Tehran 1974, 1 Rial

Tehran 1974, 1 Rial

Tehran 1974, 2 Rial

Asian Games

11 nations and 489 athletes competed in the first games in 1951 in New Delhi. The 1994 games in Hiroshima saw 32 countries win medals. The 1998 Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand in December. The 2002 Games were held in Busan, South Korea. The games are sanctioned by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

1. 1951 New Delhi, India
2. 1954 Manila, Philippines
3. 1958 Tokyo, Japan
4. 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia
5. 1966 Bangkok, Thailand
6. 1970 Bangkok, Thailand
7. 1974 Tehran, Iran
8. 1978 Bangkok, Thailand
9. 1982 Delhi, India
10. 1986 Seoul, South Korea
11. 1990 Beijing, China
12. 1994 Hiroshima, Japan
13. 1998 Bangkok, Thailand
14. 2002 Busan, South Korea
15. 2006 Doha, Qatar

Tehran 1974, 2 Rial

Tehran 1974, 6 Rial

Tehran 1974, 8 Rial

International Games Held in 1974

• Commonwealth Games Christchurch, New Zealand
• British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Christchurch, New Zealand
• Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Arctic Winter Games Anchorage, USA
• International School Children's Games Murska Sobota, Yugoslavia
• ISF Gymnasiade Wiesbaden, Germany
• Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games Buckinghamshire, England
• European Maccabi Games Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dutch Commonwealth Games Zandvoort, Netherlands
• International School Children's Games Darmstadt, Germany
• Asian Games Tehran, Iran
• All-Africa University Games Accra, Ghana
• International Law Enforcement Games San Francisco, USA

Iran is hoping to upset  Asian Games hosts in football in 2002: Iran is training hard to defend its Asian Games Championship from 1998.  Iran will have a difficult path, with the Success of South Korea as World Cup hosts both on an off the field.  Both South Korea and Iran have won three Asian Games football championships.  Asian Games Football (Soccer) Champs 1951 India 1954 Taiwan 1958 Taiwan 1962 India 1966 Burma 1970 Burma / S. Korea 1974 Iran 1978 N. Korea / S. Korea 1982 Iraq 1986 S. Korea 1990 Iran 1994 Uzbekistan 1998 Iran 2002 Iran Sun Oct 13, 9:48 AM ET Iran's Yahya Golmohammadi (L) and goalkeeper Ebrahim Mirzapour lead their teammates on a victory lap after defeating Japan in the 14th Asian Games soccer final in Pusan October 13, 2002. Iran won the gold medal 2-1. REUTERS/Jason Reed Iran is running for 2007 Asian Winter Games  Iran is bidding to host the Asian Winter Games in 2007. Representatives of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will visit Iran soon to inspect facilities.

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