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The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every fourth year among athletes from all over Asia.^[1]

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1951 establishments in Asia
Asian international sports competitions
Olympic Council of Asia
Recurring sporting events established in 1951

African Games

The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC). Asian Games and African Games are Quadrennial sporting events.

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Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (أحمد الفهد الأحمد الجابر الصباح; born 12 August 1963), also known as Ahmad Al-Fahad, is a controversial Kuwaiti politician, ruling family member, and disgraced former sports administrator.

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Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.

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Akihito

Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019.

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Arab world

The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.

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Archery at the Asian Games

Archery has been an event at the Asian Games since 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Artistic swimming at the Asian Games

Artistic swimming has been contested at the Asian Games since the 1994 Games.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Asian Beach Games

The Asian Beach Games, also known as ABG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. Asian Games and Asian Beach Games are Asian international sports competitions and olympic Council of Asia.

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.

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Asian Games Federation

The Asian Games Federation (AGF) was the governing body of sports in Asia from 1949 to 1982.

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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. Asian Games and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are Asian international sports competitions and olympic Council of Asia.

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Asian Para Games

The Asian Para Games, also known as Para Asiad, is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Asian Games and Asian Para Games are Asian international sports competitions and olympic Council of Asia.

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Asian Winter Games

The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which features winter events. Asian Games and Asian Winter Games are Asian international sports competitions, olympic Council of Asia and Quadrennial sporting events.

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Asian Youth Games

The Asian Youth Games, also known as AYG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. Asian Games and Asian Youth Games are Asian international sports competitions and olympic Council of Asia.

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Athlete

An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance.

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Athletics at the Asian Games

Athletics is an Asian Games event since 1951 in New Delhi, India.

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Australian Olympic Committee

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the National Olympic Committee responsible for developing, promoting, and protecting the Olympic Movement in Australia.

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Badminton at the Asian Games

Badminton has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 1962 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Baseball at the Asian Games

Men's Baseball made its first appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1990.

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Basketball at the Asian Games

Basketball is the regular Asian Games sport since the first edition in Delhi 1951.

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Beach volleyball at the Asian Games

Beach volleyball was introduced at the Asian Games in the 1998 edition and has been held at every edition since.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 192713 October 2016), posthumously conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great, was the ninth king of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IX, from 1946 until his death in 2016.

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Bhutan at the Asian Games

Bhutan is a member of South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, and participating in the Asian Games since the Beijing 1990 Games.

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Board games at the Asian Games

Board games were included as events during the 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 Asian Games.

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Bodybuilding at the Asian Games

Bodybuilding was an Asian Games event from 2002 to 2006.

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Boracay

Boracay (often locally shortened to Bora) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located off the northwest coast of Panay island.

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Bowling at the Asian Games

Bowling events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok.

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Boxing at the Asian Games

Boxing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1954 Asian Games.

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Busan

Busan, officially is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million inhabitants as of 2024.

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Canoeing at the Asian Games

Canoeing events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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China at the Asian Games

People's Republic of China first competed at the Asian Games in 1974.

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Chinese Taipei

"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.

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Chun Doo-hwan

Chun Doo-hwan (or; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean politician, army general and military dictator who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.

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CNN International

Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide.

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Continent

A continent is any of several large geographical regions.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Cricket at the Asian Games

The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2010 Asian Games.

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Cue sports at the Asian Games

Cue sports events were contested at the Asian Games starting from the 1998 Games in Bangkok.

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Cycling at the Asian Games

Cycling events have been contested at every Asian Games since the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, with the exception of the 1954 Games.

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Dancesport at the Asian Games

Dancesport is a competitive team sport which includes ballroom dancing.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Diving at the Asian Games

Diving is a part of the Asian Games since the first edition of the continental sports event in 1951, when New Delhi hosted the Games.

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Doha

Doha (ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dūḥa) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar.

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Dragon boat at the Asian Games

Dragon boat was an Asian Games sport in 2010, 2018 and 2022 editions.

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East Timor at the Asian Games

East Timor first competed at the Asian Games in 2002.

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Emir of Qatar

The emir of the State of Qatar (أمیر دولة قطر) is the monarch and head of state of the country.

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Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Equestrian events at the Asian Games

Equestrian sports have been an Asian Games event since 1982 in New Delhi, India.

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Esports at the Asian Games

Esports has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 2022 edition in Hangzhou, China.

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European Games

The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. Asian Games and European Games are Quadrennial sporting events.

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European Olympic Committees

The European Olympic Committees (EOC; Comités olympiques européens, COE) is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.

