AsianGameshistory---Reuters.Updated:2006-11-2715:25BEIJING1990Chinahostedtheeventforthefirsttimewith6,122athletesfrom37countriesparticipatingin27sports.Tackwondo,includedforthefirsttimeinthepreviousGames,wasexcluded,alon
AsianGameshistory---Reuters.Updated:2006-11-2715:25
BEIJING1990
Chinahostedtheeventforthefirsttimewith6,122athletesfrom37countriesparticipatingin27sports.Tackwondo,includedforthefirsttimeinthepreviousGames,wasexcluded,alongwithequestrianevents.Boxing,canoeing,kabaddi,wushuandsepaktakrawwereintroduced.
Topthreenations:
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
China18410751342
SouthKorea545473181
Japan386076174
HIROSHIMA1994
Forthefirsttime,theGameswerenotheldinacapitalcity.HiroshimainJapanhosted6,828athletesfrom42countriesparticipatingin34sports.FormerSovietrepublicsKazakstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,TurkmenistanandUzbekistancompetedforthefirsttimeandCambodiareturnedtotheGamesafter20years.
Baseball,karate,modernpentathlonandtenniswereadded.
Topthreenations:
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
China1258358266
SouthKorea637579218
Japan635664183
BANGKOK1998
TheGamesreturnedtoThailandforafourthtime.Rugby,billiards,snookerandsquashwereadded.Some6,700athletesfrom41countriesparticipatedin36sportsbutthehostnationcouldnotbreakintothetopthreemedalwinnersastheyhaddoneinthe5thand6thGames.
Topthreenations:
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
China1297867374
SouthKorea654653164
Japan526168181
PUSAN2002
With44countriesinvolved,the14thAsianGamesfeatured38sportsand420events.AfghanistanreturnedtocompetitiveactionandEastTimorwasrepresentedforthefirsttimesinceitsindependence.ChinatoppedthemedalstableforthesixthconsecutiveGames.
Topthreenations:
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
China1508474308
SouthKorea968084260
Japan447372189
DOHA2006
Qatarwillhost45teamstakingpartin39sportsand423events.ThisisthesecondtimeafterIranin1974thattheGamesarebeingstagedintheMiddleEast.
60.FromthearticlewecaninferthefollowingEXCEPT______.
A.IranwasthefirstcountryintheMiddle