Editing Asian Games (section)

===Reorganization and expansion===
These events led the National Olympic Committees in Asia to revise the constitution of the Asian Games Federation. The Olympic Council of Asia was created in November 1981, excluding Israel and Taiwan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israelis facing Asian ban|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rr4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=2948,6887134|access-date=9 October 2010|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=10 December 1981}}</ref> India was scheduled to host in [[1982 Asian Games|1982]] and the OCA decided to maintain the old AGF timetable. The OCA formally started to supervise the Games starting with the [[1986 Asian Games]] scheduled for Seoul, South Korea.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympics|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ukIwAAAAIBAJ&pg=1683,4438561|access-date=9 October 2010|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=28 November 1981}}</ref> In the [[1990 Asian Games]] held in [[Beijing]], Taiwan (Republic of China) was re-admitted, under pressure by the People's Republic of China to compete as ''Chinese Taipei''.<ref>{{cite news|title=China welcomes Taiwan's AG trip|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_mYVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5130,1232701|access-date=9 October 2010|newspaper=Manila Standard|date=16 July 1988}}</ref>

The [[1994 Asian Games|1994 Games]] held in [[Hiroshima]] included the inaugural participation of the former 5 [[republics of the Soviet Union]] who were part of [[Central Asia]]: Kazakhstan, [[Kyrgyzstan]], Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It was also the first edition of the Games held in a host country outside its [[capital city]].<ref>{{cite web|title=第12届 1994年广岛亚运会|url=http://data.sports.163.com/match/history/0005000BBQDY.html |publisher=data.sports.163.com|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202025642/http://data.sports.163.com/match/history/0005000BBQDY.html|archive-date=2 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, [[National Olympic Committee of Iraq|Iraq]] was suspended from the Games due to the 1990 [[Persian Gulf War]]. [[Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|North Korea]] boycotted the Games due to political issues with the host country. The Games were hampered during the opening ceremony due to a heart attack that killed Nareshkumar Adhikari, the chief of the Nepalese delegation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Let the Games Begin|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QpsWAAAAIBAJ&pg=1694,953978|access-date=9 October 2010|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=3 October 1994}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[1998 Asian Games|1998 Games]] marked the fourth time the Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand. This time the city participated in a bidding process. The opening ceremony was on 6 December; the previous three were on 9 December. [[Bhumibol Adulyadej|King Bhumibol Adulyadej]] opened the Games; the closing ceremony was on 20 December (the same date as all the previous games hosted by Thailand).

[[File:IRAN Asain games medal 1974.jpg|thumb|1974 Asian Games medal]]