East Asian Games

East Asian Games
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Games
1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

East Asian Games
Abbreviation	EAG
First event	1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai, China
Occur every	four years
Last event	2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin, China
Purpose	Multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

The East Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.^[1]

It becomes end in 2013 tournament. East Asian Youth Games will start from 2019.

Participating nations

All 8 countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Games Association and 1 country whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

¹Associate member

Kazakhstan is a former member of the EAGA.^[2] It now participates in the Central Asian Games.

List of East Asian Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team
I	1993	Shanghai	China	9 May	18 May	8	1,021	12	170	China (CHN)
II	1997	Busan	South Korea	10 May	19 May	9	1,283	13	199	China (CHN)
III	2001	Osaka	Japan	19 May	27 May	10	2,804	15	201	China (CHN)
IV	2005	Macau	Macau	29 October	6 November	9	1,919	17	235	China (CHN)
V	2009	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	5 December	13 December	9	2,377	22	262	China (CHN)
VI	2013	Tianjin	China	6 October	15 October	9	2,422	24	254	China (CHN)

Medal count

Of the 10 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games, all nations have won at least a single medal in the competition. 9 nations have won at least a single gold medal, while China became the only nation in history to emerge as overall champion.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	626	396	285	1,307
2	Japan (JPN)	288	326	395	1,009
3	South Korea (KOR)	209	256	321	786
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	57	139	188	384
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	43	54	105	202
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)¹	37	30	48	115
7	North Korea (PRK)	30	50	77	157
8	Macau (MAC)	23	30	53	106
9	Mongolia (MGL)	5	14	82	101
10	Guam (GUM)	0	1	4	5
Total		1,318	1,296	1,558	4,172

¹Former member

Sports

Thirty sports were presented in East Asian Games history, including 2013 Games in Tianjin.

Aquatics
- Diving ()
- Swimming ()
- Synchronized swimming ()
Athletics ()
Badminton ()
Baseball ()
Basketball ()
Bowling ()
Boxing ()
Cue sports ()
Cycling ()
Dancesport ()

Shooting ()
Squash ()
Table tennis ()
Taekwondo ()
Tennis
- Tennis ()
- Soft tennis ()
Volleyball
- Volleyball ()
Weightlifting ()
Windsurfing ()
Wrestling ()
Wushu ()

References

↑ Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.
↑ OCA East Asian Games

External links

Nations that have competed at the East Asian Games

China Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea

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.

East Asia

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Politics and economics	China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia East Asia Summit East Asian Community Economy Ports

History	History Archaeological cultures Former countries

Sports	East Asian Games East Asian Football Federation EAFF East Asian Championship East Asian Judo Championships

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Disabled sports	Deaflympics Défi sportif Invictus Games IWAS World Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter Transplant Games

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games European Championship in Forestry Skills Southern Forestry Conclave Stihl Timbersports Series World Logging Championship

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Other types	Arafura Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	Pan-Asian Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Southeast Asian Games ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Central Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Masters Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Intercontinental	Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames Asia Pacific Deaf Games Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games

Intercommunity	Commonwealth Games youth CPLP Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Invictus Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Nomad Games World Outgames

National

Africa

South African Games¹

Americas

Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games

NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Netherlands
Poland (youth)
All-Union Spartakiad¹
Spartakiad of Albania¹
Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹
- youth¹

Oceania

Western Australia (high school)²

Historical¹

Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900BC to 1859AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads

Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Central African Games Children of Asia International Sports Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Asian Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Nordic Games Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games

Winter games

International	Olympics Paralympics Winter Universiade Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games

Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe

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