XVI Asian Games 2010
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The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, are scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is the second city in China to host the Games after Beijing in 1990. A total of 476 events in 42 sports will be contested by athletes, making it the largest event in history of the Games. It will also be the last one to have presented such big events, as the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) have enforced new hosting rules for future games, beginning with the 2014 Games.
Guangzhou was awarded the right on July 1, 2004, as the sole bidding city. This came after the withdrawal of several cities, from Amman, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. The games will also be co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, the three neighbouring cities.
All 45 members of Olympic Council of Asia participating in the Games. All National Olympic Committees shall submitted their entry before September 30, 2010. According to the data from GAGOC, some 10,156 athletes and 4,202 team officials took part in the Games.[31] Below is a list of all the participating NOCs and the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.
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The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, are scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is the second city in China to host the Games after Beijing in 1990. A total of 476 events in 42 sports will be contested by athletes, making it the largest event in history of the Games. It will also be the last one to have presented such big events, as the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) have enforced new hosting rules for future games, beginning with the 2014 Games.
Guangzhou was awarded the right on July 1, 2004, as the sole bidding city. This came after the withdrawal of several cities, from Amman, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. The games will also be co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, the three neighbouring cities.
All 45 members of Olympic Council of Asia participating in the Games. All National Olympic Committees shall submitted their entry before September 30, 2010. According to the data from GAGOC, some 10,156 athletes and 4,202 team officials took part in the Games.[31] Below is a list of all the participating NOCs and the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.
- Afghanistan (103)[32]
- Bahrain (87)[33]
- Bangladesh (137)[34]
- Bhutan
- Brunei (9)[35]
- Cambodia (22)[36]
- China (977)[37]
- Hong Kong (395)[38]
- India (609)[39]
- Indonesia (219)[40]
- Iran (397)[41]
- Iraq (42)[42]
- Japan (729)[43]
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon (53)[44]
- Macau
- Malaysia (339)[45]
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar (80)[46]
- Nepal (140)[47]
- North Korea (199)[48]
- Oman
- Pakistan (174)[49]
- Palestine (67)[50]
- Philippines (188)[51]
- Qatar (318)[52]
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore (241)[53]
- South Korea (781)[54]
- Sri Lanka (104)[55]
- Syria
- Chinese Taipei (397)[56]
- Tajikistan
- Thailand (621)[57]
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates (95)[58]
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam (260)[59]
- Yemen
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