Asia Masters Athletics Championships

The Asia Masters Athletics Championships are the biannual championship of Asia Masters Athletics (AMA), one of six continental based regional affiliates of World Masters Athletics (WMA), known as the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) from its formation in 1977 until 2001. WMA is the global governing body for the division of Masters athletics. It is held in opposite years from the World Masters Athletics Championships. The event also hosts the Asia Masters General Assembly, the political gathering of the AMA which selects the locations of subsequent championships.

Chinese Taipei was selected to hold the 2012 championships. This is significant because China was a member of AMA at the time. Taiwan had hosted the championships previously but since China joined AMA, it had blocked bids on the island. This could be a softening of the difficult relations between the two capitols which both have claimed each others territories since 1949.

Championships

1. Singapore1981
2. India New Delhi1983
3. Singapore 1985
4. Indonesia Jakarta 1986
5. Taiwan Tainan City 1988
6. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1990
7. Singapore 1992
8. Indonesia Jakarta 1994
9. South Korea Seoul 1996
10. Japan Okinawa 1998
11. India Bangalore 2000
12. China Dalian 16-21 Sep 2002
13. Thailand Bangkok 01-05 Dec 2004
14. India Bangalore Nov 2006
15. Thailand Chiang Mai Jan 20 09
16. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 06-12 Dec 2010
17. Chinese Taipei Taipei 03-07 Nov 2012
18. Japan Kitakami 2014[1] 19-23 September 2014
19. Singapore 4-8 May 2016