YEMEN

Capital: Sanaa

NOC Recognition Year: 1981

Asian Games Debut: 1982

North and South Yemen made their Asian Games debuts in 1982 in New Delhi as separate teams.

Four years later at Seoul 1986, only North Yemen competed before the two nations united ahead of the Beijing 1990 Asian Games.

Yemen have since been ever-present, earning two bronze medals.

The first of those was achieved by taekwondo player Akram Al-Noor at Busan 2002 before Naji Al-Ashwal clinched bronze in wushu at Doha 2006.

Yemen failed to medal at Hangzhou 2022.