The 1954 Asian Games (officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954) was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines from May 1 to May 9, 1954.
 A total of 970 athletes from 19 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 76 events from eight sports.
 The number of participating NOCs and athletes were larger than the previous Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1951.
 This edition of the games has a different twist where it did not implement a medal tally system to determine the overall champion but a pointing system.
 The pointing system is a complex system where each athlete were given points according to their achievement like position in athletics or in swimming.
 In the end the pointing system showed to be worthless as it simply ranked the nations the same way in the medal tally system.
 The pointing system was not implemented in future games ever since.
 Jorge B. Vargas was the head of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (In 1976, was renamed as Philippine Olympic Committee) and the Manila Asian Games Organizing Committee.
 With the second-place finish of the Philippines, only around 9,000 spectators attended the closing ceremony at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
 The events were broadcast on radio live at DZRH and DZAQ-TV ABS-3 on delayed telecast.
Sorn Seavmey (Khmer: ; born 14 September 1995) is a Cambodian taekwondo practitioner and gold medalist in the women’s under-73 kg event at 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
 She was also a 2013 SEA Games gold medalist in Myanmar and the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia.
 She won Cambodia's first gold medal at the Asian Games since its participation in 1954.
 She is 183 cm and trains with her brother Sorn Elit and sister Sorn Davin, who also practice taekwondo.
 At 2014 Inchoen Asian Games, Seavmey defeated her opponent from Uzbekistan 29-7, then she defeated her Filipino opponent at the semi-final 6-5.
 At the final round she defeated her opponent from Iran with the result 7-4, having become the first Cambodian to win an Asian Games gold medal since 1954.
Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 when the sport was first played in New Delhi, India.
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a Pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.
 The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games.
 Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation.
 The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India.
 The National Olympic Committee of Japan, Japanese Olympic Committee, is responsible for organizing Japan's participation in the Asian Games.
 The Committee was established in 1911 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1912; it is also the oldest Asian National Olympic Committee.
 Japan has a distinguished achievement among all Asian countries, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.
The 1974 Asian Games (officially known as the Seventh Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Tehran, Iran from September 1, 1974, to September 16, 1974.
 This was the first time that Asian Games were celebrated in any Middle East country.
 A total of 3,010 athletes selected from 25 Asian National Olympic Committees participated in 16 sports divided into 202 events.
 The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history, eighteen nations competed in Bangkok, host of the 1970 Asian Games.
 Fencing, gymnastics (artistic) and women's basketball were included for the first time; while sailing—which made its debut in the previous Asian Games—was not included, however since 1978, sailing is a part of the Asian Games sports.
The 1981 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 11th Southeast Asian Games was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines from 6 to 15 December 1981.
 This was the first time that the Philippines hosted the Games since its first participation in 1977.
 Philippines is the sixth nation to host the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
 The event was officially opened by President Ferdinand Marcos and the cauldron was lit by Benjamin Silva-Netto.
 The colourful opening ceremony was held in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.
 A new football stadium and indoor arena was built in Pasig named the University of Life Track & Field and Arena or the ULTRA, now called the PhilSports Arena.
 The adjacent apartments were used as the athlete's quarters and was converted into a "BLISS" housing project of First Lady Imelda Marcos.
 The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by Thailand and host Philippines.
The 1982 Asian Games (also known as the IX Asiad) was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India, from 12 November to 4 December 1982.
 A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 21 sports and 22 disciplines.
 The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history.
 Handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; fencing and bowling were excluded.
 This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951.
 The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad.
 A total of 489 athletes representing 11 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 57 events from eight sports and discipline.
 The Games was the successor of the Far Eastern Games and the revival of the Western Asiatic Games.
 The 1951 Asiad were originally scheduled to be held in 1950, but postponed until 1951 due to delays in preparations.
 On 13 February 1949, the Asian Games Federation was formally established in Delhi, with Delhi unanimously announced as the first host city of the Asian Games.
 <br> The games were managed by a strong Organising Committee (see Organisation below).
 <br> Countries invited included almost all the independent Asian countries of the time except Soviet Union and Vietnam, due to the political structure of those nations.
This is a list of sports played in the Asian Games and other major affiliated games organised by the Olympic Council of Asia.
 On 29 June 2009, the OCA announced major changes to the event lists in the five major events, in particular aiming to restrict each sport to be played in not more than one event, although exemptions may be made.
 The first round of changes commenced with the 2014 Asian Games when the number of events was recommended to be restricted to 35 with 28 Olympic sports and up to a maximum of seven non-Olympic sports.
 Some events currently in the Asian Games programme may henceforth be relegated to the newly formed Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games which was first held in 2013 or to the Asian Beach Games.

Question: What has been an event at the Asian Games since they were first held in Delhi, India?
Answer: Handball