Wrong national anthems played three times at Asian Para Games in Japan
Summary
Wrong national anthems were played three times during the Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan, leading the city’s mayor to apologize. These errors happened despite earlier promises to avoid such mistakes after similar problems at the Asian Games held there weeks before.Key Facts
- The Asian Para Games in Nagoya involve about 4,000 athletes and officials competing in 18 sports.
- On Monday, the Iranian anthem was played instead of Taiwan’s during a men’s para taekwondo medal ceremony.
- The same incorrect Iranian anthem was played again for a Mongolian athlete during a women’s para taekwondo ceremony, but it was stopped after the Mongolian team pointed out the mistake.
- Organizers then played the correct Mongolian anthem using music provided by the Mongolian delegation.
- Officials also played the South Korean anthem for about five seconds instead of China’s before a sitting volleyball match between China and Iran.
- Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa called the anthem errors unacceptable and apologized, saying the tournament was otherwise going well.
- Similar issues occurred during the Asian Games in Nagoya in early October, including playing the wrong anthems and other organizational problems.
- For example, North Korea’s anthem was mistakenly played for South Korea’s hockey team during the Asian Games.
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