Asian Games 1970 Bangkok, Thailand

The 6th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1970 to December 20, 1970 in Bangkok,Thailand. Originally Seoul, South Korea was selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. Previous hostThailand stepped in to save the Asiad and staged the Games using the funds of South Korea. A total number of 2,400 athletes, coming from 18 countries, competed in this Asiad, whereyachting made its debut.

[edit]Participating NOCs

Cambodia  Taiwan  India  Indonesia  Iran  Israel  Japan  Korea

Malaysia  Burma  Pakistan  Philippines  Singapore  Ceylon  Thailand  South Vietnam

[edit]Sports

Athletics Badminton at the 1970 Asian Games Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games Boxing at the 1970 Asian Games Cycling at the 1970 Asian Games Football Hockey

Sailing at the 1970 Asian Games Shooting at the 1970 Asian Games Swimming Volleyball at the 1970 Asian Games Weightlifting Wrestling at the 1970 Asian Games

[edit]Medal table

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	74	47	23	144
2	South Korea (KOR)	18	13	23	54
3	Thailand (THA)	9	17	13	39
4	Iran (IRI)	9	7	7	23
5	India (IND)	6	9	10	25
6	Israel (ISR)	6	6	5	17
7	Malaysia (MAS)	5	1	7	13
8	Burma (BIR)	3	2	7	12
9	Indonesia (INA)	2	5	13	20
10	Ceylon (CEY)	2	2	0	4
11	Philippines (PHI)	1	9	12	22
12	Republic of China (ROC)	1	5	12	18
13	Pakistan (PAK)	1	2	7	10
14	Singapore (SIN)	0	6	9	15
15	Khmer Republic (CAM)	0	2	3	5
16	South Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	2	2
Total		137	133	153	423