Afghanistan at the Asian Games

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Afghanistan at the
Asian Games
Medals

Ranked 40th
Gold
0
Silver
6
Bronze
12
Total
18
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
  • 2017

    • Afghanistan is a member of the

    Afghanistan National Olympic Committee, established in 1935 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1936, is the National Olympic Committee for Afghanistan.[1]

    Afghanistan was one of the five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.[2][3]

    Membership of Olympic Council of Asia

    Afghanistan is a member of the Central Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.[4][5][a] It was a member of the South Asian Zone, where Afghanistan participated in the South Asian Games, from 2004 to 2016.[6]

    The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009,

    2013 in Incheon, South Korea.[7]
    As a member of OCA, Afghanistan is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

    Asian Games

    See also:
    Asian Games medal count

    Afghanistan has competed in the Asian Games since the inaugural edition of the Games in 1951 in

    discrimination against women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee and barred them from taking part in the Olympic Games.[10]

    A few months before the 2000 Summer Olympics, the IOC offered the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee the opportunity to send a contingent to the Games without the Taliban flag. The Committee declined to take part on this condition.[8]

    Participation of Afghan sportsmen without representing the Emirate (Afghanistan) and its flag will mean nothing. We will not send anyone on an individual basis

    —Abdul Shukoor Mutmaen[8]

    Afghanistan did not send a delegation to the

    ongoing war.[13] In June 2003, the IOC lifted the suspension imposed on Afghanistan during the 115th IOC Session in Prague.[14]

    Afghanistan status unclear for the future participation since brought under the political turmoil.[15]

    Medals by games

      Peach colour indicates best performance
    Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
    India 1951 New Delhi - 0 0 0 0
    Philippines 1954 Manila 11 0 1 0 1
    Philippines 1958 Tokyo - 0 0 0 0
    Indonesia 1962 Jakarta 13 0 0 1 1
    Thailand 1966 Bangkok - 0 0 0 0
    Thailand 1970 Bangkok did not participate
    Iran 1974 Tehran 19 0 0 1 1
    Thailand 1978 Bangkok did not participate
    India 1982 New Delhi 17 0 1 0 1
    South Korea 1986 Seoul did not participate
    China 1990 Beijing - 0 0 0 0
    Japan 1994 Hiroshima - 0 0 0 0
    Thailand 1998 Bangkok did not participate
    South Korea 2002 Busan 36 0 0 1 1
    Qatar 2006 Doha 36 0 0 1 1
    China 2010 Guangzhou 29 0 2 1 3
    South Korea 2014 Incheon 35 0 1 1 2
    Indonesia 2018 Jakarta & Palembang 35 0 0 2 2
    China 2022 Hangzhou 30 0 1 4 5
    Japan 2026 Nagoya Future event
    Qatar 2030 Doha Future event
    Saudi Arabia 2034 Riyadh Future event
    Total 40 0 6 12 18

    Asian Winter Games

    See also:
    Asian Winter Games medal count

    Medals by games

    Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
    2007 Changchun 0 0 0 0
    2011 Astana & Almaty 0 0 0 0
    Total 0 0 0 0

    Asian Beach Games

    See also: Asian Beach Games

    Afghanistan has competed in both the editions of the

    Muscat
    , no Afghan athletes won any medals.

    Medals by games

    Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
    2008 Bali 18 1 0 1 2
    2010 Muscat 0 0 0 0
    2012 Haiyang 9 1 0 0 1
    2014 Phuket 31 0 2 2 4
    2016 Danang 32 0 0 3 3
    Total 31 2 2 6 10

    Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

    See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor Games

    Medals by games

    Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
    Asian Indoor Games
    2007 Macau 0 0 0 0
    2009 Hanoi 26 0 2 2 4
    Asian Martial Arts Games
    2009 Bangkok 15 2 2 8 12
    Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
    2013 Incheon 25 0 0 3 3
    2017 Ashgabat 26 1 1 10 3
    Total 29 3 5 23 31

    Asian Youth Games

    See also: Asian Youth Games

    The

    First Asian Youth Games were held in Singapore from 29 June 2009 to 7 July 2009 and featured over 90 sporting events. Afghanistan did not send its delegation to the Games.[17]

    Medals by games

    Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total
    2013 Nanjing 0 0 0 0
    Total 0 0 0 0

    Medals by sport

       Leading in that sport

    Asian Games

    Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
    Cricket 0 3 0 3
    Kurash 0 0 2 2
    Taekwondo 0 1 5 6
    Wrestling 0 2 2 4
    Wushu 0 0 3 3
    Total 0 6 12 18

    See also

    Notes and references

    Notes
    References
    1. ^ "Council – Member Countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
    2. ^ "The First Asian Games Championships will be held in March 1951 at New Delhi" (PDF). la84foundation.org. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
    3. ^ "Council – OCA History". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
    4. ^ "NOCs". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
    5. ^ "National Olympic Committees". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
    6. ^ "Games – South Asian Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
    7. ^ "Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
    8. ^ a b c McDonald, Scott (17 August 2000). "Taleban hope to get ban revoked". rediff.com. Islamabad. Reuters. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    9. ^ Goodwin, Jan. "Buried Alive: Afghan Women Under the Taliban". mtholyoke.edu. Mount Holyoke College. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    10. ^ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (28 April 2011). "Kabul's scarved boxers – Female Olympic hopefuls train at a stadium where the Taliban used to publicly execute women". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    11. ^ "WSB Technical and Competition Rules-Season 2-Final version  – Eligibility of boxers – Medical eligibility" (PDF). worldseriesboxing.com. World Series of Boxing (AIBA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    12. ^ "Mongolia confirms participation, making it 42 nations Asiad". sadec.com. Sadec Asia Pacific. 23 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    13. ^ "The Koreas united, for a day – Plus Afghanistan's sporting comeback". The Economist. Westminster. 3 October 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    14. ^ "Afghanistan back in Olympics – Olympic bosses have cleared the way for Afghanistan to compete at the Games in Athens next year". BBC News. 29 June 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    15. ^ "Bach praises response of Olympic community to Afghanistan crisis with more than 100 assisted in leaving nation".
    16. ^ "1st Asian Beach Games – Medal Tally of 1st Asian Beach Games". sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sports Board. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
    17. ^ "Games – Asian Youth Games – Singapore 2009". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

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