1997 West Asian Games

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.

Sports

•  Athletics (22) ()
•  Badminton (3) ()
•  Basketball (1) ()
•  Boxing (12) ()
•  Fencing (6) ()

•  Football (1) ()
•  Judo (8) ()
•  Karate (11) ()
•  Shooting (14) ()
•  Swimming (16) ()

•  Table tennis (3) ()
•  Taekwondo (8) ()
•  Tennis (3) ()
•  Weightlifting (10) ()
•  Wrestling (16) ()

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 (LBN)	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

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games