This is a list of sports played in the Asian Games and other major affiliated games organized by the Olympic Council of Asia. On 29 June 2009, the OCA announced major changes to the event lists in the five major events, in particular aiming to restrict each sport to be played in not more than one event, although exemptions may be made.^[1] The first round of changes commenced with the 2014 Asian Games when the number of events was recommended to be restricted to 35 with 28 Olympic sports and up to a maximum of seven non-Olympic sports. Some events currently in the Asian Games programme may henceforth be relegated to the newly formed Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games which was first held in 2013 or to the Asian Beach Games.

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)			Body World (Asia)	51	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26
Aquatics	Artistic swimming		AQUA (AASF)												2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	X
	Diving			2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	8	10	10	10	10	10	X
	Open water swimming																					2	X
	Swimming			8	13	21	21	23	24	25	29	29	29	31	31	32	32	38	38	38	41	41	X
	Water polo			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Archery			WA (WAA)								4	4	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	10	X
Athletics			WA (AAA)	33	30	31	32	34	35	35	39	40	42	43	43	45	45	45	47	47	48	48	X
Badminton			BWF (BA)				6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	X
Baseball / Softball	Baseball		WBSC (BFA/SA)											•	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X
	Softball													1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	X
Basketball	3x3		FIBA (FIBA Asia)																		2	2	X
	Basketball			1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Bodybuilding			IFBB (AFBF)														8	8
Bowling			IBF (ABF)								10		12		12	10	10	12	12	12	6
Boxing			IBA (ASBC)		7	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	13	X
Bridge			WBF (APBF)																		6	3
Canoeing	Canoe polo		ICF (ACC)																		•
	Slalom																		4	4	4	4	X
	Sprint													13	13	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	X
Chess			FIDE (ACF)															3	4			4
Cricket			ICC (ACC)																2	2		2
Cue sports			WCBS (ACBS)													10	10	10	10
Cycling	BMX freestyle		UCI (ACC)																				X
	BMX racing																		2	2	2	2	X
	Mountain bike															4	4		2	2	4	2	X
	Road			1		2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	X
	Track			3		4		8	8	4	4	5	6	8	7	7	12	12	10	10	14	12	X
Dancesport	Ballroom		WDSF (DSA)													•			10
	Breaking																					2	X
Dragon boat			IDBF (ADBF)																6		5	6
Equestrian			FEI (AEF)									4	6		4	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	X
Esports			IESF (AESF)																		•	7	X
Fencing			FIE (FCA)							8	8		8	10	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	X
Field hockey			FIH (AHF)			1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Football			FIFA (AFC)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Go			IGF (AGF)																3			3
Golf			IGF (APGC)									2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	X
Gymnastics	Artistic		FIG (AGU)							14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	X
	Rhythmic														1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
	Trampoline																	2	2	2	2	2	X
Handball			IHF (AHF)									1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Jet ski			UIM																		4
Judo			IJF (JUA)										8	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	X
Ju-jitsu			JJIF (JJAU)																		8	8	X
Kabaddi			IKF (AKF)											1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
Karate			WKF (AKF)												11	11	11	13	13	13	12	14	X
Kurash			IKA (KCAO)																		7	7	X
Modern pentathlon			UIPM (AMPC)												2		6		4	4	2	4	X
Paragliding			FAI (AFA)																		6
Pencak silat			IPSF (APSIF)																		16
Roller sports	Artistic		WSK (WSA)																3			1
	Inline freestyle																					3
	Skateboarding																				4	4	X
	Speed																		6		2	6
Rowing			FISA (ARF)									4	8	14	12	11	13	10	14	14	15	14	X
Rugby	Sevens		WR (AR)													1	1	1	2	2	2	2	X
	Union															1	1
Sailing			WS (ASAF)						5		4	4	5	7	7	16	15	14	14	14	10	14	X
Sambo			FIAS (SUAO)																		4
Sepak takraw			ISTAF (ASTAF)											2	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	X
Shooting			ISSF (ASC)		6	6	5	14	14	22	22	22	30	40	34	34	42	44	44	44	20	33	X
Soft tennis			ISTF (ASTF)											•	4	4	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Sport climbing			IFSC (IFSC Asia)																		6	6	X
Squash			WSF (ASF)													2	2	2	4	4	4	5	X
Surfing			ISA (ASF)																				X
Table tennis			ITTF (ATTU)			7	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	X
Taekwondo			WT (ATU)										8		8	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	X
Tennis			ITF (ATF)			5	7	7		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	X
Triathlon			TRI (AST)															2	2	3	3	3	X
Volleyball	Beach		FIVB (AVC)													2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
	Indoor					2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Weightlifting			IWF (AWF)	7	7	8		8	8	27	10	10	10	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	X
Wrestling			UWW (UWW Asia)		7	8	16	8	10	20	10	10	20	20	20	16	18	18	18	20	18	18	X
Wushu			IWUF (WFA)											6	6	11	11	11	15	15	14	15	X
Xiangqi			WXF (AXF)																2			3
Total events				57	77	112	120	140	135	200	199	196	269	308	337	377	419	424	476	439	465	481

