1994 Asian Games

Multi-sport event in Hiroshima, Japan XII Asian Games 1994 Asian Games logo.svg 200px Asian Harmony Hiroshima, Japan 42 6,828 337 in 34 sports 2 October 1994 16 October 1994 AkihitoEmperor of Japan Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-SabahPresident of the Olympic Council of Asia Ryohei Koba Aki IchijoYasunori Uchitomi Hiroshima Park Main Stadium Beijing 1990 Bangkok 1998 Sapporo 1990 Harbin 1996 hiroshima-cu.ac.jp (archived) The 1994 Asian Games (ja 1994年アジア競技大会 no none), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games (ja 第12回アジア競技大会 no none) or simply Hiroshima 1994 (ja 広島1994 none), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. This concept was used due to the historical fact that the city was the site of the first atomic bomb attack 49 years earlier. Due to the 1991 Gulf War, Iraq was suspended from the games and North Korea did not participate owing to the country being amidst a three-year period of national mourning after the death of their founding leader Kim Il-sung on 8 July, as they previously boycotted the 1986 games and the 1988 Summer Olympics which both held in the South Korean capital Seoul. The games debuted the five Asian former republics of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan while Cambodia made a comeback to the games after they last participated in 1962.http://en.beijing2008.cn/58/81/article212058158.shtml Past Asian Games – Hiroshima 1994 Asian Games beijing2008.cn (official website of 2008 Beijing Olympics) November 22, 2006 May 26, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130617120725/http://en.beijing2008.cn/58/81/article212058158.shtml June 17, 2013 There were a total number of 6,828 athletes and officials involved, from 42 countries, with a total number of 34 sports. Debut sports at this edition of the Asiad were baseball, karate and modern pentathlon. Bidding process In 1983, two cities in Asia demonstrated interest to host the 1990 Asian Games, one was Beijing in the People's Republic of China and the other was Hiroshima in Japan. The two interest parties presented their projects before an Olympic Council of Asia committee, during a meeting of the same, during the following year in Seoul, that also served as a previous meeting to evaluate the preparations of the city for the next Asian Games and also for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Beijing eventually won the right to host the 1990 edition. However, the Japanese authorities were unaware of the Chinese proposal until this date and were surprised by the option for the capital of China. Nevertheless, the Japanese proposal was extremely praised to the point that the OCA invited the city to host the following Games in 1994.http://www.hangzhou2022.cn/yybk/yyls/201712/t20171213_659.shtml The 11th Asian Games: Beijing, China 4 September 2018 Hangzhou 2022 Official Website 4 September 2018 28 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191128180507/https://www.hangzhou2022.cn/yybk/yyls/201712/t20171213_659.shtml dead 34 votes were needed for selection. + 1990 Asian Games bidding result City CountryVotesBeijing China 44Hiroshima Japan 23 Marketing Logo The emblem of the games is an abstract image of a dove, symbol of peace, which resembles the letter 'H' initial as in the host city name Hiroshima, reflecting Hiroshima's desire for peace. The OCA emblem is the symbol of Asian Games as a whole which resembles athlete in motion.http://www.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp:80/japanese/EASIA/Outline/Outline.html https://web.archive.org/web/19980205122041/http://www.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/japanese/EASIA/Outline/Outline.html dead 1998-02-05 Outline 2019-02-21 Mascot thumbnail|Official mascots The official mascot of the XII Asiad is a pair of white doves. Poppo and Cuccu, male and female respectively, represent peace and harmony – the main theme of this edition of the Asian Games.http://www.gz2010.cn/08/0427/17/4AI8DV6I0078003F.html 12th Asian Games Hiroshima 1994 – Poppo & CuCCu gz2010.cn (official website of 2010 Asian Games) GAGOC April 27, 2008 May 26, 2011 March 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307011750/http://www.gz2010.cn/08/0427/17/4AI8DV6I0078003F.html dead They were designed by well-known manga artist and character designer Susumu Matsushita. Participating nations National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 1994. 22em AFG 1994 Asian Games 4 BRN 1994 Asian Games 28 BAN 1994 Asian Games 10 BHU 1994 Asian Games 7 BRU 1994 Asian Games 6 CAM 1994 Asian Games 18 CHN 1994 Asian Games 568 TPE 1994 Asian Games 77 HKG 1994 Asian Games 109 IND 1994 Asian Games 146 INA 1994 Asian Games 117 IRI 1994 Asian Games 135 JPN 1994 Asian Games 678 JOR 1994 Asian Games 25 KAZ 1994 Asian Games 118 KUW 1994 Asian Games 13 KGZ 1994 Asian Games 8 LAO 1994 Asian Games 4 LIB 1994 Asian Games 7 MAC 1994 Asian Games 2 MAS 1994 Asian Games 126 MDV 1994 Asian Games 5 MGL 1994 Asian Games 26 MYA 1994 Asian Games 12 NEP 1994 Asian Games 91 OMA 1994 Asian Games 54 PAK 1994 Asian Games 119 PLE 1994 Asian Games 1 PHI 1994 Asian Games QAT 1994 Asian Games 103 KSA 1994 Asian Games 65 SIN 1994 Asian Games 142 KOR 1994 Asian Games 558 SRI 1994 Asian Games 11 SYR 1994 Asian Games 7 TJK 1994 Asian Games 15 THA 1994 Asian Games TKM 1994 Asian Games 16 UAE 1994 Asian Games UZB 1994 Asian Games 143 VIE 1994 Asian Games YEM 1994 Asian Games Sports 22em Archery 4 Athletics 43 Badminton 7 Baseball 1 Basketball 2 Bowling 12 Boxing 12 Canoeing 13 Cycling 10 Road Track Equestrian 4 Fencing 8 Field hockey 2 Football 2 Golf 4 Gymnastics 15 Artistic Rhythmic Handball 2 Judo 16 Kabaddi 1 Karate 11 Modern pentathlon 2 Rowing 12 Sailing 7 Sepak takraw 1 Shooting 34 Softball 1 Soft tennis 4 Swimming Diving 4 Swimming 31 Synchronized swimming 2 Water polo 1 Table tennis 7 Taekwondo 8 Tennis 7 Volleyball 2 Weightlifting 19 Wrestling 20 Wushu 6 Calendar OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony October 19941stSat2ndSun3rdMon4thTue5thWed6thThu7thFri8thSat9thSun10thMon11thTue12thWed13thThu14thFri15thSat16thSunGoldmedals Ceremonies OC CC   18px Archery | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 18px Athletics | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 10 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 9 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | 43 18px Badminton | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | 7 18px Baseball | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 1 18px Basketball | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 2 18px Bowling | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | 12 18px Boxing | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 12 | | | | 12 18px Canoeing | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 Cycling 18px Road | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | 3 18px Track | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | | | 7 18px Equestrian | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 18px Fencing | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 18px Field hockey | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 2 18px Football | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 2 18px Golf | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | | | | | | | | 4 Gymnastics 18px Artistic | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 18px Rhythmic | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 18px Handball | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 2 18px Judo | | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | | 16 18px Kabaddi | | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | 1 18px Karate | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 18px Modern pentathlon | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | 2 18px Rowing | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 12 | | | | | | | 12 18px Sailing | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | | | | | | 7 18px Sepak takraw | | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 1 18px Shooting | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | | | 34 18px Soft tennis | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | 4 18px Softball | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 Swimming 15px Diving | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 18px Swimming | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 31 18px Synchronized swimming | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 18px Water polo | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 1 18px Table tennis | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | 7 18px Taekwondo | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | | | | | | | | 8 18px Tennis | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | | | 7 18px Volleyball | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 2 18px Weightlifting | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | | | | | 19 18px Wrestling | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | | | | | | 20 18px Wushu | | | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | | | 6Total gold medals 14 16 22 28 17 23 41 35 22 17 36 32 24 10 337October 19941stSat2ndSun3rdMon4thTue5thWed6thThu7thFri8thSat9thSun10thMon11thTue12thWed13thThu14thFri15thSat16thSunGoldmedals Medal table 1994 Asian Games medal table The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Japan, is highlighted. Doping scandal Doping in China The Chinese had 11 athletes test positive for banned drugs and anabolic steroids at the 1994 Asian Games.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/drugs/stories/top10.html#6 10 Drug Scandals–Chinese swim team cbc.ca (CBC Sports Online) January 19, 2003 May 26, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20040220114755/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/drugs/stories/top10.html February 20, 2004 dead Less than a month before the Asian Games, a scandal at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, when the Chinese had won 12 of the 16 women's swimming titles, with two of those nine world champions among those who tested positive at the Asian games.http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1594.asp?q=Chinese-World-Record-Holder-Tests-Positive-for-Steroids Chinese World Record-Holder Tests Positive for Steroids swimmingworldmagazine.com (Swimming World Magazine) July 13, 2000 Parr, Derek May 26, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120902045604/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1594.asp?q=Chinese-World-Record-Holder-Tests-Positive-for-Steroids 2012-09-02 deadhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/storyolympic/china1.html The China Syndrome sportsillustrated.com (Sports Illustrated) Wolff, Alexandra October 16, 1995 May 26, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20000819133910/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/storyolympic/china1.html August 19, 2000 deadhttps://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/sports/olympics-drug-sleuths-surprise-produces-a-breakthrough.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm OLYMPICS; Drug Sleuths' Surprise Produces a Breakthrough 18 December 1994 The New York Times 10 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130617232416/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/sports/olympics-drug-sleuths-surprise-produces-a-breakthrough.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm 17 June 2013 livehttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4691534.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130603195808/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4691534.html usurped 3 June 2013 Swimming: Two-year ban for Chinese 13 December 1994 The Independent HighBeam Research subscription London, England 10 September 2012http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-922314.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130603192316/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-922314.html usurped 3 June 2013 Asian Games 5 December 1994 The Washington Post HighBeam Research subscription 10 September 2012 References External links Hiroshima city university Asian Games page Beijing Asian GamesHiroshima XII Asian Games (1994) Bangkok A Asian Games Asian Games Asian Games Category:Multi-sport events in Japan Category:Asian Games by year Category:Sports competitions in Hiroshima Asian