1951 Asian Games

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I Asian Games
I Asian Games
Nations participating 11
Athletes participating 489
Events 6 sports
Opening ceremony March 4, 1951
Closing ceremony March 11, 1951
Officially opened by President Rajendra Prasad
Athlete's Oath ---
Judge's Oath ---
Torch Lighter ---
Stadium Dhyan Chand National Stadium

The 1st Asian Games were held from March 4 to March 11, 1951 in Delhi, India. Originally scheduled to be held in 1950, it was postponed until 1951 due to delays in preparations. Although Japan was barred from the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and was not invited to the founding meeting of the Asian Games Federation, it was allowed to compete in the inaugural Asian Games. Meanwhile, Korea was not able to participate due to the Korean War.

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[edit] Participating NOCs

National Olympic Committee (NOCs) are named and arranged according to their IOC country codes at the time.

  • Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Flag of Burma Burma
  • Flag of India India
  • Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
  • Flag of Iran Iran
  • Flag of Japan Japan
  • Flag of Nepal Nepal
  • Flag of the Philippines Philippines
  • Flag of Singapore Singapore (self-governing British colony at the time)
  • Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Flag of Thailand Thailand

[edit] Sports

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Japan Japan 24 21 15 60
2 Flag of India India (host) 15 16 20 51
3 Flag of Iran Iran 8 6 2 16
4 Flag of Singapore Singapore 5 7 2 14
5 Flag of the Philippines Philippines 5 6 8 19
6 Flag of Sri Lanka Ceylon 0 1 0 1
7 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 0 0 5 5
8 Flag of Burma Burma 0 0 3 3
Total 57 57 55 169

[edit] References

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