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2018 Asian Games
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18th edition of the Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games was the 18th edition of a major sporting competition held across Asia, featuring athletes from countries throughout the continent competing in various sports. The event brings together Asian nations to compete at an elite level and serves as an important showcase for athletic talent and international sporting cooperation in the region.
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Key facts
- Host city
- Jakarta and Palembang , Indonesia
- Motto
- Energy of Asia
- Athletes
- 11,300
- Events
- 465 in 46 sports (61 disciplines)
- Opening
- 18 August 2018
- Closing
- 2 September 2018
- Opened by
- Joko Widodo , President of Indonesia
- Closed by
- Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah , President of the Olympic Council of Asia
- Athlete s oath
- Arki Dikania Wisnu
- Judge s oath
- Wahyana
- Torch lighter
- Susi Susanti
- Main venue
- Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium
- Website
- asiangames2018.id (archived)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- multi-sport event
- Has part
- bridge at the 2018 Asian Games
- Country
- Indonesia
- Location
- Palembang
- Official website
- asiangames2018.id
- Motto
- Energy of Asia
- Participant
- Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games
- Organizer
- Olympic Council of Asia
- Has parts of class
- sport
Show 14 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:2018 Asian Games
- edition number
- 18
- start time
- 2018-08-18
- end time
- 2018-09-02
- point in time
- 2018-00-00
- Commons category
- 2018 Asian Games
- date of official opening
- 2018-08-18
- sports season of league or competition
- Asian Games
- officially opened by
- Joko Widodo
- number of participants
- 45
- social media followers
- 897000
- date of official closure
- 2018-09-02
- torch lit by
- Susi Susanti
- unveiled by
- Joko Widodo
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2018 Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or Asian Games 2018), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia ke-18), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.
For the first time, the Summer Asian Games were co-hosted by two regions; the Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which was hosting the Games for the first time since 1962), and Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province. Events were held in and around the two cities, including venues in Bandung and the provinces of West Java and Banten. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. The Games were originally awarded to Hanoi, Vietnam, but withdrew in 2014 due to budgetary concerns and other factors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2018 Asian Games” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.