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Expo '70

The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970.

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Far Eastern Championship Games

The Far Eastern Championship Games (also known as the Far Eastern Championships, Far Eastern Games or Far East Games) was an Asian multi-sport event considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. Asian Games and Far Eastern Championship Games are Asian international sports competitions and olympic Council of Asia.

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Fencing at the Asian Games

Fencing events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

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Field hockey at the Asian Games

Field hockey is an Asian Games event since the 1958 Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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The men's football tournament has been a regular Asian Games sporting event since the 1951 edition, while the women's tournament began in 1990.

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Golf at the Asian Games

Golf was an event at the Asian Games for the first time in 1982, when the games were held in New Delhi, India.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Guru Dutt Sondhi

Guru Dutt Sondhi (10 December 1890 – 20 November 1966), 1966 was an Indian sports administrator in India.

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Gymnastics at the Asian Games

Gymnastics events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني; born 1 January 1952) is a member of the ruling Al Thani Qatari royal family.

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Handball at the Asian Games

Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 when the sport was first played in New Delhi, India.

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Hangzhou

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. As of 2022, the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 4 trillion yuan (US$590 billion), making it larger than the economy of Sweden.

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Hirohito

Hirohito (29 April 19017 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

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Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012.

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Incheon

Incheon (or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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India at the 2022 Asian Games

India competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, which began on 23 September 2023 and ended on 8 October 2023.

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India at the Asian Games

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951.

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Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

Since the Partition of British India in 1947 and subsequent creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan, the two countries have been involved in a number of wars, conflicts, and military standoffs.

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Indonesia at the Asian Games

Indonesia is a member of the Southeast Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has competed in all editions of the Asian Games since it was first held in 1951, one of only seven countries to do so.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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International Weightlifting Federation

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) (Fédération International d’Haltérophilie), is the international governing body for the sport of Weightlifting.

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Israel at the Asian Games

Israel competed at the Asian Games five times, from 1954 to 1974.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Japan at the Asian Games

Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India.

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Jet ski at the 2018 Asian Games

Jet ski or Jet skiing at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Ancol Beach, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 23 to 26 August 2018 and consisted of four events, all events are mixed.

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Joko Widodo

Joko Widodo (born Mulyono, 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the seventh president of Indonesia.

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Ju-jitsu at the Asian Games

Ju-jitsu has been included in the Asian Games since the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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Judo at the Asian Games

Judo is an event at the Asian Games since 1986 in Seoul, South Korea.

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Kabaddi at the Asian Games

Kabaddi made its first appearance as an exhibition sport at the Asian Games in 1982.

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Karate at the Asian Games

Karate is an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.

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Kim Dae-jung

Kim Dae-jung (6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th (15th election) president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.

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Koji Ito

is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter and Japan's fourth-fastest record holder of 100m sprint with a time of 10.00 seconds.

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Kosuke Hagino

is a Japanese former competitive swimmer who specialized in the individual medley and 200 m freestyle.

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Kosuke Kitajima

is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer.

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Kurash at the Asian Games

Kurash has been included in the Asian Games since the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.

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Lin Dan

Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player.

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List of monarchs of Persia

This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.

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List of transcontinental countries

This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states.

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Malay, Aklan

Malay, officially the Municipality of Malay (Aklanon: Banwa it Malay; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Malay; Bayan ng Malay), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines.

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Maldives at the Asian Games

Maldives first competed at the Asian Games in 1990.

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Manchukuo

Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945.

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Manila

Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.

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Martial arts at the Asian Games

Martial arts were included as events during the 2018 Asian Games.

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Modern pentathlon at the Asian Games

Modern pentathlon is an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), commonly referred to in the Western world as Mohammad Reza Shah, or just simply The Shah, was the last monarch of Iran.

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Monarchy of Thailand

The monarchy of Thailand is the constitutional form of government of Thailand (formerly Siam).

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Most valuable player

In team sports, a most valuable player award (abbreviated MVP award) is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Munich massacre

The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city proper with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million.

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Naruhito

Naruhito (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan.

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National Olympic Committee

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement.

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National Olympic Committee of Iraq

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) (اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq.

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New Delhi

New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

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Oceania National Olympic Committees

The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania.

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Olympic Charter

The Olympic Charter is a set of rules and guidelines for the organisation of the Olympic Games, and for governing the Olympic movement.

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Olympic Committee of Israel

The Olympic Committee of Israel (Hebrew: הוועד האולימפי בישראל) is the recognized National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Israel, and the governing body of Olympic sports in Israel.

