2012 Asian Beach Games

III Asian Beach Games

Host city	Haiyang, China
Motto	Share the Joy
Nations participating	43
Athletes participating	1,336
Events	49 in 13 sports
Opening ceremony	June 16
Closing ceremony	June 22
Officially opened by	State Councilor Ma Kai
Torch Lighter	Wu Qi
Main venue	Haiyang International Conference Centre
Website	Official website
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The 3rd Asian Beach Games was held in Haiyang, China in 2012.

Sports

Hai Hai, Yang Yang, and Sha Sha, the official mascot.

3-on-3 basketball (2) () Beach handball (2) () Beach kabaddi (2) () Beach sepak takraw (4) () Beach soccer (1) ()

Beach volleyball (2) () Beach woodball (4) () Dragon boat (6) () Powered paragliding (3) () Roller speed skating (8) ()

Sport climbing (8) () Waterskiing (4) () Windsurfing (2) ()

Participating nations

43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The only exception being North Korea and Myanmar. They only participated in opening ceremony.^[1] According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.

Afghanistan (34) Bahrain (25) Bangladesh (15) Bhutan (4) Brunei (6) Cambodia (4) China (160) Chinese Taipei (40) Hong Kong (80) Independent Olympic Athletes (29) India (64) Indonesia (106) Iran (23) Iraq (10) Japan (82)

Jordan (7) Kazakhstan (6) Kyrgyzstan (4) Laos (5) Lebanon (10) Macau (34) Malaysia (24) Maldives (8) Mongolia (29) Nepal (17) Oman (24) Pakistan (18) Palestine (15) Philippines (33) Qatar (31)

Saudi Arabia (5) Singapore (2) South Korea (43) Sri Lanka (32) Syria (10) Tajikistan (4) Thailand (160) Timor-Leste (6) Turkmenistan (23) United Arab Emirates (10) Uzbekistan (1) Vietnam (89) Yemen (4)

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

June 2012	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	Gold medals
3-on-3 basketball						●	●	2				2
Beach handball					●	●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Beach kabaddi								●	●	●	2	2
Beach sepak takraw					●	●	●	2	●	1	1	4
Beach soccer					●	●	●	●	●	1		1
Beach volleyball	●	●	●	●	●	●	2					2
Beach woodball							●	●	2	2		4
Dragon boat						2	2	2				6
Powered paragliding						●	●	●	1	3		4
Roller speed skating						4	4					8
Sailing						●	●	●	●	2		2
Sport climbing						●	4	2	2			8
Waterskiing									●	●	4	4
Total gold medals						6	12	8	5	9	9	49
Ceremonies					OC						CC
June 2012	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	Gold medals

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	14	10	12	36
2	Thailand (THA)	13	9	6	28
3	South Korea (KOR)	6	7	10	23
4	Indonesia (INA)	6	6	4	16
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	6	6	15
6	India (IND)	2	0	1	3
7	Iran (IRI)	2	0	0	2
8	Japan (JPN)	1	3	2	6
9	Afghanistan (AFG)	1	0	0	1
9	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	0	1
11	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	2	4
12	Vietnam (VIE)	0	2	1	3
13	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	1	2
13	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	1	2
15	Bahrain (BRN)	0	1	0	1
15	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	1	0	1
17	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	2	2
18	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
18	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
18	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
18	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
18	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	1	1
18	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Total		49	49	54	152

References

1. "China and Thailand Have the Most Members, North Korea and Burma Will Only Join in the Opening". Official Website. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

• Competition Schedule

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia
• Official Website