2018 Asian Para Games

III Asian Para Games
Host city Jakarta, Indonesia
Motto The Inspiring Spirit and Energy of Asia
(Indonesian: Semangat Inspirasi dan Energi Asia)
Nations participating 43
Athletes participating 2,762[1]
Events 512 in 18 sports
(506 medals and 6 non-medals)[2]
Opening ceremony 6 October
Closing ceremony 13 October
Officially opened by Joko Widodo
President of Indonesia
Officially closed by Majid Rashed
President of the Asian Paralympic Committee
Athlete's Oath Banyu Tri Mulyo
Judge's Oath Bayu Widi
Coach's Oath Dinda Ayu Sekartaji
Torch lighter Jendi Panggabean
Main venue Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (opening ceremony)
Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium (closing ceremony)
Website Official website
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The 2018 Asian Para Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Difabel Asia 2018, Asian Para Games 2018), officially known as the 3rd Asian Para Games, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event that held from 6 to 13 October 2018 in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta. The event paralleled the 2018 Asian Games and was held for Asian athletes with disability.[3]

It was the first time Indonesia hosted the games. Events were held in the host city Jakarta and in Bogor Regency of West Java province. The opening ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, while the closing ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. The games saw the debut of Bhutan as a participating nation and the introduction of chess to the Asian Para Games' program, with the removal of rowing, sailing, 5 and 7-a-side football, Wheelchair DanceSport and wheelchair rugby.

China led the medal tally for the third consecutive time. North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and for the first time competed as a unified team in some events. They also won their first medals, one silver and one bronze medal as a unified team. In addition, Philippines and Kuwait won their first ever Asian Para Games gold medals, while Laos and East Timor won their first ever Asian Para Games medals including their first gold medals.

Host city

As is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 29 February 2016, Indonesia signed the Asian Para Games host city contract at a ceremony in Jakarta, having confirmed as host city of the 2018 Asian Games in October 2014.[4][5][6]

Development and preparations

Branding and design

Momo, mascot of the 2018 Asian Para Games

The emblem of the games was Harmony - Energy of Asia, modelled upon the circular roof of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of the games. It represented harmony and balance within the natural environment and the people of the Asian community. The moving man in the center of the circle symbolize the movement and energy of the 2018 Asian Para Games participating athletes in achieving victory, while the 3 curves surrounding the man’s silhouette represents unity in diversity among Asian countries for mutual achievement. 5 different colours are used in the logo to represent the basic elements in Asian philosophy of Living and togetherness. Blue symbolized the sky, orange symbolized the sun, green symbolized the nature, purple symbolized proximity, wisdom, loyalty, and pride and red symbolized the spirit of solidarity.[7]

The official mascot of the Games is a Bondol eagle named Momo whose name is short for motivation and mobility. Momo represents the icon of the capital city of Jakarta and also represents spirit. Momo wears a Betawinese Belt with Sarong.

On 5 October 2018, Indonesia Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (INAPGOC) released the medal design to the public which is inspired by the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics medal, featuring the Asian Para Games logo on the obverse and the braille letters on the reverse. Each medal contains differing numbers of metal balls to allow the visually impaired to audibly distinguish their colour by shaking them.[8]

Marketing and promotion

Official songs

Six songs were composed for the games, including the official theme song "Song of Victory", which is currently used as the background music for the games' International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) title sequence.[9] Some songs were created not for the games only, like "Sang Juara" by Naura and Zizi,[10] which is a version of the former's 2017 song "Juara" and a short version of 2016-released song "Manusia Kuat" by Tulus.[11]

