2003 ASEAN Para Games

2nd ASEAN Para Games February 2015 May 2026 II ASEAN Para Games 2003 ASEAN Para Games Logo.jpg Peace, Love and Aspire 11 740 Hanoi, Vietnam 287 in 5 sports 21 December 27 December Pham Gia KhiemDeputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Mỹ Đình National Stadium (opening)Hanoi Sports Palace (closing) 2003 ASEAN Para Games Kuala Lumpur 2001 Manila 2005 The 2003 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 2nd ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held eight days after the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam from 21 to 27 December 2003. This was the first time and so far only time Vietnam hosted the ASEAN Para Games and the first time Timor-Teste participated at the ASEAN Para Games. Vietnam is the second country to host the ASEAN Para Games after Malaysia. Around 740 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games, which featured 287 events in 5 sports. The games was opened by Pham Gia Khiem, the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam at the My Dinh National Stadium. The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Vietnam and Malaysia. Development and preparation The 2nd ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games. Venues The 2nd ASEAN Para Games had 5 venues for the games.http://www.paragames2003.com.vn:80/news/newscontent.asp?menuid=25 https://web.archive.org/web/20040403163758/http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/news/newscontent.asp?menuid=25 dead 3 April 2004 Competition Regulations (Vietnamese) 3 April 2004 27 September 2004 2003 ASEAN Para Games City Competition Venue SportsHanoiNational Sports Complex Mỹ Đình National Stadium Opening ceremony, Athletics Mỹ Đình Aquatics Centre SwimmingOther Hanoi Sports Palace Badminton, Closing ceremony Cau Giay District Gymnasium Table tennis Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium Powerlifting Marketing Logo right|thumb|The Golden Goat, the official mascot of the games The emblem of the 2nd ASEAN Para Games is a stylised image of a wheelchair athlete with two hands raised up upwards in the shape of a "V" which symbolises Vietnam and victory. At the top of the emblem, 11 small circles linked together around the image of "Khue Van Cac" (room for reciting poems). The linked small circles represents solidarity, cooperation, and friendship of disabled athletes among 11 countries in the Southeast Asian region, while the Khue Van Cac represents the host country Vietnam. The colours of the athlete and the Khue Van Cac are dark sea blue which represents unity while the colours of the 11 circles are vermilion which represents courage and passion.http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesEmblem.asp?menuid=55&language=EN Logo at the official website of the Games 24 June 2004 3 November 2015 2003 ASEAN Para Games dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040624092818/http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesEmblem.asp?menuid=55&language=EN 24 June 2004 Mascot The mascot of the 2003 ASEAN Para Games is "The Golden Goat" which was designed by Nguyen The Nguyen. It was selected by the Organising Committee because the year 2003, year of which Vietnam hosting the second ASEAN Para Games is a goat year in most lunar calendars, especially in Vietnamese and Chinese calendar. The goat is widely described in many art and literary works of Vietnam as a very intimate, friendly and useful animal to the people in daily life. The Golden Goat symbolises happiness, victory and courage when facing challenges. The mascot's design of wearing the sports costume, holds its left hand on its waist, and raises the right hand upwards with two fingers stretching out in a "V" shape represents the strong belief in fair-play among athletes to reach the highest achievements at the games.http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesMascot.asp?language=EN Mascot at the official website of the Games 6 September 2004 3 November 2015 2003 ASEAN Para Games dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040906041425/http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesMascot.asp?language=EN 6 September 2004 Songs The theme song of the 2003 ASEAN Para Games is "Welcome to Para Games-Hanoi".http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesSong.asp?language=EN Theme Song in the official website of the Games 6 September 2004 3 November 2015 2003 ASEAN Para Games dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040906041328/http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Infor/ParaGamesSong.asp?language=EN 6 September 2004 The games Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held at the My Dinh National Stadium on 21 December 2003 at 19:00 (VST - UTC+7).http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=1222&pub=utusan_express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_04.htm Second ASEAN Para Games kick off in Vietnam 22 December 2003 29 November 2015 Utusan Malaysia https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054356/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=1222&pub=utusan_express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_04.htm 8 December 2015 dead Closing ceremony The closing ceremony was held at the Hanoi Sports Palace on 27 December 2003 at 19:00 (VST).http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=1228&pub=utusan_express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_02.htm Utusan Malaysia 28 December 2003 29 November 2015 Thailand wins ASEAN Para Games, Vietnam celebrates successful event https://web.archive.org/web/20151208081839/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2003&dt=1228&pub=utusan_express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_02.htm 8 December 2015 dead Participating nations 22em Brunei Cambodia Laos Indonesia MAS 2003 ASEAN Para Games 135MPC eye 51 gold medals Myanmar 1974 Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam Sports 5 Sports are introduced for the 2003 ASEAN Para Games with 4 of them are Paralympics events. 20px Athletics 20px Badminton 20px Powerlifting 20px Swimming 20px Table tennis Medal table A total of 760 medals comprising 287 gold medals, 245 silver medals and 228 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The Host Vietnam's performance was its best ever yet in ASEAN Para Games History and was second behind Thailand as overall champion.http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Default.asp?language=EN official website Of The Games 2 February 2004 2003 ASEAN Para Games 2 November 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040202075032/http://www.paragames2003.com.vn/Default.asp?language=EN 2 February 2004 Key #ccccff  *  darkgray Host nation (Vietnam) VIE flagteam 1974 101 61 31 81 80 86 yes 54 40 46 24 12 12 10 11 18 10 8 1 4 10 5 2 15 24 1 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 See also 2003 Southeast Asian Games References 2 External links 2003 ASEAN Para Games official website en Retrieved Using Wayback Machine International Games Kuala Lumpur ASEAN Para Games Hanoi II ASEAN Para Games (2003) Manila Category:ASEAN Para Games Category:Sport in Hanoi Category:2003 in Vietnamese sport Category:December 2003 sports events in Asia Category:2003 in multi-sport events Category:Multi-sport events in Vietnam Category:21st century in Hanoi Category:December 2003 in Vietnam