Asian Games 2023 athletics: Men's and women's 100m preview, schedule, how to watch live track sprint action
Who are the top Asian 100m sprinters with medal chances at the Asian Games in China? Discover with Olympics.com's preview.
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The athletics blue-riband men's 100m and women's 100m events at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou will take place from 29–30 September 2023, with as many as five or six teams expected to challenge for medals in each event.
Hosts People's Republic of China will count on Xie Zhenye, who will fancy his chances in Hangzhou in the men's event against tough opposition, while Singapore's Veronica Shanti Pereira is the reigning Asian champion in both women's sprints and will have her hopes set on gold.
Find out the favourites in each race.
Athletes to watch in 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 100m events
The men's field looks to be a contest between Japan's Kiryu Yoshihide and Koike Yuki, China's Xie, Malaysia's Azeem Fahmi, and Thailand's Puripol Boonson.
Kiryu is the fastest Asian sprinter this year who is taking part in the Asiad, having clocked 10.03 in May, ranking him third in the continent in 2023 behind two fellow Japanese sprinters who are not in Hangzhou. His teammate Koike, seventh-fastest in Asia this year at 10.11, is also one to watch.
Xie has clocked 10.05 and Fahmi 10.11, while Boonson – the Asian under-20 record holder over the longer 200m – has a career-best 10.09, but has not run much this year due to injury.
In the women's 100m event, Singaporean Pereira enters as the favourite to do the sprint double.
Pereira leads all Asian women over the distance this year with an 11.20 seconds national record, a mark she has lowered six times in 2023 alone. The Asian champion also arrives in Hangzhou as the Southeast Asian Games gold medallist and the top performer from the continent at the recent World Athletics Championships in August.
Singapore has not had an Asian Games gold medallist in athletics since 1974, also the last year the country even featured on a medal rostrum in track and field at the Asian Games. That looks set to change this year.
Schedule of men's 100m and women's races – 19th Asian Games Hangzhou in 2023
All times China Standard Time (UTC +8 hours) and subject to change
Friday 29 September
- 21:00 – Women's 100m heats
- 21:35 – Men's 100m heats
Saturday 30 September
- 19:15 – Women's 100m semi-finals
- 19:30 – Men's 100m semi-finals
- 21:40 – Women's 100m final
- 21:55 – Men's 100m final
How to watch athletics (track and field) at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou in 2023
To watch the 19th Asian Games held in 2023, you can tune into the various broadcasters providing TV and on-demand live streaming coverage. The list includes:
- CCTV in China
- TBS in Japan
- Sony LIV (Sony Sports Network) in India
- MediaCorp Channel 5 and mewatch.sg in Singapore
- MNCTV, RCTI, iNews TV, and Vision+ in Indonesia
- KBS, MBC, SBS, and TV Chosun in the Republic of Korea
- OneSports in Philippines
- RTM and Astro in Malaysia