Host city Shanghai, China Athletes participating 1021 Opening ceremony May 9, 1993 | Nations participating 8 Events 12 sports Closing ceremony May 18, 1993 | |
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.
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. The hosts, China, topped the medal table, winning almost two-thirds of the gold medals on offer. Japan and South Korea were the second- and third-most successful nations.
Medal table
Host nation (China)
References
1993 East Asian Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA