A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games.

Taiwan and Israel returned to the Asian Games, reversing the decision taken by Indonesia in the previous Asiad to debar the two countries.

A total number of 2,500 athletes and officials from 18 countries, were involved in this Asiad.

Japan led the medal table for the fifth consecutive time, and they gained a new record for the most gold medals in a single Asian Games since 1962 in Jakarta.

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.