Asian Para Games

Asian Para Games
Games
	2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Sports (details)
	Archery; Athletics; Badminton; Boccia; Bowling/Ten-pin Bowling; Chess; Cycling; Football 5-a-side; Football 7-a-side; Goalball; Judo; Lawn Bowls; Powerlifting; Rowing; Sailing; Shooting; Swimming; Table tennis; Sitting Volleyball; Wheelchair Basketball; Wheelchair Dance Sport; Wheelchair Fencing; Wheelchair Rugby; Wheelchair Tennis;

Asian Para Games
Abbreviation	APG
First event	2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China
Occur every	four years
Last event	2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia
Next event	2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China
Purpose	Multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities from nations in Asia

The Asian Para Games is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city. However, the exclusion of Asian Para Games from Asian Games host city contract meant that both events run independently of each other. The Games are recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Paralympic Games.

In its history, three nations have hosted the Asian Para Games and Forty-four nations have participated in the Games.

The most recent games was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 13 October 2018. The next games are scheduled to Hangzhou, China between 9 and 15 October 2022.

History

The FESPIC Games existed previous to the Asian Para Games and was contested by athletes from the Asia Pacific region. The FESPIC Games was first held in 1975 in Oita, Japan with 18 participating nations. Eight more FESPIC Games were held until 2006.[1]

The Asian Para Games superseded the FESPIC Games, which was dissolved alongside the FESPIC Federation, the governing body of the games and merged with the Asian Paralympic Council which was renamed as the Asian Paralympic Committee at the closing of the final FESPIC edition held in November 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first Asian multi-sports event for athletes with a disability, the inaugural Asian Para Games was held in 2010 in Guangzhou, China.[2]

List of Asian Para Games

2010

2014

2018

2022

2026

2030

2034

Host cities of the Asian Para Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team	Ref.
I	2010	Guangzhou	China	Vice Premier Li Keqiang	12 December	19 December	41	2,405	19	341	China (CHN)	[3]
II	2014	Incheon	South Korea	Prime Minister Chung Hong-won	18 October	24 October	41	2,497	23	443	China (CHN)	[4]
III	2018	Jakarta	Indonesia	President Joko Widodo	6 October	13 October	43	2,757	18	506	China (CHN)	[5]
IV	2022	Hangzhou	China		9 October	15 October			22[6]
V	2026	Nagoya	Japan		Future event
VI	2030	Doha	Qatar		Future event
VII	2034	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		Future event

Sports

Twenty-four sports were presented in Asian Para Games history, including 2010 Games in Guangzhou.

Sport	Years
Archery	Since 2010
Athletics	Since 2010
Badminton	Since 2010
Boccia	Since 2010
Bowling	Since 2010
Chess	2018 only
Cycling	Since 2010
Football 5-a-side	2010–2014
Football 7-a-side	2010–2014
Goalball	Since 2010
Judo	Since 2010
Lawn Bowls	Since 2014

Sport	Years
Powerlifting	Since 2010
Rowing	2010–2014
Sailing	2014 only
Shooting	Since 2010
Swimming	Since 2010
Table tennis	Since 2010
Sitting Volleyball	Since 2010
Wheelchair Basketball	Since 2010
Wheelchair Dance Sport	2014 only
Wheelchair Fencing	Since 2010
Wheelchair Rugby	2014 only
Wheelchair Tennis	Since 2010

Mascots

The Asian Para Games mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures, who represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Asian Para Games are taking place. The mascots are often used to help market the Asian Para Games to a younger audience. Every Asian Para Games has its own mascot. Fun Fun, the mascot for the 2010 Asian Para Games was the first mascot.

Games	City	Mascot	Character	Significance
2010 Asian Para Games	Guangzhou	Fun Fun	Character inspired by kapok	A flower which is native to Guangzhou, represents strength, joy and vitality of the athletes and the Asian Para movement.
2014 Asian Para Games	Incheon	Jeonopi and Dnopi	Black-faced spoonbill	Chosen by organizers to highlight the games organiser commitment in environmental conservation. Jeonopi represents friendship with people in Asia and the world and the clean natural environment of host city Incheon, while Dnopi represents courage of the participating athletes and hope.
2018 Asian Para Games	Jakarta	Momo	Brahminy kite	The Brahminy kite is locally known as Bondol eagle. The name Momo is short for motivation and mobility. The mascot wears a Betawinese Belt with Sarong and Represents Jakarta city and strength.
2022 Asian Para Games	Hangzhou	Fei Fei	Character inspired by 'Divine Bird'	The mascot represents Hangzhou's heritage and its drive for technological innovation. According to a legend in the Liangzhu culture, the 'Divine Bird' brings bliss.

Medal count

Of the 44 National Paralympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games, 37 nations have won at least a single medal in the competition, leaving 7 nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Tajikistan yet to win a single medal. 31 nations have won at least one gold medal and China became the only nation in history to emerge as overall champions.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	531	301	195	1027
2	South Korea (KOR)	152	150	157	459
3	Japan (JPN)	115	154	164	433
4	Iran (IRI)	115	118	103	336
5	Thailand (THA)	64	102	136	302
6	Uzbekistan (UZB)	58	31	25	114
7	Indonesia (INA)	47	63	74	184
8	Malaysia (MAS)	41	57	71	169
9	Hong Kong (HKG)	26	40	54	120
10	Vietnam (VIE)	20	19	42	81
Totals (10 nations)		1169	1035	1021	3225

Asian Youth Para Games

The Asian Youth Para Games is a multi-sport event held every four years for youth athletes with physical disabilities. The first Games was held in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The Asian Youth Para Games superseded the FESPIC Youth Games which last held in 2003.

