Participating Nations
All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia that existed as of 2010 participated in the 2010 Asian Games. All National Olympic Committees were ordered to submit their entries before September 30, 2010. Organizers allowed each NOC to submit additional entries and injury replacements after the deadline. After the final registration deadline, some 9,704 athletes, as well as some 4,750 team officials, took part in the Games, an increase of 184 athletes from the previous Asian Games in Doha. According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.
Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.
- Afghanistan (66)
- Bahrain (82)
- Bangladesh (150)
- Bhutan (11)
- Brunei (9)
- Cambodia (22)
- China (960)
- North Korea (188)
- Hong Kong (401)
- India (626)
- Indonesia (216)
- Iran (362)
- Iraq (42)
- Japan (726)
- Jordan (86)
- Kazakhstan (365)
- South Korea (788)
- Kuwait (184)
- Kyrgyzstan (135)
- Laos (53)
- Lebanon (49)
- Macau (168)
- Malaysia (325)
- Maldives (82)
- Mongolia (219)
- Myanmar (69)
- Nepal (140)
- Oman (52)
- Pakistan (169)
- Palestine (41)
- Philippines (188)
- Qatar (250)
- Saudi Arabia (164)
- Singapore (240)
- Sri Lanka (104)
- Syria (44)
- Chinese Taipei (399)
- Tajikistan (67)
- Thailand (593)
- Timor-Leste (23)
- Turkmenistan (111)
- United Arab Emirates (84)
- Uzbekistan (220)
- Vietnam (260)
- Yemen (32)
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