2009 Asian Youth Para Games

I Asian Youth Para Games
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Motto	Your Dream, Our Legacy
Nations	29 (24 APC members and 5 Guest nations)
Athletes	466
Sports	6 (5 main sports and 1 demonstration sport)
Opening	September 10
Closing	September 13
Opened by	Akihito
Main venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
	Kuala Lumpur 2013 →

The 2009 Asian Youth Para Games (Japanese: 2009年アジアユースパラゲームズ, romanized: Nisenkyū-Nen Ajiayūsuparagēmuzu), officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Para Games, was an Asian youth disabled multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan from 10 to 13 September 2009. Around 466 athletes from 29 participating nations participated at the games which featured 6 sports consisted of 5 main sports and 1 demonstration sport.

This was the first time Japan hosted the games. Japan is the first nation to host the Asian Youth Para Games. The games was opened and closed by Akihito at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

The final medal tally was led by host Japan, followed by Iran and China.

Organisation

Development and preparation

The Tokyo 2009 Asian Youth Para Games Organising Committee (TAYPOC) was formed to oversee the staging of the games.

Venues

Tokyo
City	Competition Venue	Sports
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	Opening ceremony and Wheelchair tennis
	Olympic Stadium	Athletics
	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center	Swimming
	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Table tennis and Goalball
	National Olympics Memorial Youth Center	Boccia

The games

Participating nations

Guest participating nations: Play only demonstration sport: Wheelchair tennis

Sports

Main sport

Demonstration sport: Athletes of this sport are not entitled to win medals, specially for guest participating nations.

Wheelchair tennis

Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)

2009 Asian Youth Para Games medal table
Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)*	65	26	22	113
2	Iran (IRI)	26	24	18	68
3	China (CHN)	23	5	0	28
4	Iraq (IRQ)	17	9	4	30
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	17	5	7	29
6	Thailand (THA)	13	16	3	32
7	South Korea (KOR)	13	9	7	29
8	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	12	4	23
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7	3	1	11
10	Jordan (JOR)	7	1	3	11
11	Kuwait (KUW)	5	10	0	15
12	Malaysia (MAS)	5	7	10	22
13	Uzbekistan (UZB)	4	3	1	8
14	Pakistan (PAK)	4	1	5	10
15	Singapore (SIN)	4	1	0	5
16	Palestine (PLE)	2	3	0	5
17	Lebanon (LIB)	0	2	0	2
18	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	0	1
Totals (18 entries)		219	138	85	442

References

External links

Official website

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