2013 East Asian Games

VI East Asian Games

Host city	Tianjin
Teams participating	9
Opening ceremony	October 6
Closing ceremony	October 15
Officially opened by	Vice Premier Liu Yandong
Main venue	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium

The 2013 East Asian Game, officially known as the VI East Asian Game, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 events in 24 sports.

Organisation

Bid

In 2007 China and Mongolia entered the bidding process as potential host cities for the 6th East Asian games.^[1]

Participation

^[2]

Sports

2013 East Asian Games featured 258 events in 24 sports (including 16 Olympics sports), a new record of East Asian Games history.

Aquatics (50) ()
- Swimming (40)
- Diving (10)
Athletics (46) ()
Badminton (7) ()
† Baseball (1) ()
Basketball (2) ()
† Bowling (12) ()

Cycling (10) ()
- Road Cycling (3)
- BMX (2)
- Indoor Cycling (5)
† DanceSport (12) ()
† Dragon boat (4) ()
Fencing (12) ()

Football (2) ()
Gymnastics (14) ()
Hockey (2) ()
Judo (14) ()
† Karate (12) ()
Shooting (4) ()
† Soft tennis (7) ()
† Squash (7) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (13) ()

Tennis (5) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
Weightlifting (5) ()
† Wushu (19) ()
- Taolu (12)
- Sanda (8)

NB: † = Non-Olympic sports

Medal table

Key:

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Final medal tally, from the official Medal Tally page.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	134	79	51	264
2	Japan (JPN)	47	57	75	179
3	South Korea (KOR)	36	51	74	161
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	17	28	46	91
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	10	16	30	56
6	North Korea (PRK)	8	12	22	42
7	Macau (MAC)	3	5	19	27
8	Mongolia (MGL)	0	4	18	22
9	Guam (GUM)	0	1	0	1
Total		255	253	335	843

References

↑ chinadaily.com.cn. "chinadaily.com.cn." China to bid for 2013 East Asian Games. Retrieved on 2010-02-20.
↑ "Olympic Council of Asia". Retrieved 2013-01-15.
↑ 2013 East Asian Games Medal Tally Page

External links

Official Site

Events at the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin (China)

Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Cycling Dancesport Dragon boat Diving Football Gymnastics Hockey Judo Shooting Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Weightlifting Wushu

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

Sports NOCs Mascots

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

Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	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.

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