1997 West Asian Games
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.
== Sports ==
== Participating nations ==
 Iran (host)
 Jordan
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Lebanon
 Qatar
 Syria
 Tajikistan
 Turkmenistan
 Yemen
== Medal table ==
  *   Host nation (Iran)
== External links ==
Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games