This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Asian Games.
51 | In the table headings, indicates the Games year | |
• | Participated in the specified Games | |
H | Host nation for the specified Games |
Nation | Code | 51 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
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Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
Bahrain | BRN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
Bangladesh | BAN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Bhutan | BHU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
Brunei | BRU | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Cambodia | CAM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
China | CHN | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
Timor-Leste | TLS | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||
Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
India | IND | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Indonesia | INA | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H |
Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Iraq | IRQ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Israel | ISR | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||
Japan | JPN | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Laos | LAO | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Macau | MAC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
North Borneo | NBO | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Sarawak | SWK | • | |||||||||||||||||
Maldives | MDV | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Myanmar | MYA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
North Korea | PRK | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Oman | OMA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Palestine | PLE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Philippines | PHI | • | H | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Qatar | QAT | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | KSA | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | H | • | • | H | • | |
Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Syria | SYR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Tajikistan | TJK | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Thailand | THA | • | • | • | • | H | H | • | H | • | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • | • |
Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Vietnam | VIE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Yemen | YEM | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
North Yemen | YAR | • | • | ||||||||||||||||
South Yemen | YMD | • | |||||||||||||||||
Korea | COR | • | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 11 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | |
References | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] |
Nation | Code | 86 | 90 | 96 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 17 |
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Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | ||||||
Australia | AUS | • | |||||||
Bahrain | BRN | • | |||||||
China | CHN | • | • | H | • | • | H | • | • |
Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Timor-Leste | TLS | • | |||||||
Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
India | IND | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Indonesia | INA | • | |||||||
Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
Japan | JPN | H | H | • | • | H | • | • | H |
Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | |||||
Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | H | • | ||
Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Macau | MAC | • | • | ||||||
Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | |||||
Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | ||||
New Zealand | NZL | • | |||||||
North Korea | PRK | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Palestine | PLE | • | • | • | |||||
Philippines | PHI | • | • | • | • | ||||
Qatar | QAT | • | • | ||||||
Singapore | SGP | • | • | ||||||
South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | H | • | • | • | • |
Sri Lanka | SRI | • | |||||||
Tajikistan | TJK | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Thailand | THA | • | • | • | • | ||||
Turkmenistan | TKM | • | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | • | |||||
Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Vietnam | VIE | • | |||||||
Total | 7 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 32 | |
References | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | [23] | [24] | [25] |
Nation | Code | 05 | 07 | 09 | 09 | 13 | 17 |
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Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | • | • | • | |
American Samoa | ASA | • | |||||
Australia | AUS | • | |||||
Bahrain | BRN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Bangladesh | BAN | • | • | • | • | • | |
Bhutan | BHU | • | • | • | • | • | |
Brunei | BRU | • | • | • | • | ||
Cambodia | CAM | • | • | • | • | • | • |
China | CHN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Cook Islands | COK | • | |||||
Timor-Leste | TLS | • | • | ||||
Federated States of Micronesia | FSM | • | |||||
Fiji | FIJ | • | |||||
Guam | GUM | • | |||||
Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • | • |
India | IND | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Indonesia | INA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • | • | |
