Asian Games sports

This is a list of sports played in the Asian Games and other major affiliated games organized by the Olympic Council of Asia. On 29 June 2009, the OCA announced major changes to the event lists in the five major events, in particular aiming to restrict each sport to be played in not more than one event, although exemptions may be made.^[1] The first round of changes commenced with the 2014 Asian Games when the number of events was recommended to be restricted to 35 with 28 Olympic sports and up to a maximum of seven non-Olympic sports. Some events currently in the Asian Games programme may henceforth be relegated to the newly formed Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games which was first held in 2013 or to the Asian Beach Games.

Asian Games

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)		Body World (Asia)	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26

Aquatics	Artistic swimming	AQUA (AASF)												2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	X
	Diving		2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	8	10	10	10	10	10	X
	Open water swimming																				2	X
	Swimming		8	13	21	21	23	24	25	29	29	29	31	31	32	32	38	38	38	41	41	X
	Water polo		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Archery		WA (WAA)								4	4	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	10	X
Athletics		WA (AAA)	33	30	31	32	34	35	35	39	40	42	43	43	45	45	45	47	47	48	48	X
Badminton		BWF (BA)				6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	X
Baseball / Softball	Baseball	WBSC (BFA/SA)											•	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X
Baseball / Softball	Softball	WBSC (BFA/SA)											1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X
Basketball	3x3	FIBA (FIBA Asia)																		2	2	X
Basketball	Basketball	FIBA (FIBA Asia)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Bodybuilding		IFBB (AFBF)														8	8
Bowling		IBF (ABF)								10		12		12	10	10	12	12	12	6
Boxing		IBA (ASBC)		7	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	13	X
Bridge		WBF (APBF)																		6	3
Canoeing	Canoe polo	ICF (ACC)																		•
	Slalom																	4	4	4	4	X
	Sprint												13	13	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	X
Chess		FIDE (ACF)															3	4			4
Cricket		ICC (ACC)																2	2		2
Cue sports		WCBS (ACBS)													10	10	10	10
Cycling	BMX freestyle	UCI (ACC)																				X
	BMX racing																	2	2	2	2	X
	Mountain bike														4	4		2	2	4	2	X
	Road		1		2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	X
	Track		3		4		8	8	4	4	5	6	8	7	7	12	12	10	10	14	12	X
Dancesport	Ballroom	WDSF (DSA)													•			10
Dancesport	Breaking	WDSF (DSA)																			2	X
Dragon boat		IDBF (ADBF)																6		5	6
Equestrian		FEI (AEF)									4	6		4	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	X
Esports		IESF (AESF)																		•	7	X
Fencing		FIE (FCA)							8	8		8	10	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	X
Field hockey		FIH (AHF)			1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Football		FIFA (AFC)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Go		IGF (AGF)																3			3
Golf		IGF (APGC)									2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	X
Gymnastics	Artistic	FIG (AGU)							14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	X
	Rhythmic													1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
	Trampoline																2	2	2	2	2	X
Handball		IHF (AHF)									1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Jet ski		UIM																		4
Judo		IJF (JUA)										8	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	X
Ju-jitsu		JJIF (JJAU)																		8	8	X
Kabaddi		IKF (AKF)											1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Karate		WKF (AKF)												11	11	11	13	13	13	12	14	X
Kurash		IKA (KCAO)																		7	7	X
Modern pentathlon		UIPM (AMPC)												2		6		4	4	2	4	X
Paragliding		FAI (AFA)																		6
Pencak silat		IPSF (APSIF)																		16
Roller sports	Artistic	WSK (WSA)																3			1
	Inline freestyle																				3
	Skateboarding																			4	4	X
	Speed																	6		2	6
Rowing		FISA (ARF)									4	8	14	12	11	13	10	14	14	15	14	X
Rugby	Sevens	WR (AR)													1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Rugby	Union	WR (AR)													1	1
Sailing		WS (ASAF)						5		4	4	5	7	7	16	15	14	14	14	10	14	X
Sambo		FIAS (SUAO)																		4
Sepak takraw		ISTAF (ASTAF)											2	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	X
Shooting		ISSF (ASC)		6	6	5	14	14	22	22	22	30	40	34	34	42	44	44	44	20	33	X
Soft tennis		ISTF (ASTF)											•	4	4	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Sport climbing		IFSC (IFSC Asia)																		6	6	X
Squash		WSF (ASF)													2	2	2	4	4	4	5	X
Surfing		ISA (ASF)																				X
Table tennis		ITTF (ATTU)			7	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	X
Taekwondo		WT (ATU)										8		8	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	X
Tennis		ITF (ATF)			5	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Triathlon		TRI (AST)															2	2	3	3	3	X
Volleyball	Beach	FIVB (AVC)													2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Volleyball	Indoor	FIVB (AVC)			2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Weightlifting		IWF (AWF)	7	7	8		8	8	27	10	10	10	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	X
Wrestling		UWW (UWW Asia)		7	8	16	8	10	20	10	10	20	20	20	16	18	18	18	20	18	18	X
Wushu		IWUF (WFA)											6	6	11	11	11	15	15	14	15	X
Xiangqi		WXF (AXF)																2			3

