1986 Asian Games
asian game 년 아시아 경기대회년 아시안 게임 officially known th asian game x asiad 제회 아시아 경기대회제회 아시안 게임 commonly known seoul 서울 held september october seoul south korea venue facility th asiad venue facility would used summer olympics considered test event seoul previously scheduled host game received security threat neighbouring north korea forcing give hosting game previous host bangkok thailand baghdad iraq pyongyang north korea seoul south korea bidding city game process baghdad pyongyang withdrew leaving seoul bidding city mascot official mascot asian game hodori tiger also mascot summer olympics stylized tiger designed kim hyun amicable amur tiger portraying friendly hospitable tradition korean people following venue used game communist state mongolia vietnam lao cambodia afghanistan south yemen well burma syrian arab republic brunei darussalam boycotted game support north korea failed proposal host event summer olympics participating country eastern bloc people republic china set host next game beijing participate sent high profile delegation ultimately finished top medal table two year later except north korea participated summer olympics although brunei sent one official athlete following noc participated number athlete national olympic committee highest lowest top ten ranked noc game listed host nation south korea highlighted host nation south korea north korean spy detonated bomb behind vending machine gimpo international airport killed five people including south korean delegate day game started asian winter game summer olympics asian game asian game ocasia