Demonstration Asian Games sports

The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Asian Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Asian Games program:

• Muaythai (1998)

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)			Body World (Asia)	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	25
Bandy			FIB							1
Biathlon			IBU	3	3	6	6	6	7	7	7	4
Curling			WC					2	2		2	3
Ice hockey			IIHF	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Skating	Figure		ISU (ASU)	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4
	Short-track speed			8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9
	Speed			9	9	9	9	9	10	12	14	14
Ski mountaineering			ISMF (ASMF)									3
Ski orienteering			IOF							8
Skiing	Alpine		FIS (ASF)	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	4	2
	Cross-country			6	6	6	6	7	6	12	10	6
	Freestyle					2		2	2	6	4	11
	Ski jumping			•	•	•		2		3	3
	Snowboarding							3 •	2		6	6
Total events				35	33	43	43	51	47	69	64	64

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)			Body World (Asia)	05	07	09 (M)	09	13	17
3x3 basketball			FIBA (FIBA Asia)		•		2		2
Aerobic gymnastics			FIG (AGU)	4	4		4
Bowling			IBF (ABF)		6		6	6	6
Boxing			IBA (ASBC)				8
Chess			FIDE (ACF)		9		4	4	10
Cue sports			WCBS (ACBS)		8		10	10	13
Cycling	BMX freestyle		UCI (ACC)	3	5
	Indoor			5	5
	Track								9
Dancesport			WDSF (DSA)	12	12		10	10	11
Dragon & lion dance			IDLDF (DLDFA)		6		6
Equestrian			FEI (AEF)						3
Esports			IESF (AESF)		3		6	6	•
Finswimming			CMAS (AUF)		8		16
Futsal			FIFA (AFC)	2	2		2	2	2
Go			IGF (AGF)					4
Indoor archery			WA (WAA)				8
Indoor athletics			WA (AAA)	26	26		26		25
Indoor hockey			FIH (AHF)		1
Judo			IJF (JUA)			14
Ju-jitsu			JJIF (JJAU)			7	•		25
Kabaddi	Indoor		IKF (AKF)				1	2
	Standard				1
Karate			WKF (AKF)			10
Kickboxing			WAKO (WAKO Asia)		•	10	8	9	15
Kurash			IKA (KCAO)		•	14	8	8	15
Muaythai			IFMA (FAMA)	17	9	15	9	9	14
Pencak silat			IPSF (APSIF)			11	15
Pétanque			FIPJP (ABSC)				4
Roller sports	Roller freestyle		WSK (WSA)	3	4
	Skateboarding			2	2
Sambo			FIAS (SUAO)						23
Sepak takraw			ISTAF (ASTAF)	2	2		2
Short course swimming			AQUA (AASF)	40	30		30	30	30
Shuttlecock			ISF				6
Sport climbing			IFSC (IFSC Asia)	4	4
Taekwondo			WT (ATU)			16			18
Tennis			ITF (ATF)						5
Vovinam			WVVF (AVF)				14
Weightlifting			IWF (AWF)						16
Wrestling	Alysh		UWW (UWW Asia)						24
	Belt						•		28
	Kazakh kuresi								3
	Pahlavani								3
	Turkmen goresh								26
	Wrestling								22
Wushu			IWUF (WFA)			11	8
Xiangqi			WXF (AXF)		4		2
Total events				120	151	108	215	100	348

