1974 Asian Games
th asian game persian بازی‌های آسیایی vii also known tehran persian تهران held september tehran iran aryamehr sport complex built game marked first time asian game hosted middle east tehran capital iran played host athlete coming countriesnocs highest number participant since inception game fencing gymnastics womens basketball added existing discipline game known use stateoftheart technology synthetic track photofinish camera starting game hit several crisis first host country indonesia refused permit participation israel republic china taiwan due political religious issue result ioc removed sponsorship game terminated indonesia one ioc member asian football confederation afc international association athletics federation iaaf international weightlifting federation iwf also removed recognition game south korea dropped plan host game due national security crisis however main reason financial crisis forcing previous host thailand administer game bangkok using fund transferred south korea prior game japan asked host declined due expo osaka edition also marked first time game broadcast television throughout world athletics one popular discipline game reza entezari iranian runner silver medal meter meter competition well bronze x metre relay january meeting organised bangkok involving representative nine asian national olympic committee framework meeting set another meeting held september first bangkok asian game tehran selected host city defeating kuwait city tel aviv responsibility organising seventh asian game assigned special committee headed amir abbas hoveida prime minister iran main venue asian game inside multipurpose sport complex– aryamehr sport complex stadium designed abdolaziz farmanfarmaian skidmore owings merrill rupee person required full construction completed april stadium named foraryamehr meaning light aryan reference mohammad reza shah pahlavi king iran aryamehr sport complex – aquatic athletics basketball cycling fencing gymnastics field hockey football volleyball shooting table tennis weightlifting wrestling amjadieh sport complex – badminton football mohammad reza shah stadium – boxing shahanshahi club – shooting tennis apadana stadium – football amjadieh international stadium – football september seventh asian game officially opened list guest included— shah iran mohammadreza pahlavi prime minister iran amir abbas hoveida cabinet member iranian government president israel ephraim katzir president south korea park chung hee king thailand bhumibol adulyadej diplomatic corp representative participating asian noc aryamehr stadium filled estimated spectator speech president asian game federation hrh yadavendra singh mohammad reza shah officially opened game ceremony featured card stunt performed student chulalongkorn university thailand asian game federation conference held ten month game decided expel republic china taiwan game accepted entry people republic china arab nation pakistan china north korea refused play israel tennis fencing basketball football last time israel competed asian game number athlete national olympic committee highest lowest following calendar asian game blue box represents event competition qualification round day yellow box represent day medalawarding final sport held numeral indicates number event final sport held day left calendar list sport event held game right many gold medal sport key top calendar aid reader top ten ranked noc game listed host nation iran highlighted host nation iran september national team iran israel faced final soccer tournament seen iranian israeli especially high class middle class symbol sympathy two country competition held arya mehr stadium presence shah iran mohammad reza pahlavi queen iran farah pahlavi symbol friendship two country iranian national team support fan eventually due goal israeli defender itzhak shum victory celebrated national event israeli street tehran isfahan kerman afc asian cup afc asian cup wwwocasiaorg champion asia anthem asian game tehran video