Asian Games

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Image:Asiad.png The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Medals are awarded in each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which started in 1950.

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, India, 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.

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History

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Far Eastern Championship Games

Template:Main 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.

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Formation of the Asian Games

After World War II, a number of Asian countries became independent. Many of the new independent Asian countries want to use a new type of competition where Asian dominance cannot be used by violence and should be strengthen by mutual understanding. In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Games in London, Indian IOC representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the idea of having discussions about holding the Asian Games. They agreed to form the Asian Athletic Federation. A preparatory committee was set up to draft the charter for the Asian amateur athletic federation. In February, 1949, the Asian athletic federation was formally formed and used the name Asian Games Federation. It was decided to hold the first Asian Games in 1951 in New Delhi, the capital of India. They added that the Asian Games would be regularly held once every four years.

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Reorganization of the Federation

In 1962, the Federation had a disagreement over the inclusion of Republic of China and Israel. Asian Games host Indonesia opposed the participation of Republic of China due to the existence of People's Republic of China and Israel due to its unfair treatment of Arabs. In 1970, South Korea dropped its plan to host the games due to security threats from North Korea, forcing previous host Thailand to administer the games in Bangkok using the funds of South Korea. In 1973, the Federation had another disagreement after U.S. and other countries formally recognized the People's Republic of China and Arab nation's opposition to Israel. In 1977, Pakistan dropped its plan to host the games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India. Thailand offered to help and the games were held in Bangkok.

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.

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Western Expansion

In the 1994 Asian Games, despite opposition from other nations, OCA admitted old Soviet republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Despite of its Caucasian race, OCA believed that these nations belong to Central Asia.

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List of Asian Games

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Bidders for the 17th Asian Games in 2014

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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
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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
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List of Asian Beach Games

  1. 2008 Asian Beach Games, Bali, Indonesia
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Participating countries

Code Nation / IOC designation First use ISO-code Notes
AFG Template:AFG 1936 AFG
BAN Template:BAN 1984 BGD
BHU Template:BHU 1984 BTN
BRN Template:BHR 1984 BHR
BRU Template:BRU (IOC designation: Brunei Darussalam) 1988 BRN
CAM Template:CAM 1956 CAM
CHN Template:CHN (IOC designation: People's Republic of China) 1932 CHN Republic of China as "China" 1932-1956
current usage began 1984
HKG Template:HKG-PRC 1952 HKG designated "Template:HKGfold" 1952-1996
current usage began 2000
IND Template:IND 1900 IND
INA Template:IDN 1956 IDN IHO 1952
FIFA-code IDN
IRI Template:IRI (IOC designation: Islamic Republic of Iran) 1948 IRN FIFA-code IRN
IRQ Template:IRQ 1948 IRQ
JOR Template:JOR 1968 JOR
JPN Template:JPN 1912 JPN
KAZ Template:KAZ 1996 KAZ part of RUS 1900-1912
part of URS 1924-1988
KGZ Template:KGZ 1996 KGZ part of RUS 1900-1912
part of URS 1924-1988
KOR Template:KOR (IOC designation: Korea) 1948 KOR
KSA Template:SAU 1972 SAU
KUW Template:KWT 1968 KWT
LAO Template:LAO (IOC designation: Lao People's Democratic Republic) 1980 LAO
LIB Template:LEB 1948 LBN
MAC Template:MAC-PRC - MAC without IOC recognition
MAS Template:MAS 1956 MYS
MDV Template:MDV 1988 MDV
MGL Template:MGL 1964 MNG
MYA Template:MYA 1996 MMR BIR 1948-1992
NEP Template:NPL 1964 NPL
OMA Template:OMN 1984 OMN
PAK Template:PAK 1948 PAK
PHI Template:PHL 1924 PHL
PLE Template:PLE (IOC designation: Palestine) 1996 PSE FIFA-code PAL
PRK Template:PRK 1972 PRK
QAT Template:QAT 1984 QAT
SIN Template:SIN 1948 SGP
SRI Template:SRI 1948 LKA
SYR Template:SYR (IOC designation: Syrian Arab Republic) 1948 SYR
THA Template:THA 1952 THA
TJK Template:TJK 1996 TJK part of RUS 1900-1912
part of URS 1924-1988
TKM Template:TKM 1996 TKM part of RUS 1900-1912
part of URS 1924-1988
part of EUN 1992
TLS Template:TLS 2004 TLS IOA 2000
TPE Template:TPE
also known as Republic of China (Taiwan)
(IOC designation: Chinese Taipei) 		1984 TWN as "China" CHN 1932-1956
as "Taiwan" TAI 1960-1964
as "Republic of China" ROC 1968-1972
current usage began 1984
UAE Template:ARE 1984 ARE
UZB Template:UZB 1996 UZB part of RUS 1900-1912
part of URS 1924-1988
VIE Template:VIE (IOC designation: Viet Nam) 1952 VNM
YEM Template:YEM 1992 YEM
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Sports

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See also

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External links

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