1997 West Asian Games

1st West Asian Games
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Nations participating	10
Athletes participating	850
Officially opened by	Ali Khamenei

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 11 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.

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.

Medal table

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	63	37	56	156
2	Kyrgyzstan	26	15	16	57
3	Syria	16	22	13	51
4	Kuwait	15	22	20	57
5	Turkmenistan	5	13	30	48
6	Tajikistan	3	11	19	33
7	Lebanon	2	4	6	12
8	Jordan	2	4	4	10
9	Qatar	1	5	6	12
10	Yemen	1	0	0	1
Total		134	133	170	437

External links

Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games

West Asian Games

Tehran 1997 Kuwait 2002 Doha 2005 Kish Island 2014

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia

Sports NOCs Mascots

Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games

Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹

¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.

Nations at the 1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran

Iran Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Qatar Syria Tajikistan Turkmenistan Yemen

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