Asian Para Games

For the most recent games, held in Jakarta, see 2018 Asian Para Games. For the next games, to be held in Hangzhou, see 2022 Asian Para Games.

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
Purpose	Multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities from nations in Asia

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

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 the former and the latter had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city. 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

Prior formation

Before the Asian Para Games were held, a gathering known as the FESPIC Games existed and was participated 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.

Formation

The Asian Para Games superseded the FESPIC Games, which was dissolved alongside the FESPIC Federation, the governing body of the games and merged with the Asian Paralympic Council which was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 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.

List of Asian Para Games

2010

2014

2018

2022

2026

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)
II	2014	Incheon	South Korea	Prime Minister Chung Hong-won	18 October	24 October	41	2,497	23	443	China (CHN)
III	2018	Jakarta	Indonesia	President Joko Widodo	6 October	13 October	43	2,757	18	506	China (CHN)
IV	2022	Hangzhou	China		9 October	15 October			22
V	2026	Nagoya	Japan		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

Medal count

Main article: All-time Asian Para Games medal table

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)

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

External links

• Asian Paralympic Committee