2011 Asian Championships Statistics – Men’s DT

Can Ehsan Hadadi win the Asian Championships for the fourth time to tie Weinan, who has won four titles in the 1980’s.

All time performance list at the Asian Championships Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 65.38 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 1 2007 2 65.25 Ehsan Hadadi 1 2005 3 64.83 Ehsan Hadadi 1 2009 4 2 64.43 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 1 Colombo 2002 5 3 64.01 IRI 2 Guangzhou 2009 6 63.49 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari 2 Amman 2007 7 4 62.84 IND 2 Incheon 2005 8 5 62.20 CHN 1 Kuala Lumpur 1991 9 6 61.43 CHN 1 2003 10 7 61.29 IRI 3 Amman 2007 11 60.91 Vikas Gowda 4 Amman 2007 12 60.49 Abbas Samimi 2 Colombo 2002 13 8 60.39 Nuer Maimaiti CHN 3 Colombo 2002 14 9 60.28 Li Shaojie CHN 1 Fukuoka 1998 15 10 59.95 Anil Kumar IND 3 Incheon 2005 16 59.51 Abbas Samimi 2 Manila 2003 17 59.50 Anil Kumar 3 Manila 2003 18 11 59.48 Tulake Nuemaimaiti CHN 4 Manila 2003 19 59.27 Wu Tao 3 Guangzhou 2009 20 59.08 Abbas Samimi 4 Incheon 2005 21 58.47 Anil Kumar 1 Djakarta 2000 22 12 58.44 Ma Wei CHN 1 Djakarta 1995 23 58.27 Abbas Samimi 2 Djakarta 2000 24 13 58.20 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT 5 Manila 2003 25 58.02 Tulake Nuemaimaiti 5 Incheon 2005 26 58.00 Haider Nasser Abd Shaheed IRQ 4 Guangzhou 2009 27 57.74 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi 4 Colombo 2002 28 14 57.36 Roman Poltoratskiy UZB 2 Djakarta 1995 28 14 57.36 Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA 6 Manila 2003 30 16 57.12 Zhang Jinglong CHN 1 1989 31 17 57.00 Dashdendev Makhashiri MGL 2 Fukuoka 1998

Margin of Victory Difference Winning Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 8.94m 62.20m Yu Wenge CHN Kuala Lumpur 1991 Min 20cm 58.47m Anil Kumar IND Djakarta 2000

Best Marks for Places in the Asian Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 65.38 Ehsan Hadadi IRI Amman 2007 2 64.01 Mohammad Samimi IRI Guangzhou 2009 3 61.29 Abbas Samimi IRI Amman 2007 4 60.91 Vikas Gowda IND Amman 2007 5 58.20 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT Manila 2003 6 57.36 Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA Manila 2003

Multiple Gold Medalists: Ehsan Hadadi (IRI): 2005, 2007, 2009 Li Weinan (CHN): 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987

Number of Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze CHN 9 4 3 IRI 4 5 2 IND 3 4 7 JPN 1 1 4 QAT 1 1 UZB 2 1 MGL 1 KUW 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze IRI 2009 Ehsan Hadidi Mohammad Samimi IRI 2007 Ehsan Hadidi Abbas Samimi IND 2005 Vikas Gowda Anil Kumar IND 2000 Anil Kumar Hridayanand Singh UZB 1995 Roman Poltaratskiy Vadim Popov CHN 1989 Zhang Jinglong Hu Tao CHN 1987 Li Weinan Wang Daoming CHN 1985 Li Weinan Wang Daoming JPN 1979 Kiyotaka Kawasaki Michio Kita

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year CHN Wu Tao Manila 2003 IND Anil Kumar Neelam Jaswant Singh Djakarta 2000 CHN Li Shaojie Yu Xin Fukuoka 1998 CHN Ma Wei Djakarta 1995 CHN Yu Wenge Min Chunfeng Kuala Lumpur 1991 CHN Zhang Jinglong Yu Hourun New Delhi 1989 CHN Li Weinan Xing Ailan Singapore 1987 CHN Li Weinan Djakarta 1985 CHN Li Weinan Jiao Yunxiang Kuwait City 1983 CHN Li Weinan Li Xiaohui 1981

