LEBANON

Capital: Beirut

NOC Recognition Year: 1947

Asian Games Debut: 1978

Lebanon marked their Asian Games debut in 1978 in Bangkok with two weightlifting medals.

Mohamed Tarabulsi clinched his country's first gold medal with victory in the 75-kilogram category while Raef Ftouni earned silver in the 100kg division.

Since then, Lebanon have been ever-present at the Asian Games although they failed to pick up a single medal from all three editions in the 1990s.

Their best medal return came at Jakarta-Palembang 2018, where they collected four to finish 28th in the standings.

Shooter Ray Bassil landed two of those as she picked up bronze in the women’s trap and won the mixed trap team gold alongside Alain Moussa.

There was also a silver for wrestler Domenic Abounader and a bronze for taekwondo player Laetitia Aoun.

Lebanon won a single bronze medal at Hangzhou 2022.