1982 Asian Games

Multi-sport event in Delhi, India July 2022 July 2022 IX Asian Games 9th asiad.png 170 Friendship, Fraternity, Forever Delhi, India 33 4,595 196 in 21 sports 19 November 1982 4 December 1982 Zail SinghPresident of India Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-SabahPresident of the Olympic Council of Asia P.T. Usha Deanna Syme Tewari & Balbir Singh Sr. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Bangkok 1978 Seoul 1986 Sapporo 1986 ocasia.org (archived) The 9th Asian Games (hi नौवें एशियाई खेल), also known as Delhi 1982 (hi दिल्ली 1982), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olympic Council of Asia.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20070702-1982-ninth-asian-games-held-in-delhi-748344-2007-07-01 1982 Asian Games established Rajiv Gandhi's managerial skills 2 July 2007 2011-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130531060558/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/1982-ninth-asian-games-held-in-delhi/1/155614.html 2013-05-31 live Delhi joined Bangkok as the cities to host multiple editions of the Asian Games up to this point. Later, Jakarta and Doha would enter this group.http://www.ocasia.org/game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPevanEkik24kQ== Olympic Council of Asia : Games ocasia.org 2017-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006081357/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPevanEkik24kQ== 2015-10-06 dead A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 196 events in 21 sports and 23 disciplines. The number of participating countries was the highest in Asian Games history. Handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; fencing and bowling were excluded.http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/9th_Asian_Games.htm IX Asian Games 11 April 2011 Pakistan Sports Board's official website https://web.archive.org/web/20120324002516/http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/9th_Asian_Games.htm 2012-03-24 dead Highlights These Asian Games saw the beginning of Chinese dominance in the medals tally. Japan had won the maximum number of medals in previous editions of the Games. China made its presence felt in the sporting world by dethroning Japan as the top medalists. In preparation for the IX Asian Games, color television was introduced in India in a big way, as the Games were to be broadcast in colour.Chandran Kannan Indian TV goes colour for Games http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19821008-1.2.221.3 26 April 2018 The Straits Times 8 October 1982 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20180426221300/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19821008-1.2.221.3 26 April 2018 live The logo of the games was the image of Mishra Yantra, one of the four distinct astronomical instruments of the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi observatory.July 2022 The mascot for the Games was Appu – a young elephant, based on a real-life one named Kuttinarayanan, who died on 14 May 2005.https://thehimalayantimes.com/world/asiad-appu-dies-of-high-fever/ Asiad Appu dies of high fever thehimalayantimes.com 13 May 2005 2017-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312195429/https://thehimalayantimes.com/world/asiad-appu-dies-of-high-fever/ 2017-03-12 live Host of the next (10th) Asian Games in 1986, and the 24th Summer Olympics in 1988, Seoul, South Korea participated in the Delhi Asian Games with a 406-person delegation, including an observation team to study the facilities, management and events. Doordarshan started colour television broadcasts expressly for the Asian Games 1982.https://scroll.in/article/680435/flashback-1982-the-asian-games-that-transformed-delhi Flashback 1982: The Asian Games that transformed Delhi 25 September 2014 2017-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20150820023955/http://scroll.in/article/680435/flashback-1982-the-asian-games-that-transformed-delhi 