Asian Games 2023: from Manila to Seoul, 5 big moments in Hong Kong’s history from past Asiads
- Before the action heats up in Hangzhou, the Post looks back at Hong Kong’s Asian Games history
- From the city’s first appearance in Manila in 1954 to its first gold in Seoul 32 years later, here are five memorable moments
The 19th Asian Games are already under way in Hangzhou, with Hong Kong sending its largest ever delegation.
Some 680 athletes will compete for the city across 40 sports, and another 280 officials, staff and medical team members will accompany them, with Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to attend the opening ceremony on Saturday.
Hopes will be high the team can return its biggest medal tally ever, too, with Olympic heroes Siobhan Haughey and Cheung Ka-long to lead the charge in mainland China.
But before the action heats up in Hangzhou, the Post decided to look back at some of the most glorious moments in Hong Kong’s Asian Games history.
Here are five memorable ones:
Hong Kong’s first Games – Manila, 1954
Hong Kong first took part in the Asian Games in Manila in 1954, four years after the inaugural edition in New Delhi, which took place when the then Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong did not yet exist.
