List of East Asian Games records in athletics

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event which began in 1993. Athletics has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition. Records set by athletes who are representing one of the East Asian Games Association's member states.

Men's records

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Ref.
100 m	10.23	Jin Sun-Kuk	South Korea	1993	1993 Shanghai
200 m	20.34	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
400 m	45.25	Xu Zizhou	China	2001	2001 Osaka
800 m	1:49.00	Mihail Kolganov	Kazakhstan	2001	2001 Osaka
1500 m	3:46.24	Yasunori Murakami	Japan	2009	2009 Hong Kong
5000 m	13:47.61	Yosuke Osawa	Japan	1993	1993 Shanghai
10,000 m	28:42.19	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
Half marathon	1:04:49	Kazuo Ietani	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
110 m hurdles	13.21	Liu Xiang	China	2005	2005 Macao
400 m hurdles	49.18	Chen Tien-Wen	Chinese Taipei	2001	2001 Osaka
3000 m steeplechase	8:33.98	Yasunori Uchitomi	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
High jump	2.28 m	Lee Jin-Taek	South Korea	1997	1997 Busan
Pole vault	5.60 m	Manabu Yokoyama	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
Long jump	8.34 m	Nai Hui-Fang	Chinese Taipei	1993	1993 Shanghai
Triple jump	16.79 m	Kim Duk-Hyung	South Korea	2005	2005 Macao
Shot put	20.41 m	Zhang Jun	China	2009	2009 Hong Kong
Discus throw	62.58 m	Li Shaojie	China	1997	1997 Busan
Hammer throw	79.68 m	Koji Murofushi	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
Javelin throw	82.97 m	Zhao Qinggang	China	9 October 2013	2013 Tianjin
Decathlon	7995 pts	Munehiro Kaneko	Japan	1993	1993 Shanghai
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110m H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)	1:23:51	Yu Chaohong	China	2005	2005 Macao
4 × 100 m relay	38.44	Ryota Yamagata Shota Iizuka Asuka Cambridge Kazuma Oseto	Japan	9 October 2013	2013 Tianjin
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.74	Mitsuhiro Sato Jun Osakada Dai Tamesue Ryuji Muraki	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka

Women's records

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Ref.
100 m	11.38	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	1993	1993 Shanghai
200 m	22.87	Liu Xiaomei	China	2001	2001 Osaka
400 m	52.31	Bu Fanfang	China	2001	2001 Osaka
800 m	2:00.11	Liu Qing	China	2005	2005 Macao
1500 m	4:04.42	Qu Yunxia	China	1993	1993 Shanghai
5000 m	15:32.71	Dong Yanmei	China	2001	2001 Osaka
10,000 m	31:31.85	Masako Chiba	Japan	1997	1997 Busan
Half marathon	1:11:18	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
100 m hurdles	12.93	Wu Shuijiao	China	9 October 2013	2013 Tianjin
400 m hurdles	55.33	Huang Xiaoxiao	China	2005	2005 Macao
3000 m steeplechase	9:53.17	Li Zhenzhu	China	9 October 2013	2013 Tianjin
High jump	1.92 m	Miki Imai	Japan	2001	2001 Osaka
Pole vault	4.40 m	Zhao Yingying	China	2005	2005 Macao
Long jump	6.61 m	Guan Yingnan	China	2001	2001 Osaka
Triple jump	14.47 m	Ren Ruiping	China	1997	1997 Busan
Shot put	19.88 m	Zhang Liuhong	China	1993	1993 Shanghai
Discus throw	64.66 m	Li Yanfeng	China	2009	2009 Hong Kong
Hammer throw	72.23 m	Zhang Wenxiu	China	2005	2005 Macao
Javelin throw	61.95 m	Ma Ning	China	2005	2005 Macao
Heptathlon	6078 pts	Svetlana Kazanina	Kazakhstan	2001	2001 Osaka
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)	1:32:06	Liu Hongyu	China	2001	2001 Osaka
4 × 100 m relay	44.08	Zeng Xiujun Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Li Xuemei	China	2001	2001 Osaka
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.51	Yan Jiankui Li Yulian Chen Yuxiang Bu Fanfang	China	2001	2001 Osaka

Records in defunct events

Men's events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Games	Ref.
20,000 m walk (track)	1:21:29.1	Chen Shaoguo	China	1993	1993 Shanghai

Women's events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Games	Ref.
3000 m	8:40.30	Zhang Lirong	China	1993	1993 Shanghai
10,000 m walk (track)	45:00.32	Li Chunxiu	China	1993	1993 Shanghai