2002 Asian Games - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

All 44 members of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) with 7,711 athletes are took part in the Games. Timor-Leste participate for the first time since its independence and Afghanistan returned to the action since Taliban had come to power. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

  • Afghanistan (25)
  • Bahrain (91)
  • Bangladesh (64)
  • Bhutan (19)
  • Brunei (27)
  • Cambodia (17)
  • China (689)
  • Chinese Taipei (359)
  • Hong Kong (218)
  • India (356)
  • Indonesia (102)
  • Iran (151)
  • Japan (659)
  • Jordan (23)
  • Kazakhstan (284)
  • Kuwait (163)
  • Kyrgyzstan (72)
  • Laos (13)
  • Lebanon (73)
  • Macau (78)
  • Malaysia (212)
  • Maldives (23)
  • Mongolia (181)
  • Myanmar (63)
  • Nepal (50)
  • North Korea (184)
  • Oman (42)
  • Pakistan (141)
  • Palestine (39)
  • Philippines (220)
  • Qatar (228)
  • Saudi Arabia (69)
  • Singapore (96)
  • South Korea (770)
  • Sri Lanka (84)
  • Syria (21)
  • Tajikistan (43)
  • Thailand (267)
  • Timor-Leste (15)
  • Turkmenistan (47)
  • United Arab Emirates (91)
  • Uzbekistan (182)
  • Vietnam (121)
  • Yemen (42)

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