1986 Asian Games - Citizendia

X Asian Games

Nations participating	27
Athletes participating	4,839
Events	25 sports
Opening ceremony	September 20
Closing ceremony	October 5
Officially opened by	President Chun Doo-hwan
Athlete's Oath	---
Judge's Oath	---
Torch Lighter	---
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 10th Asian Games were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Chun Doo-hwan (born 18 January, 1931) was former ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988 The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. The Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil) in Seoul, South Korea, was the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics, and The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a Multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities used in the 1988 Summer Olympics because this was considered a test event. The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event staged in 1988 in

A total number of 4,839 athletes, coming from 27 countries, were competing in 25 events. Debuting sports were judo, taekwondo, women's cycling and women's Shooting. meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Shooting is the act or process of firing Rifles Shotguns or other projectile Weapons such as bows or Crossbows Even the firing of 83 Asian records and three world records were broken, while two world records were equalled in the Seoul Asiad.

Hammer thrower Shigenobu Murofushi from Japan won the Asian Games gold for the fifth successive time (1970–1986). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. But the star of the 1986 Asian Games was the Payyoli Express – P. T. Usha. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha ( Malayalam: പിലാവുളളകണ്ടി തെക്കേപറമ്പില്‍ ഉഷ) (born June 27 She won four gold medals (and one silver), becoming the biggest winner of athletics gold medals in the Seoul Asiad.

The Seoul Asiad marked the coming of age of South Korean sports. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː They came second in the Seoul Asiad in the medal tally, displacing Japan. From the 1986 Asiad onwards, China and South Korea would always finish one and two in the overall medal count (except the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima). The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan

All socialist countries including North Korea except Mainland China boycotted the game due to political conditions. A spy detonated a bomb behind a vending machine in Kimpo Airport and killed 5 people, including a technician, just few days before the game started. Gimpo International Airport (김포국제공항 commonly known as Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport) is located in the far western end of Seoul

Sports

Medal table

Total		270	268	299	837
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	94	82	46	222
2	South Korea (host)	93	55	76	224
3	Japan	58	76	77	211
4	Iran	6	6	10	26
5	India	5	9	23	37
6	Philippines	4	5	9	18
7	Thailand	3	10	13	26
8	Pakistan	2	3	4	9
9	Indonesia	1	5	4	10
10	Hong Kong	1	1	3	5
11	Qatar	1	0	3	4
12	Lebanon	1	0	1	2
13	Bahrain	1	0	1	2
14	Malaysia	0	5	5	10
15	Iraq	0	5	2	7
16	Jordan	0	3	1	4
17	Kuwait	0	1	7	8
18	Singapore	0	1	4	5
19	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
20	Nepal	0	0	8	8
21	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
22	Oman	0	0	1	1

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