XI Asian Games

Host city	Beijing, China
Motto	Unity, friendship and progress (Chinese: 团结、友谊、进步; pinyin: Tuánjié, yǒuyì, jìnbù)[1]
Nations	31
Athletes	6,122
Events	308 in 27 sports
Opening	22 September 1990
Closing	7 October 1990
Opened by	Yang Shangkun President of China
Closed by	Roy de Silva Acting President of Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Chen Longcan
Torch lighter	Xu Haifeng, Gao Min, and Zhang Rongfang
Main venue	Workers' Stadium
Summer
← Seoul 1986 Hiroshima 1994 →
Winter
← Sapporo 1990 Harbin 1996 →

The 1990 Asian Games, also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games (第十一届亚洲运动会) or simply Beijing 1990 (北京1990), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.^[2]

Along with the 1993 East Asian Games, this event served as a precursor to China's further development in the sporting arena, as before the city went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) and eventually won the bids for the 2001 Summer Universiade, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics . In a fact with precedent, China dominated the games, grabbing 60% of the gold medals and 34% of the total medal count. China set a new record by becoming the first nation in the history of the Asian Games to cross the 100-gold medal mark and the 300-total medal mark in one edition.

This also marked Taiwan's first participation in the Asian Games as Chinese Taipei.

In 1983, Beijing and Hiroshima demonstrated interest in hosting the 1990 Asian Games. The two cities made formal presentations before the Olympic Council of Asia board. They were evaluated in a meeting of the council in Seoul during 1984, which also served to evaluate the preparations for the next Asian Games and also for the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Beijing eventually won the right to host the 1990 edition, while the team from Hiroshima presented an excellent technical bid, and won the rights to host of the 1994 Asian Games as compensation in an unprecedented move.^[2]

34 votes were needed for selection.

1990 Asian Games bidding result

City	Country	Votes
Beijing	China	44
Hiroshima	Japan	23

To commemorate the 11th Asian Games, three different sets of stamps were issued in 1988, 1989 and 1990.^[3]

The official mascot of this edition was Pan Pan (Chinese: 盼盼), the panda.

The following venues were used during the Games.^[4][5] Yayuncun Subdistrict, the athlete's village was located in Chaoyang District and is now a residential area.

Demonstration sports

•  Baseball (details)
•  Soft tennis (details)

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 1990. Note that Iraq was suspended by the Olympic Council of Asia from participating at the Asian Games due to the Gulf War which killed first OCA president Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Iraq would only return to compete in the sporting event in 2006.^[6]

Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)

IOC Letter Code	Country	Athletes
CHN	China	775
VIE	Vietnam	694
THA	Thailand	414
JPN	Japan	372
KOR	South Korea	371
PHI	Philippines	285
SIN	Singapore	237
UAE	United Arab Emirates	222
IND	India	195
HKG	Hong Kong	188
MAL	Malaysia	173
SRI	Sri Lanka	171
KSA	Saudi Arabia	161
INA	Indonesia	152
PAK	Pakistan	144
IRN	Iran	102
YEM	Yemen	98
QAT	Qatar	92
PRK	North Korea	86
TPE	Chinese Taipei	78
NEP	Nepal	67
SYR	Syria	61
MYA	Myanmar	31
BAN	Bangladesh	26
AFG	Afghanistan	23
LIB	Lebanon	22
BRN	Bahrain	21
OMA	Oman	21
MGL	Mongolia	17
LAO	Laos	15
BHU	Bhutan	11
MDV	Maldives	9
KUW	Kuwait	8
PLE	Palestine	4
BRU	Brunei	3
MAC	Macau	3

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	183	107	51	341
2	South Korea (KOR)	54	54	73	181
3	Japan (JPN)	38	60	76	174
4	North Korea (PRK)	12	31	39	82
5	Iran (IRN)	4	6	8	18
6	Pakistan (PAK)	4	1	7	12
7	Indonesia (INA)	3	6	21	30
8	Qatar (QAT)	3	2	1	6
9	Thailand (THA)	2	7	8	17
10	Malaysia (MAL)	2	2	4	8
11–25	Remaining	5	33	69	107
Totals (25 entries)		310	309	357	976