2014 Asian Games

XVII Asian Games

Host city	Incheon, South Korea
Motto	Diversity Shines Here (Korean: 평화의 숨결, 아시아의 미래, romanized: Pyeonghwaui sumgyeol, asiaui mirae, Hanja:平和의 숨결, 아시아의 未來)
Nations	45
Athletes	9,501
Events	439 in 36 sports (50 disciplines)
Opening	19 September 2014
Closing	4 October 2014
Opened by	Park Geun-hye President of South Korea
Closed by	Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Oh Jin-hyek Nam Hyun-hee
Judge's Oath	Kim Hong-lae Shu Hea-jung
Torch lighter	Lee Young-ae
Main venue	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Website	Official website
Summer
← Guangzhou 2010 Jakarta-Palembang 2018 →
Winter
← Astana-Almaty 2011 Sapporo-Obihiro 2017 →

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The 2014 Asian Games (Korean: 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, romanized: Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games (Korean: 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 아시안 게임, romanized: Jesipchilhoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesipchilhoe Asian Geim) and also known as Incheon 2014 (Korean: 인천2014, romanized: Incheon Icheon sip-sa), was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea.^[1]

On 17 April 2007 Incheon was awarded the right to host the games, defeating Delhi, India and was the third city in South Korea after Seoul (1986) and Busan (2002). The games were held from 19 September to 4 October 2014, although several pre-competitive events began between 14 and 19 September 2014. Approximately 9,501 athletes participated in the event which featured 439 events in 36 sports. It was opened by the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by China, followed by the host South Korea and Japan, while Cambodia won its first-ever Asian Games gold medal. During the games, 14 world and 27 Asian records were broken. Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the Games.^[2] Though there were several controversies, the Games were deemed generally successful with their low hosting cost and with the rising standard of competition amongst the Asian nations.^[3]