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The biggest sports event in Asia and the second largest in the world, the Asian Games, have been held every four years since their inception in 1951. Previous Asian Games winners have consolidated their position as the most highly regarded teams in the competition.
Japanese, Chinese and Korean athletes have been the stranglehold of this quadrennial event. Being repeated champions of the Games, bagging medals by the dozen, and having an unending resource of sporting talent, these teams are set to leave their mark in the upcoming 15 th Asian Games in Doha as well.
Displaying unsurpassed supremacy in various sporting events, athletes from Japan and China have dreaded their Asian counterparts. Surfing through the history of Asian Games , one will find that these teams have been in the top ranks in all the 14 competitions held till date.
Japanese athletes have bagfuls of gold, silver and bronze medals, won in the Asian Games. However, these prizes in Asian Games 2006 might just belong to some other nation.
Every year new records are made and the records of previous Asian Games winners are erased. With more and more countries taking part in the competition – there are 45 participating teams in Asian Games 2006 – it is hoped that the dominance of China and Japan is nearing the end.
Which team has the resolve to be the nemesis of these Asian Games champions, only time will tell.
The following table lists the previous Asian Games winners:
| Year | Host City | Winner |
| 1951 | New Delhi, India | Japan |
| 1954 | Manila, Philippines | Japan |
| 1958 | Tokyo, Japan | Japan |
| 1962 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Japan |
| 1966 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
| 1970 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
| 1974 | Tehran, Iran | Japan |
| 1978 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
| 1982 | New Delhi, India | China |
| 1986 | Seoul, South Korea | China |
| 1990 | Beijing, China | China |
| 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | China |
| 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | China |
| 2002 | Busan, South Korea | China |
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