1993 East Asian Games

I East Asian Games
Host city	Shanghai, China
Nations	8
Athletes	1021
Events	12 sports
Opening	May 9, 1993
Closing	May 18, 1993
Opened by	President Jiang Zemin
Main venue	Hongkou Football Stadium
	1997 Busan →

The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China from 9 to18 May 1993. The main stadium for the inaugural edition of the games was the Hongkou Football Stadium.^[1]

Shanghai also hosted a number of sports-themed exhibitions to coincide with the games, including exhibitions of photography, art and stamps. A total of 9 nations competed across twelve sports. Julio Iglesias and Wei Wei performed a duet at the games closing ceremony.^[2]^[3] The hosts, China, topped the medal table, winning almost two-thirds of the gold medals on offer and 40% of the overall total of 534 medal. Japan was the second-most successful nation, winning 25 gold medals.

Sports

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	105	74	34	213
2	Japan (JPN)	25	37	55	117
3	South Korea (KOR)	23	28	40	91
4	North Korea (PRK)	10	20	24	54
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	6	5	19	30
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	2	8	11
7	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	16	17
8	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		170	167	197	534

References

^ 1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993 Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^ The International Who's Who 2004 (2003). Pg. 1785. Europa Publications.

[1] 1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993 Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.

[2] Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

[3] The International Who's Who 2004 (2003). Pg. 1785. Europa Publications.

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