Total events			57	77	112	120	140	135	200	199	196	269	308	337	377	419	424	476	439	465	481

Demonstration Asian Games sports

The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:

Muaythai (1998)

Asian Winter Games

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)		Body World (Asia)	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	25

Bandy		FIB							1
Biathlon		IBU	3	3	6	6	6	7	7	7	4
Curling		WC					2	2		2	3
Ice hockey		IIHF	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Skating	Figure	ISU (ASU)	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4
	Short-track speed		8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9
	Speed		9	9	9	9	9	10	12	14	14
Ski mountaineering		ISMF (ASMF)									3
Ski orienteering		IOF							8
Skiing	Alpine	FIS (ASF)	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	4	2
	Cross-country		6	6	6	6	7	6	12	10	6
	Freestyle				2		2	2	6	4	11
	Ski jumping		•	•	•		2		3	3
	Snowboarding						3 •	2		6	6

Total events			35	33	43	43	51	47	69	64	64

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)		Body World (Asia)	05	07	09 (M)	09	13	17

3x3 basketball		FIBA (FIBA Asia)		•		2		2
Aerobic gymnastics		FIG (AGU)	4	4		4
Bowling		IBF (ABF)		6		6	6	6
Boxing		IBA (ASBC)				8
Chess		FIDE (ACF)		9		4	4	10
Cue sports		WCBS (ACBS)		8		10	10	13
Cycling	BMX freestyle	UCI (ACC)	3	5
	Indoor		5	5
	Track							9
Dancesport		WDSF (DSA)	12	12		10	10	11
Dragon & lion dance		IDLDF (DLDFA)		6		6
Equestrian		FEI (AEF)						3
Esports		IESF (AESF)		3		6	6	•
Finswimming		CMAS (AUF)		8		16
Futsal		FIFA (AFC)	2	2		2	2	2
Go		IGF (AGF)					4
Indoor archery		WA (WAA)				8
Indoor athletics		WA (AAA)	26	26		26		25
Indoor hockey		FIH (AHF)		1
Judo		IJF (JUA)			14
Ju-jitsu		JJIF (JJAU)			7	•		25
Kabaddi	Indoor	IKF (AKF)				1	2
Kabaddi	Standard	IKF (AKF)		1
Karate		WKF (AKF)			10
Kickboxing		WAKO (WAKO Asia)		•	10	8	9	15
Kurash		IKA (KCAO)		•	14	8	8	15
Muaythai		IFMA (FAMA)	17	9	15	9	9	14
Pencak silat		IPSF (APSIF)			11	15
Pétanque		FIPJP (ABSC)				4
Roller sports	Roller freestyle	WSK (WSA)	3	4
Roller sports	Skateboarding	WSK (WSA)	2	2
Sambo		FIAS (SUAO)						23
Sepak takraw		ISTAF (ASTAF)	2	2		2
Short course swimming		AQUA (AASF)	40	30		30	30	30
Shuttlecock		ISF				6
Sport climbing		IFSC (IFSC Asia)	4	4
Taekwondo		WT (ATU)			16			18
Tennis		ITF (ATF)						5
Vovinam		WVVF (AVF)				14
Weightlifting		IWF (AWF)						16
Wrestling	Alysh	UWW (UWW Asia)						24
	Belt					•		28
	Kazakh kuresi							3
	Pahlavani							3
	Turkmen goresh							26
	Wrestling							22
Wushu		IWUF (WFA)			11	8
Xiangqi		WXF (AXF)		4		2

Total events			120	151	108	215	100	348

Asian Beach Games

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)		Body World (Asia)	08	10	12	14	16