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)			Body World (Asia)	08	10	12	14	16
3x3 basketball			FIBA (FIBA Asia)	2		2	2	2
Air sports	Paragliding		FAI (AFA)	8			4
	Paramotoring					4	4
Aquatics	Beach water polo		AQUA (AASF)	1	1		1	1
	Open water swimming			4	4		4	4
Beach athletics			WA (AAA)				12	14
Beach flag football			IFAF (IFAF Asia)				1
Beach handball			IHF (AHF)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach kabaddi			IKF (AKF)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach kurash			IKA (KCAO)				8	10
Beach sambo			FIAS (SUAO)				7	8
Beach sepak takraw			ISTAF (ASTAF)	4	4	4	6	6
Beach soccer			FIFA (AFC)	1	1	1	1	1
Beach volleyball			FIVB (AVC)	2	2	2	2	2
Beach woodball			IWbF (AWbF)	4	4	4	8	11
Beach wrestling			UWW (UWW Asia)	4			6	8
BMX freestyle			UCI (ACC)				4
Bodybuilding			IFBB (AFBF)	6	6		5	7
Coastal rowing			FISA (ARF)					6
Dragon boat			IDBF (ADBF)	6		6
Footvolley			(AFF)				1
Jet ski			UIM	4	4		6
Ju-jitsu			JJIF (JJAU)				12	18
Muaythai			IFMA (FAMA)				15	16
Pencak silat			IPSF (APSIF)	8				18
Pétanque			FIPJP (ABSC)				9	9
Roller sports	Roller freestyle		WSK (WSA)				3
	Skateboarding						3
	Speed					8
Sailing			WS (ASAF)	6	6	2	9
Shuttlecock			ISF					7
Sport climbing			IFSC (IFSC Asia)			8	4
Squash			WSF (ASF)				2
Surfing			ISA (ASF)	5
Tent pegging			ITPF (ATPC)		8
Triathle			UIPM (AMPC)				3
Triathlon	Duathlon		TRI (AST)				3
	Triathlon			2	2		3
Vocotruyen			WFVV					11
Vovinam			WVVF (AVF)					9
Water skiing			IWWF (AWWF)		6	4	13
Total events				71	52	49	165	172

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet (•) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.

Sport (Discipline)			Body World (Asia)	09	13
3x3 basketball			FIBA (FIBA Asia)	2	2
Aquatics	Diving		AQUA (AASF)	4	4
	Swimming			32	30
Athletics			WA (AAA)	28	34
Badminton			BWF (BA)		3
Beach volleyball			FIVB (AVC)	2
Bowling			IBF (ABF)	8
Fencing			FIE (FCA)		6
Football			FIFA (AFC)	1	1
Golf			IGF (APGC)		2
Handball			IHF (AHF)		2
Judo			IJF (JUA)		6
Rugby sevens			WR (AR)		2
Sailing			WS (ASAF)	5
Shooting			ISSF (ASC)	4	8
Squash			WSF (ASF)		4
Table tennis			ITTF (ATTU)	4	2
Taekwondo			WT (ATU)		4
Tennis			ITF (ATF)		3
Weightlifting			IWF (AWF)		9
Total events				90	122

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