Asian Games

Motto: Ever Onward (till 2010)

Purpose: Multi purpose event for
Nations on the Asian Continent

 The Asian games, also known asAsiad.

1951
A Pancontinentalmulti-sport event.
Regulated by theAsian Games Federation(AGF)
from the first Games inNew Delhi until1978.
1982 Games,organized by theOlympic Council of
Asia(OCA).
International Olympic Committee(IOC): second
largest multi-sport event after theOlympic
Games.
Hosted(9 Nations), participated(46 Nations),
including Israel(1974 last app.)

The Origin of the Asian Games

From 1913 to 1934, 10 Far Eastern
Championships were held in Asia (stopped
because of WWII)
Indian Prime Minister, Jawahalal Nehru, proposed
an Asian sports meet in 1947 at a conference on
relations between Asian countries.
August 1948 (14th Olympic Games in London)
India proposed to sports leaders of the Asian
teams the idea of having discussions about
holding the Asian Games.
1950 in New Delhi, India (postponed).

The First Asiad

The 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India (4 to
11 March 1951).
President of the Organising CommitteeAnthony
de Mello (First Asiadand1951 Asiad).
489 athletes, 11AsianNational Olympic
Committees(NOCs) participated in 57 events
from eightsports and discipline.
Indian Olympic Association(IOA) memberGuru
Dutt Sondhiand theMaharaja of
Patiala,RajpramukhofPatiala and East Punjab
States Unionand president of the
IOAHRHYadavindra Singh.

Motto: Play the game, in the spirit of the game

Officially opened by: President Rajendra Prasad
Torch lighter: Dalip Singh
Main venue: National Stadium(Irwin Ampitheater)

Events:
1. Athletics, 2. aquaticsbroken
intodiving,swimming, andwater polodisciplines
3. basketball,4. cyclingroad cycling and track
cycling5. football, and 6. weightlifting. The sports
were broken down into 57 events.
First gold medalist, N.C. Kok of Singapore (1500meter freestyle swimming.) Winning all four
freestyle swimming events, he won four gold
medals.
Japan placed first (24 gold, 20 silver and 14
bronze medals) followed by India which garnered
(15 gold, 18 silver and 20 bronze medals).

Asian Games in the Philippines

The second Asiad, in Manila
one of the first five founding members of
theAsian Games Federationon February 13,
1949, inNew Delhi.
one of the only seven countries that have
competed in all editions of the Asian Games.
(Indonesia,Japan,India,Sri
Lanka,SingaporeandThailand)
1,280 athletes from 18 countries (nine-day game
from May 1 10, 1954).

 Japan won first place (38 gold, 36 silver and 24

bronze medals).
The host country, the Philippines, won second
place (14 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals).
Participating in Asian Games for the first time,
Korea won third place (8 gold, 6 silver and 5
bronze medals).

Summer Games Results

Games

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Rank

19

1954 Manila

14

14

17

45

1958 Tokyo

19

15

43

1962 Jakarta

24

37

1966 Bangkok

15

20

37

10

1970 Bangkok

12

22

11

1974 Tehran

11

13

16

1978 Bangkok

16

1982 New Delhi

14

10

1986 Seoul

18

1990 Beijing

10

13

1994 Hiroshima

13

14

1998 Bangkok

12

18

21

2002 Busan

16

26

18

2006 Doha

19

18

2010 Guangzhou

16

19

2014 Incheon

12

15

22

63

111

196

368

10

1951 New Delhi

Total

Winter Games results

The Philippines has never won a medal in the Asian
Winter Games.
Indoor Games results
The Philippines has sent athletes to all editions of
the Asian Indoor Games. In the2005 Asian Indoor
Games (Bangkok) from November 12 to 19, 2005,
the Philippines won total four medals, including a
gold.Total six medals were won by Filipino athletes
during the2007 Games (Macau) from October 26
to November 3, 2007. Filipino contingents gave the
best performance, in terms of the total number of
medals earned, during the2009 Games(Hanoi)
from October 30 to November 8, winning 10
medals overall.

Beach Games results

The Philippines has sent its delegations to both
editions of the Asian Beach Gamesa biennial
multi-sport event which features sporting
events played on seaside beach. At the2008
Games in Bali, the Philippines won a total of 10
medals, leading to the country finishing 21st in
the medal table.
The Philippines sent a delegation composed of
23 athletes for the2010 Asian Beach
Gamesheld inMuscat,Omanfrom December 8
to 16, 2010. The Philippines was one of the 18
National Olympic Committees that did not win
any medal in the Games.

Martial Arts Games results

The Philippines competedin theFirst Asian Martial Arts
Gamesheld inBangkok,Thailand, from August 1 to 9,
2009. The Philippines won total 18 medals (with two
gold), and finished in the 12th spot. Jeffrey Figueroa won
a gold in the bantamweight class oftaekwondoafter
defeating Rezai Hasan of Afghanistan by 107 in the final.
Another gold was won by Mary Jane Estimar in the
sanshou 52kg event ofwushu. Estimar defeated Si Si
Sein of Myanmar in the final by two to nil points
difference.
Youth Games results
The Philippines participated in the2009 Asian Youth
Gamesheld inSingaporefrom June 29 to July 7, 2009.
The Philippines earned two medals in the Games, but no
gold, and finished in the 18th spot in the medal table.

