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10th Asian Games, Seoul, Korea
September 20 to October 05, 1986
Participating Nations	27
Participants	4,839
Sports/Events	25 - Athletics, Swimming, Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Boxing, Cycling, Equestrian, Golf, Fencing, Soccer, Judo, Hockey, Gymnastics, Handball, Canoeing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Wrestling, Weightlifting and Yacht Racing

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, hosted the tenth Asiad, and in great style at that. It was the first time that the Games were staged under the patronage of the Olympics Council of Asia. The success of the Games was a prelude to the staging of the Olympic Games in 1988 and the country's economic prosperity of the early nineties. Although the weather on the day of the opening ceremony was not kind, the Olympic stadium, with a capacity of 100,000, was filled to capacity.

There were 25 disciplines this time, with bowling, fencing, judo and taekwondo being added to the growing list.

South Korea launched their preparations for the Olympic Games by topping the medals tally with 224 medals, two more than China. However, the Chinese won the gold medal race, winning 94 medals, one more than the Koreans. Japan slipped further down the rankings, placing third.

India finished with 37 medals, including five gold. Four of those gold medals were won by India's sprint queen P T Usha. She won the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 400 metres hurdles and 4x100 metres relay.

Medals Tally

Rank Nation G S B Total

1 China 94 82 46 222

2 South Korea 93 55 76 224

3 Japan 58 76 77 211

4 Iran 6 6 10 22

5 India 5 9 23 37

6 Philippines 4 5 9 18

7 Thailand 3 10 13 26

8 Pakistan 2 3 4 9

9 Indonesia 1 5 4 10

10 Hong Kong 1 1 3 5

11 Qatar 1 - 3 4

12 Lebanon 1 - 1 2

13 Bahrain 1 - 1 2

14 Malaysia - 5 5 10

15 Iraq - 5 2 7

16 Jordan - 3 1 4

17 Kuwait - 1 7 8

18 Singapore - 1 4 5

19 Saudi Arabia - 1 - 1

20 Nepal - - 8 8

21 Bangladesh - - 1 1

22 Oman - - 1 1


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