No.TitleLyricsMusicPerformer(s)Length
1."Song of Victory"Ezra Lilipory
  • Ezra Lilipory
  • Dharana Moniaga
  • M. S. Alwi
3:00
2."Sang Juara" (The Champion) Andi Rianto
  • Naura
  • Zizi
3:03
3."I Wanna Dance"  
  • Ayesha feat. Tompi
3:32
4."Dream High"  
3:10
5."Kita Semua Sama" (We are All the Same)
  • Raja Sapta Oktohari
  • Seno M. Hardjo
  • Ika Ratih Poespa
Kevaz Jones
  • Billy Talahatu
  • Glenn Fredly
  • Maria Calista
  • Nania Yusuf
  • Tasya Rosmala
  • feat. Rejoz
4:11
6."Manusia Kuat" (Strong Human)Tulus
  • Ferry Nurhayat
  • Ari Renaldi
Tulus3:05

Torch relay

Like the torch relay of the 2018 Asian Games, the torch relay began at the Mrapen in Central Java on 5 September 2018 where the torch was lit using the Indonesian natural eternal flame to mark the 30-day countdown to the event.[12] The flame was passed to another 8 Indonesian cities.[13][14] Below is the schedule of the relay:

Venues and infrastructure

Venues

The 2018 Asian Para Games uses most venues that are used to host the 2018 Asian Games events. They are located in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java province.[16][17]

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Venue Events Capacity
Aquatic Center Swimming 7,800
Archery Field Archery 293
Basketball Hall Wheelchair basketball 2,400
Hockey Field (Court 2)[18] Lawn bowls 818
Main Stadium Opening ceremony, Athletics 77,193[19]
Madya Stadium Closing ceremony[20] 9,170[21]
Istora Badminton 7,110
Shooting Range Shooting
Tennis Indoor Stadium Sitting volleyball 3,750

Central Jakarta

Venue Events Capacity Location
Cempaka Putih Sports Hall Chess Cempaka Putih
Jakarta International Expo Judo Kemayoran

East Jakarta

Venue Events Capacity Location
Jakarta International Velodrome Cycling (track) 3,000 Rawamangun
POPKI Sports Hall Wheelchair fencing Cibubur

North Jakarta

Venue Events Capacity Location
Ecovention Ancol Table tennis Ancol
Jaya Ancol Bowling Center Bowling
Klub Kelapa Gading Wheelchair tennis Kelapa Gading
Tanjung Priok Sports Hall Boccia Tanjung Priok

South Jakarta

Venue Events Capacity Location
Balai Kartini Goalball Setiabudi
Balai Sudirman Powerlifting Tebet

Jakarta Suburb (West Java)

Venue Events Capacity Location
Sentul International Circuit Cycling (road race)[22] 50,000 Sentul, Bogor Regency

Athletes' village

The games uses the same Athletes' Village as the 2018 Asian Games which was built at Kemayoran.[23][24][25]

Transport

Like during the 2018 Asian Games, TransJakarta provides free bus rides involving 300 disabled-friendly buses which consists of 200 low-entry buses and 100 high-entry buses during the games for disabled athletes everyday and on weekend days during the games for the locals to encourage people to watch the games.[26][27]

The Games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games took place on Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.[28] The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:43 local time. Jay Subiyakto was the Associate creative director of the ceremony.[29][30][31][32][33] North and South Korea delegates marched together under one unified flag of Korea for the first time.

The games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.

Sports

The third Asian Para Games had 512 events in 18 sports comprising 506 medal events and six events which are not medal events because of the limited number of participants. An event is considered a medal event if it is contested by at least four athletes from two countries.[34]Here are the 18 sports which are competed:[35]

Participating Nations

All 43 members of the Asian Paralympic Committee participated at the Games.[36] In addition, the two Koreas competed as one joint team in selected events.[37] Bhutan participated for the first time.

