- West Asian Games
The West Asian Games were first organised in
Tehran, Iran and were considered the first of their kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every 2 years.1st West Asian Games Tehran 1997
The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to
28 November 1997 inTehran ,Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 15 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.The nations that participated were:
Iran ,Jordan ,Kuwait ,Kyrgyzstan ,Lebanon ,Qatar ,Syria ,Tajikistan ,Turkmenistan andYemen .The official sports programme contained Athletics, Aquatics,
Badminton ,Basketball ,Boxing ,Fencing , Football,Judo ,Karate ,Shooting ,Table Tennis ,Taekwondo ,Tennis ,Weightlifting andWrestling .Medal count
The colour in the number indicate the medal added or stripped by one due to the failure of gender test.
External links
* [http://www.wag2005.com/ 3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005]
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