Asian Games

List of Asian Games Till Date

Year	Games	Host City	Host Country	Date	Participating Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events
2014	XVII	Incheon	SouthKorea	September19–October4
2010	XVI	Guangzhou	China	November12–27	45	9704	42	476
2006	XV	Doha	Qatar	December1–15	45	9520	39	424
2002	XIV	Busan	SouthKorea	September29–October14	44	7711	38	419
1998	XIII	Bangkok	Thailand	December6–20	41	6554	36	376
1994	XII	Hiroshima	Japan	October2–16	42	6828	34	337
1990	XI	Beijing	China	September22–October7	36	6122	29	310
1986	X	Seoul	SouthKorea	September20–October5	27	4839	25	270
1982	IX	NewDelhi	India	November19–December4	23	3411	21	147
1978	VIII	Bangkok	Thailand	December9–20	19	3842	19	201
1974	VII	Tehran	Iran	September1–16	19	3010	16	202
1970	VI	Bangkok	Thailand	December9–20	16	2400	13	135
1966	V	Bangkok	Thailand	December9–20	16	1945	14	143
1962	IV	Jakarta	Indonesia	August24–September4	12	1460	13	88
1958	III	Tokyo	Japan	May28–June1	16	1820	13	97
1954	II	Manila	Philippines	May1–9	19	970	8	76
1951	I	NewDelhi	India	March4–11	11	489	6	57

The Asian Games is a major multi-sport event held in every four years in which athletes from all the 45 participating nations in Asian continent compete. Also known as Asiad , this is the second largest multi sport event after the Olympics.

The first asian games was held in New Delhi, India in 1951 and the last events was held in Guangzhou, China in 2010 and the next asian games is going to be held in incheon, South Korea in 2014.

The Asian Games is evovled from the Far Eastern Championship Games and the West Asian Games. There are 44 sports events present in Asian Games of which 36 are olympics events and 8 are non-olympic events.

Asian Games Events List

Olympic Events			Non Olympic Events
Golf	Volleyball	Archery	Baseball
Football	Handball	Baseball	Bowling
Fencing	Hockey	Softball	Cricket
Sailing	Judo	Water polo	Kabaddi
Rugby sevens	Boxing	Swimming	Karate
Rowing	Taekwondo	Diving	Sepak takraw
Wrestling	Basketball	Synchronized swimming	Squash
Weightlifting	Badminton	Triathlon	Wushu
Canoeing	Athletics	Gymnastics
Table tennis	Shooting	Modern pentathlon
Equestrian	Cycling	Tennis