Athletes with both and Asian Championships Gold Medal: Name Nat Asian Championships Asian Games Ehsan Hadadi IRI 2009, 2007, 2005 2010, 2006, Wu Tao CHN 2004 2002 Li Shaojie CHN 1998 1998 Zhang Jinglong CHN 1989 1990 Li Weinan CHN 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 1978, 1982, 1986 Praveen Kumar IND 1975 1966, 1970 Djalal Ali Keshimiri IRI 1973 1974

Last five Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2009 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 64.83 Abbas Samimi IRI 64.01 Wu Tao CHN 59.27 2007 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 65.38 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 63.49 Abbas Samimi IRI 61.29 2005 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 65.25 Vikas Gowda IND 62.84 Anil Kumar IND 59.95 2004 Wu Tao CHN 61.43 Abbas Samimi IRI 59.51 Anil Kumar IND 59.50 2002 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 64.43 Abbas Samimi IRI 60.49 Nuer Maimaiti CHN 60.39

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2010 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 67.99 Ahmed Dheeb QAT 64.56 Abbas Samimi IRI 63.46 2006 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 63.79 Rasheed Al-Dosari QAT 62.11 Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA 60.82 2002 Wu Tao CHN 60.76 Abbas Samimi IRI 60.44 Anil Kumar IND 59.81

All time Asian List Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 69.32 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 1 Tallinn 4 June 2008 2 69.12 Ehsan Hadadi 1 Berlin 1 June 2008

Longest throws on Asian Soil Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 69.69 Zoltan Kovago HUN 1 Shanghai 23 May 2010 2 2 69.47 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 12 May 2006

Longest Throws on Asian Soil by Asian Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 68.45 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 1 16 June 2010

Japanese All-Comer’s List (Longest Throws in Japan) Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 68.98 Georgiy Kolnootchenko URS 1 Tokyo 22 Sept 1985 2 2 68.94 EST 1 Osaka 28 Aug 2007

Combined 2010 & 2011 Asian List Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 68.45 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 1 Tehran 16 June 2010 8 performances by Ehsan Hadadi 65.89 Ehsan Hadadi 1 Shiraz 14 Apr 2011 2 65.41 Mohammad Samimi IRI 3 Rethimno 7 June 2010 65.18 Ehsan Hadadi 1 Valga 25 Aug 2010 3 64.91 Vikas Gowda IND 1 Chula Vista 9 June 2011 64.89 Vikas Gowda 3 Chula Vista 12 May 2011

Gold Medal Contenders:

Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) DOB: 21 Jan 1985 Personal Best: 69.32 (2008); Season Best: 65.89; Championships Highlights: 1 st in 2010 & 2006Asian Games; 1 st in 2009, 2007 & 2005Asian Championships Average of top 5 performances in 2010 and 2011 Distance Venue Place Date 1 68.45 Teheran 1st 16 June 2010 2 67.99 Asian Games – Guangzhou 1st 24 Nov 2010 3 67.08 Diamond L eague Shanghai 5th 23 May 2010 4 66.57 Tehran 1st 15 Oct 2010 5 66.56 Zagreb 1st 1 Sept 2010 Top 5 Average 67.33 1.9

Vikas Gowda (IND) DOB: 5 July 1983 Personal Best: 64.96 (2007); Season Best: 64.91 Championships Highlights: 2nd in 2010 ; 3 rd in Average of top 5 performances in 2010 and 2011 Distance Venue Place Date 1 64.91 Chula Vista 1st 9 June 2011 2 64.89 Chula Vista 3rd 12 May 2011 3 64.30 Chula Vista 3rd 16 June 2011 4 63.69 Delhi 2nd 10 O ct 2010 5 63.51 Tucson 1st 19 May 2011 Top 5 Average 64.26