1990 Asian Games

XI Asian Games

Host city	Beijing, China
Nations participating	36
Athletes participating	6,122
Events	308 in 27 sports
Opening ceremony	September 22
Closing ceremony	October 7
Officially opened by	Yang Shangkun President of China
Officially closed by	Roy de Silva Acting President of Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Chen Longcan
Torch lighter	Xu Haifeng, Gao Min, and Zhang Rongfang
Main venue	Workers Stadium
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The 11th Asian Games (Chinese: 第十一届亚洲运动会), also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games, were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.

The games served as a precursor to China's further development in the sporting arena, as the country went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) in 1993 and eventually won the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2001. China dominated the games, grabbing 60% of the gold medals and 34% of the total medal count.

This also marked Taiwan's first participation in the Asian Games as Chinese Taipei.

Bidding process

In 1983, two cities in Asia demonstrated interest to host the 1990 Asian Games, one was Beijing of China and the other was Hiroshima in Japan. The two appeared before the Olympic Council of Asia, during a meeting of the same, the following year in Seoul, that also served as a previous meeting to evaluate the preparations of the city for the next Asian Games and also for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Beijing eventually won the right to host the 1990 edition, while Hiroshima, when presenting an excellent technical level application, was ratified as the host of the 1994 Asian Games.^[1]

34 votes were needed for selection.

1990 Asian Games bidding result
City	Country	Votes
Beijing	China	44
Hiroshima	Japan	23

Stamps

To commemorate the 11th Asian Games, three different sets of stamps were issued in 1988, 1989 and 1990.^[2]

Mascot

Mascot

The official mascot of this edition was PanPan, the panda.

Participating NOCs

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 1990.

Sports

Demonstration sports

• Baseball ()
• Soft tennis ()

Medal table

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	183	107	51	341
2	South Korea (KOR)	54	54	73	181
3	Japan (JPN)	38	60	76	174
4	North Korea (PRK)	12	31	39	82
5	Iran (IRI)	4	6	8	18
6	Pakistan (PAK)	4	1	7	12
7	Indonesia (INA)	3	6	21	30
8	Qatar (QAT)	3	2	1	6
9	Thailand (THA)	2	7	8	17
10	Malaysia (MAS)	2	2	4	8
11–25	Remaining	5	33	69	107
Totals (25 nations)		310	309	357	976

References