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1997 West Asian Games

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1st West Asian Games
Host cityTehran, Iran
Nations10
Athletes850
Events134 in 11 Sports
Opening19 November
Closing28 November
Opened byPresident Mohammad Khatami
Torch lighterTeymour Ghiasi
Main venueAzadi Stadium
WebsiteWestAsianGames.com
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The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to 28 November 1997 in Tehran, Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 11 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.

The nations that participated were: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen.

The official sports programme contained athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, football, judo, karate, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Sports

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Participating nations

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Iran)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran (IRI)*633756156
2 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)26151657
3 Syria (SYR)16221351
4 Kuwait (KUW)15222057
5 Turkmenistan (TKM)5133048
6 Tajikistan (TJK)3111933
7 Lebanon (LIB)24612
8 Jordan (JOR)24410
9 Qatar (QAT)15612
10 Yemen (YEM)1001
Totals (10 entries)134133170437
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