1993 East Asian Games

Multi-sport event in Shanghai, China I East Asian Games 1993 Shanghai.png 200 Shanghai, China 8 1021 12 sports May 9, 1993 May 18, 1993 President Jiang Zemin Hongkou Football Stadium 1997 Busan The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China from 9 to18 May 1993. The main stadium for the inaugural edition of the games was the Hongkou Football Stadium.1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613054837/http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=40 2010-06-13 . Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2010-05-01. 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 across twelve sports. Julio Iglesias and Wei Wei performed a duet at the games closing ceremony.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. 0-7864-1026-4.The International Who's Who 2004 (2003). Pg. 1785. Europa Publications. The hosts, China, topped the medal table, winning almost two-thirds of the gold medals on offer and 40% of the overall total of 534 medal. Japan was the second-most successful nation, winning 25 gold medals. Sports 22em Athletics Badminton Basketball Bowling Boxing Football Gymnastics Judo Rowing Swimming Weightlifting Wushu Medal table CHN flagIOC2team 1993 East Asian Games 105 74 34 yes 25 37 55 23 28 40 10 20 24 6 5 19 1 2 8 0 1 16 0 0 1 References E East Asian Games E Category:Multi-sport events in China Category:East Asian Games Category:Sports competitions in Shanghai Category:May 1993 sports events in China Category:1993 in Shanghai