The History of the Asian Games-Asiad
HISTORY OF THE ASIAN GAMES – 1912 TO 1934
First held in 1951, in Delhi India, the idea of the Asian Games is older than the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games as the idea originate from 1912 gathering known as the Far East Games, with competing athletes coming from China, Japan then known as Empire Japan and Philippine. The first Far East games were held in Manila Philippines in 1913. By 1934 ten such events were held and they were to be disrupted because of a looming war between China and Japan; the second Sino-Japan War of 1934. This war was to be fought from July 1937 to September 1945 and it became part of the Second World War. China withdrew from the 1934 Games due to insistence of inclusion of Manchu Empire in the Games. The Games were disrupted in 1938 because of the looming Second World War and China and Japan War (second Sino-Japanese War). Besides the war, the games lacked backing and inclusion of some of the Asian Countries because in 1934, another sports gathering known as the West Asian Games was held in New Delhi India with competing athletes coming from India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Afghanistan and Pakistan, but with war coming, the 1938 Games never took place too.
THE EDITONS, HOST NATIONS AND NUMBER OF SPORTS FOR THE ASIAN GAMES SINCE 1951
Edition
| Year
| Dates
| Host
| Participating Nations
| Number of Sports
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| 1951
| From March 4 to March 11
| New Delhi, India
| 11
| 6
|
2nd
| 1954
| From May 1 to May 9
| Manila, Philippines
| 19
| 8
|
3rd
| 1958
| From May 28 to June 1
| Tokyo, Japan
| 16
| 13
|
4th
| 1962
| From August 24 to September 4
| Jakarta, Indonesia
| 12
| 13
|
5th
| 1966
| From December 9 to December 20
| Bangkok, Thailand
| 16
| 14
|
6th
| 1970
| From August 24 to September 4
| Bangkok, Thailand
| 16
| 13
|
7th
| 1974
| From September 1 to September 16
| Tehran, Iran
| 19
| 16
|
8th
| 1978
| From December 9 to December 20
| Bangkok, Thailand
| 19
| 19
|
9th
| 1982
| From November 19 to December 4
| New Delhi, India
| 23
| 21
|
10th
| 1986
| From September 20 to October 5
| Seoul, South Korea
| 22
| 25
|
11th
| 1990
| From September 22 to October 7
| Beijing, China
| 36
| 29
|
12th
| 1994
| From October 2 to October 16
| Hiroshima, Japan
| 42
| 34
|
13th
| 1998
| From December 6 to December 20
| Bangkok, Thailand
| 41
| 36
|
14th
| 2002
| From September 29 to October 14
| Busan, South Korea
| 44
| 38
|
15th
| 2006
| From December 1 to December 15
| Doha, Qatar
| 45
| 39
|
16th
| 2010
| From November 12 November 27
| Guangzhou, China
| 42
| |
17th
| 2014
| From September 19 to October 4
| Incheon, South Korea
| To be known then
| To be known then
|
THE 2006 ASIAN GAMES (XV ASIAD)
The 2006 Asian Games were held in Doha Qatar from December 1st to December 15th, 2006. The XV Asiad as the 2006 Asian Games are formally known was the first Asian Games to have all the 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia competing in 39 sports. It was also the first Asian Games which was broadcasted in Europe by Eurosport. The 2006 Asian Games were opened by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of the state of Qatar in the Khalifa International Stadium; a multipurpose stadium in Doha on the 1st of December. However despite the success, the 2006 Asian Games witnessed a tragedy when Kim Hyung-chil; a South Korean equestrian rider fell off his horse and died due to rain. 13,000 athletes participated in the XV Asiad, competing to win 1393 medals. China led the medal haul with a total of 316 medals while host of the 2006 Asian Games; Qatar was number 10 with a total of 32 medals.
Below is the medal table and winning nations of the 2006 Asian Games.
2006 ASIAN GAMES MEDAL TABLE
Country (Team)
| Position
| Number of Medals
| Gold
| Silver
| Bronze
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China
| 1
| 316
| 166
| 87
| 63
|
South Korea
| 2
| 193
| 58
| 53
| 82
|
Japan
| 3
| 198
| 50
| 71
| 77
|
Kazakhstan
| 4
| 85
| 23
| 20
| 42
|
Thailand
| 5
| 54
| 13
| 15
| 26
|
Iran
| 6
| 48
| 11
| 15
| 22
|
Uzbekistan
| 7
| 40
| 11
| 14
| 15
|
India
| 8
| 53
| 10
| 17
| 26
|
Qatar
| 9
| 32
| 9
| 12
| 11
|
Chinese Taipei
| 10
| 46
| 9
| 10
| 27
|
Malaysia
| 11
| 42
| 8
| 17
| 17
|
Singapore
| 12
| 27
| 8
| 7
| 12
|
Saudi Arabia
| 13
| 14
| 8
| 0
| 6
|
Bahrain
| 14
| 20
| 7
| 9
| 4
|
Hong Kong
| 15
| 29
| 6
| 12
| 11
|
North Korea
| 16
| 31
| 6
| 9
| 16
|
Kuwait
| 17
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 2
|
Philippines
| 18
| 19
| 4
| 6
| 9
|
Vietnam
| 19
| 23
| 3
| 13
| 7
|
United Arab Emirates
| 20
| 10
| 3
| 4
| 3
|
Mongolia
| 21
| 15
| 2
| 5
| 8
|
Indonesia
| 22
| 20
| 2
| 4
| 14
|
Syria
| 23
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
Tajikistan
| 24
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
Jordan
| 25
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 4
|
Lebanon
| 26
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
Myanmar
| 27
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 7
|
Kyrgyzstan
| 28
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
Iraq
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
Macau
| 30
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
Pakistan
| 31
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
Sri Lanka
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
Laos
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
Turkmenistan
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| |
Nepal
| 35
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
Afghanistan
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
Bangladesh
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| |
Yemen
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| |
TOTAL
| 1393
| 428
| 423
| 542
|