2015-08-20 livehttps://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20091228-1982-colour-television-is-introduced-out-of-the-dark-ages-741614-2009-12-23 1982-Colour television is introduced: Out of the dark ages 24 December 2009 2017-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205217/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/1982-Colour+television+is+introduced:+Out+of+the+dark+ages/1/76371.html 2017-04-25 live It was officially opened by President Zail Singh and athlete's oath was taken by P.T. Usha. The main stadium for the games was the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. A coin was also minted for the event. thumb|Obverse of the coin commemorating the 1982 Asian games held in New Delhi thumb|Reverse of the 1982 Asian games coin Sports 22em Archery 4 Athletics 40 Badminton 7 Basketball 2 Boxing 12 Cycling 7 Diving 4 Equestrian 4 Field hockey 2 Football 1 Golf 2 Gymnastics 14 Handball 1 Rowing 4 Sailing 4 Shooting 22 Swimming 29 Table tennis 7 Tennis 7 Volleyball 2 Water polo 1 Weightlifting 10 Wrestling 10 Exhibition sports Kabaddi Sepak takraw Participating nations 22em AFG 1982 Asian Games 14 BRN 1982 Asian Games 22 BAN 1982 Asian Games 11 BIR 1982 Asian Games 9 CHN 1982 Asian Games 265 HKG 1982 Asian Games 172 IND 1982 Asian Games 828 INA 1982 Asian Games 170 IRN 1982 Asian Games 130 IRQ 1982 Asian Games 30 JPN 1982 Asian Games 344 KUW 1982 Asian Games 26 LAO 1982 Asian Games 5 LIB 1982 Asian Games 16 MAL 1982 Asian Games 88 MDV 1982 Asian Games 8 MGL 1982 Asian Games 11 NEP 1982 Asian Games 15 PRK 1982 Asian Games 71 KOR 1982 Asian Games 188 OMA 1982 Asian Games 19 PAK 1982 Asian Games 113 PHI 1982 Asian Games 184 QAT 1982 Asian Games 77 SAU 1982 Asian Games 21 SIN 1982 Asian Games 83 SRI 1982 Asian Games 15 SYR 1982 Asian Games 20 THA 1982 Asian Games 233 UAE 1982 Asian Games 86 VIE 1982 Asian Games 540 YAR 1982 Asian Games 17 ADE 1982 Asian Games 20 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest) IOC Letter Code Country Athletes IND IND 1982 Asian Games 828 VIE VIE 1982 Asian Games 540 JPN JPN 1982 Asian Games 344 CHN CHN 1982 Asian Games 265 THA THA 1982 Asian Games 233 KOR KOR 1982 Asian Games 188 PHI PHI 1982 Asian Games 184 HKG HKG 1982 Asian Games 172 INA INA 1982 Asian Games 170 IRN IRN 1982 Asian Games 130 PAK PAK 1982 Asian Games 113 MAL MAL 1982 Asian Games 88 UAE UAE 1982 Asian Games 86 SIN SIN 1982 Asian Games 83 QAT QAT 1982 Asian Games 77 PRK PRK 1982 Asian Games 71 IRQ IRQ 1982 Asian Games 30 KUW KUW 1982 Asian Games 26 BRN BRN 1982 Asian Games 22 KSA KSA 1982 Asian Games 21 SYR SYR 1982 Asian Games 20 ADE ADE 1982 Asian Games 20 OMA OMA 1982 Asian Games 19 YAR YAR 1982 Asian Games 17 LIB LIB 1982 Asian Games 16 NEP NEP 1982 Asian Games 15 SRI SRI 1982 Asian Games 15 AFG AFG 1982 Asian Games 14 BAN BAN 1982 Asian Games 11 MGL MGL 1982 Asian Games 11 BIR BIR 1982 Asian Games 9 MDV MDV 1982 Asian Games 8 LAO LAO 1982 Asian Games 5 Medal table thumb|104x104px|1982 Asian Games Mascot "Appu" 1982 Asian Games medal table The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, India, is highlighted. China won Asian Games for the first time by defeating Japan in gold medal tally, and has become the defending winning team since. See also Asian Games 1951 Asian Games 2010 Commonwealth Games 2030 Commonwealth Games References External links IX Asian Games at Olympic Council of Asia website Asian Games mascot Appu is no more Celebrity elephant `Asiad Appu' died at the Aanakotta (elephant yard) of the Guruvayur Devaswom at Punnathurkotta Asian Games New Delhi Bangkok Seoul IX Asiad (1982) Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games Category:1980s in Delhi Category:Multi-sport events in India Category:Asian Games by year Asian Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by India Category:November 1982 sports events in Asia Category:December 1982 sports events in Asia