1986 Asian Games

X Asian Games
Host city Seoul, South Korea
Nations participating 27
Athletes participating 4,839
Events 296 in 25 sports
Opening ceremony September 20
Closing ceremony October 5
Officially opened by President Chun Doo-hwan
Torch Lighter Chang Jae Guen
Main venue Olympic Stadium

The 10th Asian Games were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. The city was supposed to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighbouring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities used in the 1988 Summer Olympics two years later because this was considered a test event.

All socialist countries including North Korea, Mongolian People's Republic, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan and South Yemen except Mainland China boycotted the Games due to political conditions. A spy detonated a bomb behind a vending machine in Gimpo International Airport and killed five people, including a technician, just few days before the Games started.

Participating nations

  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • North Yemen
  • Oman

Mascot

The official mascot for the 1986 Asian Games was Hodori.

Hodori, the official mascot of the 1986 Asian Games

Sports

Calendar

  Opening ceremony   Event competitions   Event finals   Closing ceremony
September / October 1986 20th
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Archery 4 8 12
Athletics 4 9 10 6 8 5 42
Badminton 2 5 7
Basketball 1 1 2
Bowling 2 2 6 2 12
Boxing 12 12
Cycling – Road 1 2 3
Cycling – Track 1 1 1 3 6
Diving 1 1 1 1 4
Equestrian 2 1 1 1 1 6
Fencing 1 2 1 2 2 8
Field hockey 1 1 2
Football 1 1
Golf 2 2
Gymnastics 1 1 2 10 14
Handball 1 1
Judo 2 2 2 2 8
Rowing 8 8
Sailing 5 5
Shooting 4 5 7 2 4 5 3 30
Swimming 4 5 5 5 5 5 29
Table tennis 2 5 7
Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 8
Tennis 2 2 2 1 7
Volleyball 1 1 2
Water polo 1 1
Weightlifting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
Wrestling 5 5 5 5 20
Total gold medals 11 13 17 19 23 16 17 13 25 26 22 9 18 34 6 269
Ceremonies
September / October 1986 20th
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Medal table

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, South Korea, is highlighted.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China (CHN)948246222
2 South Korea (KOR) 935576224
3 Japan (JPN)587677211
4 Iran (IRI)661022
5 India (IND)592337
6 Philippines (PHI)45918
7 Thailand (THA)3101326
8 Pakistan (PAK)2349
9 Indonesia (INA)151420
10 Hong Kong (HKG)1135
Total270268310848

See also

References

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