1962 Asian Games

IV Asian Games

Host city	Jakarta, Indonesia
Motto	Ever Onward (Indonesian: Madju Terus)
Nations	15
Athletes	1,460
Events	120 in 13 sports
Opening	24 August 1962
Closing	4 September 1962
Opened by	Sukarno President of Indonesia
Closed by	Hamengkubuwono IX President of the Asian Games Federation
Athlete's Oath	Ferry Sonneville[1]
Torch lighter	Effendi Saleh
Main venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
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The 1962 Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962) also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, was the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first international multi-sport event hosted by the then-17-year-old Southeast Asian country. This was the first of two Asian Games hosted by the city: the second was held in 2018, with Palembang as the co-host.

Israel and the Republic of China (ROC) were excluded from the Games, as in solidarity with People's Republic of China and fellow-Muslim majority countries in the Middle East, Indonesian immigration officials refused to issue entry visas for the Israeli and Taiwanese delegations.

It was a breach of the rules of the AGF, and Indonesia's own promise to invite all AGF members, including those with whom it had no diplomatic relations (Israel, ROC and the Republic of Korea).^[2]

As a result, Indonesia was suspended from the International Olympic Committee, and were subsequently excluded from the 1964 Summer Olympics. Indonesia responded to this punishment by hosting the Games of the New Emerging Forces in 1963.

A total number of 1,460 athletes, coming from 17 countries, competed in this Asiad, where badminton made its debut.