The 6th Asian Games also known as Bangkok 1970, were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea (the city eventually hosted in 1986). The previous host, Thailand, stepped in to save the Asiad. 2,400 athletes from 18 countries competed in this Asiad, where yachting made its debut.
Venue
National Sport Complex Suphachalasai Stadium (Opening & Closing ceremonies, Athletics and Football) Chantanayingyong Gymnasium (Volleyball) Thephasadin Stadium (Hockey) Nimibutr Stadium (Basketball) Wisutarom Swimming Pool (Diving, Swimming)
Sport Authority of Thailand Sport Complex (Hua Mark) Indoor Stadium (formerly Kittikachorn Indoor Stadium) (Badminton and Boxing) Shooting Range (Shooting) Velodrome (Cycling)
Chulalongkorn University Sport Complex Chula Football Stadium (Football) Chula Swimming Stadium (Water Polo)
Thammasat University (Thaprachan Centre) Thammasat Gymnasium (Volleyball)
Other Venue in Bangkok Cultural Hall (Weightlifting) Amporn Garden Hall (Wrestling)
Pattaya (Outside Bangkok) Pattaya Bay (Sailing)
Participating nations
(14) (73) (106) (177) (95) (102) (53) (427) (8) (100) (30) (84) (302) (161) (75) (102) (19) (472)
Non-competing nations The following only sent non-competing delegations:
Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest) IOC Letter Code Country Athletes THA 472 JPN 427 PHI 302 IND 177 ROC 161 HKG 106 IRN 102 KOR 102 MAL 100 INA 95 PAK 84 SIN 75 CEY 73 ISR 53 NEP 30 VNM 19 BIR 14 KHM 8
Sports
Calendar In the following calendar for the 1970 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. The numeral indicates the number of event finals for each sport held that day. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right, how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.
OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony December 19709thWed10thThu11thFri12thSat13thSun14thMon15thTue16thWed17thThu18thFri19thSat20thSunGoldmedals Athletics 5 6 6 5 5 8 35 Badminton ●●● 2●● 5 7 Basketball ●●● ●●● ● 1 1 Boxing ●●●● 11 11 Cycling – Road 1 2 3 Cycling – Track 1 1 2 ● 4 8 Diving 1 1 1 1 4 Field hockey ●●●●●●●●● 1 1 Football ●●●●●●●●●● 1 1 Sailing ●●●●● 5 5 Shooting 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 Swimming 6 5 5 4 4 24 Volleyball ●●●●●●● ● 2 2 Water polo ●●●● 1 1 Weightlifting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Wrestling ●●● 10 10Total gold medals 9 9 15 25 16 27 13 5 2 13 1 135 Ceremonies OC CCDecember 19709thWed10thThu11thFri12thSat13thSun14thMon15thTue16thWed17thThu18thFri19thSat20thSunGoldmedals
Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Thailand, is highlighted.
References
External links OCA Website