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
	1997 Busan →

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 was the second-most successful nation.

Sports[]

Medal table[]

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	105	74	34	213
2	(JPN)	25	37	55	117
3	South Korea (KOR)	23	28	40	91
4	(PRK)	10	20	24	54
5	(TPE)	6	5	19	30
6	(HKG)	1	2	8	11
7	(MGL)	0	1	16	17
8	(MAC)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		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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