1997 West Asian Games
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| Host city | Tehran, Iran |
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| Nations participating | 10 |
| Athletes participating | 850 |
| Officially opened by | Ali Khamenei |
The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to 28 November 1997 in Tehran, Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 11 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.
The nations that participated were: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen.
The official sports programme contained Athletics, Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, Football, Judo, Karate, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
Medal table
Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Iran |
63 | 37 | 56 | 156 |
| 2 |  Kyrgyzstan |
26 | 15 | 16 | 57 |
| 3 |  Syria |
16 | 22 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 |  Kuwait |
15 | 22 | 20 | 57 |
| 5 |  Turkmenistan |
5 | 13 | 30 | 48 |
| 6 |  Tajikistan |
3 | 11 | 19 | 33 |
| 7 |  Lebanon |
2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 |  Jordan |
2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 |  Qatar |
1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 |  Yemen |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 134 | 133 | 170 | 437 | |
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1 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.2 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.
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