Asian Games 1970

The 1970 Asian Games took place in Bangkok from December 9th to 20th, 1970. Originally, South Korea was supposed to host the games, but could not be active as an organizer due to financial difficulties and security concerns.

Participating Nations

Khmer Republic  Taiwan  India  Indonesia  Iran  Israel  Japan  South Korea

Malaysia  Burma  Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Ceylon  Thailand  South Vietnam

sports

badminton basketball Boxing Soccer Weightlifting hockey athletics Cycling

Wrestling shoot swim sailing tennis Table tennis volleyball

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Japan	74	47	23	144
2	South Korea	18th	13	23	54
3	Thailand	9	17th	13	39
4th	Iran	9	7th	7th	23
5	India	6th	9	10	25th
6th	Israel	6th	6th	5	17th
7th	Malaysia	5	1	7th	13
8th	Burma	3	2	7th	12
9	Indonesia	2	5	13	20th
10	Ceylon	2	2	0	4th
11	Philippines	1	9	12	22nd
12	Chinese Taipei	1	5	12	18th
13	Pakistan	1	2	7th	10
14th	Singapore	0	6th	9	15th
15th	Khmer Republic	0	2	3	5
16	South Vietnam	0	0	2	2
Total		137	133	153	423

credentials

• http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19701220.2.151