East Asian Games

East Asian Games

The East Asian Games Association logo
Abbreviation	EA Games
First event	9–18 May 1993 Shanghai, China
Occur every	4 years
Last event	5–13 December 2009 Hong Kong, China

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 South East Asian Games (or SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.

Participating nations

The current members of the EAGA are:

• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Guam

• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Macau

• Mongolia
• North Korea
• South Korea

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

List of East Asian Games

Year	Games	Host City	Country	Winner (gold)	2nd (gold)	3rd (gold)
1993	I	Shanghai	China	China (105)	Japan (25)	South Korea (23)
1997	II	Busan	South Korea	China (62)	Japan (47)	South Korea (45)
2001	III	Osaka	Japan	China (85)	Japan (61)	South Korea (34)
2005	IV	Macau	Macau	China (127)	Japan (46)	South Korea (32)
2009	V	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	China (113)	Japan (63)	South Korea (39)
2013	VI	Tianjin	China	TBD

Year	Games	Host	Dates	NOCs	Athletes	Sports	Events	Ref
1993	I	Shanghai, China	9–18 May	8	1,283	12	?	[1]
1997	II	Busan, South Korea	10–19 May	9	?	13	199	[2]
2001	III	Osaka, Japan	19–27 May	9	2,804	15	201	[3]
2005	IV	Macau	29 October – 6 November	9	1,919	17	235	[4]
2009	V	Hong Kong	5–13 December	9	2,377	22	262	[5]
2013	VI	Tianjin, China	6–15 October	future event

All-time medal table

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	NOC	Participated	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	492	317	234	1043
2	Japan	5	241	269	320	830
3	South Korea	5	173	205	247	625
4	Chinese Taipei	5	40	111	142	293
5	Kazakhstan1	2	37	30	48	115
6	Hong Kong	5	33	38	75	146
7	North Korea	3	22	38	55	115
8	Macau	5	20	25	34	79
9	Mongolia	5	5	10	64	79
10	Guam	4	0	0	4	4
Total			1063	1043	1223	3329

• 1: Former member

Sports

Sport		93	97	01	05	09
Aquatics	Diving	?	?	?	10	10
	Swimming				40	40
	Synchronized swimming				2
Athletics		41	43	45	45	46
Badminton		5	5	-	-	7
Basketball		2	2	2	2	2
Bowling		?		?	12	12
Boxing		?	?	?
Cue sports						8
Cycling						10
DanceSport					10	12
Dragonboat					8
Football		1	1	1	1	1
Gymnastics		?	?	?	14
Handball				2
Hockey				•	2	2
Judo		16	16	16		18
Karate					13
Rowing		?	•	•	8	13
Rugby sevens						2
Shooting					15	4
Soft Tennis		•	?	?	6
Squash						7
Table Tennis						7
Taekwondo			?	?	8	16
Tennis					5	5
Volleyball				?		2
Weightlifting		?	?	?	15	15
Windsurfing						4
Wrestling			16	22
Wushu		?	?	?	19	19
Total events			199	201	235	262

• : Demonstration Sport

See also

• Asian Games
• Southeast Asian Games

External links

• East Asian Games Information
• 2009 East Asian Games Official Website