1997 West Asian Games
st west asian game held november tehran iran around athlete team official participating country sport initially men allowed participate nation participated iran jordan kuwait kyrgyzstan lebanon qatar syria tajikistan turkmenistan yemen official sport programme contained athletics aquatic badminton basketball boxing fencing football judo karate shooting table tennis taekwondo tennis weightlifting wrestling iran host jordan kuwait kyrgyzstan lebanon qatar syria tajikistan turkmenistan yemen host nation iran olympic council asia west asian game