Baipatra Various - Q &A

After World War II, a number of Asian countries became independent. Many of the new independent Asian countries wanted to use a new type of competition where Asian dominance should not be shown by violence and should be strengthened by mutual understanding. In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Games in London, Indian IOC representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the idea of having discussions about holding the Asian Games. They agreed to form the Asian Athletic Federation. A preparatory committee was set up to draft the charter for the Asian amateur athletic federation. In February, 1949, the Asian athletic federation was formally formed and used the name Asian Games Federation. It was decided to hold the first Asian Games in 1951 in New Delhi, the capital of India. They added that the Asian Games would be regularly held once every four years.

Year	Sports/discipline	Country Participated(No. of Participants)
1951 - March 4 - 11 New Delhi,India	Athletics Basketball Cycling Football Swimming Weightlifting 6 sports	Japan India Iran Singapore Philippines Ceylon 1 Indonesia Burma Afghanistan Nepal Thailand
2006 - Dec 1-15 Doha,Qatar	Archery Equestrian Endurance Soft Tennis Artistic Gymnastics Fencing Softball Athletics Football Squash Badminton Golf Swimming Baseball Handball Synchronised Swimming Basketball Hockey Table Tennis Beach Volleyball Indoor Volleyball Taekwondo Bodybuilding Judo Tennis Bowling Kabaddi Trampoline Boxing Karate Triathlon Canoe-Kayak Rhythmic Gymnastics Water Polo Chess Rowing Weightlifting Cue Sports Rugby Wrestling Cycling Sailing Wushu Diving Sepaktakraw Equestrian Shooting 39 sports 46 discipline	Afghanistan (47) Bangladesh (74) Bhutan (21) Bahrain (228) Brunei (7) Cambodia (17) China (647) Hong Kong, China (282) Indonesia (140) India (431) Iran (250) Iraq (86) Jordan (98) Japan (631) Kazakhstan (338) Kyrgyzstan (131) Korea (656) Saudi Arabia (155) Kuwait (238) Lao PDR (15) Lebanon (138) Macau, China (203) Malaysia (244) Maldives (55) Mongolia (175) Myanmar (40) Nepal (51) Oman (81) Pakistan (157) Philippines (233) Palestine (72) DPR Korea (164) Qatar (359) Singapore (134) Sri Lanka (151) Syria (155) Thailand (378) Tajikistan (103) Turkmenistan (43) Timor-Leste (15) Chinese Taipei 1 (399) United Arab Emirates (131) Uzbekistan (243) Vietnam (247) Yemen

Year	Games	Country	No.of Gold(No. of Sports)
1951	First Asiad Games New Delhi,India	Japan	24(6)
1954	Second Asian Games Ever Onward Manila,Philippines	Japan	38(12)
1958	Third Asian Games Ever Onward Tokyo,Japan	Japan	67(13)
1962	Fourth Asian Games Ever Onward Jakarta,Indonesia	Japan	73(15)
1966	Fifth Asian Games Ever Onward Bangkok,Thailand	Japan	78(14)
1970	Sixth Asian Games Ever Onward Bangkon,Thailand (original host was Seoul,S.Koria)	Japan	74(13)
1974	Seventh Asian Games Ever Onward Tehran,Iran	Japan	72(16)
1978	Eightth Asian Games Ever Onward Bankok,Thailand (original host was Pakistan)	Japan	70(19)
1982	Ninth Asian Games Under Olympic Council of Asia New Delhi,India Mascot : Apu,a kid elephant	China	61(21)
1986	Tenth Asian Games Seoul,S.Korea	China	94(25)
1990	Eleventh Asian Games Beiging,China	China	183(27)
1994,	Twelveth Asian Games Hiroshima,Japan Mascot : a pair of white doves. Poppo and Cuccu, male and female respectively	China	125(34)
1998	Thirteenth Asian Games Bangkok,Thailand Mascot : Chai-Yo (a Thai word meaning pleasure, gladness, success, unity and happiness)	China	129(36)
2002	Fourteenth Asian Games Busan,S.Korea Mascot : Duria,a sea gull(which means "you and me together" in the Korean language)	China	150(38)