Back دورة الألعاب الآسيوية 1962 Arabic Jocs Asiàtics de 1962 Catalan Asienspiele 1962 German Juegos Asiáticos de 1962 Spanish بازیهای آسیایی ۱۹۶۲ Persian Jeux asiatiques de 1962 French 1962 एशियाई खेल Hindi Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962 ID IV Giochi asiatici Italian 1962年アジア競技大会 Japanese
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| Host city | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Motto | Ever Onward (Indonesian: Madju Terus) |
| Nations | 15 |
| Athletes | 1,460 |
| Events | 120 in 13 sports |
| Opening | 24 August 1962 |
| Closing | 4 September 1962 |
| Opened by | Sukarno President of Indonesia |
| Closed by | Hamengkubuwono IX President of the Asian Games Federation |
| Athlete's Oath | Ferry Sonneville[1] |
| Torch lighter | Effendi Saleh |
| Main venue | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium |
The 1962 Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962) also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, was the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first international multi-sport event hosted by the then-17-year-old Southeast Asian country. This was the first of two Asian Games hosted by the city: the second was held in 2018, with Palembang as the co-host.
Israel and the Republic of China (ROC) were excluded from the Games, as in solidarity with People's Republic of China and fellow-Muslim majority countries in the Middle East, Indonesian immigration officials refused to issue entry visas for the Israeli and Taiwanese delegations.
It was a breach of the rules of the AGF, and Indonesia's own promise to invite all AGF members, including those with whom it had no diplomatic relations (Israel, ROC and the Republic of Korea).[2]
As a result, Indonesia was suspended from the International Olympic Committee, and were subsequently excluded from the 1964 Summer Olympics. Indonesia responded to this punishment by hosting the Games of the New Emerging Forces in 1963.
A total number of 1,460 athletes, coming from 17 countries, competed in this Asiad, where badminton made its debut.
- ^ Julius Pour (2004). Dari Gelora Bung Karno ke Gelora Bung Karno. Grasindo. p. 51. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Jakarta 1962 Asian Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 3 October 2018.