The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.^[1] Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.^[2]

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2017 Asian Championships
Dates	6–9 July
Host city	Bhubaneswar, India
Venue	Kalinga Stadium
Events	42
Participation	560 athletes from 41 nations
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The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event.^[3] On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the Asian Athletics Association Council. The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.

The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years.^[4] Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.

The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.^[5]

The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators.^[6] The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event.^[7] After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.^[8] The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.

On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot.^[9] It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.

Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela.^[10] Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.^{[citation needed]}

Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.^[11]

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)*	10	6	13	29
2	China (CHN)	8	7	5	20
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	2	1	7
4	Iran (IRI)	4	0	1	5
5	Vietnam (VIE)	4	0	0	4
6	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	1	4
7	Kuwait (KWT)	2	1	0	3
8	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	2	0	1	3
9	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	4	0	5
10	Thailand (THA)	1	2	2	5
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	1	3
	Philippines (PHI)	1	1	1	3
13	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
15	Japan (JPN)	0	6	8	14
16	Qatar (QAT)	0	6	1	7
17	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	2	1	3
18	Malaysia (MYS)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
21	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	3	3
22	Oman (OMN)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		42	42	41	125

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A total 560 athletes from 41 nations attended the event.

• Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
• Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
• Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
• Opening Ceremony of AAC 2017.
• Athletes from Afghanistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from China bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from Japan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from Kazakhstan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from Pakistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from Malaysia bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from Sri Lanka bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Athletes from India bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.
• Hiba Omar from Syria bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.