1930 Far Eastern Championship Games

Regional multi-sport event 9th Far Eastern Championship Games第9回極東選手権競技大会 Tokyo, Japan 4 24 May 1930 27 May 1930 HirohitoEmperor of Japan 1927 1934 The 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games was the ninth edition of the regional multi-sport event and was held from 24 to 27 May 1930 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan. A total of eight sports were contested over the course of the five-day event.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. 0-7864-1026-4. India made its first and only appearance in the tournament's history, becoming the first participant outside of the traditional three nations since the inaugural 1913 Games.Majumdar Boria Mehta Nalin Olympics - The India Story 13 January 2013 HarperCollins Publishers 978-9350295090 21 July 2014 https://books.google.com/books?id=L-S5lduNeJcC&pg=PP108 'The Oriental Olympiad': The Far Eastern Asian Games The Chinese won their eighth consecutive title in the football competition.Far Eastern Games. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-12-21. China was represented in the baseball competition by the Chinese Honolulu team – a group of expatriates based in Hawaii. The games was held one month after the 1930 Chinese National Games. The Chinese performed very poorly at the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games, managing only one bronze medal in the athletics programme. This fostered anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese, many of whom saw the performance at this edition as a national embarrassment, particularly given the comparative size of Japan compared to China.Morris, Andrew D. (2004). Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China. pp. 160–161. University of California Press. 978-0520240841. Participants thumb|Philippines 1930 Far Eastern Games squad Republic of China (1912–1949) 25px Republic of China India British British India British India Empire of Japan 1870 Japanese Empire Philippines 1919 25px Philippine Islands Sports 22em Athletics Baseball Basketball Diving Football Swimming Tennis Volleyball References External links Official Event Programme from Far Eastern Athletic Association Category:Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Japan Category:Multi-sport events in Japan Category:1930s in Tokyo Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Far Eastern Championship Games