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West Asian Championships

first edition, Tehran
1997
editions held
8
medal nations
16
latest · Basrah
2024

History

West Asian Games was founded in 1997 as a subregional multi-sport organization under Asian Games. After contested three editions, the event was halted. West Asian Athletics Championships started in 2010 in Aleppo, which is an unofficial follow-up event by West Asian Games as practically same countries are contesting at the championship.

PARTICIPATION BY EDITIONS

* Red indicated countries are the host nations.

1997 Games: (10) IRI, JOR, KGZ, KSA, KUW, LBN, QAT, SYR, TKM, TJK, YEM

2002 Games: (12) BRN, IRI, JOR, KSA, KUW, LBN, OMA, PLE, QAT, SYR, UAE, YEM

2005 Games: (13) BRN IRI, IRQ, JOR, KSA, KUW, LBN, OMA, PLE, QAT, SYR, UAE,YEM

2010 Champs: (11) BRN, IRQ, IRI, KSA, KUW, LBN, QAT, OMA, PLE, SYR, UAE

2012 Champs: (11) BRN, IRQ, IRI, JOR, KSA, KUW, LBN, QAT, OMA, SYR, UAE

2018 Champs: (10) BRN, IRQ, JOR, KSA, KUW, LBN, QAT, OMA, PLE, YEM

2023 Champs: (12) BRN, IRQ, JOR, KSA, KUW, OMA, PLE, QAT, SYR, UAE, YEM

Editions

Scroll for all 8 · newest first
  1. 2024 Basrah 45 events
  2. 2023 Doha 42 events
  3. 2018 Amman 44 events
  4. 2012 Dubai 45 events
  5. 2010 Aleppo 46 events
  6. 2005 Doha 28 events
  7. 2002 Kuwait City 17 events
  8. 1997 Tehran 22 events

All-time medal table

16 nations
#NationTotal
1 Iran IR IRI615841160
2 Qatar QAT463224102
3 Bahrain BRN42211780
4 Kuwait KUW37322998
5 Iraq IRQ25274092
6 Saudi Arabia KSA14221753
7 Syria SYR13161847
8 Oman OMA13141542
9 Jordan JOR13131642
10 Lebanon LBN12221549
11 United Arab Emirates UAE11161643
12 Kyrgyzstan KGZ1102

Most golds

  1. 1 Fawzi Al-Shammari 100m, 200m, 400m +1 · 1997–2005 Gold 6 Silver 1 Bronze 1
  2. 2 Dana Abdul Razak Hussein 100m, 200m, relays · 2005–24 Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 4
  3. 3 Gretta Taslakian 100m, 200m, 400m +1 · 2010–12 Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 0
  4. 4 Khaled Al-Johar 200m, 400m, relays · 1997–2002 Gold 5 Silver 0 Bronze 0
  5. 5 Femi Ogunode 100m, 200m, relays · 2010–23 Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 1
  6. 6 Sepideh Tavakkoli High jump, Heptathlon · 2010–12 Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 0
  7. 7 Christel Saneh 100m hurdles, Long jump, Triple jump +1 · 2010–23 Gold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 2
  8. 8 Barakat Al-Harthi 100m, 200m, relays · 2010–23 Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 0
  9. 9 Ali Mohammed Al-Zankawi Hammer throw · 2002–23 Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0
  10. 10 Belal Mansoor Ali 800m, 1500m · 2005–10 Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 0
Programme · all time

47 events contested since 1997

From 22 events in Tehran to 45 in Basrah.

Men 24

Women 22

Mixed 1

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