Asian Games sports

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

Sport (Discipline)	Body		51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26
Sport (Discipline)	World	Asia	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26

Artistic swimming	AQUA	AASF												2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	X
Diving			2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	8	10	10	10	10	10	X
Open water swimming																					2	X
Swimming			8	13	21	21	23	24	25	29	29	29	31	31	32	32	38	38	38	41	41	X
Water polo			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X

Archery	WA	WAA								4	4	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	10	X
Athletics	WA	AAA	33	30	31	32	34	35	35	39	40	42	43	43	45	45	45	47	47	48	48	X
Badminton	BWF	BA				6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	X

Baseball	WBSC	BFA											•	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X
Softball	WBSC	SA											1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X

3x3 basketball	FIBA	FIBA Asia																		2	2	X
Basketball	FIBA	FIBA Asia	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X

Bodybuilding	IFBB	AFBF														8	8
Bowling	IBF	ABF								10		12		12	10	10	12	12	12	6
Boxing	IBA	ASBC		7	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	13	X
Bridge	WBF	APBF																		6	3

Canoe polo	ICF	ACC																		•
Slalom canoeing																		4	4	4	4	X
Sprint canoeing													13	13	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	X

Chess	FIDE	ACF															3	4			4
Cricket	ICC	ACC																2	2		2
Cue sports	WCBS	ACBS													10	10	10	10

BMX freestyle	UCI	ACC																				X
BMX racing																		2	2	2	2	X
Mountain biking															4	4		2	2	4	2	X
Road cycling			1		2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	X
Track cycling			3		4		8	8	4	4	5	6	8	7	7	12	12	10	10	14	12	X

Dancesport	WDSF	DSA													•			10			2	X
Dragon boat	IDBF	ADBF																6		5	6
Equestrian	FEI	AEF									4	6		4	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	X
Esports	IESF	AESF																		•	7	X
Fencing	FIE	FCA							8	8		8	10	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	X
Field hockey	FIH	AHF			1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Football	FIFA	AFC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Go	IGF	AGF																3			3
Golf	IGF	APGC									2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	X

Artistic gymnastics	FIG	AGU							14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	X
Rhythmic gymnastics														1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Trampoline																	2	2	2	2	2	X

Handball	IHF	AHF									1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Jet ski	UIM																			4
Judo	IJF	JUA										8	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	X
Ju-jitsu	JJIF	JJAU																		8	8	X
Kabaddi	IKF	AKF											1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Karate	WKF	AKF												11	11	11	13	13	13	12	14	X
Kurash	IKA	KCAO																		7	7	X
Modern pentathlon	UIPM	AMPC												2		6		4	4	2	4	X
Paragliding	FAI	AFA																		6
Pencak silat	PERSILAT	APSIF																		16

Artistic roller skating	WSK	WSA																3			1
Inline freestyle skating																					3
Roller speed skating																		6		2	6
Skateboarding																				4	4	X

Rowing	WR	ARF									4	8	14	12	11	13	10	14	14	15	14	X

Rugby sevens	WR	AR													1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Rugby union	WR	AR													1	1

Sailing	WS	ASAF						5		4	4	5	7	7	16	15	14	14	14	10	14	X
Sambo	FIAS	SUAO																		4
Sepak takraw	ISTAF	ASTAF											2	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	X
Shooting	ISSF	ASC		6	6	5	14	14	22	22	22	30	40	34	34	42	44	44	44	20	33	X
Soft tennis	ISTF	ASTF											•	4	4	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Sport climbing	IFSC	IFSC Asia																		6	6	X
Squash	WSF	ASF													2	2	2	4	4	4	5	X
Surfing	ISA	ASF																				X
Table tennis	ITTF	ATTU			7	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	X
Taekwondo	WT	ATU										8		8	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	X
Tennis	ITF	ATF			5	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Triathlon	WT	AST															2	2	3	3	3	X

Beach volleyball	FIVB	AVC													2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Volleyball	FIVB	AVC			2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X

Weightlifting	IWF	AWF	7	7	8		8	8	27	10	10	10	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	X
Wrestling	UWW	UWW Asia		7	8	16	8	10	20	10	10	20	20	20	16	18	18	18	20	18	18	X
Wushu	IWUF	WFA											6	6	11	11	11	15	15	14	15	X
Xiangqi	WXF	AXF																2			3

Total events			57	77	112	120	140	135	200	199	196	269	308	337	377	419	424	476	439	465	481

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:

Skating – Skiing

Sport (Discipline)	Body		86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	25
Sport (Discipline)	World	Asia	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	25

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	24
Sport (Discipline)	World	Asia	05	07	09 (M)	09	13	17	24

3x3 basketball	FIBA	FIBA Asia		•		2		2	2
Aerobic gymnastics	FIG	AGU	4	4		4

Beach water polo	AQUA	AASF							2
Short course swimming	AQUA	AASF	40	30		30	30	30	30

Badminton	BWF	BA							5
Baseball5	WBSC	BFA							1
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					2
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
Fencing	FIE	FCA							6
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		2
Kabaddi	IKF	AKF		1

Karate	WKF	AKF			10				13
Kickboxing	WAKO	WAKO Asia		•	10	8	9	15	10
Kurash	IKA	KCAO		•	14	8	8	15	15
Mixed martial arts	IMMAF	AMMAF							20
Muaythai	IFMA	FAMA	17	9	15	9	9	14	21
Netball	WN	AN							1
Pencak silat	PERSILAT	APSIF			11	15			11
Pétanque	FIPJP	APSBC				4
Roller skiing	FIS	ASF							6

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	14

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	357

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
Sport (Discipline)	World	Asia	08	10	12	14	16

3x3 basketball	FIBA	FIBA Asia	2		2	2	2

Paragliding	FAI	AFA	8			4
Paramotoring	FAI	AFA			4	4

Beach water polo	AQUA	AASF	1	1		1	1
Open water swimming	AQUA	AASF	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	WT	AST	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:

Aquatics

Sport (Discipline)	Body		09	13
Sport (Discipline)	World	Asia	09	13

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

References

^ "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

External links

Olympic Council of Asia

[1] "Olympic Council of Asia : News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

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v t e Sports at the Asian Games
Summer sports	Archery Artistic swimming Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Board games Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Dancesport Diving Dragon boat Equestrian Esports Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Ju-jitsu Kabaddi Karate Kurash Modern pentathlon Roller sports Rowing Rugby union Sailing Sepak takraw Shooting Soft tennis Softball Sport climbing Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Short-track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating
Discontinued sports	Bandy Bodybuilding Bowling Cue sports Jet ski Martial arts Paragliding Ski orienteering

v t e Asian Games
Sports Bids OCA NOCs Medal table Summer Winter Mascots
Summer Games	1951 New Delhi 1954 Manila 1958 Tokyo 1962 Jakarta 1966 Bangkok 1970 Bangkok 1974 Tehran 1978 Bangkok 1982 New Delhi 1986 Seoul 1990 Beijing 1994 Hiroshima 1998 Bangkok 2002 Busan 2006 Doha 2010 Guangzhou 2014 Incheon 2018 Jakarta & Palembang 2022 Hangzhou^† 2026 Aichi-Nagoya 2030 Doha 2034 Riyadh
Winter Games	1986 Sapporo 1990 Sapporo 1996 Harbin 1999 Kangwon 2003 Aomori 2007 Changchun 2011 Astana & Almaty 2017 Sapporo 2025 Harbin 2029 Trojena
^†Postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Asian Games

Asian Winter Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Beach Games

Asian Youth Games

See also

References

External links