3x3 basketball		FIBA (FIBA Asia)	2		2	2	2
Air sports	Paragliding	FAI (AFA)	8			4
Air sports	Paramotoring	FAI (AFA)			4	4
Aquatics	Beach water polo	AQUA (AASF)	1	1		1	1
Aquatics	Open water swimming	AQUA (AASF)	4	4		4	4
Beach athletics		WA (AAA)				12	14
Beach flag football		IFAF (IFAF Asia)				1
Beach handball		IHF (AHF)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach kabaddi		IKF (AKF)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach kurash		IKA (KCAO)				8	10
Beach sambo		FIAS (SUAO)				7	8
Beach sepak takraw		ISTAF (ASTAF)	4	4	4	6	6
Beach soccer		FIFA (AFC)	1	1	1	1	1
Beach volleyball		FIVB (AVC)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach woodball		IWbF (AWbF)	4	4	4	8	11
Beach wrestling		UWW (UWW Asia)	4			6	8
BMX freestyle		UCI (ACC)				4
Bodybuilding		IFBB (AFBF)	6	6		5	7
Coastal rowing		FISA (ARF)					6
Dragon boat		IDBF (ADBF)	6		6
Footvolley		(AFF)				1
Jet ski		UIM	4	4		6
Ju-jitsu		JJIF (JJAU)				12	18
Muaythai		IFMA (FAMA)				15	16
Pencak silat		IPSF (APSIF)	8				18
Pétanque		FIPJP (ABSC)				9	9
Roller sports	Roller freestyle	WSK (WSA)				3
	Skateboarding					3
	Speed				8
Sailing		WS (ASAF)	6	6	2	9
Shuttlecock		ISF					7
Sport climbing		IFSC (IFSC Asia)			8	4
Squash		WSF (ASF)				2
Surfing		ISA (ASF)	5
Tent pegging		ITPF (ATPC)		8
Triathle		UIPM (AMPC)				3
Triathlon	Duathlon	TRI (AST)				3
Triathlon	Triathlon	TRI (AST)	2	2		3
Vocotruyen		WFVV					11
Vovinam		WVVF (AVF)					9
Water skiing		IWWF (AWWF)		6	4	13

Total events			71	52	49	165	172

Asian Youth Games

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)		Body World (Asia)	09	13

3x3 basketball		FIBA (FIBA Asia)	2	2
Aquatics	Diving	AQUA (AASF)	4	4
Aquatics	Swimming	AQUA (AASF)	32	30
Athletics		WA (AAA)	28	34
Badminton		BWF (BA)		3
Beach volleyball		FIVB (AVC)	2
Bowling		IBF (ABF)	8
Fencing		FIE (FCA)		6
Football		FIFA (AFC)	1	1
Golf		IGF (APGC)		2
Handball		IHF (AHF)		2
Judo		IJF (JUA)		6
Rugby sevens		WR (AR)		2
Sailing		WS (ASAF)	5
Shooting		ISSF (ASC)	4	8
Squash		WSF (ASF)		4
Table tennis		ITTF (ATTU)	4	2
Taekwondo		WT (ATU)		4
Tennis		ITF (ATF)		3
Weightlifting		IWF (AWF)		9

Total events			90	122

References

^ "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

External links

Olympic Council of Asia

[1] "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

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v t e Sports at the Asian Games
Summer sports	Archery Artistic swimming Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Board games Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Dancesport Diving Dragon boat Equestrian Esports Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Ju-jitsu Kabaddi Karate Kurash Modern pentathlon Roller sports Rowing Rugby union Sailing Sepak takraw Shooting Soft tennis Softball Sport climbing Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Short-track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating
Discontinued sports	Bandy Bodybuilding Bowling Cue sports Jet ski Martial arts Paragliding Ski orienteering

v t e Asian Games
Sports Bids OCA NOCs Medal table Summer Winter Mascots
Summer Games	1951 New Delhi 1954 Manila 1958 Tokyo 1962 Jakarta 1966 Bangkok 1970 Bangkok 1974 Tehran 1978 Bangkok 1982 New Delhi 1986 Seoul 1990 Beijing 1994 Hiroshima 1998 Bangkok 2002 Busan 2006 Doha 2010 Guangzhou 2014 Incheon 2018 Jakarta & Palembang 2022 Hangzhou^† 2026 Aichi-Nagoya 2030 Doha 2034 Riyadh
Winter Games	1986 Sapporo 1990 Sapporo 1996 Harbin 1999 Kangwon 2003 Aomori 2007 Changchun 2011 Astana & Almaty 2017 Sapporo 2025 Harbin 2029 Trojena
^†Postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Asian Games

Asian Winter Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Beach Games

Asian Youth Games

See also

References

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