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Revision as of 00:19, 23 April 2014
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
| 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 | |
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