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

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*  Athletics (details)
*  Badminton (details)
*  Basketball (details)
*  Bowling (details)
*  Boxing (details)
*  Football (details)
*  Gymnastics (details)
*  Judo (details)
*  Rowing (details)
*  Swimming (details)
*  Weightlifting (details)
*  Wushu (details)

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (China)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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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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East Asian Games

* Shanghai 1993
* Busan 1997
* Osaka 2001
* Macau 2005
* Hong Kong 2009
* Tianjin 2013
* Fukuoka 2017

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Events of the Olympic Council of Asia

Continental|

* Asian Games
* Asian Beach Games
* Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
* Asian Winter Games
* Asian Youth Games

Regional|

* Central Asian Games
* East Asian Youth Games
* South Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games

Defunct|

* East Asian Games
* West Asian Games
* Afro-Asian Games1
* Asian Indoor Games2
* Asian Martial Arts Games2

1 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.2 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

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Teams at the 1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai, People's Republic of China

* China
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Macau
* Mongolia
* Chinese Taipei

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