This is a list of sports played in the Asian Games and other major affiliated games organized by the Olympic Council of Asia. On 29 June 2009, the OCA announced major changes to the event lists in the five major events, in particular aiming to restrict each sport to be played in not more than one event, although exemptions may be made.[1] The first round of changes commenced with the 2014 Asian Games when the number of events was recommended to be restricted to 35 with 28 Olympic sports and up to a maximum of seven non-Olympic sports. Some events currently in the Asian Games programme may henceforth be relegated to the newly formed Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games which was first held in 2013 or to the Asian Beach Games.
Asian Games
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Aquatics – Baseball – Basketball – Canoeing – Cycling – Gymnastics – Roller sports – Rugby union – Volleyball
Demonstration Asian Games sports
The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:
- Muaythai (1998)
Asian Winter Games
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Sport (Discipline) | Body | 86 | 90 | 96 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 17 | 25 | ||
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World | Asia | |||||||||||
Bandy | FIB | 1 | ||||||||||
Biathlon | IBU | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | ||
Curling | WCF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Ice hockey | IIHF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Figure skating | ISU | ASU | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
Short-track speed skating | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |||
Speed skating | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | |||
Ski mountaineering | ISMF | ASMF | 3 | |||||||||
Ski orienteering | IOF | 8 | ||||||||||
Alpine skiing | FIS | ASF | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
Cross-country skiing | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | |||
Freestyle skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
Ski jumping | • | • | • | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Snowboarding | 3 • | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
Total events | 35 | 33 | 43 | 43 | 51 | 47 | 69 | 64 | 64 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Aquatics – Cycling – Kabaddi – Roller sports – Wrestling
Sport (Discipline) | Body | 05 | 07 | 09 (M) |
09 | 13 | 17 | 21 | ||
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World | Asia | |||||||||
3x3 basketball | FIBA | FIBA Asia | • | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Aerobic gymnastics | FIG | AGU | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Short course swimming | AQUA | AASF | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
Water polo | 2 | |||||||||
Badminton | BWF | BA | 5 | |||||||
Bowling | IBF | ABF | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||
Boxing | IBA | ASBC | 8 | |||||||
Cheerleading | ICU | ACU | 4 | |||||||
Chess | FIDE | ACF | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |||
Cue sports | WCBS | ACBS | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | |||
BMX freestyle | UCI | ACC | 3 | 5 | ||||||
Indoor cycling | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
Track cycling | 9 | |||||||||
Dancesport | WDSF | DSA | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | ||
Dragon & lion dance | IDLDF | DLDFA | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Equestrian | FEI | AEF | 3 | |||||||
Esports | IESF | AESF | 3 | 6 | 6 | • | 4 | |||
Finswimming | CMAS | AUF | 8 | 16 | ||||||
Floorball | IFF | AOFC | 2 | |||||||
Futsal | FIFA | AFC | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Go | IGF | AGF | 4 | |||||||
Indoor archery | WA | WAA | 8 | |||||||
Indoor athletics | WA | AAA | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | |||
Indoor hockey | FIH | AHF | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Indoor rowing | WR | ARF | 10 | |||||||
Judo | IJF | JUA | 14 | |||||||
Ju-jitsu | JJIF | JJAU | 7 | • | 25 | 20 | ||||
Indoor kabaddi | IKF | AKF | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Kabaddi | 1 | |||||||||
Karate | WKF | AKF | 10 | 13 | ||||||
Kickboxing | WAKO | WAKO Asia | • | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 7 | ||
Kurash | IKA | KCAO | • | 14 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 10 | ||
Mixed martial arts | IMMAF | AMMAF | 12 | |||||||
Muaythai | IFMA | FAMA | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 20 | |
Netball | WN | AN | 1 | |||||||
Pencak silat | PERSILAT | APSIF | 11 | 15 | 11 | |||||
