[1][2] Delhi joined Bangkok as the cities to host multiple editions of the Asian Games up to this point.

[2] A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 196 events in 21 sports and 23 disciplines.

[4] The logo of the games was the image of Mishra Yantra, one of the four distinct astronomical instruments of the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi observatory.

[citation needed] The mascot for the Games was Appu – a young elephant, based on a real-life one named Kuttinarayanan, who died on 14 May 2005.

China won Asian Games for the first time by defeating Japan in gold medal tally, and has become the defending winning team since.