Iraq | IRQ | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Japan | JPN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Kiribati | KIR | • | |||||
Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • | • | |
Laos | LAO | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Macau | MAC | • | H | • | • | • | • |
Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Maldives | MDV | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Marshall Islands | MHL | • | |||||
Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Myanmar | MYA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Nauru | NRU | • | |||||
Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | • | • |
New Caledonia | NCL | • | |||||
North Korea | PRK | • | • | • | • | ||
Oman | OMA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | • | • | |
Palau | PLW | • | |||||
Palestine | PLE | • | • | • | |||
Papua New Guinea | PNG | • | |||||
Philippines | PHI | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Qatar | QAT | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Samoa | SAM | • | |||||
Saudi Arabia | KSA | • | • | • | • | ||
Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Solomon Islands | SOL | • | |||||
South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | • | H | • |
Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Syria | SYR | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Tahiti | TAH | • | |||||
Tajikistan | TJK | • | • | • | • | ||
Thailand | THA | H | • | H | • | • | • |
Tonga | TGA | • | |||||
Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • | • | • | • | H |
Tuvalu | TUV | • | |||||
United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | • | • | • | |
Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Vanuatu | VAN | • | |||||
Vietnam | VIE | • | • | • | H | • | • |
Yemen | YEM | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Refugee Team | ART | • | |||||
Total | 37 | 44 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 64 | |
References | [26] | [27] | [28] | [29] | [30] | [31] |
Nation | Code | 08 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | AFG | • | • | • | • | • |
Bahrain | BRN | • | • | • | • | • |
Bangladesh | BAN | • | • | • | • | • |
Bhutan | BHU | • | • | • | • | |
Brunei | BRU | • | • | • | • | • |
Cambodia | CAM | • | • | • | • | • |
China | CHN | • | • | H | • | • |
Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • | • |
Timor-Leste | TLS | • | • | • | • | • |
Hong Kong | HKG | • | • | • | • | • |
India | IND | • | • | • | • | • |
Indonesia | INA | H | • | • | • | • |
Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • | • |
Iraq | IRQ | • | • | • | • | |
Japan | JPN | • | • | • | • | • |
Jordan | JOR | • | • | • | • | • |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • | • |
Kuwait | KUW | • | • | • | • | • |
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • | • |
Laos | LAO | • | • | • | • | • |
Lebanon | LBN | • | • | • | • | • |
Macau | MAC | • | • | • | • | |
Malaysia | MAS | • | • | • | • | • |
Maldives | MDV | • | • | • | • | • |
Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • | • |
Myanmar | MYA | • | • | • | • | |
Nepal | NEP | • | • | • | • | • |
North Korea | PRK | • | ||||
Oman | OMA | • | H | • | • | • |
Pakistan | PAK | • | • | • | • | • |
Palestine | PLE | • | • | • | ||
Philippines | PHI | • | • | • | • | • |
Qatar | QAT | • | • | • | • | • |
Saudi Arabia | KSA | • | • | |||
Singapore | SGP | • | • | • | • | • |
South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | • | • |
Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • | • | • | • |
Syria | SYR | • | • | • | • | • |
Tajikistan | TJK | • | • | • | • | • |
Thailand | THA | • | • | • | H | • |
Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • | • | • | |
United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • | • | • | • |
Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • | • | • | • |
Vietnam | VIE | • | • | • | • | H |
Yemen | YEM | • | • | • | • | |
Total | 41 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | |
References | [32] | [33] | [34] | [35] | [36] |
Nation | Code | 09 | 13 |
---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | AFG | • | |
Bahrain | BRN | • | • |
Bangladesh | BAN | • | • |
Bhutan | BHU | • | • |
Brunei | BRU | • | • |
Cambodia | CAM | • | • |
China | CHN | • | H |
Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • |
Timor-Leste | TLS | • | |
Hong Kong | HKG | • | • |
India | IND | • | • |
Indonesia | INA | • | • |
Iran | IRI | • | • |
Iraq | IRQ | • | • |
Japan | JPN | • | • |
Jordan | JOR | • | • |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • |
Kuwait | KUW | • | • |
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • |
Laos | LAO | • | • |
Lebanon | LBN | • | • |
Macau | MAC | • | • |
Maldives | MDV | • | • |
Malaysia | MAS | • | • |
Mongolia | MGL | • | • |
Myanmar | MYA | • | • |
Nepal | NEP | • | • |
North Korea | PRK | • | • |
Oman | OMA | • | • |
Pakistan | PAK | • | • |
Palestine | PLE | • | • |
Philippines | PHI | • | • |
Qatar | QAT | • | • |
Saudi Arabia | KSA | • | • |
Singapore | SGP | H | • |
South Korea | KOR | • | • |
Sri Lanka | SRI | • | • |
Syria | SYR | • | • |
Tajikistan | TJK | • | • |
Thailand | THA | • | • |
Turkmenistan | TKM | • | • |
United Arab Emirates | UAE | • | • |
Uzbekistan | UZB | • | • |
Vietnam | VIE | • | • |
Yemen | YEM | • | • |
Total | 43 | 45 | |
References | [37] | [38] |
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