GANEFO
1962–1967 multisports event set up by Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Games of New Emerging Forces also known as (GANEFO) were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games. Established for the athletes of the so-called "emerging nations" (mainly newly independent socialist states[citation needed]), GANEFO was the name given both to the games held in Jakarta in 1963 and the 36-member sporting federation established the same year.[1] A second GANEFO scheduled for Cairo in 1967 was cancelled and GANEFO had only one subsequent event, an "Asian GANEFO" held in Phnom Penh in 1966.
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Formation | 1962–1967 |
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Type | Sporting event organization |
Purpose | To boycott the International Olympic Committee after the suspension of Indonesia from that organisation |
Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Membership | 51 active members |
Official language | English and host country's official language when necessary |
Federation cofounder | Sukarno President of Indonesia |
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