Below is a list of all the participating NPCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Participating National Paralympic Committees
  •  Afghanistan (24)
  •  Bahrain (14)
  •  Bhutan (2)
  •  Brunei (8)
  •  Cambodia (29)
  •  China (232)
  •  Hong Kong
  •  India (193)
  •  Indonesia (295)
  •  Iran (210)
  •  Iraq
  •  Japan (303)
  •  Jordan
  •  Kazakhstan (91)
  •  Korea (12)
  •  North Korea
  •  South Korea
  •  Kuwait
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Laos
  •  Lebanon
  •  Macau
  •  Malaysia (139)
  •  Mongolia
  •  Myanmar
  •  Nepal
  •  Oman
  •  Pakistan
  •  Palestine (2)
  •  Philippines (57)
  •  Qatar
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Singapore
  •  Sri Lanka
  •  Syria
  •  Chinese Taipei (89)
  •  Tajikistan
  •  Thailand (237)
  •  East Timor
  •  Turkmenistan
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  Uzbekistan (54)
  •  Vietnam (52)
  •  Yemen

Closing ceremony

The 2018 Asian Para Games closing ceremony was held on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta.[38][39] In addition to local artists and a Hangzhou Asian Para Games promotional video segment, the South Korean girlband AOA performed in the ceremony. Vice Mayor of Hangzhou Wang Hong received the APC flag as the host of the next Games.

Calendar

 OC  Opening ceremony  ●   Event competitions  1  Gold medal events  CC  Closing ceremony
October 6
Sat		 7
Sun		 8
Mon		 9
Tue		 10
Wed		 11
Thu		 12
Fri		 13
Sat		 Events
Ceremonies OC CC N/A
Archery ● ● ● 6 3 9
Athletics 31 35 31 33 31 161
Badminton ● 1 ● ● ● ● 9 9 19
Boccia ● ● ● 4 ● 3 7
Bowling 5 6 5 2 18
Chess ● ● ● 12 ● 12 24
Cycling Road 8 5 13
Track 4 4 6 14
Goalball ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Judo 4 4 5 2 15
Lawn bowls 1 5 1 3 ● 5 15
Powerlifting 3 4 4 3 3 3 20
Shooting 3 4 2 2 2 13
Sitting volleyball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Swimming 16 20 20 16 18 16 106
Table tennis ● ● 9 11 11 ● 5 6 42
Wheelchair basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Wheelchair fencing 4 2 6 4 2 18
Wheelchair tennis ● ● ● ● 3 3 6
Daily medal events 25 91 96 102 74 96 22 506
Cumulative Total 25 116 212 314 388 484 506
October 6
Sat		 7
Sun		 8
Mon		 9
Tue		 10
Wed		 11
Thu		 12
Fri		 13
Sat		 Events

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

2018 Asian Para Games medal table[40]
RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1728859319
2 South Korea (KOR)534547145
3 Iran (IRI)514243136
4 Japan (JPN)457083198
5 Indonesia (INA)*374751135
6 Uzbekistan (UZB)35241877
7 Thailand (THA)233350106
8 Malaysia (MAS)17262568
9 India (IND)15243372
10 Hong Kong (HKG)11162148
11 Philippines (PHI)1081129
12 Vietnam (VIE)882440
13 Kazakhstan (KAZ)5151333
14 Sri Lanka (SRI)46414
15 Iraq (IRQ)361120
16 Singapore (SGP)32510
17 Chinese Taipei (TPE)291425
18 United Arab Emirates (UAE)26311
19 Saudi Arabia (KSA)2338
20 East Timor (TLS)2013
 Pakistan (PAK)2013
22 Kuwait (KUW)1348
23 Oman (OMA)1315
24 Jordan (JOR)1203
25 Mongolia (MGL)1135
26 Laos (LAO)1001
27 Myanmar (MYA)0426
28 Bahrain (BRN)0213
 Macau (MAC)0213
30 Syria (SYR)0145
31 Korea (COR)0112
32 Qatar (QAT)0101
33 Turkmenistan (TKM)0011
Totals (33 NPCs)5074985381543

See also

References

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Preceded by
Incheon		 Asian Para Games
Jakarta
III Asian Para Games (2018)		 Succeeded by
Hangzhou
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