Xueren  China	5.30	Lee Jae-bok  South Korea	5.00
Long jump details	Kim Jong-il  South Korea	7.94	Junichi Usui  Japan	7.92	Chen Zunrong  China	7.80
Triple jump details	Norifumi Yamashita  Japan	17.01 GR	Park Young-jun  South Korea	15.97	Zou Zhenxian  China	15.76
Shot put details	Ma Yongfeng  China	18.30	Gong Yitian  China	17.82	Yoshihisa Urita  Japan	17.51
Discus throw details	Li Weinan  China	58.28	Yuko Maeda  Japan	54.14	Manjit Singh  India	52.80
Hammer throw details	Shigenobu Murofushi  Japan	69.20	Luo Jun  China	66.34	Lü Dongping  China	66.28
Javelin throw details	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  Japan	76.60 GR	Kim Jae-sang  South Korea	74.44	Park Jong-sam  South Korea	74.12
Decathlon details	Chen Zebin  China	7255	Takeshi Kojo  Japan	7171	Park Young-jun  South Korea	7163

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Lydia de Vega  Philippines	11.53 GR	P. T. Usha  India	11.67	Ratjai Sripet  Thailand	11.75
200 m details	P. T. Usha  India	23.44 GR	Lydia de Vega  Philippines	23.47	Park Mi-sun  South Korea	23.80
400 m details	P. T. Usha  India	52.16 GR	Shiny Abraham  India	53.32	Hiromi Isozaki  Japan	53.76
800 m details	Lim Chun-ae  South Korea	2:05.72	Yang Liuxia  China	2:06.04	Josephine Mary Singarayar  Malaysia	2:07.44
1500 m details	Lim Chun-ae  South Korea	4:21.38	Yang Liuxia  China	4:22.07	Kim Wei-ja  South Korea	4:23.47
3000 m details	Lim Chun-ae  South Korea	9:11.92 GR	Zhang Xiuyun  China	9:12.64	Suman Rawat  India	9:14.70
10,000 m details	Wang Xiuting  China	32:47.77 GR	Kumi Araki  Japan	33:20.75	Xiao Hongyan  China	33:47.22
100 m hurdles details	Chen Kemei  China	13.78	Chizuko Akimoto  Japan	13.88	Naomi Jojima  Japan	14.07
400 m hurdles details	P. T. Usha  India	56.08 GR	Zhao Qianqian  China	59.37	Chen Juying  China	59.37
4 × 100 m relay details	China Pan Weixin Shao Liwei Luo Xin Tian Yumei	44.78 GR	Thailand Jaree Patarach Reawadee Srithoa Ratjai Sripet Walapa Tangjitnusorn	45.14	South Korea Yoon Mi-kyong An Sin-young Park Mi-sun Lee Young-sook	45.59
4 × 400 m relay details	India M. D. Valsamma Vandana Rao Shiny Abraham P. T. Usha	3:34.58 GR	Japan Keiko Honda Hitomi Koshimoto Ayako Arai Hiromi Isozaki	3:39.77	China Zhao Qianqian Lin Zhenglan Chen Juying Huang Jing	3:41.59
Marathon details	Eriko Asai  Japan	2:41:03 GR	Misako Miyahara  Japan	2:41:36	Wen Yanmin  China	2:42:21
10 km walk details	Guan Ping  China	48:40 GR	Xu Yongjiu  China	49:50	Hideko Hirayama  Japan	51:12
High jump details	Megumi Sato  Japan	1.89 =GR	Zheng Dazhen  China	1.89 =GR	Kim Hee-sun  South Korea	1.89 =GR
Long jump details	Liao Wenfen  China	6.37	Huang Donghuo  China	6.19	Minako Isogai  Japan	6.14
Shot put details	Huang Zhihong  China	17.51	Cong Yuzhen  China	17.44	Aya Suzuki  Japan	15.06
Discus throw details	Hou Xuemei  China	59.28 GR	Li Xiaohui  China	58.94	Lee Sang-yuk  South Korea	50.26
Javelin throw details	Li Baolian  China	59.42	Emi Matsui  Japan	55.00	Jang Sun-hee  South Korea	52.78
Heptathlon details	Zhu Yuqing  China	5580 GR	Ye Lianying  China	5413	Ji Jeong-mi  South Korea	5067

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	17	18	8	43
2	Japan (JPN)	11	13	11	35
3	South Korea (KOR)	7	5	13	25
4	India (IND)	4	2	3	9
5	Philippines (PHI)	1	2	1	4
6	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	1	2
7	Bahrain (BRN)	1	0	0	1
8	Thailand (THA)	0	1	1	2
9	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	0	1
10	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	2	2
11	Malaysia (MAL)	0	0	1	1
	Oman (OMA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	42	42	126