India’s top track and field athletes competed at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from June 15 to 19.
The 62nd edition of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships was also the final chance for Indian athletes to secure their spots for the Asian Games 2023, scheduled in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China from September 23 to October 8.
Apart from the Asian Games, Murali Sreeshankar and Tajinderpal Singh Toor also made the cut for the world athletics championships to be held in Budapest in August, and the Asian athletics championships in Pattaya, next month.
Except for javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Avinash Sable, other athletes looking to make the Indian squad for the Asian Games were mandated to compete at the inter-state championships by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
The AFI granted Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable exemptions based on their recent successes in big-ticket events. Both had already breached the Asian Games qualifying standards set by the AFI.
National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 medal winners
Women’s 20km race walk
Gold medal - Bhawna Jat (1:37:03)
Silver medal - Priyanka Goswami (1:40:33)
Bronze medal - Vandana (1:41:54)
Men’s 20km race walk
Gold medal - Sandeep Kumar (1:27:12)
Silver medal - Servin S (1:28:21)
Bronze medal - Hardeep (1:28:57)
Women’s 10,000m
Gold medal - Seema (34:20.01)
Silver medal - Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav (34:34.10)
Bronze medal - Poonam Dinkar Sonune (34:45.42)
Men’s 10,000m
Gold medal - Kartik Kumar (29:01.84)
Silver medal - Gulveer Singh (29:03.78)
Bronze medal - Pritam Kumar (29:22.36)
Women’s 35km race walk
Gold medal - Manju Rani (3:21:31)
Silver medal - Mamta Pal (3:40:26)
Bronze medal - Komal (3:42:41)
Men’s 35km race walk
Gold medal - Juned (3:00:37)
Silver medal - Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar (3:03:40)
Bronze medal - Vikash Kumar Yadav (3:06:06)
Women’s 100m
Gold medal - Jyothi Yarraji (11.46)
Silver medal - Srabani Nanda (11.59)
Bronze medal - Himashree Roy (11.71)
Men’s 100m
Gold medal - Siva Kumar (10.37)
Silver medal - Harjit Singh (10.42)
Bronze medal - Elakkiyadassan K (10.47)
Women’s 400m
Gold medal - Anjali Devi (51.48)
Silver medal - Himanshi Malik (51.76)
Bronze medal - R Vithya Ramraj (52.49)
Men’s 400m
Gold medal - Kalinga Kumarage (45.64)
Silver medal - Muhammed Anas Yahiya (45.76)
Bronze medal - Muhammed Ajmal (45.90)
Women’s 1500m
Gold medal - KM Deeksha (4:06.07)
Silver medal - Harmilan Bains (4:08.50)
Bronze medal - Chanda (4:09.39)
Men’s 800m
Gold medal - Krishan Kumar (1:46.17)
Silver medal - Muhammed Afsal (1:47.47)
Bronze medal - Pradeep Senthilkumar (1:48.10)
Men’s 3000m steeplechase
Gold medal - Balkishan (8:38.98)
Silver medal - Sumit Kumar (8:43.45)
Bronze medal - Prince Raj Mishra (8:44.55)
Women’s 3000m steeplechase
Gold medal - Parul Chaudhary (9:34.23)
Silver medal - Priti Lamba (9:52.89)
Bronze medal - Komal Chandrakant Jagadale (10:13.10)
Mixed 4x400m relay
Gold medal - Tamil Nadu (3:21.40)
Silver medal - Maharashtra (3:21.67)
Bronze medal - Karnataka (3:21.88)
Women's triple jump
Gold medal - Sheena NV (13.60m**)**
Silver medal - Nayana James (13.33m)
Bronze medal - Mallala Anusha (13.24m)
Women's discus throw
Gold medal - Seema Punia (56.50m)
Silver medal - Shalini Chaudhary (48.66m)
Bronze medal - Kiran (48.25m)
Men's hammer throw
Gold medal - Taranveer Singh Bains (68.07m)
Silver medal - Nitesh Poonia (67.10m)
Bronze medal - Damneet Singh (65.86m)
Women's pole vault
Gold medal - Pavithra Venkatesh (4.10m)
Silver medal - Sindhushree G (3.80m)
