Opening date:
22 September 1990

Closing date:
07 October 1990

Country of the host city:
China (CHN)

BEIJING 1990

Participating Nations

37

Participants

6122

 

Sports/Events

27 / 310

Athletics, Swimming, Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoeing, Kabaddi, Cycling, Golf, Fencing, Soccer, Handball, Judo, Gymnastics, Hockey, Canoeing, Sepaktakraw, Shooting, Softball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Wushu and Sailing

OCA lost its President, Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This was the most shocking news surrounding 11th Asiad. OCA headquarters were temporarily moved to U.K. where Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad was independently carrying out his duties as Director General. After the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 the OCA HQ was re-established. Beijing overcame these and other crisis to be remembered as one of the best Asiad in the history. Total of 27 disciplines including Canoeing, Kabaddi, Speak Takraw, Softball and Wushu were competed. As the host country, China demonstrated her pride and strength by winning nearly 60% of gold medals (183), securing her stand as the Asian super-power in sports.

• 37 NOC's

• 6122 Athletes and Officials

• 27 sports and 310 events

• New sports added: Softball, Sepaktakraw, Wushu,
  Kabaddi and Rowing

• Demonstration sports (Baseball, Soft Tennis)

• New world and Asian records

• Chinese Taipei participated for the first time

Medals Tally