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Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (IOC code: PRK) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) representing North Korea (competing either as DPR Korea or as the country's full official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

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Olympic Council of Asia

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Pacific Games

The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. Asian Games and Pacific Games are Quadrennial sporting events.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Palembang

Palembang (Palembang: Pelémbang, Jawi) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra.

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Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games

Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gunung Mas, West Java, Indonesia.

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Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.

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Park Geun-hye

Park Geun-hye (often in English; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th (18th presidency) president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017.

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Park Tae-hwan

Park Tae-hwan (born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion.

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Philippines at the Asian Games

The Philippines is a member of the South East Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951.

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Premier of China

The premier of China, officially titled the premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, is the head of government of China and leader of the State Council.

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President of China

The president of China, officially titled the president of the People's Republic of China, is the state representative of the People's Republic of China, which on its own is a ceremonial office and has no real power in China's political system.

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President of India

The president of India (IAST) is the head of state of the Republic of India.

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President of Indonesia

The president of the Republic of Indonesia (Presiden Republik Indonesia) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.

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President of South Korea

The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of Korea, is both the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea.

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President of the Philippines

The president of the Philippines (pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines.

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Qin Haiyang

Qin Haiyang (覃海洋, born 17 May 1999) is a Chinese swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and individual medley.

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Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad (born Rajendra Prasad Srivastava; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962.

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Ramon Magsaysay

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957.

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Republic of China (1912–1949)

The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.

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Republics of the Soviet Union

The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (r) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

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Rikako Ikee

is a Japanese competitive swimmer.

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Riyadh

Riyadh (ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.

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Roller sports at the Asian Games

Roller sports was an event in the Asian Games for the first time in 2010, when the games were held in Guangzhou, China.

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Rowing at the Asian Games

Rowing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1982 Asian Games.

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Rugby union at the Asian Games

Rugby union has been played at the Asian Games since the 1998 games in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Sailing at the Asian Games

Sailing is an Asian Games sport since the 1970 edition and has been held at every edition since, After not being included in 1974.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931.

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Seoul

Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.

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Sepak takraw at the Asian Games

Sepak takraw has been included in the Asian Games since the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China.

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Shooting at the Asian Games

Shooting sports events have been held at every Asian Games since 1954 Asian Games in Manila.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Singapore at the Asian Games

Singapore has competed in all editions of the Asian Games since it was first held in 1951, one of only seven countries to do so.

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Soft tennis at the Asian Games

Soft tennis has been an Asian Games sport since the 1994 edition.

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Softball at the Asian Games

Softball has been an event at the Asian Games since 1990 in Beijing, China.

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South Korea at the Asian Games

Republic of Korea has competed at every celebration of the Asian Games except the 1951 Asian Games, including hosting the Summer Games in 1986, 2002, and 2014 and the Winter Games in 1999.

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Sovereign state

A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.

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Sport climbing at the Asian Games

Competition climbing has been included in the Asian Games since the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia.

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Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China

The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China (MOC,; Comité Olímpico e Desportivo de Macau, China, CODM), is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) participation in international sporting events.

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Squash at the Asian Games

Squash is an Asian Games sport since the 1998 edition and has been held at every edition since.

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Sri Lanka at the Asian Games

Sri Lanka first competed at the Asian Games in 1951.

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Sukarno

Sukarno (born Koesno Sosrodihardjo,, 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.

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Swimming at the Asian Games

Swimming has been a regular Asian Games sport since the first edition in 1951.

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Table tennis at the Asian Games

Table tennis has been contested at the Asian Games since 1958 except in 1970 edition, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.

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Taekwondo at the Asian Games

Taekwondo events have been contested at every Asian Games since 1986 Games in Seoul, South Korea.

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.

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Tennis at the Asian Games

Tennis is part of the Asian Games program.

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Thailand at the Asian Games

Thailand has competed at every celebration of the Asian Games, including hosting the Games in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Triathlon at the Asian Games

Triathlon has been an event at the Asian Games since 2006 in Doha, Qatar.

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Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded.

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Volleyball at the Asian Games

Volleyball for men is played at the Asian Games since the 1958 edition in Tokyo, Japan.

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Water polo at the Asian Games

Water polo has been contested at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi, India.

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Weightlifting at the Asian Games

Weightlifting has been an event at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi.

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Wen Jiabao

Wen Jiabao (p; born 15 September 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the premier of China from 2003 to 2013.

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World Athletics

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

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Wrestling at the Asian Games

Wrestling has been an event at the Asian Games since 1954 in Manila, Philippines.