List of Youth Games

2009

2013

2017

Host cities of the Asian Youth Para Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team
I	2009	Tokyo	Japan	10 September	13 September	24	466	5	219	Japan (JPN)
II	2013	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	26 October	30 October	29	723	14	235	Japan (JPN)
III	2017	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	10 December	14 December	30	800	7	252	Japan (JPN)
IV	2021	Manama	Bahrain	1 December	10 December

Youth Games Sports

Archery (2013 only)
Athletics (Since 2009)
Badminton (since 2009)
Boccia (since 2009)
Chess (2013 only)

Goalball (since 2013)
Judo (2013 only)
Powerlifting (since 2013)
Swimming (since 2009)
Table tennis (since 2009)

Bowling (2013 only)
Sitting volleyball (2013 only)
Wheelchair tennis (2013 only)
Wheelchair basketball (2013 only)

All-time Youth Games medal table

As of 2017 Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	147	75	73	295
2	Iran (IRI)	92	81	72	245
3	China (CHN)	75	22	10	107
4	Thailand (THA)	48	42	31	121
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	40	28	18	86
6	Iraq (IRQ)	38	29	16	83
7	South Korea (KOR)	38	25	23	86
8	Malaysia (MAS)	30	30	30	90
9	Uzbekistan (UZB)	30	13	5	48
10	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	25	32	18	75
11	Indonesia (INA)	24	12	10	46
12	Vietnam (VIE)	19	9	5	33
13	India (IND)	17	14	13	44
14	Jordan (JOR)	15	5	6	26
15	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	13	8	3	24
16	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	11	8	3	22
17	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	11	4	6	21
18	Singapore (SIN)	9	10	6	25
19	Kuwait (KUW)	7	11	3	21
20	Pakistan (PAK)	4	2	6	12
21	Myanmar (MYA)	3	4	4	11
22	Sri Lanka (SRI)	3	3	0	6
23	Palestine (PLE)	2	3	0	5
24	Bahrain (BRN)	1	7	3	11
25	Oman (OMA)	1	3	1	5
26	Philippines (PHI)	1	1	6	8
27	Syria (SYR)	1	1	1	3
28	Brunei (BRU)	1	0	0	1
29	North Korea (PRK)	0	3	1	4
30	Lebanon (LIB)	0	2	0	2
31	Macau (MAC)	0	1	2	3
32	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	0	1
33	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	0	0
	East Timor (TLS)	0	0	0	0
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	0	0
	Laos (LAO)	0	0	0	0
	Nepal (NEP)	0	0	0	0
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	0	0
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	0	0
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	0	0
	Yemen (YEM)	0	0	0	0
Totals (41 nations)		706	489	375	1570

References

Closure of FESPIC Federation Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
"Guangzhou wins bid to host 2010 Asian Para-Games". China Daily. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
"1st APG Guangzhou 2010". APC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
"2nd APG Incheon 2014". APC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
"3rd APG Jakarta 2018". APC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
"Para-taekwondo and Para-canoe to make Asian Para Games debut in Hangzhou". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

External links

Asian Paralympic Committee

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[1] Closure of FESPIC Federation Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[Guangzhou_wins_bid_to_host_2010_Asian_Para-Games-2] "Guangzhou wins bid to host 2010 Asian Para-Games". China Daily. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

[3] "1st APG Guangzhou 2010". APC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

[4] "2nd APG Incheon 2014". APC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[5] "3rd APG Jakarta 2018". APC. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[6] "Para-taekwondo and Para-canoe to make Asian Para Games debut in Hangzhou". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

Asian Para Games
APC Medal table
Games	Guangzhou 2010 Incheon 2014 Jakarta 2018 Hangzhou 2022 Nagoya 2026
FESPIC Games Asian Youth Para Games Asian Games

Events of the Asian Paralympic Committee
Continental	Asian Para Games Asian Youth Para Games
Regional	ASEAN Para Games
Defunct	FESPIC Games¹ FESPIC Youth Games¹
¹ Inter-continental event involving Asia and Oceania.

Regional organizations of National Paralympic Committees
Asian Para Games Parapan American Games
Africa	ASCOD – African Paralympic Committee
Americas	APC – Americas Paralympic Committee
Asia	APC – Asian Paralympic Committee
Europe	EPC – European Paralympic Committee
Oceania	OPC – Oceania Paralympic Committee

Nations that have competed at the Asian Para Games
Asian Paralympic Committee
West Asia	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia	Afghanistan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Southeast Asia	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Sports at the Asian Para Games
Paralympic Sports at the Asian Para Games	Archery Athletics Parabadminton Boccia Cycling Football 5-a-side Goalball Judo Paracanoe Parataekwondo Powerlifting Rowing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Sitting volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair tennis Wheelchair rugby
Non-Paralympic Sports at the Asian Para Games	Bowling Chess Football 7-a-side Lawn bowls Sailing Wheelchair dancesport