The 1962 Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962) also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, was the fourth edition sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first international multi-sport event hosted by the Southeast Asian country.
Israel and the Republic of China (ROC) were excluded from the Games, as in solidarity with People’s Republic of China and fellow-Muslim majority countries in the Middle East, Indonesian immigration officials refused to issue entry visas for the Israeli and Taiwanese delegations. It was a breach of the AGF rules, and Indonesia’s own promise to invite all AGF members, including those with whom it had no diplomatic relations (Israel, ROC and the Republic of Korea). As a result, Indonesia was suspended from the International Olympic Committee, and were subsequently excluded from the 1964 Summer Olympics. Indonesia responded to this punishment by hosting the Games of the New Emerging Forces in 1963.
1,460 athletes from 17 countries competed in this Asiad, where badminton made its debut.
