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The Event
The 14th Busan Asian Games will start on September 29 and
end on October 14.
Athletes from 44 countries will meet in Busan Metropolitan
City, as well as Ulsan Metropolitan City, Changwon City, Masan
City and Yangsan City during the 16-day event.
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Turn-out
The 14th Busan Asian Games Organising Committee
(BAGOC) anticipates athletes and officials turning up for
the games to number around 11,000 athletes and officials from
the 44 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
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42 Participating Countries
Afghanistan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China,
Chinese Taipei, D.P.R. of Korea,
East Timor, Hong
Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon, Laos, Macau (China), Malaysia, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, U.A.
Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
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Busan City
Busan is a city on the lower Southeastern side
of the Korean Peninsula. It shares the same latitude with
other international cities such as Baghdad, Tokyo and Los
Angeles. Thus, the local time is around 9 hours ahead of the
Greenwich Mean time.
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38 Games
Athletics, Archery,
Badminton, Baseball,
Basketball, Billiards, Bodybuilding, Bowling, Boxing,
Canoeing, Cycling,
Equestrian, Fencing,
Football, Golf, Gymnastics,
Handball, Hockey,
Judo, Kabaddi, Karatedo,
Modern pentathlon, Rowing,
Rugby,
Sailing, Sepak takraw,
Shooting, Softball, Soft tennis, Squash, Swimming,
Table tennis, Taekwondo,
Tennis, Volleyball,
Weightlifting, Wrestling
and Wushu.
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Pusan or Busan?
If you are unsure if it is Pusan or Busan,
we assure you it's the latter.
Busan used to be called Pusan. However, since
the city won its bid to host this year's Asian Games, it has
adopted a new Romanisation system for the Korean language,
which led to the change in the spelling of thousands of words,
including the name of the host city.
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The Mascot
 Chai-Yo
was the mascot for the 13th Asian Games at Bangkok in 1998.
Check out the mascot and emblem
for this year!
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