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2018 Asian Games

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Asian Games Host city Map
The map showing the host cities of all the asian games till date.

List of Asian Games Till Date
Year Games Host City Host Country Date Participating Nations Athletes Sports Events
2022 XIX Hangzhou China TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
2018 XVIII Jakarta and Palembang Indonesia August18-September2 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2014 XVII Incheon SouthKorea September19–October4 45 9,429 36 439
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

Hangzhou to host 2022 Asian Games

After standing as the only candidate, Hangzhou, a Chinese city, has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Games, media reports stated. Regarding this, a contract was signed by the Olympic Council of Asia with officials from Hangzhou during meetings in Turkmenistan. Beijing will be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022.

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

 

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