The 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( or ), officially 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( or ) and also known as Incheon 2013 (), was a pan-continental event held in Incheon, South Korea from 29 June to 6 July 2013 that served as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming 2014 Asian Games, which was also held in the same city. It was the first event to be held under the "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games" name following the merger of two OCA events – Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games, inherited the edition numeral of the former. Doha, Qatar was initially scheduled to host the 4th Asian Indoor Games in 2011, but withdrawn in June 2008 due to "unforeseen circumstances", with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) chose Incheon instead as a replacement and postponed the games to 2013.Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.
Marketing The logo of the Games is a brush image of a Korean traditional 'Giwa' (Tile) Roof that resembles people – “人” (Hanja or Chinese character for "인" (In)) holding hands, the initial of Asia “A”, and the Incheon Bridge. The wordmark ‘incheon 2013’ under the roof resembles the athletes from countries of the region that compete in various sports of the games.Game Symbols Similar to the Asian Games, the event's mascots were three spotted seals named Barame, Chumuro, and Vichuan and the event's motto was Diversity Shines Here. (See 2014 Asian Games#Marketing)
Venues Nine different venues were used for these Games: Most of the following would also be used for the 2014 Asian Games.
Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium – opening and closing ceremonies, dancesport and esports Anyang Hogye Gymnasium – bowling Songdo Global University Campus and Dongbu Student Gymnasium – futsal Sangnoksu Gymnasium – kabaddi and kurash Dowon Aquatics Center – short-course (25m) swimming Songdo Convensia – cue sports (billiard sports) Yonsei International Campus – chess and baduk (Go) Dowon Gymnasium – kickboxing and muaythai
Participating nations All 45 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia were invited to compete at these Games, with only 43 OCA countries taking pare in the 2013 games. North Korea and Timor-Leste declined to send their athletes to these Games. Indian athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Indian Olympic Association was suspended.
Sports A total of twelve sports were approved for the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Calendar OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony June / July 201326thWed27thThu28thFri29thSat30thSun1stMon2ndTue3rdWed4thThu5thFri6thSatGoldmedals Ceremonies OC CC Bowling
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 6 Chess
| bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 4 Cue sports
| bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 10 Dancesport
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | | 10 Esports
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| 6 Futsal | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 2 Go
| bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | 4 Indoor kabaddi
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| 2 Kickboxing
| bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | 9 Kurash
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 8 Muaythai
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| 9 Short course swimming
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| 30Total gold medals 9 13 26 12 10 15 15 100June / July 201326thWed27thThu28thFri29thSat30thSun1stMon2ndTue3rdWed4thThu5thFri6thSatGoldmedals
Medal table
Doping What follows is a list of all the athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance during the Games. Any medals listed were revoked.
NameNOCSportBanned substanceMedalsRefZhadyra KuanyshevaKickboxingFurosemideJarah TheweniKickboxingAmiloride and HydrochlorothiazideMastaneh SeifabadiMuaythaiDrostanoloneIndra GunawanShort course swimmingMethylhexanamine (Men's 50 m breaststroke)Guntur Pratama PuteraShort course swimmingMethylhexanamine (Men's 4 × 50 m freestyle relay) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
References
External links Official website World Muay Thai Federation on Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games