1997 West Asian Games

Host City Tehran
Country IRI
Held 19 – 28 November 1997
Competitors 118
Countries 9

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 1
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 1
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 0 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 0 3
10 km Walk Men — Medal 3 1
High Jump Men — Medal 4 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 1
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 0 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-60 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-65 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-71 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-78 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-86 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
Open Men — Medal 4 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m Men — Medal 0 3
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m Men — Medal 3 3
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m Men — Medal 0 3
Air rifle 10 m Men — Medal 3 3
Air rifle team 10 m Men — Medal 0 3
Free pistol 50 m Men — Medal 3 2
Free pistol team 50 m Men — Medal 0 3
Center-fire pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 2
Center-fire pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 0 3
Air pistol 10 m Men — Medal 3 2
Air pistol team 10 m Men — Medal 0 3
Standard pistol 25 m Men — Medal 3 3
Standard pistol team 25 m Men — Medal 0 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
50 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 0 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 0 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 0 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 4 1
Doubles Men — Medal 8 2
Team Men — Medal 7 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 21 10 9 40
2 Iran IRI 19 19 30 68
3 Kuwait KUW 10 12 6 28
4 Syria SYR 7 5 5 17
5 Turkmenistan TKM 4 6 8 18
6 Qatar QAT 1 5 6 12
7 Tajikistan TJK 1 3 6 10
8 Jordan JOR 1 3 2 6
9 Lebanon LBN 0 1 3 4

