Asian Games

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Competitors are entered by a National Olympic Committee (NOC) to represent their country of citizenship. National anthems and flags accompany the medal ceremonies, and tables showing the number of medals won by each country are widely used. In general only recognised nations are represented, but a few non-sovereign countries are allowed to take part. The special case of Taiwan was handled by having it compete as Chinese Taipei, due to disagreements over the political status of Taiwan.

The games are dominated by athletes from Japan, the People's Republic of China and South Korea.

The 15th Asian Games will be held in Doha, Qatar on November 27 to December 15, 2006.

History

Far Eastern Championship Games

The Asian Games owes its origins to small Asian multi-sport competitions. The Far Eastern Championship Games were created to show unity and cooperation among three nations: Empire of Japan, Philippine Islands and Republic of China. The first games were held in Manila in 1913. Other East Asian nations participated after its organized. It was discontinued in 1938 when Japan invaded China and consequently annexed the Philippines which led to the extension World War II in the Pacific.

Formation of the Asian Games

Reorganization of the Federation

Due to events happened, the Asian NOCs decided to revise the constitution of the Asian Games Federation. A new association, named Olympic Council of Asia, was created. India was already scheduled to host the 1982 Games and OCA decided not to drop the old AGF timetable. OCA formally supervised the games starting from the 1986 Asian Games in South Korea.

In the succeeding games, Taiwan (Republic of China) was readmitted but OCA decided to follow the standards of the IOC for Taiwan to use the name Chinese Taipei. The OCA also agreed to permanently exclude Israel as its member and requested the country to join into European competitions.

Western Expansion

List of Asian Games

• 1951 - 1st Asian Games, New Delhi, India
• 1954 - 2nd Asian Games, Manila, Philippines
• 1958 - 3rd Asian Games, Tokyo, Japan
• 1962 - 4th Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia
• 1966 - 5th Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand
• 1970 - 6th Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand (Originally hosted by Seoul, South Korea)
• 1974 - 7th Asian Games, Tehran, Iran
• 1978 - 8th Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand (Originally hosted by Karachi, Pakistan)
• 1982 - 9th Asian Games, New Delhi, India
• 1986 - 10th Asian Games, Seoul, South Korea
• 1990 - 11th Asian Games, Beijing, China
• 1994 - 12th Asian Games, Hiroshima, Japan
• 1998 - 13th Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2002 - 14th Asian Games, Busan, South Korea
• 2006 - 15th Asian Games, Doha, Qatar
• 2010 - 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, China

• Incheon, South Korea (possible joint bid with Pyongyang, North Korea)
• New Delhi, India

List of Winter Asian Games

1. 1986 Winter Asian Games, Sapporo, Japan
2. 1990 Winter Asian Games, Sapporo, Japan
3. 1996 Winter Asian Games, Harbin, People's Republic of China (originally hosted by North Korea)
4. 1999 Winter Asian Games, Gangwon, South Korea
5. 2003 Winter Asian Games, Aomori, Japan
6. 2007 Winter Asian Games, Changchun, People's Republic of China
7. 2011 Winter Asian Games, Almaty, Kazakhstan

List of Asian Indoor Games

1. 2005 Asian Indoor Games, Bangkok, Thailand
2. 2007 Asian Indoor Games, Macau, China
3. 2009 Asian Indoor Games, Hanoi, Vietnam

List of Asian Beach Games

1. 2008 Asian Beach Games, Bali, Indonesia

Participating countries

Hong Kong" 1952-1996 
 current usage began 2000

Iran      (IOC designation: Islamic Republic of Iran)

Sports

See also

• Asian Indoor Games
• Southeast Asian Games
• East Asian Games
• West Asian Games
• Olympic Games
• World Games

External links

• [Olympic Council of Asia]
• [15th Asian Games - Doha - 2006]
• [6th Winter Asian Games - Changchun - 2007]
• [2nd Asian Indoor Games - Macau - 2007]
• [Asian Games Information]

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