Central Asian Games

Central Asian Games
Abbreviation CAG
First event 1995 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Occur every 2 years
Last event 2011 Almaty, Kazakhstan

The Central Asian Games, inaugurated in 1995, is a multi-sport event held biennially among athletes from the five Central Asian republics formerly members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The Central Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia. The others are the East Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (or SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.[1]

Editions

Year Games Host City Country Winner (gold) 2nd (gold) 3rd (gold)
1995 I Tashkent Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
1997 II Almaty Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
1999 III Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
2001 IV Ashgabat Turkmenistan Turkmenistan CANCELLED
2003 IV Dushanbe Tajikistan Tajikistan
2005 V Tashkent Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
2007 VI

Participating nations

See also

References

  1. Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.
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