Asian Games sports

Summary

This is a list of sports played in the Asian Games and other major affiliated games organized by the Olympic Council of Asia. On 29 June 2009, the OCA announced major changes to the event lists in the five major events, in particular aiming to restrict each sport to be played in not more than one event, although exemptions may be made.[1] The first round of changes commenced with the 2014 Asian Games when the number of events was recommended to be restricted to 35 with 28 Olympic sports and up to a maximum of seven non-Olympic sports. Some events currently in the Asian Games programme may henceforth be relegated to the newly formed Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games which was first held in 2013 or to the Asian Beach Games.

Asian Games edit

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics  Baseball  Basketball  Canoeing  Cycling  Gymnastics  Roller sports  Rugby union  Volleyball

Sport (Discipline) Body 51 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26
World Asia
 
Artistic swimming   AQUA AASF 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 X
Diving   2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 8 10 10 10 10 10 X
Open water swimming   2 X
Swimming   8 13 21 21 23 24 25 29 29 29 31 31 32 32 38 38 38 41 41 X
Water polo   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 X
 
Archery   WA WAA 4 4 12 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 10 X
Athletics   WA AAA 33 30 31 32 34 35 35 39 40 42 43 43 45 45 45 47 47 48 48 X
Badminton   BWF BA 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 X
 
Baseball   WBSC BFA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 X
Softball   SA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 X
 
3x3 basketball   FIBA FIBA Asia 2 2 X
Basketball   1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
 
Bodybuilding   IFBB AFBF 8 8
Bowling   IBF ABF 10 12 12 10 10 12 12 12 6
Boxing   IBA ASBC 7 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 13 13 10 13 X
Bridge   WBF APBF 6 3
 
Canoe polo   ICF ACC
Slalom canoeing   4 4 4 4 X
Sprint canoeing   13 13 12 13 10 12 12 12 12 X
 
Chess   FIDE ACF 3 4 4
Cricket   ICC ACC 2 2 2
Cue sports   WCBS ACBS 10 10 10 10
 
BMX freestyle   UCI ACC X
BMX racing   2 2 2 2 X
Mountain biking   4 4 2 2 4 2 X
Road cycling   1 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 X
Track cycling   3 4 8 8 4 4 5 6 8 7 7 12 12 10 10 14 12 X
 
Dancesport   WDSF DSA 10 2 X
Dragon boat   IDBF ADBF 6 5 6
Equestrian   FEI AEF 4 6 4 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 X
Esports   IESF AESF 7 X
Fencing   FIE FCA 8 8 8 10 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 X
Field hockey   FIH AHF 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
Football   FIFA AFC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
Go   IGF AGF 3 3
Golf   IGF APGC 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 X
 
Artistic gymnastics   FIG AGU 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 X
Rhythmic gymnastics   1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
Trampoline   2 2 2 2 2 X
 
Handball   IHF AHF 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
Jet ski   UIM 4
Judo   IJF JUA 8 16 16 14 16 16 16 16 15 15 X
Ju-jitsu   JJIF JJAU 8 8 X
Kabaddi   IKF AKF 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 X
Karate   WKF AKF 11 11 11 13 13 13 12 14 X
Kurash   IKA KCAO 7 7 X
Modern pentathlon   UIPM AMPC 2 6 4 4 2 4 X
Paragliding   FAI AFA 6
Pencak silat   PERSILAT APSIF 16
 
Artistic roller skating   WSK WSA 3 1
Inline freestyle skating 3
Roller speed skating   6 2 6
Skateboarding   4 4 X
 
Rowing   WR ARF 4 8 14 12 11 13 10 14 14 15 14 X
 
Rugby sevens   WR AR 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 X
Rugby union   1 1
 