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Wushu at the Asian Games

Wushu has been contested at the Asian Games since 1990 in Beijing, China.

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Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping (or often;, pronounced; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.

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Yang Shangkun

Yang Shangkun (3 August 1907 – 14 September 1998) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated the party after the death of Mao Zedong.

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Zail Singh

Giani Zail Singh (born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987 and 9th Chief Minister of Punjab.

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Zhang Yufei (swimmer)

Zhang Yufei (born 19 April 1998) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.

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1913 Far Eastern Championship Games

The 1st Far Eastern Championship Games were held in 1–9 February 1913 in Manila, Philippines.

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1934 Far Eastern Championship Games

The 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games was the tenth edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 16 to 20 May in Manila, the Philippines.

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1938 Far Eastern Championship Games

The 1938 Far Eastern Games were scheduled to be held in Osaka, Japan, although they were cancelled due to the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese War.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom.

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1951 Asian Games

The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951.

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1954 Asian Games

The 1954 Asian Games (Palarong Asyano 1954), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954 was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines, from May 1 to 9, 1954.

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1958 Asian Games

The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games (第3回アジア競技大会) and commonly known as Tokyo 1958, was a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958.

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1962 Asian Games

The 1962 Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962) also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, was the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF).

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1966 Asian Games

The 1966 Asian Games, also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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1970 Asian Games

The 6th Asian Games were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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1974 Asian Games

The 7th Asian Games (بازی‌های آسیایی ۱۹۷۴) were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Iran.

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1978 Asian Games

The 8th Asian Games were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics (Letnije Olimpijskije igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (Igry XXII Olimpiady) and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (Москва 1980), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.

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1982 Asian Games

The 9th Asian Games were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India.

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1986 Asian Games

The 1986 Asian Games (Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad (Jesiphoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesiphoe Asian Geim) and commonly known as Seoul 1986 (Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk) were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea.

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1990 Asian Games

The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games (p), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China.

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1994 Asian Games

The 1994 Asian Games (1994年アジア競技大会, Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games (Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan.This is first on Games'history that a country non-capital city hosted the event.The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations.

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1998 Asian Games

The 1998 Asian Games, officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 athletes across the continent.

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2002 Asian Games

The 2002 Asian Games (Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games (Jesipsahoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesipsahoe Asian Geim) and also known as Busan 2002 (Busan Icheoni), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002.

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2006 Asian Games

The 2006 Asian Games (Dawrat al-ʼAl‘ab al-Asīawīah 2006), officially known as the XV Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the games.

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2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, officially known as the XVI Asian Games and also known as Guangzhou 2010, were a regional multi-sport event that had taken place from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced earlier on November 7, 2010).

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2014 Asian Games

The 2014 Asian Games (Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games (Jesipchilhoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesipchilhoe Asian Geim) and also known as Incheon 2014 (Incheon Icheon sip-sa), was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea.

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2017 Asian Winter Games

The 2017 Asian Winter Games (2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games.

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2018 Asian Games

The 2018 Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or Asian Games 2018), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.

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2020 Summer Olympics

The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.

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2022 Asian Games

The 2022 Asian Games, officially the 19th Asian Games and also known as Hangzhou 2022 (p), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

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2026 Asian Games

The 2026 Asian Games (2026-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai), also known as 20th Asian Games (Dai-20-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai) and Aichi-Nagoya 2026, will be a multi-sport event celebrated around the Aichi Prefecture in Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.

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2030 Asian Games

The 2030 Asian Games (Dawrat al-ʼAl‘ab al-Asīawīah 2030), officially known as the 21st Asian Games (Al 21 mn-Alīsyad) and commonly known as Doha 2030, will be the twenty-first edition of the Asian Games, a pan-Asian multi-sport event that scheduled to be held from 4 to 19 November 2030 in Doha, Qatar.

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2034 Asian Games

The 2034 Asian Games (Dawrat al-ʼAl‘ab al-Asīawīah 2034), officially known as the 22nd Asian Games (Al 22 mn-Alīsyad) and commonly known as Riyadh 2034, will be the twenty-second edition of the Asian Games, a pan-Asian multi-sport event to be held from 29 November to 14 December 2034 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Games

Also known as Asia Games, Asian Summer Games, Ever onward, List of Asian Games events, List of Countries that have hosted the Asian Games, Pakistan at the 1962 Asian Games, Pakistan at the 1966 Asian Games, Pakistan at the 1970 Asian Games, Summer Asian Games, The Asian games.

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