1997 West Asian Games

Multi-sport event held in Tehran November 2024 1st West Asian Games Tehran, Iran 10 850 134 in 15 Sports 19 November 28 November President Mohammad Khatami Teymour Ghiasi Azadi Stadium WestAsianGames.com 90 2002 The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to 28 November 1997 in Tehran, Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 15 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.https://oca.asia/games/74-iran-1997.html OCA - Iran 1997 15 November 2024 Olympic Council of Asia The nations that participated were: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen. The official sports programme contained athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, football, judo, karate, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. Venues Tehran َAzadi Complex Azadi Stadium Azadi Velodrome Azadi Indoor Stadium Azadi Swimming Pool Hall Azadi Five Halls Complex Heidarnia Hall Azadi Basketball Hall Azadi Weightlifting Hall Azadi Volleyball Hall Azadi Wrestling Hall Azadi Women's Hall Azadi Shooting Complex Azadi Artificial Lake Azadi Driving Court Azadi Tennis Courts Olympic Hotel, Tehran Azadi Equestrian Court Azadi Karting Court Azadi Baseball Court Azadi Football Training Pitches 13th Rajab Sport Hall Sports 22em Athletics 22 Badminton 3 Basketball 1 Boxing 12 Fencing 6 Football 1 Judo 8 Karate 11 Shooting 14 Swimming 16 Table tennis 3 Taekwondo 8 Tennis 3 Weightlifting 10 Wrestling 16 Participating nations IRN 1997 West Asian Games (host) JOR 1997 West Asian Games KUW 1997 West Asian Games KGZ 1997 West Asian Games LBN 1997 West Asian Games QAT 1997 West Asian Games SYR 1997 West Asian Games TJK 1997 West Asian Games TKM 1997 West Asian Games YEM 1997 West Asian Games PLE 1997 West Asian Games Did not participate UAE 1997 West Asian Games Did not participate KSA 1997 West Asian Games Did not participate OMN 1997 West Asian Games Did not participate BRN 1997 West Asian Games Did not participate Medal table IRI flagIOC2team 1997 West Asian Games 63 37 56 yes 26 15 16 16 22 13 15 22 20 5 13 30 3 11 19 2 4 6 2 4 4 1 5 6 1 0 0 References External links Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games Category:West Asian Games West Asian Games, 1997 Category:International sports competitions hosted by Iran Category:Sports competitions in Tehran Category:Multi-sport events in Iran Category:1990s in Tehran Category:November 1997 sports events in Asia