Asian Games, Olympic continent of Asia

Asian Games, Olympic continent of Asia. Asian Games have a similar name to the Asian Games, but the championship would have been different. Asian Games is a biennial sporting event followed by countries located in Southeast Asia alone. While the Asian Games is a quadrennial sporting event followed by countries in the continent of Asia. Asian Olympic Games is the continent of Asia. In this event, the countries sending athletes to follow his pride to compete in many sports and collecting medals (gold, silver, and bronze) as much as possible. Most collectors gold medal as the overall champion will be crowned Asia's Olympics.

Up to 16 times its implementation are already implemented, so far collecting medals Asian Games is always dominated by athletes from Japan, China, and South Korea. The rest, getting medal by other countries tend to be balanced. How does the history of this championship event begins and where the location and who won the Asian Games ? Here the authors present a discussion on the history and Asian Games venue is from the beginning to tread the 16th Asian Games.

History of Asian Games - Far Eastern Championship Games

Initially, Championship Asian Games is a small sports arena called the Far Eastern Championship Games. Championship involved only three participants, namely the Kingdom of Japan, People's Republic of China, and the Philippine Islands. Championships held in Manila in 1913 aims to demonstrate the unity and cooperation among the three countries participants.

Championship Far Eastern Championship Games officially ended when the Japanese no longer appreciate the cooperation that had previously been established by invading the land of China and the annexation of the Philippines did in 1938. Events that made Japan was not only marked the end of cooperation with China and the Philippines, but also triggers the expansion of World War II in the Pacific.

Asian Games

After the end of World War II, many countries in Asia to get the right independence. New countries in Asia had proposed that Asia has a championship involving countries in the region in an attempt to tie the fraternity. In addition, it is desirable championship event is a symbol of power as well as evidence that Asia is no longer determined by the strength, but by mutual understanding and achievement. Finally in 1948, when the Olympics in London, representatives of India suggested to the chief contingent of Asian countries to host the Asian Games championship.

Whole representative Asian countries are agreed and in 1949 formed a sports federation that houses the countries in Asia that are named Asian Federation Games. Federation is planning to hold a championship the first Asian Games in New Delhi, India in 1951. This event and agree to be held four years.

The location and degree Nobel winner

Here are the locations and winning the Asian Games title since the event was first held until the 16th.

1. Implementation of the year 1951 in India and won by Japan
2. Implementation of the second in the Philippines in 1954 and was won by Japan
3. Implementation third in Japan in 1958 and was won by Japan
4. Operation of 1962 in Indonesia and the fourth won by Japan
5. Implementation fifth in 1966 in Thailand and won by Japan
6. Implementation of sixth in 1970 in Thailand and won by Japan
7. Implementation seventh in Iran in 1974 and was won by Japan
8. Implementation of eighth in 1978 in Thailand and won by Japan
9. Implementation ninth in 1982 in India and won by China
10. Implementation of the ten years, 1986 in South Korea and was won by China
11. Operation to eleven in 1990 in China and was won by China
12. Implementation of the twelve 1994 in Japan and was won by China
13. Organizing to thirteen in 1998 in Thailand and was won by China
14. Operation to fourteen in 2002 in South Korea and was won by China
15. Implementation of the fifteenth in 2006 in Qatar and was won by China
16. Implementation of the sixteenth year 2010 in China san won by China

While the organization of the event that was scheduled to be carried out seventeen in 2014 and some countries in Asia want to run for the host implementation, these countries are South Korean city of Incheon, India in New Delhi, the state of Jordan and the State of Vietnam will also nominate themselves.

Sports Branches
There are some sports that competed in this event there are still some that have competed never competed again. The following list of the sport :

1. Fencing competed from 1974 to 1978 started again since 1986
2. Weightlifting exercise competed from 1951 to 1958, 1966 started again since 1974
3. Athletics competed to date
4. Competed in sport bike racing 1951dimulai again since 1958
5. Swimming sports held on until now
6. Equestrian sport competed since 1982
7. Sport billiards & snooker competed since 1998
8. Bodybuilding sport contested since 2002
9. Bowling competed in 1978 started again since 1986
10. Baseball competed since 1994
11. Contested basketball continues to this day
12. Handball sport contested since 1982
13. Volleyball sport contested since 1958
14. Badminton competed since 1962
15. Chess club competed since 2006
16. Rowing competed since 1990
17. Golf club competed since 1982
18. Sports of wrestling competed since 1954
19. Hockey competed since 1958
20. Judo sport contested since 1986
21. Sports canoes competed since 1982
22. Sports competed since 1990
23. Sport Karate competed since 1994
24. Sports screens competed since 1978
25. Shooting sports competed since 1954
26. Archery competed since 1978
27. Sport Modern Pentathlon events were 1994, 2002
28. Sports rugby since 1998
29. Gymnastics competed since 1974
30. Football sports contested to date
31. Sepak takraw sport contested since 1990
32. Sports softball competed since 1990
33. Sports soft tennis competed since 1994
34. Sports squash competed since 1998
35. Sport Taekwondo competed since 1986
36. Tennis competed since 1958
37. Table tennis competed since 1958
38. Sports boxing competed since 1954
39. Sports triathlete competed in 2006
40. Wushu sport contested since 1994
41. Sports yachting contested 1986
42. Operation in Indonesia 1962

This quadrennial sports event ever held in Indonesia in 1962. Followed by 16 countries with 13 sports are contested and there were 1460 people competing athletes. The venue for the event was held at the Bung Karno Stadium. When Indonesia was runner up position one level below the overall winner of Japanese managed to become champion. Indonesia has accounted for as many as 21 gold medals, 26 silver medals and as many as 30 bronze medals for a total acquisition of as many as 77 medals with 84 medals from the difference of the first champions in the Asian Games event. And here's the medals from other countries :

1. India gold medal total of 12 medals, 13 silver medals and as many as 27 medals bronze medal.
2. Philippine gold medal as much as 7 medals, 4 silver medals and as many as 16 bronze medals.
3. Korea's gold medal total of 4 medals, 4 silver medals and as many as seven bronze medals.
4. Pakistan is followed by as many as 3 gold medals, 4 silver medals and four bronze medals.
5. Thailand 2 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals.
6. Malaya 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 5 bronze medals.
7. Burma 2 gold medals, 1 silver medals and 7 bronze medals.
8. Singapore 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal.
9. Ceylon 1 silver medal and two bronze medals.
10. And the last position is occupied by Hong Kong with the acquisition of one bronze medal.

There is some bad news of this event, it was Indonesia deemed violated the law of the Asian Games Federation because they did not invite Israel and Taiwan were also entered into a federation to compete, because at that time there was the PRC and Israel are competing in the event.

For the implementation in 2014 hopefully Indonesia can enter the competition and donated the medals to the State even up the overall champion.