1993 East Asian Games

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

•  Athletics (details)
•  Badminton (details)
•  Basketball (details)
•  Bowling (details)
•  Boxing (details)
•  Football (details)
•  Gymnastics (details)
•  Judo (details)
•  Rowing (details)
•  Swimming (details)
•  Weightlifting (details)
•  Wushu (details)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

References

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.