Bahrain first competed at the Asian Games in 1974.[1] The country won its first Asian Games medal, a bronze in the men's 400 m hurdles through Ahmed Hamada, at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.[2] Hamada won Bahrain's first gold medal in the same event at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, setting a personal best of 49.31 seconds.[2]
| Bahrain at the Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | BRN |
| NOC | Bahrain Olympic Committee |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
Bahrain made its debut at the Asian Winter Games in 2011[3] but withdrew from the 2017 edition held in Sapporo after the government declined to fund the team.[4] Bahrain has won 104 medals at the games, including 49 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 28 bronze medals.
Several Bahrain athletes have been sanctioned for doping violations at the Asian Games. Kemi Adekoya was banned for four years after testing positive for stanozolol and was stripped of two gold medals from the 2018 Asian Games.[5] Hassan Chani was banned for four years in 2020 for biological passport abnormalities and was stripped of his men's 10,000 m gold from the same Games.[6][7] At the 2018 Asian Games, all ten of Bahrain's individual athletics gold medals were won by athletes born in Africa, drawing attention to the country's naturalization practices.[8]
Medal tables
editMedals by Asian Games
edit| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Tehran | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 Bangkok | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 New Delhi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 Seoul | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1990 Beijing | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Hiroshima | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 Bangkok | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 Busan | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 Doha | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 2010 Guangzhou | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 Incheon | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 2018 Jakarta / Palembang | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 2022 Hangzhou | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 2026 Nagoya | Future event | ||||
| 2030 Doha | Future event | ||||
| 2034 Riyadh | Future event | ||||
| Total | 14 | 49 | 27 | 28 | 104 |
Medals by Asian Winter Games
editMedals by Asian Para Games
edit| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Guangzhou | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Incheon | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 Jakarta | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 Hangzhou | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
References
edit- ↑ "Bahrain". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Ahmed Hamada". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "2011 Asian Winter Games – Participating NOCs". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Bahrain renounces to Asian Winter Games". Eurohockey. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Adekoya latest Bahrain runner to get doping ban". ESPN. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Asian Games gold medalist Hassan Chani banned 4 years for doping". ESPN. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ Kelsall, Christopher (19 September 2020). "2018 Asian Games 10,000m gold medallist banned and stripped of title". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Africa-born stars sweep Bahrain to top of Asian athletics". France 24. AFP. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
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