- Title: INDONESIA: CHINESE ATHLETES DOMINATE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
- Date: 24th September 1995
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 24, 1995) 1. WIDE SHOT OF STADIUM STAND 2. SPECTATORS 3. MOHAMMAD WINS MEN'S 1500 METRES 4. SULAIMAN RAISING THE QATARI FLAG 5. KUMIKO OKAMOTO WINS WOMEN'S 1500 METRES 6. OKAMOTO WAVING THE JAPANESE FLAG 7. CHINA WINNING THE WOMEN'S 4 X 400 METRE RELAY 8. CHINESE FEMALE RUNNERS (WINNERS OF THE 4 X 400 METRE RELAY) RECEIVING THEIR MEDALS AND FLOWERS 13. QATARI MALE ATHLETES RECEIVING THEIR MEDALS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: China dominated the 11th Asian Athletic Championships which ended on Sunday (September 24) with tiny Qatar taking second place in the medals table.
China's medal tally of 20 gold, 13 silver and 5 bronze was a class above the tiny Gulf state which held on to its second place with two gold medals on the final day.
Gold for Qatar runners in the 1,500 metres and 4x400 relay left it with five gold, two silver and four bronze, ahead of another Asian giant, Japan, with three gold, seven silver and five bronze.
The Asian Amateur Athletics Association (AAAA) gave its award for most outstanding athlete, known as the "First President's Medal", to men's and women's distance runners, Sa'ad Al-Ashamari of Saudia Arabia and Wang Junxia of China, who both won two gold medals.
The AAAA decided the 12th Asian Athletic Championships will be held in Fukuoka, Japan in 1998.
Final Medals table: Gold Silver Bronze Total China 20 13 5 38 Qatar 5 2 4 11 Japan 3 7 5 15 Kazakhstan 3 3 4 10 South Korea 2 4 1 7 Sri Lanka 2 1 2 5 Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 India 1 1 4 6 Taiwan 1 1 1 3 Turkmenistan 1 1 0 2 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 Uzbekistan 0 3 3 6 Thailand 0 2 3 5 Indonesia 0 2 0 2 Azerbijan 0 1 1 2 Malaysia 0 0 3 3 Iraq 0 0 2 2 Iran 0 0 1 1 Philippines 0 0 1 1 UAE 0 0 1 1
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