Sailing   WS ASAF 5 4 4 5 7 7 16 15 14 14 14 10 14 X
Sambo   FIAS SUAO 4
Sepak takraw   ISTAF ASTAF 2 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 X
Shooting   ISSF ASC 6 6 5 14 14 22 22 22 30 40 34 34 42 44 44 44 20 33 X
Soft tennis   ISTF ASTF 4 4 7 7 7 7 5 5 X
Sport climbing   IFSC IFSC Asia 6 6 X
Squash   WSF ASF 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 X
Surfing   ISA ASF X
Table tennis   ITTF ATTU 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 X
Taekwondo   WT ATU 8 8 16 16 16 16 16 14 13 X
Tennis   ITF ATF 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 X
Triathlon   WT AST 2 2 3 3 3 X
 
Beach volleyball   FIVB AVC 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
Volleyball   2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X
 
Weightlifting   IWF AWF 7 7 8 8 8 27 10 10 10 19 19 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 X
Wrestling   UWW UWW Asia 7 8 16 8 10 20 10 10 20 20 20 16 18 18 18 20 18 18 X
Wushu   IWUF WFA 6 6 11 11 11 15 15 14 15 X
Xiangqi   WXF AXF 2 3
 
Total events 57 77 112 120 140 135 200 199 196 269 308 337 377 419 424 476 439 465 481

Demonstration Asian Games sports

The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:

Asian Winter Games edit

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Skating  Skiing

Sport (Discipline) Body 86 90 96 99 03 07 11 17 25
World Asia
 
Bandy   FIB 1
Biathlon   IBU 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 4
Curling   WCF 2 2 2 3
Ice hockey   IIHF 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
 
Figure skating   ISU ASU 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Short-track speed skating   8 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 9
Speed skating   9 9 9 9 9 10 12 14 14
 
Ski mountaineering   ISMF ASMF 3
Ski orienteering   IOF 8
 
Alpine skiing   FIS ASF 4 4 4 6 4 4 6 4 2
Cross-country skiing   6 6 6 6 7 6 12 10 6
Freestyle skiing   2 2 2 6 4 11
Ski jumping   2 3 3
Snowboarding   3 2 6 6
 
Total events 35 33 43 43 51 47 69 64 64

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games edit

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics  Cycling  Kabaddi  Roller sports  Wrestling

Sport (Discipline) Body 05 07 09
(M)
09 13 17 21
World Asia
 
3x3 basketball   FIBA FIBA Asia 2 2 2
Aerobic gymnastics   FIG AGU 4 4 4
 
Beach water polo   AQUA AASF 2
Short course swimming   40 30 30 30 30 30
 
Badminton   BWF BA 5
Baseball5   WBSC BFA 1
Bowling   IBF ABF 6 6 6 6 8
Boxing   IBA ASBC 8
Cheerleading   ICU ACU 4
Chess   FIDE ACF 9 4 4 10 6
Cue sports   WCBS ACBS 8 10 10 13 15
 
BMX freestyle   UCI ACC 3 5 2
Indoor cycling   5 5
Track cycling   9
 
Dancesport   WDSF DSA 12 12 10 10 11 14
Dragon & lion dance IDLDF DLDFA 6 6
Equestrian   FEI AEF 3
Esports   IESF AESF 3 6 6 4
Fencing   FIE FCA 6
Finswimming   CMAS AUF 8 16
Floorball   IFF AOFC 2
Futsal   FIFA AFC 2 2 2 2 2 2
Go   IGF AGF 4
Indoor archery   WA WAA 8
Indoor athletics   WA AAA 26 26 26 25 27
Indoor hockey   FIH AHF 1 2
Indoor rowing   WR ARF 10
Judo   IJF JUA 14
Ju-jitsu   JJIF JJAU 7 25 20
 
Indoor kabaddi   IKF AKF 1 2 2
Kabaddi   1
 
Karate   WKF AKF 10 13
Kickboxing   WAKO WAKO Asia 10 8 9 15 10
Kurash   IKA KCAO 14 8 8 15 15
Mixed martial arts   IMMAF AMMAF 20
Muaythai   IFMA FAMA 17 9 15 9 9 14 21
Netball   WN AN 1
Pencak silat   PERSILAT APSIF 11 15 11
Pétanque   FIPJP APSBC 4
Roller skiing   FIS ASF 6
 
Inline freestyle skating WSK WSA 4
Roller freestyle skating   3 4 3
Skateboarding   2 2 5
 
