1986 Asian Games

X Asian Games

Host city	Seoul, South Korea
Nations	27
Athletes	4,839
Events	296 in 25 sports
Opening	20 September 1986
Closing	5 October 1986
Opened by	Chun Doo-hwan President of South Korea
Closed by	Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Torch lighter	Jang Jae-keun and Park Mi-sun[1]
Main venue	Olympic Stadium
Summer
← Delhi 1982 Beijing 1990 →
Winter
← Sapporo 1986 Sapporo 1990 →

The 1986 Asian Games (Korean: 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, romanized: Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad (Korean: 제10회 아시아 경기대회/제10회 아시안 게임, romanized: Jesiphoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesiphoe Asian Geim) and commonly known as Seoul 1986 (Korean: 서울 1986, romanized: Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk) were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities that would be used in the 1988 Summer Olympics, as it was considered a test event.

Seoul had previously been scheduled to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighbouring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand.