[2] Then the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, was subsequently chosen to host the games.
However Pakistan also dropped its plan to host the games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India.
[2] A total of 3842 athletes from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 19 sports.
[1] Athletes from Japan won 70 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Asiad.
If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.