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Multi-sport event held in Tehran

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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.

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

v t e West Asian Games
Tehran 1997 Kuwait 2002 Doha 2005

v t e Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games
Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Defunct	East Asian Games West Asian Games Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games
Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa. Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

v t e Nations at the 1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran
Iran Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Qatar Syria Tajikistan Turkmenistan Yemen

v t e Events at the 1997 West Asian Games (Tehran)
Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Fencing Football Judo Karate Shooting Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling

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