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1st West Asian Games
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Nations	10
Athletes	850
Events	134 in 15 Sports
Opening	19 November
Closing	28 November
Opened by	President Mohammad Khatami
Torch lighter	Teymour Ghiasi
Main venue	Azadi Stadium
Website	WestAsianGames.com
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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 15 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.^[1]

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.

Sports

Participating nations

Medal table

* Host nation (Iran)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)*	63	37	56	156
2	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	26	15	16	57
3	Syria (SYR)	16	22	13	51
4	Kuwait (KUW)	15	22	20	57
5	Turkmenistan (TKM)	5	13	30	48
6	Tajikistan (TJK)	3	11	19	33
7	Lebanon (LIB)	2	4	6	12
8	Jordan (JOR)	2	4	4	10
9	Qatar (QAT)	1	5	6	12
10	Yemen (YEM)	1	0	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		134	133	170	437

References

^ "OCA - Iran 1997". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

External links

Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games

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[1] "OCA - Iran 1997". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

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+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 15 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oca.asia/games/74-iran-1997.html |title=OCA - Iran 1997 |access-date=15 November 2024 |publisher=[[Olympic Council of Asia]]}}</ref>
 The nations that participated were: [[Iran]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Qatar]], [[Syria]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Yemen]].
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+The official sports programme contained [[sport of athletics|athletics]], [[aquatic sports|aquatics]], [[badminton]], [[basketball]], [[boxing]], [[fencing]], [[association football|football]], [[judo]], [[karate]], [[shooting sports|shooting]], [[table tennis]], [[taekwondo]], [[tennis]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]], and [[amateur wrestling|wrestling]].
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¹ Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.² Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.