1993 East Asian Games

I East Asian Games
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Host city	Shanghai, China
Nations participating	8
Athletes participating	1021
Events	12 sports
Opening ceremony	May 9, 1993
Closing ceremony	May 18, 1993
Officially opened by	President Jiang Zemin
Main venue	Hongkou Football Stadium

The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China from May 9 to May 18, 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 in a programme of 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. Japan and South Korea were the second- and third-most successful nations.

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
Total		170	167	197	534

References

↑ 1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993. 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.

East Asian Games

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

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 South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	East Asian Games Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹

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

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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