Asian Games: Incheon 2014 by the Numbers
Key numbers for the Asian Games, which will open in Incheon, South Korea, on September 19.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: September 17, 2014 06:12 PM IST
Key numbers for the Asian Games, which will open in Incheon, South Korea, on September 19:
- 2,000,000,000: approximate cost in US dollars -- roughly one-tenth of what China spent on the 2010 Guangzhou Games (Also Read: Five Memorable Asian Games Moments)
- 61,000: capacity of Incheon Asian Games Main Stadium, venue for the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field
- 30,000: staff working at the event, which finishes on October 4
- 13,000: athletes and officials taking part, similar to the Summer Olympics (Read: What to Expect From India)
- 9,296: media personnel registered
- 6,800: security guards on site
- 900: Chinese athletes taking part, nearly one-tenth of the total number of athletes (China Hope Swim King Sun Will Shine)
- 439: gold medals up for grabs, down from 477 four years ago at Guangzhou 2010
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- 267: North Korean athletes and officials, one of the biggest delegations to South Korea since the end of Korean War hostilities in 1953
- 49: sports venues to be used, ranging from the glittering main stadium to squash courts and the Chungju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Center
- 45: countries and territories taking part, encompassing the Middle East, Central Asia and South, Southeast and East Asia
- 36: different sports contested, including the full Olympic programme plus regional favourites like wushu and kabbadi
- 15: days of full competition, starting on September 20 and finishing on October 4
- 3: harbour seals, named Barame, Vichuon and Chumuro, who are the official Incheon Asian Games mascots.