Bronze medal - Vanshika Ghanghas (3.40m)
Men's high jump
Gold medal - Sarvesh Anil Kushare (2.24m)
Silver medal - Jesse Sandesh (2.24m)
Bronze medal - Bharathi Viswanathan (2.17m)
Men's 110m hurdles
Gold medal - Tejas Ashok Shirse (13.87)
Silver medal - Sachin Binu (13.99)
Bronze medal - Ronald Babu (14.24)
Women's 100m hurdles
Gold medal - Jyothi Yarraji (12.92)
Silver medal - Nithya R (13.48)
Bronze medal - Agasara Nandini (13.55)
Women's heptathlon
Gold medal - Swapna Barman (5918 points)
Silver medal - Agasara Nandini (5703 points)
Bronze medal - Sowmiya Murugan (5323 points)
Men's decathlon
Gold medal - Tejaswin Shankar (7576 points)
Silver medal - Yaman Deep Sharma (7165 points)
Bronze medal - Gokul S (6937 points)
Men's triple jump
Gold medal - Praveen Chithravel (17.07m)
Silver medal - Abdulla Aboobacker (16.88m)
Bronze medal - Eldhose Paul (16.75m)
Men's 4x100 relay
Gold medal - Tamil Nadu (40.15)
Silver medal - Odisha (40.24)
Bronze medal - Punjab (41.05)
Women's 4x100 relay
Gold medal - Kerala (46.35)
Silver medal - Andhra Pradesh (46.61)
Bronze medal - Odisha (46.68)
Women's hammer throw
Gold Medal - KM Rachna (65.03m)
Silver Medal - Tanya Chaudhary (63.16m)
Bronze medal - Renu (60.91m)
Women's javelin throw
Gold medal - Annu Rani (58.22m)
Silver medal - Priyanka (51.94m)
Bronze medal - Rashmi K (50.95m)
Women's long jump
Gold medal - Ancy Sojan (6.51m)
Silver medal - Shaili Singh (6.49m)
Bronze medal - Bhavani Yadav Bhagavathi (6.44m)
Men's pole vault
Gold medal - Siva S (5.11m)
Silver medal - Dev Meena (4.90m)
Bronze medal - Sidharth AK (4.80m)
Women's shot put
Gold medal - Kiran Baliyan (17.17)
Silver medal - Manpreet Kaur (16.61m)
Bronze medal - Abha Khatua (16.39m)
Men's 400m hurdles
Gold medal - Yashas P (49.37)
Silver medal - Santhosh Kumar T (49.52)
Bronze medal - MP Jabir (50.40)
Women's 400m hurdles
Gold medal - R Vithya Ramraj (56.01)
Silver medal - Sinchal Kaveramma TR (56.76)
Bronze medal - Anu R (58.13)
Women's 800m
Gold medal - Chanda (2:03.82)
Silver medal - Harmilan Bains (2:04.04)
Bronze medal - KM Deeksha (2:04.35)
Women's 200m
Gold medal - Srabani Nanda (23.77)
Silver medal - Prachi (24.12)
Bronze medal - PD Anjali (24.25)
Men's javelin throw
Gold medal - Rohit Yadav (83.28m)
Silver medal - Kishore Kumar Jena (82.87m)
Bronze medal - Shivpal Singh (81.96m)
Men's 200m
Gold medal - Amlan Borgohain (20.71)
Silver medal - Shashikanth Virupakshappa Anga (21.08)
Bronze medal - Akash Kumar (21.17)
Men's 1500m
Gold medal - Jinson Johnson (3:42.77)
Silver medal - Ajay Kumar Saroj (3:42.96)
Bronze medal - Shashi Bhushan Singh (3:43.93)
Women's high jump
Gold medal - Pooja (1.80m)
Silver medal - Rubina Yadav (1.78m)
Bronze medal - Abhinaya S Shetty (1.76m)
Women’s 5000m
Gold medal - Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav (15:55.60)
Silver medal - Seema (16:11.50)
Bronze medal - Ankita (16:37.85)
Women’s 4x400m relay
Gold medal - Tamil Nadu (3:37.87)
Silver medal - Punjab (3:39.22)
Bronze medal - Delhi (3:39.51)
Men's 4x400m relay
Gold medal - Tamil Nadu (3:06.75)
Silver medal - Kerala (3:06.87)
Bronze medal - Haryana (3:08.13)
Men's 5000m
Gold medal - Gulveer Singh (13:43.23)
Silver medal - Harman Jot Singh (13:44.25)
Bronze medal - Hemraj Gurjar (13:45.91)
Men's shot put
Gold medal - Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab 21.77m)
Silver medal - Karanveer Singh (19.78m)
Bronze medal - Sahib Singh (18.75m)
Men's long jump
Gold medal - Murali Sreeshankar (8.29m)
Silver medal - Jeswin Aldrin (7.98m)
Bronze medal - David P (7.94m)
Men's discus throw
Gold medal - Kirpal Singh (57.39m)
Silver medal - Gagandeep Singh (55.69m)
Bronze medal - Nirbhay Singh (55.21m)