Year

Games

Host

Dates

411
March

1951

New Delhi,India

1954

II

Manila,Philippin
19 May
es

1958

III

Tokyo,Japan

1962
1966

Nations

Athletes

Sports

Events

11

489

57

19

970

76

1,820

13

97

IV

Jakarta,Indonesi
August 4 12
a
September

1,460

13

120

Bangkok,Thailan 920
16
December
d

1,945

14

143

1970

VI

Bangkok,Thailan
August 4 16
d
September

2,400

13

135

1974

VII

Tehran,Iran

116
19
September

3,010

16

202

1978

VIII

Bangkok,Thailan 920
19
December
d

3,842

19

201

IX

New Delhi,India

19
November
33
4
December

3,411

21

199

Seoul,South
Korea

20
September
27
5
October

4,839

25

270

Beijing,China

22
September
36
7
October

6,122

29

310

1982

1986

1990

24 May 1
16
June
24

24

XI

1994

XII

Hiroshima,Japan

216
October

42

6,828

34

337

1998

XIII

Bangkok,Thailand

620
December

41

6,554

36

376

7,711

38

419

2002

XIV

Busan,South
Korea

29
September
44
14
October

2006

XV

Doha,Qatar

115
December

45

9,520

39

424

2010

XVI

Guangzhou,China

1227
November

45

9,704

42

476

2014

XVII

Incheon,South
Korea

19
September 45
4 October

9,501

36

439

2018

XVIII

Jakarta,Indonesia

Future event

Ran
k

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1342

900

653

2895

China(CHN)

Japan(JPN)

957

980

913

2850

South Korea(KOR)

696

606

761

2063

Iran (IRI)

159

161

175

495

Kazakhstan(KAZ)

140

141

200

481

India(IND)

139

178

285

602

Thailand(THA)

121

159

233

513

North Korea(PRK)

98

132

166

396

Chinese Taipei(TPE)

82

125

255

452

10

Philippines(PHI)

63

112

215

390

11

Uzbekistan(UZB)

63

96

114

273

12

Indonesia(INA)

60

95

203

358

13

Malaysia(MAS)

56

88

132

276

14

Pakistan (PAK)

44

63

93

200

15

Singapore(SIN)

37

55

101

193

Total

4313

4295

5136

13744

Samsung MVP award

Samsungintroduced theMost Valuable Player(MVP) award in Asian Games
beginning in the 1998 Games inBangkok,Thailand.

Year

Athlete

Sport

1998

Koji Ito

Athletics

2002

Kosuke Kitajima

Swimming

2006

Park Tae-hwan

Swimming

2010

Lin Dan

Badminton

2014

Kosuke Hagino

Swimming

2014 Asian Games

Sevententh Asiad

Incheon
Motto: Diversity shines here(September 16, 2010)
45 Nations
9,501 Atheletes (5,823m and 3,678w)
439 events(36 sports)
Torch lighter:Lee Young-ae

 ThreeSpotted sealsiblings was unveiled on

November 4, 2010 as official mascot of the
Games in Songdo Island, Incheon. The three
seals, known as "Barame ( )", "Chumuro
( )" and "Vichuon ( )", means wind,
dance and light

Bidding
Incheon was awarded the right on April 17, 2007,
defeating Delhi, India to host the Games.
third city in South Korea to host the Asian Games
-Seoul(1986) andBusan(2002)
2014 Asian Games bidding results
City

Country

Votes

Incheon

South Korea

32

New Delhi

India

13

Venues
49 competition venues and 48 training facilities.
featured in six cities ofGyeonggi Province(10
venues),two featured inChungjuandSeoul.
in eight district and a county inside the
metropolitan city of Incheon(rest of the venues)
Main Stadium: Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
(all-seater capacity of 61,074 seats) - US$400
million stadium, originally planned for 70,000
seats, was designed byPopulous

Sports

Aquatics
Diving
Swimming
Synchronized
swimming
Water polo
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Baseball
Softball
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing

Canoeing
Sprint
Slalom
Cricket
Cycling
BMX
Mountain bike
Road
Track
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
Field hockey

Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Artistic
Rhythmic
Trampoline
Handball
Judo
Kabaddi
Karate
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Rugby sevens
Sailing

R
a
n
k

Nation

Gold

Silver

151

108

83

342

2 South Korea(KOR)

79

71

84

234

3 Japan(JPN)

47

76

77

200

4 Kazakhstan(KAZ)

28

23

33

84

5 Iran(IRI)

21

18

18

57

6 Thailand(THA)

12

28

47

7 North Korea(PRK)

11

11

14

36

8 India(IND)

11

10

36

57

9 Chinese Taipei(TPE)

10

18

23

51

10

14

439

439

576

1454

1 China(CHN)

10 Qatar(QAT)
Total

Bronze

Total

 Daniel Caluag BMX, First Gold medalist(Filipino)

in 2014 Asiad
Philippines 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze