1951 Asian Games

The first Asian Games were held until March 11, in New Delhi on 4.

It was attended by 489 athletes from eleven different member associations of the Olympic Council of Asia. The motto of the Games was " Play the game, in the spirit of the game". It 57 competitions were held in eight sports. The games were opened by Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. They were held in the Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

The official logo of the games shows a red sun with 16 beams with a white circle in the middle, which is still today the logo of the Asian Games, and under this sun 11 rings that were available for the participating nations and should symbolize peace.

The next Asian Games, which were held in India, were the Asian Games in 1982. They found 31 years later instead.

Participating nations

  • Kingdom Afghanistan 1931 Afghanistan
  • Burma Burma 1948
  • Ceylon Ceylon
  • India India
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • Iran 1925 Iran
  • Japan Japan
  • Nepal Nepal
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Singapore 1946 Singapore
  • Thailand Thailand

Medal Tally

1982 Asian Games 1954 Asian Games 1958 Asian Games 1962 Asian Games 1966 Asian Games 1970 Asian Games 1974 Asian Games 1978 Asian Games 1986 Asian Games 1990 Asian Games 1994 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games 2002 Asian Games 2006 Asian Games 2010 Asian Games 2014 Asian Games 2019 Asian Games 2007 Asian Winter Games 2011 Asian Winter Games
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