Opening date:
19 November 1982

Closing date:
04 December 1982

Country of the host city:
India (IND)

NEW DELHI 1982

Participating Nations

33

Participants

4595

 

Sports/Events

21

Athletics, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Handball, Cycling, Boxing, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Archery, Shooting, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Hockey, Badminton, Canoeing, Sailing , Golf

31 years after its genesis, the Asian Games made a full circle back to it’s birth place, New Delhi, India. Within the harmonious fifties to the blustery eighties, the Asiad had been rewarded with better understanding and further promotion of friendship through sports between Asian countries/NOCs. At 9th Asiad, the competing countries/NOCs grew three-fold and participants 9 times. There was a drastic change in the race for medals. Although the total amount of medals won were the same, China excelled Japan in gold medals. Also, it was the last Asiad to be held under the authority of the Asian Games Federation (AGF) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) took over the responsibility.

• 33 countries participated in the Games, number of
  countries was the greatest in Asian Games History
• 4595 Athletes and Officials
• 21 sports and 147 events
• New sports added: Handball, Equestrian, Rowing and Golf
• Sports dropped: Fencing and Bowling
• The impact of the Russian invasion to Afghanistan
• New Asian records

Medals Tally