[1] The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four-day competition.

[3] Liu Xiang won his fourth consecutive 110 metres hurdles title with a championship record mark.

[4] Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Azemi completed an 800/1500 metres double with Iranian Sajjad Moradi finishing as runner-up both times.

On the women's side, Truong Thanh Hang of Vietnam won the 800 m and was the 1500 m silver medallist.

Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon and Iraqi Gulustan Ieso won their countries' first medals in the women's section, while the traditionally male-only United Arab Emirates sent their first female athlete to the competition (Betlhem Desalegn).