Pétanque | FIPJP | APSBC | 4 | |||||||
Inline freestyle skating | WSK | WSA | 4 | |||||||
Roller freestyle skating | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
Skateboarding | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Sambo | FIAS | SUAO | 23 | 8 | ||||||
Sepak takraw | ISTAF | ASTAF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||
Shooting | ISSF | ASC | 5 | |||||||
Shuttlecock | ISF | 6 | ||||||||
Sport climbing | IFSC | IFSC Asia | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||
Taekwondo | WT | ATU | 16 | 18 | 20 | |||||
Tennis | ITF | ATF | 5 | |||||||
Volleyball | FIVB | AVC | 2 | |||||||
Vovinam | WVVF | AVF | 14 | |||||||
Weightlifting | IWF | AWF | 16 | |||||||
Alysh | UWW | UWW Asia | 24 | |||||||
Belt wrestling | • | 28 | ||||||||
Kazakh kuresi | 3 | |||||||||
Pahlavani wrestling | 3 | |||||||||
Turkmen goresh | 26 | |||||||||
Wrestling | 22 | 18 | ||||||||
Wushu | IWUF | WFA | 11 | 8 | ||||||
Xiangqi | WXF | AXF | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Total events | 120 | 151 | 108 | 215 | 100 | 348 | 309 |
Demonstration Asian Games sports
The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:
- Drone racing (2021)
- Teqball (2021)
Asian Beach Games
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Air sports – Aquatics – Extreme sports – Triathlon
Sport (Discipline) | Body | 08 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | ||
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World | Asia | |||||||
3x3 basketball | FIBA | FIBA Asia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Paragliding | FAI | AFA | 8 | 4 | ||||
Paramotoring | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Beach water polo | AQUA | AASF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Open water swimming | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Beach athletics | WA | AAA | 12 | 14 | ||||
Beach flag football | IFAF | IFAF Asia | 1 | |||||
Beach handball | IHF | AHF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Beach kabaddi | IKF | AKF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Beach kurash | IKA | KCAO | 8 | 10 | ||||
Beach sambo | FIAS | SUAO | 7 | 8 | ||||
Beach sepak takraw | ISTAF | ASTAF | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
Beach soccer | FIFA | AFC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Beach volleyball | FIVB | AVC | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Beach woodball | IWbF | AWbF | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |
Beach wrestling | UWW | UWW Asia | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bodybuilding | IFBB | AFBF | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
Coastal rowing | WR | ARF | 6 | |||||
Dragon boat | IDBF | ADBF | 6 | 6 | ||||
Aggressive inline skating | WSK | AXF | 3 | |||||
BMX freestyle | IBMXFF | 4 | ||||||
Skateboarding | ISF | 3 | ||||||
Footvolley | FIFv | AFF | 1 | |||||
Jet ski | UIM | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
Ju-jitsu | JJIF | JJAU | 12 | 18 | ||||
Muaythai | IFMA | FAMA | 15 | 16 | ||||
Pencak silat | PERSILAT | APSIF | 8 | 18 | ||||
Pétanque | FIPJP | APSBC | 9 | 9 | ||||
Roller speed skating | WSK | WSA | 8 | |||||
Sailing | WS | ASAF | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||
Shuttlecock | ISF | 7 | ||||||
Sport climbing | IFSC | IFSC Asia | 8 | 4 | ||||
Squash | WSF | ASF | 2 | |||||
Surfing | ISA | ASF | 5 | |||||
Tent pegging | ITPF | ATPC | 8 | |||||
Triathle | UIPM | AMPC | 3 | |||||
Duathlon | WT | AST | 3 | |||||
Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Vocotruyen | WFVV | ASFVV | 11 | |||||
Vovinam | WVVF | AVF | 9 | |||||
Water skiing | IWWF | AWWF | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
Total events | 71 | 52 | 49 | 165 | 172 |
Asian Youth Games
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Sport (Discipline) | Body | 09 | 13 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
World | Asia | ||||
3x3 basketball | FIBA | FIBA Asia | 2 | 2 | |
Diving | AQUA | AASF | 4 | 4 | |
Swimming | 32 | 30 | |||
Athletics | WA | AAA | 28 | 34 | |
Badminton | BWF | BA | 3 | ||
Beach volleyball | FIVB | AVC | 2 | ||
Bowling | IBF | ABF | 8 | ||
Fencing | FIE | FCA | 6 | ||
Football | FIFA | AFC | 1 | 1 | |
Golf | IGF | APGC | 2 | ||
Handball | IHF | AHF | 2 | ||
Judo | IJF | JUA | 6 | ||
Rugby sevens | WR | AR | 2 | ||
Sailing | WS | ASAF | 5 | ||
Shooting | ISSF | ASC | 4 | 8 | |
Squash | WSF | ASF | 4 | ||
Table tennis | ITTF | ATTU | 4 | 2 | |
Taekwondo | WT | ATU | 4 | ||
Tennis | ITF | ATF | 3 | ||
Weightlifting | IWF | AWF | 9 | ||
Total events | 90 | 122 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.