Sports history (Asian Games): Determine the year when field hockey was introduced into the Asian Games program. Use the early decades of the Asian Games for context. Choose the correct year.

Given data

• Event: Inclusion of hockey in the Asian Games.

Concept/Approach
Field hockey was first contested at the Asian Games in the Tokyo 1958 edition.

Reasoning
• The inaugural 1951 New Delhi Games did not include hockey. • The 1958 Tokyo Games introduced hockey; later games continued the event.

Final Answer
1958