Asian U18 Athletics Championships


The Asian U18 Athletics Championships is a biennial, continental athletics competition for Asian athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. First held in 2015, it a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen. The competition was the fourth continental athletics competition to be held for that age level, following in the steps of the South American, Oceanian and African events. Its first edition came at a time of rising interest in such competitions, with the first African championships being held in 2013, and the European Athletics Youth Championships scheduled for the following year. In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association's president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raise the importance of continental level competition among the region's countries.

Editions

EditionYearEventsHost CityHost CountryDatesVenue
1201540Doha8–11 MaySuheim Bin Hamad Stadium
2201740Bangkok20–23 MayNational Stadium
3201940Hong Kong15–17 MarchTseung Kwan O Sports Ground
4202240Kuwait City13–16 OctoberAl Kuwait Kaifan Stadium
5202340Tashkent27–30 AprilUzbekistan Athletics Federation Stadium
6202539Dammam15–18 AprilPrince Nayef Sports City

Medal table

Upto 2025