Sambo   FIAS SUAO 23 8
Sepak takraw   ISTAF ASTAF 2 2 2 11
Shooting   ISSF ASC 5
Shuttlecock   ISF 6
Sport climbing   IFSC IFSC Asia 4 4 6
Taekwondo   WT ATU 16 18 20
Tennis   ITF ATF 5
Volleyball   FIVB AVC 2
Vovinam   WVVF AVF 14
Weightlifting   IWF AWF 16 14
 
Alysh   UWW UWW Asia 24
Belt wrestling   28
Kazakh kuresi   3
Pahlavani wrestling   3
Turkmen goresh   26
Wrestling   22 18
 
Wushu   IWUF WFA 11 8
Xiangqi   WXF AXF 4 2
 
Total events 120 151 108 215 100 348 357

Demonstration Asian Games sports

The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:

Asian Beach Games edit

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Air sports  Aquatics  Extreme sports  Triathlon

Sport (Discipline) Body 08 10 12 14 16
World Asia
 
3x3 basketball   FIBA FIBA Asia 2 2 2 2
 
Paragliding   FAI AFA 8 4
Paramotoring   4 4
 
Beach water polo   AQUA AASF 1 1 1 1
Open water swimming   4 4 4 4
 
Beach athletics   WA AAA 12 14
Beach flag football   IFAF IFAF Asia 1
Beach handball   IHF AHF 2 2 2 2 2
Beach kabaddi   IKF AKF 2 2 2 2 2
Beach kurash   IKA KCAO 8 10
Beach sambo   FIAS SUAO 7 8
Beach sepak takraw   ISTAF ASTAF 4 4 4 6 6
Beach soccer   FIFA AFC 1 1 1 1 1
Beach volleyball   FIVB AVC 2 2 2 2 2
Beach woodball   IWbF AWbF 4 4 4 8 11
Beach wrestling   UWW UWW Asia 4 6 8
Bodybuilding   IFBB AFBF 6 6 5 7
Coastal rowing   WR ARF 6
Dragon boat   IDBF ADBF 6 6
 
Aggressive inline skating   WSK AXF 3
BMX freestyle   IBMXFF 4
Skateboarding   ISF 3
 
Footvolley   FIFv AFF 1
Jet ski   UIM 4 4 6
Ju-jitsu   JJIF JJAU 12 18
Muaythai   IFMA FAMA 15 16
Pencak silat   PERSILAT APSIF 8 18
Pétanque   FIPJP APSBC 9 9
Roller speed skating   WSK WSA 8
Sailing   WS ASAF 6 6 2 9
Shuttlecock   ISF 7
Sport climbing   IFSC IFSC Asia 8 4
Squash   WSF ASF 2
Surfing   ISA ASF 5
Tent pegging   ITPF ATPC 8
Triathle   UIPM AMPC 3
 
Duathlon   WT AST 3
Triathlon   2 2 3
 
Vocotruyen   WFVV ASFVV 11
Vovinam   WVVF AVF 9
Water skiing   IWWF AWWF 6 4 13
 
Total events 71 52 49 165 172

Asian Youth Games edit

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics

Sport (Discipline) Body 09 13
World Asia
 
3x3 basketball   FIBA FIBA Asia 2 2
 
Diving   AQUA AASF 4 4
Swimming   32 30
 
Athletics   WA AAA 28 34
Badminton   BWF BA 3
Beach volleyball   FIVB AVC 2
Bowling   IBF ABF 8
Fencing   FIE FCA 6
Football   FIFA AFC 1 1
Golf   IGF APGC 2
Handball   IHF AHF 2
Judo   IJF JUA 6
Rugby sevens   WR AR 2
Sailing   WS ASAF 5
Shooting   ISSF ASC 4 8
Squash   WSF ASF 4
Table tennis   ITTF ATTU 4 2
Taekwondo   WT ATU 4
Tennis   ITF ATF 3
Weightlifting   IWF AWF 9
 
Total events 90 122

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

External links edit

  • Olympic Council of Asia