1993 East Asian Games

I East Asian Games

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Host city	Shanghai, China
Nations participating	9
Athletes participating	1283
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

Athletics () Badminton () Basketball () Bowling ()

Boxing () Football () Gymnastics () Judo ()

Rowing () Swimming () Weightlifting () Wushu ()

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

1. 1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993. 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.