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Massoud Al-Azemi KUW Abdolghaffar Saghar IRI Fawaz Al-Shammari KUW
200 m, Men Khalid Al-Johar KUW Massoud Al-Azemi KUW Maisam Delvarian IRI
400 m, Men Khalid Al-Johar KUW Fawaz Al-Shammari KUW Mehdi Jelodarzadeh IRI
800 m, Men Mohammad Reza Molai IRI Boris Kaveshnikov KGZ Mehdi Jelodarzadeh IRI
1,500 m, Men Ahmad Yazdanian IRI Farhad Heidari IRI Rasoul Mohammadbeigi IRI
5,000 m, Men Jafar Babakhani IRI Awad Al-Hasini JOR Ahmad Zarekar IRI
10,000 m, Men Ahmad Zarekar IRI Awad Al-Hasini JOR Ebrahim Etaati IRI
110 m Hurdles, Men Bader Abbas KUW Zeid Abdolrazagh IRI Fadin Mohammadzadeh IRI
400 m Hurdles, Men Hamidreza Fardinpour IRI Madjid Frotannia IRI Baymurat Ashirmuradov TKM
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Jafar Babakhani IRI Abolfazi Mahmoudian IRI Karim Seyedin IRI
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Kuwait KUW Iran IRI Turkmenistan TKM
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Kuwait KUW Iran IRI Turkmenistan TKM
10 km Walk, Men Gholamreza Aaeri IRI Ahmad Fazeli IRI Hamidreza Aghchem Kahrizi IRI
High Jump, Men Fakhredin Fouad Al-Dien Gor JOR Hassan Banitorfi IRI Alireza Ghiazi
Juma Niiazov 		IRI
TKM
Pole Vault, Men Hassan Mirsyfi IRI Mehdi Mobini IRI Abdolmadjid Sutudenia IRI
Long Jump, Men Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet KUW Hussein Al-Youha KUW Aleksandr Tumanov TKM
Triple Jump, Men Maksim Smetanin KGZ Mehrzad Charkhian IRI Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet KUW
Shot Put, Men Ali Barwiz Rahmani IRI Ali Saiah IRI Tarek Al-Najjar JOR
Discus Throw, Men Abbas Samimi IRI Tarek Al-Najjar JOR Fariborz Malek IRI
Hammer Throw, Men Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah KUW Ghorban Salahi IRI Dilshod Nazarov TJK
Javelin Throw, Men Firass Zaal Al-Mohamed SYR Ghanem Zaid KUW Danghatar Yaghouti Enchehboron IRI
Decathlon, Men Ali Ahmad Feizi IRI Abdullah Hedayati KUW Hamid Asiabi IRI
Basketball, Men Iran IRI Turkmenistan TKM Iran IRI
-60 kg, Men Rustam Boqiev TJK Ali Ibrahim SYR A Jabarow
Tariel Kaziyev 		TKM
KGZ
-65 kg, Men Guvanch Nurmuhammedov TKM Shahram Shahbazi IRI Alisher Karimov
Naser Abdullah 		TJK
KUW
-71 kg, Men Azhar Jalilati SYR Charles Daniel LBN Ruslan Hematov
Amir Ghomi 		TJK
IRI
-78 kg, Men Ali Chamanpa IRI Hussein Muminov TJK Musa Khalaf
Khaled Al-Enezi 		JOR
KUW
-86 kg, Men Masoud Khosravinejad IRI Yasser El-Hamaoui SYR Yevgeny Grigoriev
Jahongir Abdulloev 		KGZ
TJK
-95 kg, Men Farhad Maabi IRI Fakhriddin Rakhimov TJK Hussain Safar
André Akoury 		KUW
LBN
+95 kg, Men Mohammed Zakur SYR Ghasem Ardabili IRI Magomed Esmurziev
Rudy Hachache 		KGZ
LBN
Open, Men Mohammed Zakur SYR Jahongir Abdulloev TJK Magomed Esmurziev
Fadi Saikali 		KGZ
LBN
Small-Bore rifle three positions 50 m, Men Aleksandr Minin KGZ Igor Pirekeyev TKM Abdul Nasser Al-Shaiba QAT
Small-Bore rifle three positions team 50 m, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Qatar QAT Iran IRI
Small-Bore rifle prone 50 m, Men Igor Pirekeyev TKM Yury Lomov KGZ Abdul Nasser Al-Shaiba QAT
Small-Bore rifle prone team 50 m, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Qatar QAT Iran IRI
Air rifle 10 m, Men Yury Lomov KGZ Igor Pirekeyev TKM Abdul Nasser Al-Shaiba QAT
Air rifle team 10 m, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Qatar QAT Iran IRI
Free pistol 50 m, Men Yury Melentyev KGZ Boris Kadirov TKM Dmitry Kuznetsov KGZ
Free pistol team 50 m, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Turkmenistan TKM Qatar QAT
Center-fire pistol 25 m, Men Nurmurad Khanov TKM Said Al-Karbi QAT Zafer Al-Qahtani QAT
Center-fire pistol team 25 m, Men Turkmenistan TKM Iran IRI Qatar QAT
Air pistol 10 m, Men Yury Melentyev KGZ Sergey Nikishov KGZ Boris Kadirov TKM
Air pistol team 10 m, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Kuwait KUW Iran IRI
Standard pistol 25 m, Men A Samaei IRI Ghanem Al-Naiem QAT Yury Melentyev KGZ
Standard pistol team 25 m, Men Qatar QAT Iran IRI Turkmenistan TKM
50 m Freestyle, Men Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ Behzad Khabazian IRI
100 m Freestyle, Men Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ Aleksandr Yegorov KGZ
200 m Freestyle, Men Fadi Kouzmah SYR Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ Hamid Reza Khani IRI
400 m Freestyle, Men Hicham El-Masry SYR Konstantin Andryushin KGZ Fadi Kouzmah SYR
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Hicham El-Masry SYR Konstantin Andryushin KGZ Hamid Reza Khani IRI
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Kuwait KUW Iran IRI
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Kuwait KUW Syria SYR
100 m Backstroke, Men Konstantin Pryakhin KGZ Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW Aleksandr Yegorov KGZ
200 m Backstroke, Men Konstantin Pryakhin KGZ Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW Aleksandr Yegorov KGZ
100 m Breaststroke, Men Yevgeny Petrashov KGZ Ahmad Seoar SYR Khashaya Ashtiani IRI
200 m Breaststroke, Men Yevgeny Petrashov KGZ Ahmad Seoar SYR Khashaya Ashtiani IRI
100 m Butterfly, Men Konstantin Andryushin KGZ Yevgeny Petrashov KGZ Fadi Kouzmah SYR
200 m Butterfly, Men Konstantin Andryushin KGZ Fadi Kouzmah SYR Mohiuddin Qalala SYR
200 m Individual Medley, Men Yevgeny Petrashov KGZ Aleksandr Yegorov KGZ Sultan Al-Otaibi KUW
400 m Individual Medley, Men Yevgeny Petrashov KGZ Sultan Al-Otaibi KUW Mohiuddin Qalala SYR
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Kyrgyzstan KGZ Kuwait KUW Iran IRI
Singles, Men Mohammad Bayrampour IRI Foad Kaseb IRI Behnam Rahmatpanah
Reza Faraji 		IRI
IRI
Doubles, Men Shahram Sarbakhshian / Mohamed Reza Akhlagh Pasand IRI Mojtaba Amini / Reza Faraji IRI Akbar Bahmani / Behnam Rahmatpanah
Sadi Saidov / Sirojiddin Ismoilov 		IRI
TJK
Team, Men Iran IRI Turkmenistan TKM Tajikistan TJK