1986 Asian Games

X Asian Games

Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Nations	27
Athletes	4,839
Events	296 in 25 sports
Opening	20 September 1986
Closing	5 October 1986
Opened by	Chun Doo-hwan President of South Korea
Closed by	Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Torch lighter	Jang Jae-keun and Park Mi-sun[1]
Main venue	Olympic Stadium
Website	ocasia.org (archived)
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The 1986 Asian Games (1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad (제10회 아시아 경기대회/제10회 아시안 게임) and commonly known as Seoul 1986 (서울 1986), were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities that would be used in the 1988 Summer Olympics, as it was considered a test event.

Seoul had previously been scheduled 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.

Baghdad, Iraq; Pyongyang, North Korea; and Seoul, South Korea were the bidding cities for the Games, but during the process Baghdad and Pyongyang withdrew, leaving Seoul as only bidding city.^[2]

The official mascot for the 1986 Asian Games was Hodori the tiger, which was also the mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was a stylized tiger designed by Kim Hyun as an amicable Amur tiger, portraying the friendly and hospitable traditions of the Korean people.

The following venues were used during the Games.^[1]

Communist states Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and South Yemen, as well as Burma, Syrian Arab Republic and Brunei Darussalam boycotted the Games in support of the North Korea failed proposal to host some events during the 1988 Summer Olympics. The only participating country from the Eastern Bloc, the People's Republic of China, which was set to host the next games in Beijing, did participate and sent a high profile delegation, and ultimately finished at the top of the medal table. Two years later, all except North Korea participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics, although Brunei sent only one official and no athletes.

The following 27 NOCs participated.^[3]

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)

IOC Letter Code	Country	Athletes
KOR	South Korea	494
JPN	Japan	440
CHN	China	388
IND	India	300
INA	Indonesia	205
THA	Thailand	204
KUW	Kuwait	191
HKG	Hong Kong	184
MAL	Malaysia	125
NEP	Nepal	105
PAK	Pakistan	98
IRN	Iran	94
PHI	Philippines	93
KSA	Saudi Arabia	73
BRN	Bahrain	63
QAT	Qatar	62
OMA	Oman	54
IRQ	Iraq	52
BAN	Bangladesh	51
SIN	Singapore	33
JOR	Jordan	30
UAE	United Arab Emirates	30
SRI	Sri Lanka	20
LIB	Lebanon	10
YAR	North Yemen	10
BHU	Bhutan	8
MDV	Maldives	5

September / October 1986	20th Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	24th Wed	25th Thu	26th Fri	27th Sat	28th Sun	29th Mon	30th Tue	1st Wed	2nd Thu	3rd Fri	4th Sat	5th Sun	Gold medals
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 Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	24th Wed	25th Thu	26th Fri	27th Sat	28th Sun	29th Mon	30th Tue	1st Wed	2nd Thu	3rd Fri	4th Sat	5th Sun	Gold medals

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

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	94	82	46	222
2	South Korea (KOR)*	93	55	76	224
3	Japan (JPN)	58	76	77	211
4	Iran (IRN)	6	6	10	22
5	India (IND)	5	9	23	37
6	Philippines (PHI)	4	5	9	18
7	Thailand (THA)	3	10	13	26
8	Pakistan (PAK)	2	3	4	9
9	Indonesia (INA)	1	5	14	20
10	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	1	3	5
11–22	Remaining	3	16	35	54
Totals (22 entries)		270	268	310	848

A North Korean spy detonated a bomb behind a vending machine in Gimpo International Airport and killed five people, including a South Korean delegate, just a few days before the Games started.

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