The 10th Asian Games

Asian Games

The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...

were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea. The city was supposed to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighboring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues

Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics

For the 1988 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-one sports venues were used. South Korea hosted its first World Championships in 1978 in shooting sports. Three years later, Seoul was awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics. Many of the venues constructed for the 1988 Games were completed two years earlier...

 and facilities used in the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 because this was considered a test event.

A total number of 4,839 athletes, coming from 27 countries, were competing in 25 events. Debuting sports were judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

, taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

, women's cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

 and women's shooting

Shooting

Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

. 83 Asian records and three world records were broken, while two world records were equalled in the Seoul Asiad.

Hammer thrower Shigenobu Murofushi

Shigenobu Murofushi

is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**...

 from Japan won the Asian Games gold for the fifth successive time (1970–1986). But the star of the 1986 Asian Games was the Payyoli Express – P. T. Usha. She won four gold medals (and one silver), becoming the biggest winner of athletics gold medals in the Seoul Asiad.

The Seoul Asiad marked the coming of age of South Korean sports. They came second in the Seoul Asiad in the medal tally, displacing Japan (unofficially first if one ranks by total medals won). From the 1986 Asiad onwards, China and South Korea would always finish one and two in the overall medal count (except the 1994 Asian Games

1994 Asian Games

The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...

 in Hiroshima).

All socialist countries including North Korea except Mainland China boycotted the game due to political conditions. A spy detonated a bomb behind a vending machine in Gimpo International Airport

Gimpo International Airport

Gimpo International Airport , commonly known as Gimpo Airport , is located in the far western end of Seoul and was the main international airport for Seoul and South Korea before it was replaced by Incheon International Airport in 2001...

and killed five people, including a technician, just few days before the game started.

Medal table

Source : Overall Medal Standings - Seoul 1986

1	Mainland China	94	82	46	222
2		93	55	76	224
3	Japan	58	76	77	211
4	Iran	6	6	10	22
5	India	5	9	23	37
6	Philippines	4	5	9	18
7	Thailand	3	10	13	26
8	Pakistan	2	3	4	9
9	Indonesia	1	5	4	10
10	Hong Kong	1	1	3	5
11	Qatar	1	0	3	4
12	Lebanon	1	0	1	2
12	Bahrain	1	0	1	2
14	Malaysia	0	5	5	10
15	Iraq	0	5	2	7
16	Jordan	0	3	1	4
17	Kuwait	0	1	7	8
18	Singapore	0	1	4	5
19	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
20	Nepal	|0	0	8	8
21	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
21	Oman	0	0	1	1
Total		270	268	299	837